Breast Surgeons Live
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Session Title:
Breast Surgery for the General Surgeon (Part 1)
Date & Time:
January 22, 2025, 7:00 PM–9:00 PM ET
Length:
2 Hours
CME Deadline:
January 22, 2026
This activity is open to members and nonmembers:
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Surgeons with a special interest in the treatment of breast disease.
Objectives:
At the end of this activity, participants will be able to:
- Understand the rare situations in which axillary lymph node dissection is still required
- Recognize when to utilize systemic therapy (endocrine, immunotherapy, targeted or chemotherapy) prior to surgery
- Improve ability to provide flat aesthetic closure following mastectomy or offer oncoplastic breast conservation when appropriate
- Determine which patients with atypical breast biopsy require a surgical excision
- Understand the indications for post mastectomy radiation therapy
- Manage idiopathic granulomatous mastitis and other benign breast processes
Description:
This 2-part course will offer the latest updates in the surgical management of patients with breast cancer and benign breast disease. Topics include management of the axilla (when to dissect, when not, when to perform sentinel lymph node surgery, when not), indications for neoadjuvant chemotherapy or endocrine therapy, indications for post mastectomy radiation, tips to optimize cosmetic outcome in breast surgery, as well as management of breast abscesses, granulomatous mastitis, and atypical biopsies. Our speakers will offer technical tips, most up to date clinical algorithms and case studies that general surgeons can incorporate immediately into their practice.
Agenda:
Welcome and Introduction
Kari Rosenkranz, MD
Expanding Indications for Breast-Conserving Therapy
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Expanding Indications for Breast-Conserving Therapy
—Kari Rosenkranz, MD -
Neoadjuvant Endocrine Therapy to Increase Rates of Breast Conservation
—Julie Margenthaler, MD
Optimizing Cosmetic Outcomes
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Optimal Incision Placement for Breast Conservation and Local Tissue Closure
—Katherine Kopkash, MD -
Aesthetic Flat Closure
—Jean Claude Schwartz, MD, PhD
Axillary Management
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When to Routinely Omit Sentinel Lymph Node Surgery
—Theresa Schwartz, MD -
Omission of Sentinel Lymph Node Surgery in Patients Under Age 70
—Laura Dominici, MD -
Indications for Axillary Lymph Node Dissection
—Jennifer Tonneson, MD -
Indications for Postmastectomy Radiation Therapy
—Maria Kowzun, MD
Faculty:
Chair—Kari Rosenkranz, MD
Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center
Lebanon, NH
Laura Dominici, MD
Dana Farber/Brigham and Women’s Cancer Center
Scituate, MA
Katherine Kopkash, MD
NorthShore University HealthSystem
Evanston, IL
Maria Kowzun, MD
Rutgers Cancer Institute of New Jersey
New Brunswick, NJ
Julie Margenthaler, MD
Washington University School of Medicine
St. Louis, MO
Jean Claude Schwartz, MD, PhD
Gwinnett Surgical Specialists, LLC
Lawrenceville, GA
Theresa Schwartz, MD
Henry Ford Health System
Waterford Township, MI
Jennifer Tonneson, MD
Dartmouth Health
Lebanon, NH
References:
coming soon
Disclosures:
coming soon
