New York Partnership for Women's Health

NEISTADT, JACOBS, HERTZ, SHERMAN & KAZAM M.D., P.C.

New York Partnership for Women's Health

Ilona Hertz, Craig Sherman L. Daniel Neistadt, Morton Jacobs Elias Kazam 400 East 66th Street
New York, N.Y. 10021
212 838-4243
212 838-7370 fax

We have moved to first avenue between 65th and 66th streets with the newest equiptment including 2 new CT scanners, an MRI and the addition of a PET Scanner. Our phone numbers are the same. We now are equipped to perform many types of biopsies under ultrasound and, if necessary, CT guidance.

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FACTS ABOUT BREAST CANCER

We are a group of physicians, women and men alike, specifically interested in the diagnostic aspects of women's health. Our services include mammography, stereotactic breast biopsy; densitometry to evaluate osteoporosis; ultrasound of the breast, pelvis or other parts of the body; CT scanning; MRI scanning; and all other diagnostic x-ray examinations. Information on mammography, osteoporosis and breast cancer is available below. We want to provide you with health related information or tell you where to go to find it. Please feel free to fill out the form below with any question you may have, we will quickly provide you with the best answers that we can find or refer you to the place that you are most apt to find it.

MAMMOGRAMS: Guidelines--------Better Breast Biopsy!!!

MENOPAUSE----------OSTEOPOROSIS----------POLYCYSTIC OVARIES

ULTRASOUND: Postmenopausal Bleeding; Endometrial and Ovarian Cancer

Many Important Topics!!!

Reciprocal WWW Links-------Medical Tips----------- Voluntary Health Organization: Hyperlinks

GUIDELINES FOR MAMMOGRAPHY:

We also want to provide you with information on any questions you may have concerning women's issues. The following are the Guidelines for Mammography: A baseline mammogram between the ages of 35 and 40. Between 40 and 50, a mammogram every one or two years is required. After the age of 50, a screening mammogram every year is required. Remember breast cancer is curable. Also, in most instances, mastectomy is not required. Lumpectomy and radiotherapy are often the curative treatments of choice. Most women are therefore left with both breasts and the rest of their lives in front of them. For those requiring mastectomy, breast reconstruction now has remarkable results and often restores a woman's sense of self and body image. Do not put off your mammogram because of fear, you should fear not knowing if you have something that is growing in your breast. It can be cured! If you have any questions about this topic, or any other topic pertaining to women's health please give us a call at 212 838-4243.

Metro Area Breast Cancer Registry

Six New York metropolitan hospitals are collaborating on a new international breast cancer research project which may begin to answer questions about genetics and breast cancer. The project, which is funded by the National Cancer Institute, is being carried out at 11 sites around the world.

The Metropolitan New York Registry will serve as a valuable resource for researchers investigating genetic and environmental factors in breast cancer risk, particularly among families at risk. The Registry will include members of families with a history of breast or ovarian cancer. Participants in the project will receive newsletters with information on up-to-the-minute findings, educational seminars and videotapes. Referrals for genetic counseling will also be provided.

Families with two or more relatives with breast or ovarian cancer, or individuals with a relative with early age diagnosis or a male relative with breast cancer are encouraged to participate. The six participating hospitals are: New York University Medical Center, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Certer, Beth Israel Medical Center, Columbia-Presbyterian Medical Center, Mt. Sinai Medical Center and SUNY Health Science Center at Stonybrook.

Patients with appropriate medical histories should contact any one of the six participating hospitals.

MENOPAUSE:

Menopause is a political issue of the day due to the large number of baby boomers entering their 50's.

Here are some web sites, organizations and resources to help you learn about menopause and menopausal issues.

North American Menopause Society
National Women's Health Resource Center
American Medical Women's Association

ORGANIZATIONS:

National Institute on Aging (NIA), 9000 Rockville Pike, MD 20892, 800-222-2225

National Women's Health Network, 1325 G Street NW, Washington, DC 20005, 202-347-1140

American College of Obstetrics and Gynecology (ACOG), 409 12th Street SW, Washington, DC 20024, 202-638-5577

Wider Opportunities for Women (WOW), National Commission on Working Women, 1325 G Street NW, Lower Level, Washington, DC 20005, 202-638-3143

National Osteoporosis Foundation (NOF), 2100 M Street NW, Suite 602, Washington, DC 20037, 202-223-2226

DEPRESSION Awareness, Recognition, and Treatment Program, National Institute of Mental Health, D/ART Public Inquires, 5600 Fishers Lane, Room 15C-05, Rockville, MD 20857, 301-443-4513

American Heart Association (AHA), 7320 Greenville Avenue, Dallas, TX 75231, 214-373-6300

RESOURCES:

The Change: Women, Aging, and the Menopause, by Germaine Greer.

The New Ourselves Growing Older, by Paula Brown Doress and Diane Laskin Siegel.

The Late Show, by Helen Burley Brown. I laughed my way through this one!

Estrogen, by Lila Nachtigall, M.D. and Joan Rattner Heilman. I am a proponent of hormone replacement for most, NOT ALL, women.

The Women's Complete Healthbook, edited by Roselyn Payne Epps, MD, and Susan Cobb Stewart, MD, is written by more than 50 women physicians and health care professionals. The publication (Delacorte Press, May 1995, $29.95, 720 pp) includes more than 200 illustrations and covers consumer issues, preventive care, reproductive health, and diagnosis and treatment. To order, call the American Medical Women's Association at 1-800-650-AMWA.

If you have comments or suggestions, email me at ilona1@ix.netcom.com

Last updated on December 31st, 2001