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Breast Cancer Surgery Bronx

Are you living with breast cancer? If so, you might be contemplating breast cancer surgery. If you are considering the procedure then you should look into Dr. Nella Shapiro. Dr. Nella Shapiro is the director of breast surgery at Eastchester Center for Cancer Care in the Bronx. She is also an Assistant Clinical Professor in the combined departments of surgery at the Jack D. Weiler Hospital of the Albert Einstein College of Medicine and the Montefiore Hospital and Medical Center.

Dr. Shapiro knows what it takes to treat breast cancer. The friendly staff at Eastchester will support you through your ordeal. They realize that it takes more than medical treatment to survive breast cancer. She is a breast cancer surgery specialist at the Eastchester Center for Cancer Care. Dr. Shapiro interned and completed her residency at Montefiore Hospital Medical Center, where she was the first woman to complete the general surgery residency. Dr. Shapiro is Board Certified by the American Board of Surgery and is a fellow of the American College of Surgeons. She also introduced the technique of laparoscopic cholecystectomy at the Jack D. Weiler Hospital.

The Eastchester Center for Cancer Care offers the following breast cancer surgery procedures:

- Lumpectomy
- Mastectomy
- Auxiliary lymph node dissection
- Sentinel lymph node dissection
- Reconstructive breast cancer surgery

Breast cancer surgery is serious and it can change your life drastically. You need a skilled and experienced surgeon such as Dr. Shapiro to help you get through these times. Call her today in the Bronx at the Eastchester Center for Cancer Care.