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
Clinical Professor of Psychiatry, Drexel University Medical School;
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
Tom 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
