Southampton Breast Cancer Doctor Will Lead Return Medical Mission to Dominican Republic - 27 East

Southampton Breast Cancer Doctor Will Lead Return Medical Mission to Dominican Republic

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Dr. Edna Kapenhas, the head of breast surgical oncology at the hospital and the director of the Ellen Hermanson Breast Center.  TANYA MALOTT

Dr. Edna Kapenhas, the head of breast surgical oncology at the hospital and the director of the Ellen Hermanson Breast Center. TANYA MALOTT

The medical team performing surgery during a mission.     COURTESY DR. EDNA KAPENHAS

The medical team performing surgery during a mission. COURTESY DR. EDNA KAPENHAS

Dr. Edna Kapenhas, the head of breast surgical oncology at the hospital and the director of the 13-year-old Ellen Hermanson Breast Center, with a patient on a previous mission.  COURTESY DR. EDNA KAPENHAS

Dr. Edna Kapenhas, the head of breast surgical oncology at the hospital and the director of the 13-year-old Ellen Hermanson Breast Center, with a patient on a previous mission. COURTESY DR. EDNA KAPENHAS

By Joan Baum on Jan 31, 2023
Most people are familiar with the international humanitarian medical nongovernmental organization Doctors Without Borders (Médicins Sans Frontières), started in France in 1971 in response to the war-torn devastation in Biafra.... more

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