Medical Advisory Board
These thought leaders are key partners in helping us provide trusted information on breast cancer testing, diagnosis, treatment, recovery, and quality of life.
Our medical advisors volunteer their time and expertise to ensure Living Beyond Breast Cancer provides you with up-to-date, evidence-based information that will help you make the best decisions for your care and your life. These dedicated professionals help us plan programs and deliver content that represents the medical, emotional, and practical concerns they see day after day working with people with breast cancer.
Hailing from every corner of the country, our medical advisors have a wide range of specialties including medical, surgical, and radiation oncology, mental health, complementary and integrative medicine, nutrition and physical rehabilitation, and cancer advocacy and policy. Get to know our compassionate experts.
Medical Advisory Board

Janet Abrahm MD, FACP, FAAHPM
Palliative Medicine Specialist, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute and Brigham and Women’s Hospital

Tiffany Avery MD MPH
Chief Medical Officer, NantHealth

Rachel Beller MS, RDN
CEO, Beller Nutritional Institute

Virginia Borges MD, MMSc
Medical Oncologist and Director of The University of Colorado Breast Cancer Research Program

Helen Coons PhD, ABPP
Clinical Health Psychologist, University of Colorado School of Medicine

Steven Copit MD
Breast Reconstruction Surgeon, Mangat Copit Plastic Surgery and Skin Care

Angela DeMichele MD, MSCE
Professor, Medicine & Epidemiology, University of Pennsylvania

Susan Domchek MD
Basser Professor in Oncology, Perelman School of Medicine of the University of Pennsylvania

Gregory D. Garber MSW, LCSW
Administrative Director, Division of Supportive Oncology, Sidney Kimmel Cancer Center, Jefferson Health

Judy Garber MD, MPH
Director, Cancer Risk and Prevention Program, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute

Monique Gary DO, MSc, FACS
Medical Director, Grand View Health/Penn Cancer Network Cancer Program

Elizabeth S. Ginsburg MD
Director, Assisted Reproductive Technologies, Brigham and Women’s Hospital

William J. Gradishar MD, FACP
Chief, Division of Hematology and Medical Oncology, Feinberg School of Medicine, Northwestern University

Julie R. Gralow MD
Chief Medical Officer and Executive Vice President, American Society of Clinical Oncology

Generosa Grana MD, FACP
Director, MD Anderson Cancer Center at Cooper

Regina Hampton MD, FACS
Medical Director, Breast Care Center, Doctors Community Hospital

Ann Honebrink MD, FACOG
Associate Professor, Clinical Obstetrics and Gynecology, University of Pennsylvania

Virginia Kaklamani MD, DSc
Medical Oncologist, Mays Cancer Center

Zanetta Lamar MD
Medical Oncologist, Florida Cancer Specialists & Research Institute

Nancy U. Lin MD
Associate Chief, Division of Breast Oncology; Director, Metastatic Breast Cancer Program, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute

Reshma L. Mahtani DO
Chief of Breast Medical Oncology, Miami Cancer Institute, Baptist Health South Florida

Pallav K. Mehta MD
Medical Director, Reimagine Care

Kathy D. Miller MD
Associate Professor & Sheila D. Ward Scholar, Indiana University

Larry Norton MD
Deputy Physician in Chief, Breast Cancer Programs, Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center

Olufunmilayo I. Olopade MD, FACP
Walter L. Palmer Service Professor, Medicine and Human Genetics, University of Chicago

Ann H. Partridge MD, MPH
Vice Chair, Medical Oncology, Dana-Farber Institute

Evelyn Robles-Rodriguez DNP, APN, AOCN
Director of Outreach, Prevention, and Survivorship, MD Anderson at Cooper

Hope S. Rugo MD
Director, Breast Oncology & Clinical Trials Education, University of California, San Francisco

Lillie D. Shockney RN, BS, MAS
University Distinguished Service Professor of Breast Cancer, Johns Hopkins University

Daniel P. Silver MD, PhD
Leader, Breast Program, Sidney Kimmel Cancer Center

Nicole Simone MD
Radiation Oncologist, Sydney Kimmel Cancer Center at Jefferson

Debra Somers Copit MD FACR
Director, Breast Imaging, Einstein Healthcare Network

Jill Stopfer MS, LGC
Associate Director, Genetic Counseling, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute

Celeste Vaughan-Briggs LCSW
Program Manager, Breast and Cervical Cancer Screening Program; Oncology Social Worker at Sidney Kimmel Cancer Center at Jefferson

Nikhil Wagle MD
Medical Oncologist, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute

Lynn Westphal MD, FACOG
Associate Professor & Director of Women's Health, Stanford University

Anusha Wijeyakumar CPC, E-RYT, Dip Mentoring
Wellness Consultant, Hoag Hospital

Eric Winer MD
Director, Yale Cancer Center

Karen Winkfield, MD, PhD
Executive Director, Meharry-Vanderbilt Alliance