Meet the BreastCare Center Team
BreastCare Center Specialists
Breast Surgery
Surgeons
Ted James, MD
Chief, Breast Surgical Oncology, and Co-Director, BreastCare Center
Mary Jane Houlihan, MD
Assistant Professor, Surgery, Harvard Medical School
Advanced Practice Providers
Kathleen Dionne, NP
Kristin Fleischmann-Rose, NP
Jennifer Ford, NP
Emily Howland, NP
Zinat J. Nassirzadeh, NP
Nurse Navigators
Being diagnosed with breast cancer can be a difficult and challenging experience. We want to make this experience as comfortable for you as possible. As a patient of the BreastCare Center, you will be paired with a nurse navigator who will help you coordinate your appointments, treatments and services. You’ll be able to contact your navigator directly if any questions arise.
Ellen Ohrenberger, RN, BSN
Jo Ellen Ross, RN
Patient Navigator
Christina Ho
Patient Navigator
Medical Oncology
Medical Oncologists
Nadine Muskatel Tung, MD
Disease Group Leader and Associate Professor, Medicine, Harvard Medical School
Steven E. Come, MD
Associate Professor, Medicine, Harvard Medical School
Neelam V. Desai, MD
Instructor, Medicine, Harvard Medical School
Jaymin M. Patel, MD
Instructor, Oncology, Harvard Medical School
Lowell Schnipper, MD
Medical Oncology
Gerburg M. Wulf, MD, PhD
Associate Professor, Medicine, Harvard Medical School
Advanced Practice Providers
Michelle Ciszwiski, NP
Rebecca Katz, NP
Megan Lynch, NP
Ryan Sullivan, NP
Radiation Oncology
Mary Ann Stevenson, MD, PhD
Chair and Chief, Radiation Oncology
Abram Recht, MD
Radiation Oncology
Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery
Our experienced, board-certified plastic and reconstructive surgeons perform various procedures for breast reconstruction after surgery for breast cancer. BIDMC is also one of the few hospitals in the nation to offer two innovative surgical techniques for the management of lymphedema.
Surgeons
Bernard Lee, MD, MBA, MPH
Chief, Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery
Eugene Fukudome, MD
Plastic Surgery
Samuel J. Lin, MD, MBA
Associate Professor, Surgery, Harvard Medical School
Dhruv Singhal, MD
Plastic and Lymphatic Surgery
Adam M. Tobias, MD
Assistant Professor, Surgery, Harvard Medical School
Advanced Practice Providers
Serena Skiffington, NP
Elizabeth Tillotson, NP
Breast Imaging
Radiologists
Tejas S. Mehta, MD, MPH
Chief, Breast Imaging; Co-Director, BreastCare Center
Janet K. Baum, MD
Associate Professor, Radiology, Harvard Medical School
Vandana Dialani, MD
Staff Radiologist, Breast Imaging, Director, Breast MRI, BIDMC, Assistant Professor of Radiology, Harvard Medical School
Kevin J. Donohoe, MD
Nuclear Medicine and Molecular Imaging
Valerie Fein-Zachary, MD
Staff Radiologist, Breast Imaging, Co-Director, Breast Imaging Fellowship Program
E. Jane Karimova, MD
Breast Imaging
Gerald Kolodny, MD
Associate Professor, Radiology, Harvard Medical School
Parisa Lotfi, MD
Staff Radiologist, Breast Imaging, BIDMC, Instructor in Radiology, Harvard Medical School
Rashmi J. Mehta, MD
Instructor, Radiology, Harvard Medical School
J. Anthony Parker, MD, PhD
Nuclear Medicine
Jordana Phillips, MD
Director of Breast Imaging Education in Radiology; Breast Imaging
Priscilla Slanetz, MD, MPH
Staff Radiologist, Breast Imaging, Associate Chief of Education, Director of Breast Imaging Research and Education, Director, Radiology Residency Program
Advanced Practice Providers
Nancy Littlehale
RN, MSN, WHNP
Radiology Technologists and Support Staff
Many of our highly trained technologists have worked in Breast Imaging at BIDMC for a long time and are well acquainted with our patients. We know some patients are more comfortable when seeing a familiar face for their breast screenings; we welcome (and make every effort to accommodate) requests for a specific technologist when scheduling your regular mammogram.Breast Pathology
Laura C. Collins, MD
Director of Anatomic Pathology
Gabrielle M. Baker, MD
Instructor, Pathology, Harvard Medical School
James L. Connolly, MD
Breast and Endocrine Pathology
Liza M. Quintana, MD
Cytopathology; Director of Breast Pathology Fellowship
Oncology Social Work
Our oncology social workers specialize in caring for those with breast and other cancers. We offer counseling, support groups, educational programs, and services that can help with everything from financial and transportation concerns to talking to your children, coping with your emotions, and living with cancer. We seek to empower you and your family, and to reduce your stress through all phases of your cancer treatment.
Leora Lownethal, LICSW
Manager, Oncology Social Work
Barbara Clivio, PhD, LICSW, OSW-C
Cancer Risk Genetics
Our genetic counselors provide you with information about your risk of inheriting cancer, the risks and benefits of genetic testing, how you can reduce the chance of developing related cancers in the future, and how you can increase the chance of early detection.
Medical Oncologist
Nadine Muskatel Tung, MD
Associate Professor, Medicine, Harvard Medical School
Licensed Genetic Counselors
Kim DeLeonardis, MS, CGC
Lauren Hogan, MS, CGC
Stacey Liberman, MS, CGC
Jill Krejdovsky, MS, CGC
Lindsey Stobie, MS, CGC
Medical Oncology
Rehabilitation
Patients with cancer can have many different medical conditions that often result in muscle weakness, decreased endurance, and loss of balance and mobility. Our physical therapists can help you return to your highest level of independence. If you have had a mastectomy (surgical breast removal), we can help you regain your strength.
Kathleen Shillue, PT, DPT, OCS
Clinical Director, Outpatient Rehabilitation Services
