Lisa A. Newman, M.D., M.P.H., F.A.C.S.

Dr. Newman is a surgical oncologist, Professor of Surgery and Director of the Breast Care Center for the University of Michigan in Ann Arbor, Michigan. Dr. Newman holds a Masters Degree in Public Health from Harvard University, and she also obtained her undergraduate education at Harvard University with a major in chemistry. She attended medical school and completed her general surgery residency training at the State University of New York Health Science Center at Brooklyn.

She completed her fellowship in surgical oncology at the M.D. Anderson Cancer Center. She is board-certified in General Surgery and holds an American Board of Surgery Added Qualifications Certificate in Surgical Critical Care.

Dr Newman sat down with us to discuss breast cancer its history as well as the how far we have come with treatment. Dr. Newman also talked in-depth about the emotional difficulties of breast cancer and various surgical procedures have on a woman.

We are very fortunate to have Dr, Newman in our film series about women and aging.

To read more about Dr. Newman http://surgery.med.umich.edu/general/patient/faculty/lanewman.shtml