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Medical Breast Fellowship Non-ACGME accredited Duration: One year beginning July 2022 The goal of Cleveland Clinic's Medical Breast Fellowship is to train a Board Eligible or Board Certified Internist, Family Practitioner, General Surgeon or Obstetrician-Gynecologist to evaluate and manage patients with breast issues, increased risk for breast cancer or with a history of breast cancer with compassion and excellence.
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Amelia Singh Moderator
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At the completion of training, the fellow should be able to apply an integrated interdisciplinary approach to the management of patients with benign and malignant breast diseases in accordance with NCCN (National Comprehensive Cancer Network) guidelines, with a focus on patient experience, value and outcomes. It is a unique program; promotion of graduates would further the reach of Academic Benign Breast Disease and High Risk Care. Cleveland Clinic currently has one of the largest Medical Breast departments in the country, developed in 1997 by Dr. Holly Pederson, the Program Director, who has already trained 16 medical breast professionals.
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Audrey Mueller 3 minutes ago
The fellowship training would enable the graduate to seek employment/leadership positions in high vo...
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Isaac Schmidt Member
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The fellowship training would enable the graduate to seek employment/leadership positions in high volume breast practices in any setting, but multi-disciplinary accredited centers of excellence in particular would welcome a trained leader in this field. Specifically, the fellow will have core educational experiences in Medical Breast Care, Breast Imaging, Breast Surgery, Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, Genetics, Medical Oncology, Pathology, Radiation Oncology, Psycho-Oncology and Community Outreach.
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Grace Liu 2 minutes ago
The fellow will also have opportunities and expectations for participation in Clinical Research. Spe...
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Pederson has also established a hereditary high risk clinic following over 1,000 carriers. Overall, ...
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The fellow will also have opportunities and expectations for participation in Clinical Research. Specific objectives include: Management of benign breast disease Diagnostic evaluation of the symptomatic patient Personalized risk assessment and management
Identification of those at hereditary risk (genetic and genomic) Expertise in nuances surrounding enhanced surveillance, chemoprevention and risk-reducing surgery
Pre-surgical treatment planning in cancer patients
Previvor and Survivorship care – cardiovascular risk reduction, bone health, weight management, menopause management, sexuality, and anxiety and depression. Dr.
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Chloe Santos Moderator
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Pederson has also established a hereditary high risk clinic following over 1,000 carriers. Overall, the breast program screens 120,000 women annually, treats over 2,000 with breast cancer and the Medical Breast providers see 60% of the 20,000 outpatient E&M's annually, including 50% of the 5,000 New Patient visits. The training program will be rich and diverse, with a dedicated multidisciplinary team and unique focus on the subtleties of hereditary risk.
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Teaching and Research Faculty
Teaching and Research Faculty
Holly J. Pederson, MD, N...
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Teaching and Research Faculty
Teaching and Research Faculty
Holly J. Pederson, MD, NCMP
Director, Medical Breast Services
Zahraa Al Hilli, MD
Breast Surgeon
Shazia Goraya, MD
Medical Breast Services
Debra Pratt, MD
Director, Fairview Breast Program Diane Radford, MD
Director, Hillcrest Breast Program
Roxanne B. Sukol MD, MS
Medical Breast Services
Stephanie Valente, DO
Director, Breast Surgery Fellowship Program Clinical Rotations
Clinical Rotations
Breast Imaging: The fellow will shadow sub-specialty trained Breast Imagers, learning about mammography, ultrasound and MRI.
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Ryan Garcia 9 minutes ago
Breast Medical Oncology: The fellow will shadow medical oncologists in dedicated breast clinic for 1...
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Breast Medical Oncology: The fellow will shadow medical oncologists in dedicated breast clinic for 1.5 months out of the year and will observe multidisciplinary discussions and work up in newly diagnosed cancer patients, learning about treatment options, including neoadjuvant as well as adjuvant chemotherapy, and the fellow will learn the current recommended chemotherapeutic protocols, alternative regimens, expected benefits and sequelae. There will be an emphasis on appropriate selection and enrollment in clinical trials. Part of the rotation includes visiting the infusion center and work with clinicians who care for end stage and hospice patients.
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The fellow will also become familiar with discussions around adjuvant and neoadjuvant endocrine ther...
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Breast Rehab: The fellow will shadow physical therapists and occupational therapists for two weeks. ...
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The fellow will also become familiar with discussions around adjuvant and neoadjuvant endocrine therapy, choice of agent, duration of therapy, side effects and their management. Breast Psychology: The fellow will shadow our hereditary psychology team in clinic for two weeks out of the year. Breast Radiation Oncology: The fellow will shadow Radiation Oncology for a two week period.
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Breast Rehab: The fellow will shadow physical therapists and occupational therapists for two weeks. ...
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Breast Rehab: The fellow will shadow physical therapists and occupational therapists for two weeks. Breast Surgery: The fellow will spend 2.5 months on the Breast Surgery service to learn about breast surgery (excisional biopsies for benign disease, partial mastectomy and mastectomy for malignant disease and risk reducing surgery. The fellow needs to appreciate what his or her patients will experience, and the rotation will allow for observation of different surgeons who may offer slightly different approaches and innovative techniques.
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Genetics: The fellow will spend a total of a month with the genetics team (2 weeks early and 2 weeks later) learning about hereditary cancer (identification of carriers, associated risks and risk management) and will solidify this knowledge base in Medical Breast Clinic and Hereditary High Risk Clinic. This part of the fellowship will focus on the genetic counseling process, informed consent, understanding of results and new genetic tests (i.e. polygenic risk scores).
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Pathology: The fellow will spend two weeks in Pathology and will observe Breast Pathology sign out learning about the different breast histologies of concern, receptors, and pathologic staging of breast cancers. The fellow will also become familiar with benign and benign high risk pathologic markers, and know which core biopsy findings require surgical excision.
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Plastic Surgery: The fellow will shadow Plastic surgeons in clinic and in the operating room for two...
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Educational Conferences
Educational Conferences
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Plastic Surgery: The fellow will shadow Plastic surgeons in clinic and in the operating room for two weeks. Women's Health: The fellow will shadow Women's Health Practitioners in clinic and in shared medical visits for two weeks.
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Educational Conferences
Educational Conferences
Schedule of conferences that trainees will attend includes: Repeating Meeting expectations Quarterly medical breast meetings
Monthly case conferences (bring one case)
Weekly Tumor Board Weekly Family Review Medical Breast Section Staff meeting every other month
Monthly Research Meeting
Didactic Sessions with Dr. Pederson
Monthly Somatic Tumor Board
Monthly Surgical Journal Club Local Annual Conferences San Antonio / Major Breast Cancer Conference Update – February Breast Cancer Summit – Fall National Conferences relevant to the field – abstracts encouraged Lynn Sage – Chicago
Miami Breast Cancer Conference
National Consortium of Breast Centers
American Society of Breast Centers
American Society of Clinical Oncology
San Antonio Breast Cancer Symposium
Montreal BRCA conference every other year Application Information
Application Information
Interested candidates should submit applications to: [email protected] Please include a CV, cover letter, and two letters of recommendation with your application.
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Andrew Wilson Member
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Your cover letter can be addressed to:
Holly Pederson, MD
Chair, Medical Breast For questions about applying, please contact Cleveland Clinic Physician Recruiter: Janine Keough, [email protected] Cleveland Clinic is pleased to be an equal employment/affirmative action employer: Women/Minorities/Veterans/Individuals with Disabilities. Smoke/drug free environment. Digestive Disease & Surgery Institute