Career Milestones
✔️ Pioneer of Integrative Breast Oncology (ASBrS 2004–present)
✔️ International surgical innovator (Live cadaver Nipple-Sparing Mastectomy India 2016)
✔️ Founder & Course Director of Breast Surgeon Survivorship education
✔️ Early leader in Psychedelic Therapy & Neuromodulation in Cancer Care
✔️ Recipient of Honorary Fellowship — Association of Surgeons of India
✔️ Global keynote speaker
- “Nipple Sparing Mastectomies: The Art and Science”, Beijing, China
- 9th Shanghai International Breast Cancer Symposium, Shanghai, China
- Association of Breast Surgeons of India, Bengaluru, India
- White Nights Breast Cancer Conference, Petersburg, Russia
- Indian College of Surgeons, Mumbai, India
- International Neuromodulation Society, Barcelona, Spain
- Microsoft Women’s Forum , NY NY
- WEALTH Conference / Chopra Foundation, Orlando Florida
Education and Post Graduate Training:
- B.S. University of Pittsburgh (Behavioral Neuroscience) 1983
- B.A. University of Pittsburgh (History & Philosophy of Science) 1983
- MD. Hahnemann University (Drexel Medical School 1987
- Residency in General Surgery, Albert Einstein Hospital, Philadelphia,PA 1987-1992
- Adjunct Assistant Professor of Surgery University of Pennsylvania 2012-2019
- Certificate in Psychedelic Therapies and Research California Institute for Integral Studies 2022
- Certificate MDMA Therapy Training MAPS Public Benefit Corporation 2022
- Synthesis Psychedelic Therapy Practitioner Training 2023
Pandemic-Era & Virtual Leadership (2020–2021)
August 2020 — Documentary Series “The Answer to Cancer”
Breast Cancer Prevention Expert
May 2020 — Keynote Address: “Physician Burnout”
April 2020 — ACOOG National Meeting
“Management of Breast Masses”
National Thought Leadership & Course Directorship (2019–2017)
May 2019 — ASBrS Annual Meeting, Dallas
Course Director — Full-Day Survivorship Intensive
May 2019 — ASBrS Program Director
“Lifestyle Modification and Risk Reduction”
September 2019 — Healing Touch National Conference, Australia
“Caring for the Carers”
March 2019 — Microsoft Women’s Forum, New York
Keynote: “Creating Balance in a Chaotic World”
February 2019 — Amoena Summit, Scottsdale
Keynote: “Breast Care Update”
Global Surgical & Integrative Innovation Era (2016–2014)
July 2016 — Association of Breast Surgeons of India, Bengaluru
Multiple invited lectures + Live Cadaver Nipple-Sparing Mastectomy Surgery
October 2016 — Texas Health Breast Cancer Symposium
Keynote: “From Surviving to Thriving”
October 2016 — Advocate Health Symposium, Chicago
“Oncoplastic Techniques: The Art & Science”
October 2016 — Coca-Cola Corporate, Philadelphia Keynote
April 2016 — ASBrS Annual Meeting, Dallas
“Survivorship Aspects of Breast Cancer”
May 2014 — Beijing, China
Keynote: “Nipple-Sparing Mastectomies: The Art and Science”
October 2014 — Shanghai International Breast Cancer Symposium, Shanghai China
Keynote: “Vacuum-Assisted Breast Biopsy in Early Diagnosis”
April 2014 — Francis P. Boland Memorial Surgical Symposium, Scranton, PA
Keynote Speaker
April 2014 — ASBrS Speaker General Session
“Breast Cancer Survivorship”
Early National Leadership & Foundational Work (2013–
March 2010 — Voices of Healing Conference with Olivia Newton-John
Keynote “From Surviving to Thriving”
May 2006 — Prudential Health & Wealth Seminars
National Keynote Speaker — San Francisco, Philadelphia, Chicago
March 2004 — American Society of Breast Surgeons
“Integrative Medicine in Breast Cancer Care”
(One of the earliest national presentations on integrative oncology in surgical breast care)
