Garden City, NY, October 16, 2023 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — The 11th Annual Breast Cancer Summita free community service event hosted by New York Plastic Surgery Group (NYPS Group), the largest and oldest private academic plastic surgery group in the United States, is designed around a key topic that has generated enormous interest in 2022: patient empowerment through nutrition , nutrition and healthy lifestyles.
Traditionally honoring a breast cancer survivor for her annual speech and Lifetime Achievement Award — Previous keynote addresses have included: Fran Drescher, Amy Robach, Cynthia Nixon and Joan Lunden — NYPS Group chose to partner with Joy Bauer, MS, RDN, CDN for its 2023 presentation, based on the overwhelmingly positive response from past attendees regarding a speech given at the previous year’s event by a registered dietitian nutritionist at New York Cancer & Blood. Specialists.
“Every year after the Summit, we conduct a post-event survey,” begins Dr. Tommaso Addona, MD, FACS., a specialist in breast cancer reconstruction and president of the New York Plastic Surgical Group. “This gives us the opportunity to get feedback from attendees on how to best serve our community with programming for the coming year, and allows us to hear directly from them about the topics that matter most, what surprised them or was new to them, their biggest takeaways and what they want to know more about. Ultimately, this is the best way we can give back to our community: by providing free access to the best of the best so that everyone can feel empowered to advocate for themselves through informed, informed decision-making.
Although Bauer is the first non-survivor to deliver the Summit’s keynote address in its 11-year history, she brings extensive experience in nutrition, having played a key role in the pediatric cardiology and neurosurgery departments of Mount Sinai, in addition to having created one of the largest private nutrition centers. in America. Today, Bauer is widely recognized as the most trusted voice on food science in mainstream media. Addona is confident in the Group’s partnership decision to select Bauer based on the results of its 2022 survey, which he says “tells a story in itself: people definitely expressed a desire to learn more about food choices in terms of breast cancer prevention, throughout their treatment. and recovery phases, and eventually how to adopt these habits long-term for a lasting lifestyle change.
The Summit serves as a stage for the tri-state area’s most sought-after clinical, industry and hospital leaders to share their knowledge and expertise with more than 500 local healthcare professionals and attendees who are impacted by breast cancer a one way or another. or another person — whether personal, family member or friend — for the purpose of providing support, awareness and education; Topics in this year’s programming include: new therapies for advanced breast cancer, risk factors that affect cancer, breast reconstruction options, and physical therapy before and after mastectomy.
Hosted by WABC-TV Eyewitness News investigative reporter, Kristin ThorneThe summit will take place on Wednesday, October 18 from 8:00 a.m. to 1:00 p.m. at the Royalton Mansion in Roslyn Heights, and will open with a free breakfast, followed by panel discussions, expert keynotes and two survivors sharing their personal stories, each other ending with Bauer’s 30-minute talk on dietary remedies.
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ABOUT JOIE BAUER
Joy Bauer, MS, RDN, CDN, is one of the nation’s leading health authorities. She is the TODAY show’s nutrition and healthy living expert and host of NBC’s Health + Happiness. Joy is a #1 New York Times bestselling author with 14 bestsellers to her credit. She has been the official nutritionist for the New York City Ballet for over a decade and maintains JoyBauer.coma popular online destination for cutting-edge health information and thousands of delicious recipes.
Passionate about providing science-based, realistic information to millions of Americans, Joy has received countless awards, including the National Media Excellence Award from two of the most esteemed organizations, the Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics and the American Society of Nutrition Science. Joy received two Taste Awards in 2022, an accolade often described as the Oscars of food, fashion and lifestyle media, and six further nominations in 2023.
ABOUT NEW YORK PLASTIC SURGERY GROUP
The year 2023 marks the 75th anniversary of NYPS Group (formerly Long Island Plastic Surgical Group). The practice includes 24 plastic surgeons and is the oldest and largest private and academic plastic surgery practice in the United States. NYPS Group’s main office is located in Garden City, New York, with 11 additional offices in Long Island, Manhattan, Brooklyn, Queens, Westchester and Connecticut. Having performed more than 10,000 breast reconstruction procedures, NYPS Group is committed to providing education, awareness and leadership in breast cancer and reconstruction. The office also operates Deep Blue Med Spawhich offers clinically proven skin rejuvenation procedures and body care, and Dr STITCH, an on-call service and a 24/7 hotline. NYPS Group surgeons also perform extensive international charitable surgical work supporting International resurrection.
