In this episode, Dr. Amy Commander discusses the importance of Breast Cancer Awareness Month and shares tips on reducing your risk of breast cancer.
In this episode, you will learn:
*The importance of breast cancer screenings
*The role of non-modifiable and modifiable risks factors
*The role of lifestyle medicine in reducing your risk of breast cancer
Bio:
Dr. Amy Herman Comander is a breast oncologist at the Massachusetts General Hospital Cancer Center. She is Director of Breast Oncology and Survivorship at the Mass General Cancer Center in Waltham and at Newton Wellesley Hospital and Medical Director of the Mass General Cancer Center in Waltham. She is now the Director of Lifestyle Medicine at the Mass General Cancer Center.
After majoring in Neurobiology as part of the Mind, Brain, and Behavior Initiative at Harvard, she attended the Yale University School of Medicine, where she discovered her interest in the field of Oncology. She completed her Internal Medicine residency and Hematology-Oncology fellowship at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center and Harvard Medical School. She is board certified in Hematology and Medical Oncology, and she became board certified in Lifestyle Medicine in 2020. She is on the Ellie Fund board, which supports women with breast cancer in Massachusetts. She is passionate about improving cancer survivors' quality of life and outcome through lifestyle interventions, including exercise, diet, and mind/body strategies.
In collaboration with Dr. Beth Frates and Dr. Michelle Tollefson, she has launched “PAVING the Path to Wellness,” a lifestyle medicine-based program for breast cancer survivors. Dr. Comander, Dr. Beth Frates, and Dr. Michelle Tollefson recently published the "PAVING the Path to Wellness" workbook. Dr. Comander” practices what she preaches,” She recently ran her 9th consecutive Boston Marathon to support the Ellie Fund.
Links:
amy.comander@gmail.com
https://twitter.com/DrAmyComander
https://www.instagram.com/dramycomander/
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