Ajit K. Sachdeva, MD, FACS, FRCSC, FSACME, Director
Kathleen Heneghan, PhD, MSN, RN, FAACE, Assistant Director
Nancy Strand, MPH, RN, Senior Manager
Tarra Barot, PhD, Manager
Amanda Bruggeman, Program Administrator
Co-Chair: Ajit K. Sachdeva, MD, FACS, FRCSC, FSACME
Co-Chair: John Daly, MD, FACS, FRCSI(Hon), FRCSG(Hon)
Jeffrey M. Farma, MD, FACS
Jane E. Mendez, MD, FACS
Leigh A. Neumayer, MD, MS, FACS
Alden M. Parsons, MD, FACS
Richard J. Shemin, MD, FACS
Jonah Stulberg, MD, PhD, FACS
Beth H. Sutton, MD, FACS
Melissa Vanover, MD
Tarra G. Barot, PhD
Patrice Gabler Blair, MPH
Amanda Bruggeman
Kathleen Heneghan, PhD, MSN, RN, FAACE
Nancy Strand, MPH, RN
Jill Dietz, MD, FACS; American Society of Breast Cancer Surgeons (ASBrS); Vice-Chair, NAPBC Standards and Accreditation Committee
Kathleen Heneghan, PhD, MSN, RN, FAACE; Assistant Director of Patient Education, American College of Surgeons
Jane Mendez, MD, FACS; Chief of Breast Surgery, Miami Cancer Institute
Sunny Mitchell, MD, FACS; Associate Chair of Surgery and Director of Women's Health Services, Coney Island Hospital, New York
Megan Pfarr, PT, DPT, Certified Lymphedema Therapist; American Physical Therapy Association; NAPBC Standards and Accreditation Committee
Terry Sarantou, MD, FACS; Chair, NAPBC Standards and Accreditation Committee
Nancy Strand, MPH, RN; Senior Manager, Surgical Patient Education, American College of Surgeons
American Physical Therapy Association
American Society of Breast Surgeons
Commission on Cancer
National Accreditation Program for Breast Centers
The ACS Patient Education Program would like to thank the following for their participation in the filming of this production:
The Surgical Breast Cancer Program, developed by the American College of Surgeons Division of Education, is made possible in part by the generous support of an educational grant from the Loyal and Edith Davis Fund.
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