Dr. Kristi Funk, Breast melanoma Surgeon - KTLA

× Dr. Kristi Funk, Breast melanoma Surgeon

Dr. Kristi Funk is a breast cancer surgeon who turned into thrust into the general public eye in 2013 when Angelina Jolie wrote an op-ed piece for the long island instances explaining her choice to have a double mastectomy. In it, she mentioned that she had the method at Dr. Funk's purple Lotus Breast core in Beverly Hills. you could examine Jolie's very own choices in the big apple instances links on this page.

For Dr. Funk, the public consideration supplied her with a chance to teach more americans about BRCA gene mutations and about breast cancer remedies. We talk about the newest in medicine all the way through our dialog and also you'll hear how Dr. Funk counsels girls dealing with a breast melanoma prognosis. We also discuss the issues of overdiagnosis and overtreatment of breast melanoma and her view on when girls should bear mammograms. I additionally requested Dr. Funk some selected questions from the ladies I work with.

Frank Buckley interviews breast melanoma surgeon Dr. Kristi Funk.

whereas Dr. Funk treats celebrities and the neatly-heeled in her Beverly Hills workplace, she is also committed to creating certain that each lady who walks via her doors receives the identical extremely good care whether she has insurance or the ability to pay for it. i used to be greatly surprised to be trained that this commitment to treating everyone has left her unable from time to time to pay for her own groceries. What drives this surgeon and what do we all should find out about breast melanoma? discover on this version of Frank Buckley Interviews.

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