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Nella Irene Shapiro, M.D.
is the director of breast surgery at the Eastchester Center for Cancer Care. She is 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. She has served as chief of general surgery at Bronx Municipal Hospital Center and associate director of surgery at the Jack D. Weiler Hospital.
A graduate of Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Dr. Shapiro interned and did her residency at Montefiore Hospital Medical Center, where she was the first woman to complete the general surgery residency. She also introduced the technique of laparoscopic cholecystectomy at the Jack D. Weiler Hospital. She is certified by the American Board of Surgery, and is a fellow of the American College of Surgeons.
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Gabriel Kaufman,
Dr. Gabriel J. Kaufman, Oncoplastic Surgery Breast Cancer Specialist for the Eastchester Center for Cancer Care is a board certified surgeon specializing in breast cancer surgery. Dr. Kaufman completed his residency training in both general surgery as well as a breast cancer surgical fellowship at New York University Medical Center. He has also recently completed an advanced fellowship in the new field of Oncoplastic surgery. Oncoplastic surgery offers patients with breast cancer improved breast conservation outcomes. His special interest is treating patients with breast cancer while utilizing advanced surgical techniques to obtain the best oncologic and aesthetic results. In addition to the treatment of cancer, his office also specializes in the treatment of benign breast disease.
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