Dr. Lisa Newman

Weill Cornell Medicine researchers are working to combat the stark racial disparities in breast cancer outcomes

Four distinguished Weill Cornell Medicine physician-scientists – Drs. Silvia Formenti, Barbara Hempstead, Lisa Newman and Laura Riley – have been selected as Crain’s Notable Women in Healthcare in New York City.

A set of gene variants that originated in Sub-Saharan West African populations may help explain why black women, compared to white women, have worse breast cancer outcomes, according to a new study from a team led by researchers at Weill Cornell Medicine and NewYork-Presbyterian.

Dr. Lisa Newman and her multidisciplinary research team study why breast cancer outcomes vary by patients’ race and ethnicity.

How a soap opera inspired this leading breast cancer surgeon and researcher.

Dr. Lisa Newman, an internationally renowned breast surgeon and researcher, has been appointed chief of the Section of Breast Surgery at NewYork-Presbyterian/Weill Cornell Medical Center and Weill Cornell Medicine, effective Aug. 20.