The Newest Trends In Breast Cancer Treatment

The Adelphi NY Statewide Breast Cancer program presents its popular annual panel of breast cancer specialists telling about the latest trends in breast cancer treatment. The meeting will be held on Monday, June 16, from 7 to 9 pm at Adelphi's University Center in Garden City, Long Island.

Panelists are Ron Israeli, plastic surgeon, Freya Schnabel, breast surgeon and Iuliana Shapira, medical oncologist. Journalist Shari Einhorn will moderate.

Dr. Ron Israeli is certified by the American Board of Plastic Surgery and specializes in post-mastectomy breast reconstruction. He is a co-founder of BreastReconstruction.org, a comprehensive resource providing information and support for women with breast cancer.

Dr. Israeli has published numerous articles and has presented at regional, national and international plastic surgery conferences. He is a Fellow of the American College of Surgeons and is an active member of the American Society of Plastic Surgeons. His research interests have led him to be chosen as a clinical investigator for LifeCell Corporation, pioneering the use of AlloDerm for breast reconstruction.

Dr. Israeli practices primarily at North Shore University Hospital at Manhasset and Long Island Jewish Medical Center.

Dr. Freya Schnabel is Director of Breast Surgery at NYU Medical Center and Professor of Surgery at NYU School of Medicine. Dr. Schnabel is also the Medical Director of the High Risk Breast Cancer Program, Women at Risk. She has contributed to the medical literature on breast diseases and lectured extensively to professional and lay audiences on this topic. Dr. Schnabel is consistently named as one of New York magazine's Best Doctors.

She was, until recently, the Chief of the Section of Breast Surgery at Columbia-Presbyterian Medical Center, and the Vivian Milstein Associate Professor of Clinical Surgery at Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons.

Dr. Iuliana Shapira is an Attending Physician at the Division of Hematology/Oncology at North Shore University Hospital in Manhasset. Dr. Shapira is board certified in Internal Medicine, Hematology and Medical Oncology. She is a member of the American Society of Hematology, the American Society of Clinical Oncology, the American Medical Association and the American College of Physicians. Dr. Shapira has worked on many research projects, including clinical research in breast cancer. In 2005 she was awarded First Prize for her work in Multiple Myeloma from The New York Society for the Study of Blood. Dr. Shapira is actively involved in clinical research and meets weekly with the interdisciplinary Tumor Board Conference Group, where challenging cases are reviewed. Her oncology focus is primarily on sarcoma, breast cancer, gynecological cancers and gastrointestinal malignancies.

Shari Einhorn is an award-winning journalist who has been with News 12 Long Island since 1995. She has won several prestigious honors for her in-depth coverage of local health issues, garnering EMMY awards for stories on smokers trying to kick the habit and on healthy school lunch alternatives. This year she was nominated for an EMMY award for her segment "Breast Cancer: A Sister's Story," an emotional profile of three sisters and their struggle against a family legacy of breast cancer. The Press Club of Long Island and the Associated Press have honored Ms. Einhorn's outstanding work.

The forum, sponsored by Meghan's Pansies-A Breast Cancer Fund and the Junior Coalition of Manhasset Women's Coalition Against Breast Cancer, is free and open to the public. To register, call 516-877-4325.

The Adelphi NY Statewide Breast Cancer Hotline & Support Program, established in 1981, helps all New Yorkers with concerns about breast cancer. All services are free and confidential. For information, call 800-877-8077 or visit the web site: www.adelphi.edu/nysbreastcancer. You are not alone.