Biography
Dr. Shahla Masood is a Persian born physician, who currently holds the positions of Professor and Chair of the Department of Pathology at University of Florida College of Medicine – Jacksonville and Chief of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine at UF Health Jacksonville. She is also the Director of the Cytopathology and Breast Pathology Fellowship Training Program. In addition, Dr. Masood is the Medical Director of UF Health Breast Center. An internationally recognized expert in breast cancer diagnosis and prognosis, Dr. Masood has fostered the concept of an integrated multidisciplinary approach in breast cancer care, research, and education. She is the founder and Editor-in-Chief of The Breast Journal, the founder and past president of the “International Society of Breast Pathology,†the Director of the “Annual Multidisciplinary Symposium on Breast Diseaseâ€, and “The Breast Cancer Public Forumâ€. Dr. Masood is heavily involved in the study of minimally invasive procedures such as fine needle aspiration biopsy and ductal lavage in providing diagnostic and prognostic information in high risk and breast cancer patients. She defined the cytomorphology of high-risk proliferative breast disease in the early 1990s and has pioneered the concept of cytomorphology as a breast cancer predictor. Dr. Masood is the author of several textbooks, book chapters, and numerous publications. She is a frequent speaker at national and international symposiums and consensus meetings. She is also a member of the board of trustees of several prestigious scientific societies and organizations at local, regional, national and international levels. Dr. Masood has received numerous awards and recognition for her scientific work, her contribution to advancing global breast health education and her efforts to improve the quality of breast health care. She is the recipient of “The 2010 Breast Health Global Initiative Award,†“Courage to Teach Award†from National Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education, and Florida Times Union “Eve Award,†to name a few. She has been named as one of the Top Doctors in America, Top Doctors in Cancer and one of the 20 Top Most Influential Professors in Oncology at an international level. In 2015, Dr. Masood was honored in Rome, Italy by Susan G. Komen Italia, a partnership between Susan. G. Komen and the Catholic University in Rome for her widespread contributions to breast cancer advocacy, and initiation of the Italian “Race for the Cure†in 2000. Dr. Masood is a patient advocate, a partner in community affairs and an accomplished artist and gourmet chef. She is the mother of two accomplished physicians, Dr. Ali Kasraeian, a urologist, and Dr. Sina Kasraeian, an orthopedic surgeon
Research Interest
Pathology
Biography
Specialist in women's oncology, Dr. Razzouk is concerned with breast disease, from surgery for benign or malignant diseases to breast reconstruction. He is also a specialist in gynecological cancers, having a global multidisciplinary approach using minimally invasive surgery. Since 2006, the year he joined the Haute Normandie Center for Cancer Research as a cancer surgeon, Dr. Razzouk has been manager and advisor in onco-gynecology focusing above all on women's cancer care and more particularly breast cancer. He has participated in the development of certain surgical techniques which he applies to breast cancer care. The aim is to minimize the patients’ physical and psychological pains, to preserve their self-image by paying particular attention not only to their cancer results but also the aesthetic side. In 2012, Dr Razzouk started working at the St Amé private hospital near Lille. He participated in the creation of the North Artois Breast Institute, the second establishment in breast cancer care in the region. He has acquired an inner conviction that â€this work can only be a joint effort but, with the intention of giving personalized healthcare to every patient.†Arriving in Nice in 2016, he participated in the creation of a pole dedicated to breast cancer at the private hospital Santa Maria in Nice, grouping all the skills and medical specializations regarding breast care in one place. Dr Razzouk is at the origin of the One Day Breast Care, an innovative â€one day†breast cancer care programme: - 1 day to diagnose - 1 day for cancer surgery - 1 day for breast reconstruction This new approach allows the Breast Institute of Santa Maria to propose a fast and global breast cancer care. Throughout her care, the patient is supported by the teams in place "this “cocooning†approach is at the heart of our care philosophy“.
Research Interest
Gynecological and breast surgery Oncology surgery
Biography
Doctor Papanikolaou is born in Athens in 1985. In 2009 he takes the Medical Degree (MD) with Excellent votation. Afterwards, he is selected to participate in the 2 years Postgraduate Programme in Robotic Surgery, Minimally Invasive Surgery and Telesurgery, in the University of Athens, Medical School in Greece. In 2011 he is distinguished again with Excellent votation and obtains the title of “Master of Science†of the Athens Medical School in “Robotic Surgery, Minimally Invasive Surgery and Telesurgeryâ€. In 2011 he begins his PhD research on stem cells transplantation in experimental models. In 2018 he is distinguished with the PhD (Doctor of Philosophy) in the Athens Medical School, Greece with Excellent votation. In 2016 he begins a second 1,5 years Postgraduate Programme in “Reproductive and Regenerative Medicine†in the Athens Medical School. He has obtained many Scholarships in National and International level such from The Empeirikeion Foundation, The Experiment & Research Centre of Elpen, The Facuty of Medicine. He has gained the first Prize in the “Robotic Surgery Marathonâ€, as well as the First Prize in the “Laparoscopic Simulation Cupâ€. He is author of many publications in international and national journals and he is also selected as reviewer for many journals such as The British Medical Journal, Stem Cells International, Surgical Laparoscopy Endoscopy & Percutaneous Techniques, Journal of Medical Robotics & Computer Assisted Surgery, The European Journal of Obstetrics, Gynecology and Reproductive Biology. He has been selected with the top votation in European Fellowship in Reproductive Medicine (EFRM) of Humanitas Fertility Center in Humanitas University, Milan, Italy.
Research Interest
Obstetrician & Gynaecologist