News Release: LUNCH & LEARN: Prevention, Risk Reduction, and Surgery for Breast Cancer with Nimmi Kapoor, MD

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE                                           Contact:                        Denise Coulter
October 5th, 2017                                                                                                  805-379-4777 
 
LUNCH & LEARN: Prevention, Risk Reduction, and Surgery for Breast Cancer
with Nimmi Kapoor, MD
 
WESTLAKE VILLAGE, Calif. — The Cancer Support Community Valley/Ventura/Santa
Barbara (CscVvsb) announces a free workshop, “LUNCH & LEARN: Prevention, Risk Reduction, and Surgery for Breast Cancer with Nimmi Kapoor, MD” on Thursday, October 19th, 12:00-1:30pm, at 530 Hampshire Road, Westlake Village, CA 91361. Please call 805-379-4777 to RSVP or to learn more. Dr. Nimmi Kapoor will discuss lifestyle modification before and after cancer, pros and cons of bilateral mastectomy, risks and complications associated with implants and reconstruction. Lunch will be graciously provided by Radnet.
Nimmi S. Kapoor, MD, FACS, is a Cedars-Sinai physician practicing at the Cedars Sinai Cancer Center location in the San Fernando Valley.  She is a fellowship-trained, board-certified surgical oncologist specializing in breast and thyroid cancer. She completed both a general surgery residency and an endocrine cancer research fellowship at New York Presbyterian Hospital-Cornell. During this time, she received advanced Breast Surgical Oncology training as well as Head and Neck training at Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center. Dr. Kapoor also completed a Breast and Thyroid Surgical Oncology Fellowship at both John Wayne Cancer Institute and Cedars-Sinai.  She worked for Breastlink in Southern California for several years until joining Cedars Sinai in 2017.
About the Cancer Support Community Valley/Ventura/Santa Barbara
Celebrating more than two decades of providing support, education and hope to people fighting cancer, the Cancer Support Community Valley/Ventura/Santa Barbara is an independently governed and funded chapter of Cancer Support Community, the 50-member nation-wide organization. Cancer Support Community Valley/Ventura/Santa Barbara serves more than 3,000 local residents affected by cancer each year with programs throughout Ventura and Santa Barbara Counties, and into the San Fernando Valley.  Programs are offered in English and Spanish and are all provided free of charge. For more information, to volunteer or to make a donation, please visit www.CancerSupportVvsb.org or call 805-379-4777.   ###