Everything We Do
Focuses On You
At the Maimonides Breast Center, everything we do focuses on you. From your first appointment, diagnosis and treatment, to superior outcomes and post-care. Our renowned team of specialists offers you every significant advantage throughout your journey.
More than Just a Team of Experts —We’re an Expert Team
Our doctors are pioneers in the fields of radiation oncology, hematology oncology, plastic surgery, breast imaging and breast surgery, and are leading presenters at nationally attended symposia. Our multidisciplinary team of experts works together and are deeply committed to offering you every significant advantage through your journey providing the highest level of care.
Our breast cancer specialists have trained and worked at the nation’s leading institutions
- Albert Einstein College of Medicine
- Brown University
- Columbia University Vagelos College of Physicians & Surgeons
- Harvard Medical School
- Lenox Hill Hospital
- Louisiana State University School of Medicine in New Orleans
- Maimonides Medical Center
- McGill University
- Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center
- Michigan Medicine: University of Michigan
- New York Eye and Ear Infirmary of Mount Sinai
- NewYork-Presbyterian Queens
- NewYork-Presbyterian/Weill Cornell Medical Center
- NYU School of Medicine
- Tufts University School of Medicine
- Weill Cornell Medicine
- Women & Infants Hospital
- Yale School of Medicine
Our Services & Treatments Offered
Our team works together to develop the most effective treatment plan for each patient. We provide individualized care that meets the unique needs of our patients.
- Tomosynthesis 3D Mammography System
- Stereotactic Biopsy Table
- Wire-Free Radar Localization for Lumpectomy
- Minimally-invasive Techniques
- Enhanced Recovery After Surgery (ERAS) Protocol – Specialists apply opioid-sparing techniques post-surgery. Our surgeons are pioneers in limiting the use of opioids following lumpectomy and mastectomy.
Treatment that uses drugs to stop the growth of cancer cells, either by killing the cells or by stopping them from dividing.
- External Beam Radiation
- Brachytherapy & Interstitial Brachytherapy
- Three-Dimensional Conformal Radiation Therapy (3D-CRT)
- Intensity Modulated Radiation Therapy (IMRT)
- Electron Beam Therapy
- Neutron Beam Therapy
- Stereotactic Radiotherapy
- Image-Guided Radiation Therapy (IGRT)
Slows or stops hormone-sensitive tumor growth by blocking the ability to produce hormones, or by interfering with effects of hormones on cancer cells.
This targeted treatment induces the immune system to recognize and kill cancer cells.
We use a variety of breast reconstruction options such as implant-based & autologous reconstruction based on your individual needs and condition. The goal of our plastic surgery specialists is to rebuild and help restore the look of a natural breast with minimal scarring.
Clinical trials allow you to try an alternative therapy to potentially treat cancer or relieve treatment side effects. All of today’s standard cancer treatments are a result of previous clinical trials.
Life Doesn't Stop When Cancer Strikes
“It’s not will you live, but how will you live.”
– Kirsten Rojas, MD
Experts at the Maimonides Urogenital, Sexual Health and Intimacy Center (MUSIC) help you to address sexual health problems that may arise due to treatments. Education and techniques for dealing with side effects are provided. We are the only program in Brooklyn – and among a select few in the nation – offering these services.
Individuals identified as high-risk can adopt tailored medical management plans to detect cancers at early stages or prevent their occurrence entirely.
Our program aims to minimize exposure to highly-addictive pain medicines such as opioids. Our nationally recognized pain management protocols rely on long-acting local anesthesia and alternative pain-relieving medicines.
More Women in Brooklyn Trust Maimonides than Anywhere Else in New York
More Women in Brooklyn Trust Maimonides than Anywhere Else in New York
Awards & Accolades
First Brooklyn-based program designated an American College of Radiology (ACR) Center of Excellence in multiple areas of breast cancer screening
Our Cancer Center earned the Outstanding Achievement Award by the Commission on Cancer of the American College of Surgeons
Brooklyn’s only fully-accredited breast center by the National Accreditation Program for Breast Centers (NAPBC)
Quality Oncology Practice Initiative (QOPI®) certifies that a cancer program has created a team-based culture of quality and excellence that elevates the delivery of cancer care to the highest possible level
