"The Dubin Breast Center Held Its Eighth Annual Benefit"
The Dubin Breast Center of the Tisch Cancer Institute at the Mount Sinai Health System held its eighth annual benefit on Monday, December 10, 2018 at the Ziegfeld Ballroom. The evening honored sisters, Melissa Spohler and Meredith Shepherd, their mother Priscilla Alexander, and Amy Tierstein, MD, clinical director of breast medical oncology at the Mount Sinai Hospital. Eva Andersson-Dubin, MD, found of the Center and a Mount Sinai trustee, and Elisa Port, MD, FACS, the Center’s Director, presented the awards to Mrs. Spohler, Mrs. Shepherd and Mrs. Alexander for their advocacy for breast cancer patients and to Dr. Tiersten for her commitment to breast cancer research at Mount Sinai. With 520 guests in attendance, the event raised $2.6 million to benefit the Dubin Breast Center, part of The Tisch Cancer Institute, a National Cancer Institute-designated cancer program.
— Eva Andersson-Dubin, MD, Founder, The Dubin Breast Center of the Tisch Cancer Institute, Mount Sinai Health System
— Elisa Port, MD, FACS, Director of the Dubin Breast Center and Chief of Breast Surgery, The Mount Sinai Hospital
— Amy Tiersten, MD, Professor, Medicine, Hematology and Medical Oncology, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, Oncologist, Breast Cancer Medical Oncology Program, Dubin Breast Center, The Mount Sinai Hospital