Taking Care of Your Breast Health: What You Should Know to Lower Your Breast...
As a breast cancer surgeon, I’m often asked what women can do to prevent getting breast cancer. Unfortunately, there is no known way to completely prevent breast cancer (yet!), but there are important...
View ArticleWhat Is Oncoplastic Breast Surgery?
What is “oncoplastic” breast surgery?Although many patients are aware of breast reconstruction following mastectomy, many do not know about the option of breast reconstruction done at the time of...
View ArticleDr. Peled Speaks at School of Oncoplastic Surgery
Dr. Anne Peled was a featured speaker at the School of Oncoplastic Surgery’s September Program in Las Vegas, NV. The program ran September 8-10, and featured experts on Oncologic Surgery speaking to...
View ArticleDr Peled Speaks at Advances In Breast Cancer Care Luncheon For Breast...
Dr. Anne Peled spoke at the Advances In Breast Cancer Care Luncheon, held October 14th, 2016 at the Yountville Community Center in support of Breast Reconstruction Awareness Day, October 19th, 2016....
View ArticlePre-Pectoral Breast Reconstruction
As breast reconstruction techniques have evolved through the years, patients have benefitted from the advanced technology. One of the latest techniques offering several advantages to patients is breast...
View ArticleCan I Get Cancer from My Breast Implants? What We Do and Don’t Know about...
The potential association between breast implants and a rare form of cancer was recently brought to light in a New York Times article. Understandably, this has led to a lot of concern from women who...
View ArticleWhat’s your Dream Shape? Moving beyond the “Mommy Makeover”
I was recently at a meeting with a talk about “Mommy Makeovers”, a term popularized in social media for women looking to improve their appearance following pregnancy and having children. As a plastic...
View ArticleBREAST RECONSTRUCTION AWARENESS DAY 2017: KNOW YOUR OPTIONS
Fortunately for women undergoing breast cancer or breast cancer prevention surgery, the choices available for reconstruction just keep getting better and better. New technologies and techniques help...
View ArticleWhen a Breast Cancer Surgeon Gets Breast Cancer: Being on the Other Side of...
Six weeks ago, I was diagnosed with invasive breast cancer. As a breast cancer and breast plastic surgeon, I see women all the time who are in the exact same place I’ve been since receiving the phone...
View ArticleDr. Peled Featured in The Columbian
Dr. Anne Peled's story has been featured in the Columbian. Please follow the link to read the well-written article by @MarissaHarshman....
View ArticleDr. Peled Quoted in Cosmopolitan
Dr. Peled was quoted in Cosmopolitan this week in an anticle titled Facts About Inverted Nipples. You can read the article here and learn more about inverted nipples and what they mean for your body.
View ArticleBRAVE Day 2018
Today is the 5th Annual BRAVE Day for Breast Reconstruction, and I am so proud to be part of the event to help raise awareness. BRAVE Day is sponsored by the BRAVE Coalition, and their mission is to...
View ArticlePre-Pectoral Breast Reconstruction
Switching to pre-pectoral (“over-the-muscle”) breast reconstruction: how to fix chest wall hyperanimationUp until the last few years, most women who had implant reconstruction after mastectomy...
View Article21st Century Breast Reconstruction: Less Invasive, Better Outcomes
I recently saw a woman in my office who had been diagnosed with breast cancer over 30 years ago, at age 37. At that time, she had undergone a simple mastectomy without reconstruction, a major lymph...
View ArticleDr. Peled Profiled in the CSPS New Member Spotlight
Dr. Peled has been chosen to be profiled in this month's California Society of Plastic Surgeons New Member Spotlight, with an interview discussing the best thing about being a plastic surgeon, her...
View ArticleConsidering Prophylactic Mastectomy? Knowing Your Options Can Help You Get...
Prophylactic Mastectomy is a surgical procedure that removes one or both breasts in order to lower the potential for breast cancer development in women at higher breast cancer risk. The surgery can...
View ArticleExercising after Plastic Surgery: 5 Tips for Healing Safely and Smoothly
One of the most frequent questions I get asked when I speak to patients about recovering after surgery is when they can exercise again. I love having active and healthy patients and strongly encourage...
View ArticlePre-Pectoral Implant Reconstruction
Prepectoral ( or "above-the-muscle") breast reconstruction is an innovative, less invasive, breast reconstruction approach with quicker recovery, less pain, and better outcomes than older approaches...
View ArticleWhat Is Oncoplastic Surgery?
What Is "Oncoplastic" Breast Surgery?Although many patients are aware of breast reconstruction following mastectomy, many do not know about the option of breast reconstruction done at the time of the...
View ArticleAnne Peled M.D. Discusses Oncoplastic Surgery's Benefits
Anne Peled M.D. discusses how Oncoplastic Surgery can have a positive effect on the lives of breast cancer reconstruction patients during Breast Cancer Awareness Month. For more information about...
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