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27th Annual Miami Breast Cancer Conference™

Fontainebleau Miami Beach Hotel
Miami, FL
March 3-6, 2010

Course Director

Daniel A. Osman, MD
Breast Cancer Surgeon
Miami, FL

Debu Tripathy, MD
Co-Leader, Women’s Cancer Program
USC/Norris Comprehensive Cancer Center
Professor of Medicine
Art and Priscilla Ulene Chair in Women’s Cancer
Division of Oncology
Keck School of Medicine of the University of Southern California
Los Angeles, CA

Co-Chairs

Robert DerHagopian, MD, FACS
Breast Cancer Surgeon
Miami, FL

J. Michael Dixon, MD
Professor of Surgery & Consultant Surgeon 
Clinical Director, Breakthrough Research Unit
Edinburgh Breast Unit
Edinburgh, UK

Faculty

Medical Oncology
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Harold Burstein, MD, PhD
Associate Professor of Medicine
Harvard Medical School
Medical Oncologist
Breast Oncology Center
Dana-Farber Cancer Institute
Brigham and Women’s Hospital
Boston, MA

Olveen Carrasquillo, MD, MPH
Associate Professor of Medicine
Chief, Division of General Medicine
University of Miami Leonard M. Miller School of Medicine
Miami, FL

William J. Gradishar, MD, FACP
Professor of Medicine
Feinberg School of Medicine
Northwestern University
Director, Breast Oncology
Lynn Sage Breast Cancer Program
Robert H. Lurie Comprehensive Cancer Center of Northwestern University
Chicago, IL

Clifford Hudis, MD
Chief, Breast Cancer Medicine Service
Attending Physician
Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center
Professor of Medicine
Weill Cornell Medical College
New York, NY

Marc Lippman, MD
Kathleen and Stanley Glaser Professor
Chairman, Department of Medicine
University of Miami Leonard M. Miller School of Medicine
Miami, FL

Kathy D. Miller, MD
Sheila D. Ward Scholar
Associate Professor of Medicine
Department of Hematology Oncology
Indiana University Simon Cancer Center
Indianapolis, IN

Hyman B. Muss, MD
Professor of Medicine
Director, Geriatric Oncology
UNC Lineberger Comprehensive Cancer Center
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Chapel Hill, NC

Joyce O’Shaughnessy, MD
Co-Director, Breast Cancer Research
Baylor Charles A. Sammons Cancer Center
Texas Oncology
US Oncology
Dallas, TX

Edith A. Perez, MD
Serene M. and Frances C. Durling Professor of Medicine
Director, Breast Cancer Program
Division of Hematology/Oncology
Department of Internal Medicine
Director, Cancer Clinical Study Unit
Mayo Clinic
Jacksonville, FL

Eric P. Winer, MD
Chief, Division of Women’s Cancers
Thompson Senior Investigator in Breast Cancer Research
Dana-Farber Cancer Institute
Professor of Medicine
Harvard Medical School
Boston, MA

Pathology
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Jeffrey S. Ross, MD
Cyrus Strong Merrill Professor and Chair
Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine
Albany Medical College
Albany, NY

Radiation Oncology
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Douglas Arthur, MD
Professor and Vice Chairman, Department of Radiation Oncology
Virginia Commonwealth University Medical Center/Massey Cancer Center
Richmond, VA

Abram Recht, MD
Professor of Radiation Oncology
Harvard Medical School
Deputy Chief, Department of Radiation Oncology
Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center
Boston, MA

John R. Yarnold, MD
Department of Radiotherapy
The Institute of Cancer Research
Royal Marsden Hospital
Surrey, UK

Radiology
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Elizabeth Morris, MD, FACR
Director, Breast MRI
Department of Radiology
Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center
New York, NY

Research
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V. Craig Jordan, OBE, PhD, DSc, FMedSci
Scientific Director, Lombardi Comprehensive Cancer Center
Vice Chair, Department of Oncology
Professor of Oncology and Pharmacology
Georgetown University Medical Center
Washington, DC

Lance Liotta, MD, PhD
Professor of Life Sciences
Department of Molecular and Microbiology
Co-Director, Center for Applied Proteomics and Molecular Medicine
George Mason University
Manassas, VA

Charles Perou, PhD
Associate Professor of Genetics and Pathology & Laboratory Medicine
UNC Lineberger Comprehensive Cancer Center
The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Chapel Hill, NC

Jorge Reis-Filho, MD, PhD, FRCPath
Team Leader, Molecular Pathology Lab
The Breakthrough Breast Cancer Research Centre
Institute of Cancer Research
London, UK

Surgical Oncology
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Benjamin Anderson, MD
Professor of Surgery and Global Health Medicine
University of Washington School of Medicine
Director, Breast Health Center
Seattle Cancer Care Alliance
Chair and Director, Breast Health Global Initiative (BHGI)
Full Member, Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center
Seattle, WA

Patrick I. Borgen, MD
Chairman, Department of Surgery
Director, Brooklyn Breast Cancer Program
Maimonides Medical Center
Brooklyn, NY

Krishna B. Clough, MD
Director
Paris Breast Centre
Paris, France

Emmanuel Delay, MD, PhD
Head, Department of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery
Centre Léon Bérard
Lyon, France

Mattia Intra, MD
Department of Breast Surgery
European Institute of Oncology
Milan, Italy

Thomas Julian, MD
Associate Director, Allegheny Breast Center
Director, Breast Surgical Oncology
Division of Surgical Oncology
Allegheny General Hospital
Pittsburgh, PA
Associate Professor of Human Oncology
Drexel University College of Medicine
Philadelphia, PA

Roger K. Khouri, MD
Reconstructive Surgery
Miami, FL

Rache Simmons, MD, FACS
Weiskopf Associate Professor of Surgical Oncology
Medical Director, Clinical Research
Weill Cornell Medical College
New York, NY

Kimberly J. Van Zee, MD
Professor of Surgery
Weill Medical College Cornell University
Attending Surgeon, Breast Service
Memorial Sloan-Kettering Medical Center
New York, NY

Umberto Veronesi, MD
Scientific Director
European Institute of Oncology
Milan, Italy

Stefano Zurrida, MD
Professor of Surgery
University of Milan School of Medicine
Co-Director, Department of Breast Surgery
Istituto Europeo di Oncologia
Milan, Italy

Educational Grants

An educational grant for this activity was provided by:


  1. Educational Partners
  2. Genentech BioOncology
  4. Major Contributors
  5. Novartis Oncology
  6. sanofi-aventis U.S.
  8. Supporters
  9. Bristol-Myers Squibb
  10. Eisai, Inc.
  11. ImClone Systems, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Eli Lilly and Company
  13. Honorary Supporter
  14. Joe’s Stone Crab Restaurant