Marisa C. Weiss is an American oncologist,
living in
Philadelphia
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, the founder and president
of Breastcancer.org,
which provides medical and personal information on breast health and breast cancer. She is also a founder and past president of the national nonprofit
Living Beyond Breast Cancer.
She currently practices at
Lankenau Medical Center, part of the Main Line Health Hospitals of the
Thomas Jefferson University
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Health System in the Philadelphia area, where she serves as director of breast radiation oncology and director of breast health outreach. She served on the National Cancer Institute Director’s Consumer Liaison Group for seven years.
Weiss is the author of four books about breast cancer and breast health, published by Random House. Her Think Pink, Live Green project, a global breast cancer prevention initiative, has been promoted by Breastcancer.org since 2008.
Weiss has been a repeat guest on ABC’s ''Good Morning America'', NBC’s ''TODAY'', CNN’s medical features, and ''The Dr. Oz Show'', among others. Weiss has appeared in women’s magazines, including ''Elle'', ''Self'', ''Redbook'', ''Marie Claire'', ''Seventeen'', ''Cosmopolitan'', ''Good Housekeeping'', ''The Oprah Magazine'', and ''Better Homes and Gardens''. Her books and other work has been quoted in a number of publications on the subject of breast cancer.
Books
Weiss is the author of ''Living Beyond Breast Cancer''
and ''Living Well Beyond Breast Cancer'' (According to
WorldCat
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, this book is in 945 libraries), coauthored with her mother, Ellen Weiss (1998, 2010); ''Taking Care of Your “Girls:” A Breast Health Guide for Girls, Teens, and In-Betweens'', coauthored with her daughter, Isabel Friedman (2008);
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"Taking Care of Your "Girls": A Breast Health Guide for Girls, Teens, and In-Betweens by Marisa C. Weiss, M.D. and Isabel R. Friedman "
''Story Circle Book Reviews''. and ''7 Minutes!: How to Get the Most from Your Doctor Visit'' (2007).
See also
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Nina Montée Karp
References
External links
Breastcancer.org Trusted guidance when you need us most. Because no one should face breast cancer aloneMarisa C. Weiss, MD
at WebMD
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Year of birth missing (living people)
Living people
American oncologists
Women oncologists