Mommy Docs

A day like one I had recently makes my day, puts a big smile on my face, and reminds me why I love what I do. I delivered SeWon’s baby girl last week. She’s my patient who was diagnosed with breast cancer at such a young age….30. She went through surgery, chemotherapy, and radiation therapy [...]

With Breast Cancer Awareness Month coming to a close, we share this amazing patient’s story with you. We hope it offers support and optimism and encourage all men and women to keep the awareness conversation going, not just this month, but every month. – I was just a few months into my 30s when Dr. [...]

This is the true account of a brave and courageous woman who offered to share her story as a breast cancer SURVIVOR to offer hope and encouragement to all the women suffering and needing a boost of support. We applaud Heidi’s strength and openness in sharing her story in honor of Breast Cancer Awareness Month. [...]

“Breast cancer”………women hear these words and they evoke anxiety and fear. I am 44 years old now, and had my fourth mammogram about a month ago as I’ve started getting yearly mammograms since forty years old. And despite the fact I’m an OB/GYN medical doctor, like every other woman, I get a little nervous when [...]

This week, I was so proud of my son and his football team. In honor of breast cancer awareness, the boys on both teams wore pink. (My son is number 5 and he is on the Bruins.) It was such an important lesson to teach our young sons about this disease that impacts so many [...]

  “Doctor, I don’t want to get a mammogram this year because it hurts!”  “I heard that the radiation from a mammogram causes cancer.”  “If I have breast cancer, the pressure from the mammogram machine on my breast will cause it to spread.” As a gynecologist for 17 years, I have heard many reasons why [...]