Health Awareness Luncheon

21st Gayle K. Lee Annual Health Luncheon

2019

“Immunotherapy Today”

Elizabeth Comen, MD

Assistant Attending Physician on the Breast Medicine Service

Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center

2018

“What’s New in Genetic Testing for Cancer”

Wendy Chung, MD, Ph. D.

Kennedy Family Professor of Pediatrics and Medicine

Columbia University

2017

“Hope and Healing”

Wendy Harpham, MD

Author, Happiness in a Storm: Facing Illness and Embracing Life as a Healthy Survivor

2016

“Lighter as We Go: Virtues, Character Strengths and Aging”

Jimmie Holland, MD

Attending Psychiatrist and Wayne E. Chapman

Chair in Psychiatric Oncology

Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center

Professor Psychiatry

Weill Medical College of Cornell University

Mindy Greenstein, Ph. D.

Clinical Psychologist and Cancer Psychologists

Consultant to the Geriatric Group in the Department of Psychiatry

Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center

2015

“Breast Cancer: Dispelling Myths and Misconceptions”

Elisa S. Port, MD, FACS

Chief of Breast Surgery

Co-Director, Dubin Breast Center

Mount Sinai Medical Center

2014

“Gynecologic Cancers: Genetics, Lifestyle and Beyond”

Stephanie V. Blank, MD

Associate Professor, Gynecologic Oncology

Director, Gynecologic Oncology Fellowship

NYU School of Medicine

2013

“Breast Cancer 2013: What you Need to Know”

Anne Moore, MD

Medical Director

Weill Cornell Breast Center

2012

“New Therapies for Breast Cancer in the Era of Personalized Medicine”

Linda Vahdat, MD

Professor of Medicine

Director of the Breast Cancer Research Program

Weill Cornell Medical College

2011

“Cancer in the Family? Genetics is not Destiny”

Kenneth Offit, MD, MPH

Chief of Clinical Genetics Service

Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center

Professor of Medicine and Public Health

Weill Cornell Medical College

2010

“How to Make the Right Decision for You: Current Perspectives on Cancer Screening and Prevention”

James Speyer, MD

Medical Director Clinical Cancer Center

NYU Langone Medical Center

2009

“How Modern Science is Transforming Breast Cancer Management”

Larry Norton, MD

Deputy Physician in Chief for Breast Cancer Programs

Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center

2008

“Living the Great Life After Cancer”

Jane Brody

Columnist, The New York Times

2007

“The Answer to Cancer: A Physician Survivor Speaks”

Carolyn Runowicz, MD

Director

Carole and Ray Neag Comprehensive Cancer Center

University of Connecticut Health Center