Speakers

Course Directors

Susan Friedman, DVM
Founder and Executive Director
FORCE: Facing Our Risk of Cancer Empowered
Tampa, Florida

Christine Laronga, MD, FACS
Chief of the Comprehensive Breast Program
H. Lee Moffitt Cancer Center and Research Institute
Tampa, Florida

Rebecca Sutphen, MD
Professor, Departments of
Pediatrics and Oncologic Sciences
College of Medicine
University of South Florida
Tampa, Florida

Faculty Speakers

Hilton Becker, MD
Founder and Director
Hilton Becker, MD Clinic of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery
Boca Raton, FL

Lori Benson
Director, Filmmaker
Dear Talula
New York, New York

Sharon Bober, PhD
Founder and Director, Sexual Health Program
Dana-Farber Cancer Institute
Boston, Massachusetts

Robert A. Burger, MD
Professor, Department of Surgical Oncology
Director, Women's Cancer Center
Co-Director, Ovarian Cancer Research Program
Fox Chase Cancer Center
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

Lauren Coyle, PsyD
FORCE Washington DC Outreach Coordinator and FORCE Young Women’s Group Facilitator
Washington, District of Columbia

Mary Daly, MD
Chair, Department of Clinical Genetics
Fox Chase Cancer Center
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

Loren Eskenazi, MD
Founder, Women’s Plastic Surgery
California Pacific Medical Center
San Francisco California

Carol Fabian, MD
Director, Breast Cancer Prevention Center
University of Kansas Medical Center
Kansas City, Kansas

Judy E. Garber, MD, MPH
Associate Professor of Medicine
Harvard Medical School
Director, Cancer Risk and Prevention Program
Dana-Farber Cancer Institute
Boston, Massachusetts

Onelio Garcia, MD
Founder, Aesthetic Plastic Surgery Miami
Miami, Florida

Ora Karp Gordon, MD, MS
Director, GenRISK Adult Genetics Program
Medical Genetics Institute
Cedars-Sinai Medical Center
Los Angeles, California

Cheryl Jernigan, CPA, FACHE
Advocates in Science Steering Committee
Susan G. Komen for the Cure Breast Cancer Foundation
Kansas City, MO

Ziva Green-Kredow, MS.Ed.
Center for Psychological Services
Chicago FORCE Outreach Coordinator
Northfield, Illinois

Chanita Hughes Halbert, PhD
Associate Professor of Psychiatry
University of Pennsylvania
Center for Community-Based Research and Health Disparities
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

Karen E. Hurley, PhD
Clinical Psychologist
Clinical Genetics Service
Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center
New York, New York

Noah Kauff, MD
Director, Ovarian Cancer Screening and Prevention, Gynecology Service, Department of Surgery
Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center
New York, New York

Richard M. Kline Jr., MD
Clinical Assistant Professor of Surgery
Division of Plastic Surgery
Medical University of South Carolina
Charleston, South Carolina

Elise Kohn, MD
Head, Molecular Signaling Section Laboratory of Pathology
C0-Chair, Breast and Gynecologic Malignancies Faculty
Center for Cancer Research
National Cancer Institute
Office of Intramural Research
National Institutes of Health
Bethesda, Maryland

Paul C. Kredow, Psy.D
Director, Center for Psychological Services
FORCE Spouse Support Outreach Coordinator
Northfield, Illinois

Nagi Kumar, PhD
Director, Nutrition Research
Health Outcomes & Behavior
Clinical Nutrition & Research
H. Lee Moffitt Cancer Center and Research Institute
Tampa, Florida

Elsie Levin, MD
Medical Director
Boston Breast Diagnostic Center
Wellesley Hills, Massachusetts

Joshua Levine, MD
Reconstruction plastic surgeon
The Center for Microsurgical Breast Reconstruction
New York, New York

Mokenge P. Malafa, MD
Associate Member
Chair, Department of Gastrointestinal Oncology
H. Lee Moffitt Cancer Center and Research Institute
Tampa, FL

Ellen Matloff, MS
Director of Cancer Genetic Counseling Program
Yale Cancer Center
New Haven, Connecticut

Jimmy Mayer, MD
Associate Professor, Fertility Preservation
University of South Florida, College of Medicine Clinical office
Tampa, Florida

Gerard Mosiello MD
Assistant Clinical Professor of Plastic Surgery
University of South Florida
Moffitt Cancer Center
Tampa, Florida

Steven Narod, MD, FRCP
Canada Research Chair in Breast Cancer
Director of Familial Breast Cancer Centre for
Research in Women’s Health
Toronto, Ontario

Kutluk Oktay, MD
Director, Division of Reproductive Medicine & Infertility
Westchester Medical Center-New York Medical College
Valhalla, New York

Tuya Pal, MD
Clinical Geneticist
Associate Member
H. Lee Moffitt Cancer Center and Research Institute
Tampa, Florida

Barbara Pfeiffer
Director of Volunteer Programs, FORCE
Vice President FORCE Board of Directors
Hoboken, New Jersey

Timothy Rebbeck, PhD
Associate Director for Population Science
Abramson Cancer Center
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

Mark Robson, MD
Clinic Director, Clinical Genetics Service
Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center
New York, New York

C. Andrew Salzberg, MD
New York Group for Plastic Surgery
155 White Plains Rd.
Tarrytown, NY

Kathryn Schmitz, PhD, MPH
Associate Professor Division of Clinical Epidemiology
Abramson Cancer Center
University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

Congresswoman Debbie Wasserman Schultz
House of Representatives, Florida's 20th District
Pembroke Pine, Florida

Victoria Seewaldt, MD
Associate Professor of Medicine and
Associate Professor of Pharmacology and Cancer Biology
Duke University Medical Center
Durham, North Carolina

Thomas Sellers, PhD
Director Moffitt Research Institute,
Associate Center Director, Cancer Prevention & Control Administration
H. Lee Moffitt Cancer Center and Research Institute
Tampa, Florida

Diljeet Singh, MD, DrPH
Assistant Professor of Obstetrics and Gynecology
Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine
Co-Director of the Northwestern Ovarian Cancer Early
Detection and Prevention Program
Chicago, Illinois

Paul Smith, MD
Assistant Professor of Surgery
H. Lee Moffitt Cancer Center and Research Institute
Tampa, Florida

Kathy Steligo
Author, The Breast Reconstruction Guidebook
San Carlos, California

Scott Sullivan, MD
Co-director
Center for Restorative Breast Surgery
New Orleans, Louisiana

Margaret Szabunio, MD
Director of Breast Imaging and Ultrasound
H. Lee Moffitt Cancer Center and Research Institute
Tampa, Florida

Melinda Telli, MD
Department of Oncology
Stanford University Cancer Center
Stanford, California

Lora Thompson, PhD
Assistant Member
Psychosocial and Palliative Care
H. Lee Moffitt Cancer Center and Research Institute
Tampa, Florida

Susan Vadaparampil, PhD
Associate Member
Health Outcomes and Behavior Program
Moffitt Cancer Center
Tampa, Florida

Karen Vaniver, MD
Plastic Surgeon
Seattle, Washington

JoEllen Warnke, RN, BSN,OCN
Surgical Oncology Nurse
H. Lee Moffitt Cancer Center and Research Institute
Tampa, FL

Bob Wright MAT
Director of Education
Hilton Head Health Institute
Hilton Head, North Carolina

Robin Zarel, LCSW
Psychotherapist, Private Practice
Employee Assistance Coordinator, FashionInstiture of Technology
New York, New York