Our Medical Advisory Council
The Medical Advisory Council provides professional advice and guidance on emerging topics relating to breast health. The Council is comprised of recognized experts in their respective fields of medicine with affiliations at leading academic and medical institutions.
Soojin Ahn, MD
Dr. Soojin Ahn is a board certified surgeon specializing in breast surgery and Clinical Assistant Professor in the Department of Surgery at NYU Langone. She received Bachelor of Arts degree from New York University, where she was a New York University Presidential Honors Scholar and a Sokol Chemistry Scholar. She went on to receive her medical degree from the State University of New York Downstate College of Medicine.
She completed her residency in general surgery at Stony Brook University Medical Center, followed by subspecialty training of Society of Surgical Oncology accredited breast surgery fellowship at the Dubin Breast Center at Mount Sinai in New York City. Dr. Ahn’s clinical practice focuses include the management of both benignNot harmful; not cancerous (referring to a cell or mass). and malignantCancerous. diseases of the breast, as well as evaluation and follow-up of women at high risk of developing breast cancer due to significant family history, presence of geneticInherited characteristics. mutation, or history of high-risk lesionsA general term indicating a change in body tissue, often used as a synonym for tumors. discovered through biopsyThe removal and examination of tissue from a living body to discover the presence, cause, or extent of a disease..
She performs benign breast excisions and breast cancer surgeries including lumpectomySurgical removal of the breast lump and its surrounding tissue., mastectomyAn operation removing all or part of the breast. (skin-sparing and nipple-sparing mastectomy), and sentinel lymph node biopsy for axillaryRelated to the armpit. stagingThe process of determining whether cancer has spread and, if so, how far. Although there is more than one system for staging, the TNM system provides three important pieces of information: T - referring to the size of the Tumor, N - describing how far the cancer has spread to nearby Nodes and M - showing whether the cancer has spread or Metastasized to other organs of the body. Letters or numbers after the T, N, and M provide a patient with more details about each of these factors. The TNM descriptions can also be grouped together into Stages labeled with Roman numerals. In general, the lower the number, the less the cancer has spread. The higher the number, the more serious the cancer is. in patients with early stage breast cancer. She is an active member of the American Society of Breast Surgeons, the Society of Surgical Oncology, and is a Fellow of American College of Surgeons.
Nina D’Abreo, MD
Dr. Nina D’Abreo is chief of the Division of Oncology and Hematology at the NYU Perlmutter Cancer Center in Sunset Park. She has served on the Breast Cancer Medical Advisory Committee at NYU Langone-Long Island, which is dedicated to improving all aspects of breast health. She was responsible for developing the Breast Clinical Trials Program at NYU Langone-Long Island and serves as the local Principal Investigator of several cooperative group-sponsored breast cancer clinical trials designed for breast cancer prevention, early stage and metastatic breast cancer.
Dr. D’Abreo is a Clinical Assistant Professor of Medicine at NYU Langone School of Medicine. She is focused on the personalized treatment of breast cancer, and has a particular interest in breast cancer survivorship. She has widely spoken and published on the subject of breast cancer.
Eva Chalas, MD
Barry K. Douglas, MD, FACS
Dr. Barry K. Douglas has been with the Long Island Plastic Surgical Group since 1991 and joined the Maurer Foundation Board of Directors in 2012. Dr. Douglas is a Phi Beta Kappa graduate of Trinity College, Connecticut where he majored in Studio Art and Physics. He then obtained his MD degree from Bowman Gray School of Medicine of Wake Forest University, North Carolina in 1980. After his internship he completed his General Surgical Residency at Mount Sinai Hospital, New York City. Continuing his education at Mount Sinai Hospital, Dr. Douglas completed residencies in Microvascular Surgery and then Plastic Surgery. From 1986-87, he held the position of Chief Resident at this prestigious hospital. In 1987, Dr. Douglas completed a fellowship in Pediatric Plastic & Maxillofacial Surgery at Children’s Hospital of Akron with the Northeastern Ohio School of Medicine.
Dr. Douglas has lectured on a wide range of topics including cosmetic surgery, cleft lip surgery, breast reconstructionThe creation of an artificial breast performed by a plastic surgeon., and reconstruction for skin malignancies. His areas of expertise include cosmetic surgery, breast reconstruction, cleft lip and palate surgery, rhinoplasty and aesthetic breast surgery.
Douglas Marks, MD
Dr. Marks’ research projects were accepted for presentation at the San Antonio Breast Cancer Symposium, the American Association for Cancer Research (AACR), the American Society of Clinical Oncology, the Society for Immunology of Cancer, and the ECOG-ACRIN Cancer Research Group. Dr. Marks received his medical degree from Mount Sinai School of Medicine in 2012, where he also completed residency training in Internal Medicine. During that residency, he was awarded the Klaudia Ewa Knapik Memorial Award (“Top Resident”) by faculty of the Department of Medicine.
Virginia E. Maurer, MD
Over the years, Dr. Maurer’s tenacity, compassion, and professionalism have made her one of the country’s leading advocates for women’s health care. Dr. Maurer is the former Chief of the Division of Breast Surgery and former Director of NYU Winthrop Hospital’s Breast Health Program. She has been a member of the Society for the Study of Breast Disease, the American Medical Women’s Association, and the New York Metropolitan Breast Cancer Group. She was a member of the Advisory Board of 1 in 9 and the Community Advisory Board of Holiday House.
Melanie McDermet, MS
Monica Sheth, MD
She holds several local and national leadership appointments including Breast Imaging Section Editor of RadExam (national radiology question database), Breast Imaging Deputy Editor for Academic Radiology, and Medical Advisor for Radiologyinfo.org. Dr. Sheth is a graduate of the Emory School of Medicine and completed diagnostic radiology residency at Yale New Haven Hospital, where she served as chief resident. She completed a fellowship in breast and body imaging at Weill-Cornell New York Presbyterian Hospital.
Amy Solan, MD
