About LBBC

Medical Advisory Board Members

All board members are listed by area of specialty.

Advocacy

Musa Mayer, MS, MFA
www.AdvancedBC.org

Complementary Medicine

Keith Block, MD
Block Center for Integrative Cancer Care

Mitchell L. Gaynor, MD
Founder and President, Gaynor Integrative Oncology

Mary Ellen Scheckenbach-Forman, MAc, RAc
Hidden River: A Center for Health

Cultural Competency/Medical Anthropology

Frances K. Barg, PhD
Assistant Professor, Department of Family Medicine and Community Health;
Department of Anthropology, University of Pennsylvania

Fertility/Sexuality/Intimacy

Leslie R. Schover, PhD
Professor of Behavioral Science, University of Texas M.D. Anderson Cancer Center

Genetics/Genetic Counseling

Jill Stopfer, MS, CGC
Genetic Counselor, Cancer Risk Evaluation Program, University of Pennsylvania

Gynecology

Mercedes Castiel, MD
Head of the General Gynecology Section of the Gynecology Service,
Department of Surgery, Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center

Ann Honebrink, MD, FACOG
Assistant Professor, University of Pennsylvania Medical School,
Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology

Michelle Vichnin, MD
Clinical Assistant Professor, University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine;
Director, Pediatric and Adolescent Gynecology Program, Penn Health for Women; Director, Colposcopy Clinic, Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania

Gynecology/Complementary Approaches

Kara M. Nakisbendi, MD
General Gynecologist

Medical Oncology

Kimberly L. Blackwell, MD
Assistant Professor, Duke University

Virginia F. Borges, MD
Assistant Professor of Medicine, University of Colorado Health Science Center

Angie DeMichele, MD, MSCE
Assistant Professor of Medicine and Epidemiology;
Co-Director, Breast Program, Abramson Cancer Center;
Senior Scholar, Center for Clinical Epidemiology and Biostatistics,
University of Pennsylvania

Julie R. Gralow, MD
Associate Professor, Medical Oncology, University of Washington School of Medicine

Generosa Grana, MD
Director of the Cancer Institute of New Jersey at Cooper University Hospital

Clifford A. Hudis, MD
Chief, Breast Cancer Medicine Service, Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center

Nancy U. Lin, MD
Instructor in Medicine, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute

Rick Michaelson, MD
Chief Medical Officer for Oncology, St. Barnabus Medical Center

Kathy D. Miller, MD
Associate Professor, Sheila D Ward Scholar, Indiana University Cancer Center
Larry Norton, MD
Deputy Physician-In-Chief for Breast Cancer Programs,
Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center

Olufunmilayo I. Olopade, MD, FACP
Walter L. Palmer Distinguished Service Professor,
Department of Medicine and Human Genetics;
Director, Center for Clinical Cancer Genetics;
Director, Hematology/Oncology Fellowship Program,
University of Chicago Medical Center

Ruth Oratz, MD, FACP
Clinical Associate Professor of Medicine, New York University School of Medicine

Ann H. Partridge, MD, MPH
Assistant Professor, Department of Medicine, Harvard Medical School;
Active Medical Staff, Department of Medical Oncology, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute; Associate Physician, Brigham and Women’s Hospital

Hope S. Rugo, MD
Clinical Professor of Medicine; Director, Breast Oncology Clinical Trials Program, University of California at San Francisco Medical Center

Eric P. Winer, MD
Director of the Breast Oncology Center at the Dana-Farber Cancer Institute;
Associate Professor of Medicine at Harvard Medical School

Medical Oncology/Genetics/High Risk

Susan M. Domchek, MD
Director, Cancer Risk Evaluation Program, University of Pennsylvania

Judy E. Garber, MD, MPH
Director, Cancer Risk and Prevention Program, Department of Medical Oncology,
Dana-Farber Cancer Institute; Associate Professor of Medicine,
Harvard Medical School

Noah D. Kauff, MD
Assistant Attending Physician, Clinical Genetics and Gynecology Services,
Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center

Nutrition

Wendy Demark-Wahnefried, PhD, RD, LDN
Professor of Behavioral Science,
UT-MD Anderson Cancer Center

Faith D. Ottery, MD, PhD, FACN
Senior Director, Medical Affairs, Savient Pharmaceuticals, Inc;
Chair, Cancer Rehabilitation and Survivorship Study Group,
Multinational Association of Supportive Care in Cancer (MASCC)

Oncology Nursing

Evelyn Robles Rodriguez, RN, MSN, APNC
Director, Oncology Outreach Programs,
Cancer Institute of New Jersey at Cooper University Hospital

Lillie D. Shockney, RN, BS, MAS
Administrative Director, Johns Hopkins Avon Foundation Breast Center and
Faculty of Dept of Surgical Oncology, Johns Hopkins School of Medicine

Carrie Tompkins Stricker, PhD, RN
Nurse Practitioner in Breast Oncology, Abramson Cancer Center,
University of Pennsylvania

Carolyn Weaver, RN, MSN, AOCN
Clinical Nurse Specialist, Fox Chase Cancer Center

Pain Management/Medical Oncology

Janet Abrahm, MD
Director, Pain and Palliative Care Program,
Dana-Farber Cancer Institute and Brigham and Women’s Hospital

Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation

Andrea L. Cheville, MD
Senior Associate Consultant
Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation
Mayo Clinic

Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery

Steven E. Copit, MD
Assistant Clinical Professor, Division of Plastic Surgery, Thomas Jefferson University

Frederick J. Duffy, Jr., MD, FACS

Maurice Y. Nahabedian, MD
Associate Professor of Plastic Surgery, Georgetown University

Psychiatry

David Sachs, MD
Training and Supervisory Analyst, Psychoanalytic Center of Philadelphia

Psychology/Child and Parenting

Cynthia Moore, PhD
Clinical Assistant in Psychology, Department of Psychiatry,
Massachusetts General Hospital;
Clinical Instructor in Psychiatry, Harvard Medical School

Psychosocial/Women with Reproductive Concerns

Andrea Braverman, PhD
Director of Psychological and Complementary Care,
Reproductive Medicine Associates of New Jersey

Radiation Oncology

Lydia T. Komarnicky, MD
Professor and Chair, Department of Radiation Oncology, MCP Hahnemann University

Radiology/Breast Imaging

Emily F. Conant, MD
Professor of Radiology, Chief of Breast Imaging, University of Pennsylvania

Debra S. Copit, MD
Section Chief of Mammography and Director of the Gershon-Cohen Breast Clinic,
Albert Einstein Medical Center

Reproductive Endocrinology

Elizabeth S. Ginsburg, MD
Medical Director of the In-vitro Fertilization Program, Brigham & Women's Hospital

Kutluk Oktay, MD
Associate Professor of Obstetrics and Gynecology at
Weill Medical College of Cornell University

Lynn Westphal, MD, FACOG
Associate Professor and Director, Women’s Health at Stanford;
Acting Director, Reproductive Endocrinology and Infertility;
Director, Reproductive Endocrinology and Infertility Fellowship Program;
Director, Ovum Donation and Gestational Carrier Programs at Stanford University

Sexuality/Intimacy Specialists

Barbara Rabinowitz, PhD
Director for Oncology, Meridian Health System

Beverly Whipple, PhD, RN, FAAN
Professor Emerita, Rutgers University

Social Work

Jayne Antonowsky, LCSW, BCD
Private Practice

Gregory D. Garber, MSW, LCSW
Cancer Counselor, Abramson Cancer Center, University of Pennsylvania

Hester Hill Schnipper, LICSW, BCD, OSW-C
Chief, Oncology Social Work, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center

Cindy Miller, MSW

Page Tolbert, MSW
Post-Treatment Resource Program, Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center

Surgical Oncology

Thomas G Frazier, MD, FACS
Senior Attending Surgeon and Medical Director of the
Comprehensive Breast Center at The Bryn Mawr Hospital

Bert M. Petersen, Jr., MD, FACS

Surgical Oncology/High Risk

Lisa K. Jablon, MD, FACS
Breast Surgeon, Albert Einstein Medical Center;
Director of the Breast Cancer Genetic Risk Assessment Program,
Albert Einstein Medical Center