Education
UnderGraduate: (1973-1976)
George Washington University, Washington, D.C.
PKG Biology Prize
Chemical Society of Washington Chemistry Prize
Major: Chemistry with Special Honors
Degree: B.S. with Distinction
Medical School: (1976-1980)
University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine
Philadelphia, PA.
Degree: MD
Internship:
General and Oncologic Surgery
New York Hospital - Cornell Medical Center (1981-1985)
Program Director: G. Tom Shires, M.D.
Memorial - Sloan Kettering Cancer Center (1980-1985)
Program Director: Jerome DeCosse, M.D.
Residency:
General and Oncologic Surgery
New York Hospital - Cornell Medical Center (1981-1985)
Program Director: G. Tom Shires, M.D.
Memorial - Sloan Kettering Cancer Center (1980-1985)
Program Director: Jerome DeCosse, M.D.
Professional Experience
March 1, 2007 - Present
The OakWood Center
OakWood Breast Care Center
Mechanicsburg, PA 17055
08/05/98 to March 1, 2007
Susquehanna Breast Care Center
Lemoyne, PA 17043
07/01/85 to 4/1/00
Susquehanna Surgeons, Ltd.
Wormleysburg, PA 17043
Hospital Affiliations/Staff Appointments
Holy Spirit Hospital (1985)
Pinnacle Health System/Harrisburg Hospital (1985)
Community General Osteopathic Hospital (1998)
Certifications
American Board of Surgeons, Board Certified: 1987, 1996
Induction American College of Surgeons 1989
American Society of Breast Surgeons: Sterotactic Biopsies
American Society of Breast Surgeons: Ultrasound
Physician's Recognition Award - American Medical Association
Professional Societies and Commitees
Fellow American College of Surgeons
American Society of Breast Surgeons
Mastery of Surgery Participant
Reviewer for Stereotactic Breast Biopsy Certifications
National Consortium of Breast Centers
National Quality Measures for Breast Centers Participant
Association of Women Surgeons
Physicians for Social Responsibility
Chirurgio Surgical Society
Dauphin County Medical Society
Pennsylvania Oncological Society - Past President
Central Pennsylvania Oncology Group
Pinnacle Health System Ethics Committee Past Chairperson
Pinnacle Health System Cancer Committee
Holy Spirit Cancer Committee
Organizations and Volunteer Activities
Administrative Board Pennsylvania Catholic Conference 1992 - Present
Pennsylvania Catholic Health Association Task Force on Managed Care Legislation (1996)
Pennsylvania Catholic Health Association State Health Care Summit (1998)
Diocese of Harrisburg Board of Education 2000 -2006
American Cancer Society - Past Chair Professional Education - Dauphin County Unit
Girl Scout Alumni Association
Girl Scout Leader
Research/Presentations
Survey of Dauphin County Physicians Cancer Screening Practices 1990
National Surgical Registry of Stereotactic Breast Biopsies, University of Louisville, 1997-1999
National Registry of SentinelLymphNodeBiopsiesBreast Cancer,University of Louisville1998-2002
Pinnacle Health Sentinel Lymph Node Biopsies in Breast Cancer, Principal Investigator, 1998-2002
Sentinel Lymph Node Pinnacle Medical Education Day 2002
Report on Breast Biopsy Experience and Results - Grand Rounds 2004
Risk Assessment /Management at the Susquehanna Breast Care Center - Grand Rounds 2002 /2003
Margin assessment in Breast Cancer Treatment Medical Education Day 2/2005
Local Recurrence in Breast Cancer Medical Education Day 4/2006
Breast Cancer Recurrence Pennsylvania Breast Cancer Coalition Keystone Breast Conference 10/06
Breast Cancer Surgery Issues Margin Assessment and Local Recurrence Data Wellspan Hospital System 3/06
Pathologic Upgrading After Needle Biopsy of the Breast Medical Education Day 4/2007
Breast Cancer Risk Assessment and Genetic Testing Medical Education Day 4/2008
Balloon Brachytherapy in the Treatment of Breast Cancer Medical Education Day 4/09
Publications
Breast Cancer Screening in Hispanic Women, PA Breast Coalition Annual Proceedings - October,1998
Trends in Breast Cancer Treatment, Central PA Woman, April, 2002
Public Speaking/Lectures(Partial)
Diagnosis & Treatment of Breast Cancer - August 1987 - Harrisburg Hospital Family Practice
Primary Operable Breast Cancer - February 11, 1988 - Harrisburg Hospital Doctor's Day
Breast Cancer Surgical TreatmentMay 16, 1988-PA NAACOG Convention,Hershey, PA
Breast Cancer Update - October 3, 1988 - Holy Spirit Hospital Nurses Update
Breast Cancer Controversies - June 1989 - Holy Spirit Hospital Family Practice
Benign Breast Disease - August 23, 1989, Harrisburg Hospital Family Practice Center
Breast Cancer Update - September 7, 1989 - Holy Spirit Hospital
Lymphomas - October 26, 1989 - Pennsylvania Society Physicians Assistants
CA Screening Practices in Dauphin Co. March 1991Polyclinic ACS Cancer symposium
Breast Cancer - "Diagnosis & Treatment" - October 1991 -Pa Society Physicians Assistants
Breast Cancer Screening -March 1993 -Harrisburg Hospital Update Mammography Guidelines
Strategies in Breast Cancer Detection and Treatment October 1993 - A.Z. Ritzman Assoc.
Breast Cancer Treatment - February 1994 - Harrisburg OB-Gyn Residents
Fred Curcio Lecture "Patients at High Risk for Breast Cancer" 1995 -Harrisburg Hospital
Breast Cancer Screening - 1996 - Tri County Nurse Practitioners
Hospital Ethics Committees - November 1996 - Harrisburg Hospital Family Practice
Current Issues in Breast Cancer - December 1996 - Holy Spirit Hospital Grand Rounds
Breast Cancer Screening - 1997 - Harrisburg Hospital Family Practice
Breast Diseases - July 1997 - Polyclinic Hospital Department of Surgery
Stereotactic Biopsy - August 1998 - Pinnacle Health Residency Program
Biology and Treatment of Breast Diseases and Cancer - Pinnacle Surgical Residency Program 1999, 2003, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009
Sentinel Lymph Node Biopsy in Breast Cancer Surgery - October 1999
Breast Cancer Update for Central PA Female Physicians
Breast Surgery Issues Pinnacle Surgical Grand Rounds January 2004
Breast Surgery Perioperative Nurses Holy Spirit Hospital June 2009
