Marisa Weiss

Marisa C. Weiss, M.D. is an American oncologist,[1][2] living in Philadelphia,[3] the founder and president[4] of Breastcancer.org,[5][6] which provides medical and personal information on breast health and breast cancer. She is also a founder and past president of the national nonprofit Living Beyond Breast Cancer.[7]

She currently practices at Lankenau Medical Center, part of the Main Line Health Hospitals of the Thomas Jefferson University Health System in the Philadelphia area, where she serves as director of breast radiation oncology and director of breast health outreach. She served on the National Cancer Institute Director’s Consumer Liaison Group for seven years.

Weiss is the author of four books about breast cancer and breast health, published by Random House. Her Think Pink, Live Green project, a global breast cancer prevention initiative, has been promoted by Breastcancer.org since 2008.

Weiss has been a repeat guest on ABC’s Good Morning America, NBC’s TODAY,[8] CNN’s medical features, and The Dr. Oz Show,[9] among others. Weiss has appeared in women’s magazines, including Elle, Self, Redbook, Marie Claire, Seventeen, Cosmopolitan, Good Housekeeping, The Oprah Magazine, and Better Homes and Gardens.[10] Her books and other work has been quoted in a number of publications on the subject of breast cancer.[11][12]

Books

Weiss is the author of Living Beyond Breast Cancer[13] and Living Well Beyond Breast Cancer (According to WorldCat, this book is in 945 libraries[14]), coauthored with her mother, Ellen Weiss (1998, 2010); Taking Care of Your “Girls:” A Breast Health Guide for Girls, Teens, and In-Betweens, coauthored with her daughter, Isabel Friedman (2008);[15] and 7 Minutes!: How to Get the Most from Your Doctor Visit (2007).

See also

References

  1. ↑ "A Doctor’s Mammogram Mission Turns Personal". New York Times
  2. ↑ Martin D. Abeloff (1 April 2000). A patient guide to breast cancer on the internet. eMedguides.com. ISBN 978-0-9700525-6-8.
  3. ↑ U.S. News & World Report. U.S. News Publishing Corporation. 2007.
  4. ↑ Ruti Malis Volk; Medical Library Association (April 2007). The Medical Library Association guide to cancer information: authoritative, patient-friendly print and electronic resources. Neal-Schuman. ISBN 978-1-55570-585-5.
  5. ↑ Support for Breast Cancer Patients and Survivors: How Action Figure Marisa Weiss Founded BreastCancer.org | Women's Health Magazine
  6. ↑ Susan M. Love (7 September 2005). Dr. Susan Love's Breast Book. Da Capo Press, Incorporated. pp. 567–. ISBN 978-0-7382-1141-1.
  7. ↑ Greenberger, Phyllis; Wider, Jennifer, eds. (2006). The savvy woman patient : how and why sex differences affect your health (1st ed.). Sterling, Va.: Capital Books. pp. xix. ISBN 9781933102085. Retrieved 14 September 2016.
  8. ↑ Study: Environment contributes to breast cancer - Video on TODAY.com
  9. ↑ Assess Your Health in 2011, Pt. 4 | The Dr. Oz Show
  10. ↑ A Breast Oncologist, Diagnosed With The Disease : NPR
  11. ↑ Glamour. Condé Nast Publications. January 2007.
  12. ↑ People Weekly. Time Inc. October 2007.
  13. ↑ Julia A. Ericksen; Professor of Sociology Julia A Ericksen (7 April 2008). Taking Charge of Breast Cancer. University of California Press. pp. 269–. ISBN 978-0-520-94118-2.
  14. ↑
  15. ↑ Andrus, Susan."Taking Care of Your "Girls": A Breast Health Guide for Girls, Teens, and In-Betweens by Marisa C. Weiss, M.D. and Isabel R. Friedman " Story Circle Book Reviews.

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