Join us for the Breast Cancer Early Detection Congressional Briefing on April 23 at 12pm ET during Cancer Prevention and Early Detection Month. We will provide information on key factors in early detection, updates on why we are seeing an uptick in women under 40, the status of national guidances and legislation enabling more accurate, timely screening for all women of all breast density tissue types, and how together we can defeat breast cancer.

Welcome & Overview from Linda Goler Blount, MPH – Black Women’s Health Imperative, CEO

Opening Remarks from Kristen Dahlgren – Thriver & Founder of Cancer Vaccine Coalition and former Correspondent for NBC Today Show and Nightly News

Speakers:

• Kaitlin Christine – Breast Cancer Survivor, CEO & Founder of Gabbi
• Dr. Rachel Brem – Co-Founder of the Brem Foundation to Defeat Breast Cancer, Vice Chair of George Washington University Cancer Center’s Department of Radiology—Breast Cancer Program Leader, and co-author of No Longer Radical: Understanding Mastectomies and Choosing the Breast Cancer Care that’s Right for You
• Dr. Emilia Diego – Co-Director of the University of Pittsburgh Medical Center’s Hillman Cancer Center and UPMC Magee-Women’s Hospital Breast Cancer Program
• Dr. Stamatia Destounis – Chair of the American College of Radiology Breast Imaging Commission
• Dr. Maxine Jochelson – Director of Breast Imaging Breastlink Beverly Hills/RADNET

Q&A led by Linda Goler Blount, MPH