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Breast Health

Breast Cancer Prevention Center

Our Center for Breast Cancer Prevention can give you a thorough evaluation of your risk for breast cancer. During your visit, you talk with a team member about your medical and family history, plus lifestyle factors such as exercise and diet. They perform a clinical breast exam and create a personal breast cancer prevention and screening plan for you.


To schedule your visit or ask questions, call 216-844-8050 or contact one of our team members.

Schedule a Mammogram Screening

Are you concerned about your risk for breast cancer?

Evaluations are available at the following convenient locations:

Highly Trained Breast Cancer Specialists

To help patients understand their specific breast cancer risk factors and monitor these on a long-term basis, the Center for Breast Cancer Prevention provides patients with highly trained specialists in the field, including:

  • Surgical oncologists
  • Radiologists
  • Medical oncologists
  • Nurse practitioners
  • Pathologists
  • Plastic surgeons
  • Radiation oncologists
  • Medical geneticists
  • Genetic counselors
  • Social workers
  • Nurse navigators

Watch the High Risk Breast Cancer Patient Experience video

Partnering with Referring Physicians

Together, our team of board-certified physicians and cancer specialists help referring physicians determine if the patient is at high risk of developing breast cancer by:

  • Evaluating a wide range of factors to help patients understand their true risk of developing breast cancer, whether it is average or greater than the general population
  • Offering BRCA1 and BRCA2 genetic testing, if indicated by the patient’s family history
  • Offering patients a personalized plan for risk reduction and follow-up breast cancer screening, according to the degree of risk determined
  • Providing patients with genetic counseling
  • Providing patients with the opportunity for additional testing, including gene panel tests and state-of-the-art genetic sequencing, when appropriate
  • Providing referring physicians a report and a copy of the patient’s personalized plan
  • Providing same-day breast imaging

Learning about Breast Cancer Risk and Prevention

This booklet reviews common topics about breast cancer risk and things that may help lower the risk of breast cancer.

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Our Team

Heidi Goodwin APRN, CNP, CNM, CBCN
Nurse Practitioner

UH Minoff Health Center
Suite 4400

216-844-0080

Gladys Stefanek APRN, MSN, CNS, CBCN
Nurse Practitioner

UH Cleveland Medical Center
Breen Women’s Health Pavilion

216-628-7731

Pamela Li, MD
Breast Surgery

UH Parma Medical Center
Southwest General Health Center

440-617-4840

Jennifer Emrick, APRN, CNP
Nurse Practitioner

UH Minoff Health Center - Suite 4400
UH St. John Medical Center

216-831-8227

Ashley Simpson, DO
Breast Surgery

UH St. John Medical Center
Southwest General Health Center

440-617-4840

Maria Madden, MD
Breast Surgery

University Hospitals Geauga Medical Center, a campus of UH Regional Hospitals

440-629-4145

Claudine Siegert, MD
Breast Surgery

UH Portage Medical Center

330-235-7430