News & Events

The Lynn Sage Breast Center Surgery clinic space is undergoing renovations with a build-out of the northeast corner of the 4th floor being developed to incorporate Medical Oncology and Gyne Onc.  Dr. Nora Hansen, Director of the Lynn Sage Breast Center has relocated her academic office to the 5th floor of Prentice.  Additional clinical and patient reception space has been completed.  

Research

The 2010 Lynn Sage Cancer Research Foundation Grant initiative was awarded in June 2009 to Dr. Nora Hansen for her project:  Effect of Weight loss on Breast Density Using both Digital Mammography and Breast MRI.

Dr. Jackie Jeruss was awarded the Association of Women Surgeons Foundation and Ethicon Endo-Surgery Fellowship Award in June 2009.  Her project is entitled “Novel Cell Array to Determine Impact of CDK Inhibition of SMAD Signaling of Cyclin Over-expressing Breast Cancer.

The Avon Center of Excellence awarded the project “A case-control study of breast cancer biomarkers in benign breast biopsy samples” submitted by Dr. Seema Khan.  The award will run from September 2009 though August 2010.

Education

This year, two Breast Fellows completed their training in the Breast Center; Nancy Taft, MD will be joining a practice in DuPage County in October after she completes her 3 month tour of duty in the Armed Forces in Afghanistan.  Melissa Hulvat, MD has taken a position as Director of the Bass Breast Center, Kalispell, Montana.  Drs. Hulvat and Hansen received recognition this year at Residents Day for the presentation of their abstract “Time from Diagnosis to Definitive Surgical Treatment of Operable Breast Cancer in the Era of Multimodal Imaging” which was also accepted for presentation at the Western Surgical Association meeting later this year. 

Two new fellows have joined the Breast Center: Dr. Claudia Perez, a practicing surgeon from Michigan, and, Dr. Firas Eladoumikdachi, a practicing surgeon from Ohio.

Clinical Care

With the newly revised clinical space on the 4th floor, Gyne Onc and Med Onc now see patients in the same area with the Breast Center.  Patients appreciate having everything in one area.  The renovation has also added three additional clinical examination rooms for the Breast Center.  With some schedule changes, the NMFF breast surgeons will now be available for patients every day.  This, along with additional block time in the OR for Dr. Hansen, will have a very positive affect on clinical cases, volume and revenue. 

Events

• A Breast journal club meeting is held bi-weekly following the breast conference