Susan M. Love, MD is an author, teacher, surgeon, researcher,
and activist. She graduated from SUNY Downstate Medical School cum laude in
1974. Dr. Susan Love did her surgical residency at Boston 's Beth Israel
Hospital and was chief resident in 1979. In 1980 she opened a private practice
in general surgery and was the first woman surgeon on the staff of Boston 's
Israel Hospital .
In 1982, Dr. Susan Love joined the staff of the Dana Farber
Breast Evaluation Clinic, the first comprehensive multidisciplinary center for
breast care. In 1988, in the private sector, she founded the Faulkner Breast
Center in Boston . This was the first facility in the country to include a
multidisciplinary, all woman staff which consisted of five surgeons, two
clinical nurse specialists, a plastic surgeon, radiation therapist and medical
oncologist. This program has received national recognition and continues to this
day combining patient care with a research program and fellowship in breast
surgery.
In 1992, Dr. Susan Love moved to Los Angeles to bring this
multidisciplinary approach to UCLA's new Breast Center . She left the
Directorship of the Revlon/UCLA Breast Center in 1996 and is currently Adjunct
Professor of Surgery at UCLA and Director of the Santa Barbara Breast Cancer
Institute. She was a member of the Medical Advisory Committee of the Women's
Health Initiative, helping to guide the largest study ever on postmenopausal
women in this country.
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