Breast Center Expert Team

Drawing from all of the disciplines that contribute to the understanding and treatment of breast health, Cedars-Sinai has assembled a team of experts dedicated to achieving the best possible outcomes for its patients.  The multidisciplinary team, which includes the full spectrum of diagnostic and treatment approaches, meets to review patient cases to develop a plan of care individually tailored to each patient's specific needs.

Leadership

Armando E. Giuliano MD, FACS, FRCSEd Executive Vice Chair of Surgery, Surgical Oncology, Department of Surgery Associate Director, Surgical Oncology, Samuel Oschin Comprehensive Cancer Institute Co-Director, Saul and Joyce Brandman Breast Center - A Project of Women's Guild	Edward Phillips MD FACS Executive Vice-Chairman, Department of Surgery and Chief, Division of General Surgery Director, Saul and Joyce Brandman Breast Center - A Project of Women's Guild Director, Wasserman Breast Cancer Risk Reduction Program Director, Weight Loss Center Karl Storz Chair in Minimally Invasive Surgery in Honor of Dr. George Berci
Jerrold Steiner MD FACS Co-Director, Saul and Joyce Brandman Breast Center

Medical Oncology

M. William Audeh MD, MS Medical Oncology Medical Director, Wasserman Breast Cancer Risk Reduction Program	Richard E. Gould MD Hematology/Oncology
Michael B. Van Scoy-Mosher MD Oncology	Marina Vaysburd MD Hematology/Oncology

Surgery

Kenneth W. Adashek MD FACS Surgery	Farin Amersi MD Surgical Oncologist
Alice Chung MD Surgical Oncology	Catherine M. Dang MD Associate Director, Wasserman Breast Cancer Risk Reduction Program  Surgeon, Saul and Joyce Brandman Breast Center - A Project of Women's Guild
Armando E. Giuliano MD, FACS, FRCSEd Executive Vice Chair of Surgery, Surgical Oncology, Department of Surgery Associate Director, Surgical Oncology, Samuel Oschin Comprehensive Cancer Institute Co-Director, Saul and Joyce Brandman Breast Center - A Project of Women's Guild	Scott Karlan MD FACS Director, Physician Education, Saul and Joyce Brandman Breast Center - A Project of Women's Guild
Leslie Memsic MD FACS Surgical Oncologist, Samuel Oschin Cancer Center, Saul and Joyce Brandman Breast Center - A Project of Women's Guild	Edward Phillips MD FACS Executive Vice-Chairman, Department of Surgery and Chief, Division of General Surgery Director, Saul and Joyce Brandman Breast Center - A Project of Women's Guild Director, Wasserman Breast Cancer Risk Reduction Program Director, Weight Loss Center Karl Storz Chair in Minimally Invasive Surgery in Honor of Dr. George Berci
Jerrold Steiner MD FACS Co-Director, Saul and Joyce Brandman Breast Center	Gregory K. Tsushima MD General Surgery Saul and Joyce Brandman Breast Center

Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery

Joel Aronowitz MD Plastic and Reconstructive Surgeon	Lisa Cassileth MD Plastic Surgeon, Center for Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery
Andrew T. Cohen MD Division Chief, Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery	David A. Kulber MD, FACS Plastic & Reconstructive Surgery Clinical Chief, Cedars-Sinai's Department of Surgery Director, Cedars-Sinai's Center for Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery
Mark L. Labowe MD FACC FACP FCCP FAHA Plastic and Reconstructive Surgeon	Randy Sherman MD FACS Vice Chair, Department of Surgery
R. Kendrick Slate MD Associate Director, Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, Saul and Joyce Brandman Breast Center - A Project of Women's Guild	Leslie H. Stevens MD FACS Attending Surgeon, Center for Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery

Imaging

Donald S. Cohen MD Chief, Mammography Section Radiologist, Saul and Joyce Brandman Breast Center - - A Project of Women's Guild	Steven D. Frankel MD Women's Imaging, S. Mark Taper Foundation Imaging Center Member, Saul and Joyce Brandman Breast Center
Peter J. Julien MD Chief, Thoracic Imaging Member, Tumor Ablation Program Member, Saul and Joyce Brandman Breast Center - A Project of Women's Guild	Rola Saouaf MD Chief, Body MRI and Congenital Cardiac MRI Program, S. Mark Taper Foundation Imaging Center Member, Saul and Joyce Brandman Breast Center - A Project of Women's Guild
Richard Sukov MD FACR Chief, Gastrointestinal Radiology Member, Saul and Joyce Brandman Breast Center - A Project of Women's Guild Member, Colorectal Cancer Center	Alan Waxman MD Director, Nuclear Medicine

Medical Genetics

Ora Karp Gordon MD, MS Director, GenRISK Adult Genetics Program Genetics Director, Wasserman Breast Cancer Risk Reduction Program

Pathology and Laboratory Medicine

Farnaz Dadmanesh MD Co-Director, Pathology Outreach	Xuemo Sean Fan MD, PhD Assistant Professor of Pathology Co-Director, Surgical Pathology Fellowship
Karen Scharre MD Director, Breast Pathology	Shikha Bose MD Associate Professor of Pathology Director, Cytopathology

Radiation Oncology

C. Michele Burnison MD Associate Director, Radiation Oncology, Saul and Joyce Brandman Breast Center	Behrooz Hakimian MD Co-Director, Gamma Knife Center Radiation Oncology Member, Saul and Joyce Brandman Breast Center - A Project of Women's Guild
Amin J. Mirhadi MD Radiation Oncology	Howard M. Sandler MD, MS, FASTRO Chair, Radiation Oncology Ronald H. Bloom Family Chair in Cancer Therapeutics

Candidate Participants*

Neel Joshi MD General Surgery Saul and Joyce Brandman Breast Center

• Lindi H. Vanderwalde, MD, Plastic Surgery

Other Participating Team Members

• Philomena F. McAndrew, MD, Internal Medicine, Hematology and Oncology
• Gary M. Tearston, MD, Plastic Surgery

* Candidate Participant (indicates physicians who have met candidate level level participant and who are in the process of fulling the requirements to become a full participant in the center.)

Multidisciplinary Team