American Society Of Breast Disease To Honor Innovators In Breast Cancer Radiology And Radiation Therapy

Main Category: Breast Cancer
Also Included In: Radiology / Nuclear Medicine
Article Date: 16 Jan 2009 - 3:00 PDT

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The 2009 American Society of Breast Disease Pathfinder Lectures will be delivered by two global leaders in the field of breast cancer - Marie Overgaard, MD, and Steve H. Parker, MD. The American Society of Breast Disease Pathfinder Lectures will be part of the Society's Annual Symposium, April 2-4, 2009, at The Drake Hotel, Chicago, Illinois.

In announcing the recipients of the Society's only honorary recognition, American Society of Breast Disease president Julio A. Ibarra, MD, noted that "through their vision and work this year's honorees - Marie Overgaard and Steve H. Parker -- have established new standards in diagnosis and treatment that have benefited the lives of millions of women around the world."

Marie Overgaard, MD

Marie Overgaard, MD, professor, at Aarhus Hospital in Denmark is the ASBD's 2009 Pathfinder Lecturer in Radiation Oncology. Her work in leading the large randomized trials of the Danish Breast Cancer Cooperative Group dramatically reshaped the hypothesis of breast cancer as a systemic disease.

Through her research, Dr. Overgaard showed that post-mastectomy radiation with chemotherapy in both pre- and post-menopausal women positively impacted survival. Her visionary studies of postoperative radiotherapy have earned her recognition as an honorary fellow in the American College of Radiology and the Gold Medal Award of the American Society for Radiation Oncology.

Steve H. Parker, MD

An interventional radiologist, Dr. Steve H. Parker, the 2009 ASBD Pathfinder Lecturer in Radiology, is well known in the field of breast diagnosis. Dr. Parker has been a pioneer in the development and study of minimally invasive biopsy. His innovations have included stereotactic-guided core biopsy, ultrasound-guided core biopsy, stereotactic-guided vacuum assisted biopsy (VAB), ultrasound-guided VAB, ultrasound-guided sentinel node core biopsy/VAB and ultrasound-guided percutaneous excision of masses.

While serving at Fitzsimons Army Medical Center, Dr. Parker developed the first use of image-guided percutaneous breast biopsy with a large-core needle. He was the principal author of a multi-institutional study showing that stereotactic and ultrasound large-core breast biopsy is as accurate as surgical biopsy. Dr. Parker further refined this technique by helping to develop additional minimally invasive tools including VAB devices. Dr. Parker was the course director of the "Breast Imaging and Intervention in the 21st Century" international breast conference for ten years and has lectured worldwide for the past two decades.

Pathfinder Lectures

Prior recipients of this honor include Nancy Brinker; Bernard Fisher, MD; Patricia Ganz, MD; Jay Harris, MD; Gabriel Hortogbágyi, MD; Daniel Kopans, MD; David Page, MD; Mel Silverstein, MD; László Tábar, MD; and Umberto Veronesi, MD.

In 2009, Marie Overgaard, MD, and Steve H. Parker, MD, will be added to this distinguished roster of individuals whose contributions to the fight against breast cancer and breast disease have saved the lives of hundreds of thousands of women.

About the American Society of Breast Disease

The American Society of Breast Disease is the leading professional medical society in the United States to serve all physicians and allied professionals committed to and advocating an interdisciplinary team approach to breast cancer and disease management, prevention, early detection, treatment, and research. The Society provides professional education programs and advocates for improvements in breast healthcare.

American Society of Breast Disease

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