The Boobie Docs Podcast! 🍒

Plastic surgeons are often the final stop for a person battling breast cancer, and for some, the first step towards feeling whole again. 💕

We caught up with Dr. Jeremy Nikfarjam, Board Certified Plastic Surgeon based in Long Island and Manhattan, who also happens to be our friend from medical school. 

This was a fun and informative conversation, and a MUST-LISTEN for anyone considering breast reconstruction. 🎀

@drjnikplasticsurgery answers all your breast reconstruction FAQ including: 

✨ flap versus implant and how do you choose 

✨ everything you ever wanted to know about breast implants and tissue expanders

✨ A 👏 MASTECTOMY 👏 IS 👏NOT 👏A FREE👏 BOOB 👏 JOB and other misconceptions

✨ breast reduction, augmentation, and when it’s covered by insurance 

✨ why flat is fab! 💕

We also catch up on the last 15 years and we find out how he became the youngest private practice owner in Long Island! (and his advice to trainees!) 🙌

We hope you love this episode as much as we do. (If you do, please share and leave us a review! 😘)

Xoxo

Robyn & Adrienne 

PS Have a comment, question, or just wanna say 👋! Leave us a voicemail at 802-449-BOOB, and you may hear your comment or question on the podcast!👯‍♀️

We don’t know about you, but we’re feeling ‘2️⃣2️⃣!

We sit down to reflect on the past year and set our intentions for 2022. 🤌

We also share our appearance on the “Out in the Crowd with Mazz and O’Dowd” Podcast from a few months back with Dr. Anthony Mazzarelli, co-president/CEO of Cooper University Healthcare. We talk about how we became @theboobiedocs, plus other great stories. 🤩

📞 us! You can now leave us a voicemail with a question, comment, or just to say hi at (𝟴𝟬𝟮) 𝟰𝟰𝟵-𝗕𝗢𝗢𝗕 (𝟮𝟲𝟲𝟮)! 😍 (you may hear your anonymous voicemail on our podcast 🤗👂) Listen to the end of this podcast for our first voicemail from everyone’s favorite, Grandma Lina. 🥰

We hope you enjoy this episode as much as we do! (If you do, please review and share!) 

Xoxo

Robyn & Adrienne 😘

@theboobiedocs

Black women have a 40% higher breast cancer mortality rate than their white counterparts, younger age at diagnosis, and more aggressive disease, just to scratch the surface. Breast cancer disparities have only widened because of the COVID-19 pandemic.

We sit down with Roberta “Bobbi” Albany and Jamil Rivers to explore some of the multifactorial causes of breast cancer disparities. They offer advice to black women to improve their breast cancer outcomes and tangible things we can all do to address the problem. 

Jamil is founder and CEO of the Chrysalis Initiative. Bobbi is founder and CEO of Cancer in the Know and is a contributing author of Bruised, Broken & Blessed. Both women are advisory council members of Knowledge Is Power: Understanding Black Breast Cancer by Living Beyond Breast Cancer. 

This is a really important episode and we hope you give it a listen. (If you do, please review and share!) 😘

xoxo

Robyn & Adrienne 

@theboobiedocs

We are joined by Breast/ Pediatric Radiologist and long time friend Dr. Kara-Lee Pool to cover everything you wanted to know about Breast Radiology including:

✨ When should I start and stop screening mammography and how often?

✨ Why is dense breast tissue important?

✨ What to expect after an abnormal mammogram? 

✨Who needs breast MRI? 

We discuss practical ways to improve breast cancer detection and so. much. more. You won’t want to miss this episode! 

We hope you love this episode as much as we do!!! (If you do, please review and share!) 😘

xoxo

Robyn & Adrienne 

@theboobiedocs

Let’s talk about GENES baby! 🧬 

Our dear friend, Lainie Jones, shares her story of multiple cancer diagnoses before age 30, and how her delayed diagnosis of Li-Fraumeni syndrome changed her management and outlook on life. (Her story will rock. your. world. 🤯)

Through her Instagram, @theearlydetective, Lainie spreads her positivity and shares how early cancer detection has saved her life several times. (Also, you’ll learn what #hotbedofashkenazi means. 😆)

We’ll wrap up with an informative conversation with Emily Goldberg, MS, a genetic counselor from JScreen (@getjscreened) highlighting some reasons why people might seek genetic counseling, and discuss reproductive options and advice for those who are considering testing. (Hot tip: Genetic counselor starts at 34:00 😉) 

This episode is a 🌟 𝗠𝗨𝗦𝗧-𝗟𝗜𝗦𝗧𝗘𝗡 🌟 for anyone who has a family history of cancer, known genetic mutation, or just wants to learn from from some incredible humans why genetics are important. 🤩

We hope you love this episode as much as we do!!! (If you do, please review and share!) 😘

xoxo

Robyn & Adrienne 

@theboobiedocs

In this episode, we speak to Dr. Eleonora Teplinsky, Breast and GYN Medical Oncologist at Valley Health System in Parasmus, NJ and Clinical Assistant Professor of Medicine at Mount Sinai. 👩🏻‍⚕️

Dr. Teplinsky runs an informative Instagram @drteplinsky that focuses on medical oncology and the benefits of living a healthy lifestyle. Her Interlude podcast shares the stories of women affected by cancer in any way. 🎀

In the first half of our conversation, we discuss breast cancer oncology treatment. We cover the most frequently asked questions including who needs chemotherapy, overview of receptors, role of tamoxifen and oncotype, and the importance of fertility preservation. 🙋🏻‍♀️

The second part of our conversation focuses on the 5 healthy lifestyle modifications you can make to lower your risk of developing cancer or to improve survival if already diagnosed, and advice to people battling breast cancer. 🌱 

We hope this episode resonates with you whether you have breast cancer or not. 💕

xoxo

Robyn & Adrienne

In this special two-part episode, we first speak to Krysten Gentile who was diagnosed with breast cancer at age 35 while pregnant with her third child. We are happy to report that she has three healthy boys. 🤩 She tells us about her experiences with breast cancer while pregnant, her incredible podcast ‘Making the Breast of It,’ and how she uses every day moments to teach her boys important life lessons. And somehow, we managed to sneak spirituality into the convo. 🤗

After that, we bring our our friend/expert Dr. Elyce Cardonick who is a high risk OB/GYN who specializes in cancer during pregnancy to answer all of our questions! 

We hope you love this episode as much as we do! 😘

xoxo

Robyn & Adrienne

A breast surgeon is usually the first doctor a patient will see after being diagnosed with breast cancer and helps map out the best treatment plan (“the captain of the ship” if you will. 👩‍✈️)

It was only fitting that the first episode of our podcast features one of our favorite breast surgical oncologists, Dr. Kay Yoon-Flannery. 👩🏻‍⚕️

Dr. Flannery answers the most frequently asked questions she gets as a breast surgeon: 

• Role of the breast surgeon 

• Pros and cons of breast conservation therapy versus mastectomy 

• Reconstructive options 

• Role of preoperative MRI

• Sentinel lymph node biopsy vs. lymph node dissection

And so much more! 🎀 We hope you love this episode as much as we do! 

xoxo

Robyn & Adrienne

Welcome to our NEW PODCAST- “The Boobie Docs: The Girlfriends Guide to Breast Cancer, Breast Health, & Beyond!” 💃 

We share how it started vs. how it’s going, give the cliff version of our life stories, and set our intentions for the podcast. (And have way too much fun with our fancy sound effects! 😜)

We hope you join us on this exciting journey! 💕

xoxo

Robyn & Adrienne

(And make sure to follow@theboobiedocs across all social media platforms for more of the BREAST information 💕)