About me:
I am full of ideas and always ready to try something new. I started out as a breast cancer surgeon (20 years in Boston and LA) and then went to business school! I have started four companies, including the current one, which is looking at how to prevent breast cancer by putting a low dose treatment directly through the nipple into the milk ducts. My main activity these days, however, is my nonprofit, the Dr. Susan Love Research Foundation. We are working to go beyond a cure to finding the cause of breast cancer and how to prevent it. We do research ourselves and also fund pilot grants for others. I am in a hurry to eradicate breast cancer for the next generation.

Passions:
I love the second part of life! I started running when I turned fifty and have done three marathons (slowly) and several half marathons. I began taking piano lessons at 55 having never done it before -- one of the hardest and most rewarding things I do. And now at 60 I am working on commuting the 6 miles to work on my new 27-speed bike with clip-in pedals -- and I have the bruises to prove it! I also love new gadgets (iphone, GPS running watch, etc.) and hope to start a tech blog soon.

Family:
I am the oldest of five and went to middle school in Puerto Rico and high school in Mexico City. This has given me a love of travel, especially with my life partner of 26 years and our 20 year old daughter. But I also love just sitting with a good book (or my new electronic reader) by the pool at home with the rest of the menagerie: two dogs, two cats and several fish.

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Susan M. Love, M.D.

professional background

Susan Love, M.D., one of the "founding mothers" of the breast cancer advocacy movement, continues her work by serving on the boards of the National Breast Cancer Coalition and the Dr. Susan Love Research Foundation. Her primary research interests focus on normal breast anatomy and breast duct fluid, as well as hormones and breast cancer. Dr. Love launched "Army of Women" with the Avon Foundation on October 1, 2008, to support and further breast cancer research.

Degrees:
M.B.A., UCLA's Anderson School of Business
M.D., SUNY Medical Center
B.S., Fordham University

Associations:

• Co-Founder and Board Member, LLuminari, Inc.
• Clinical Professor of Surgery, David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA
• President and Medical Director, Dr. Susan Love Research Foundation
• Founder and Director, National Breast Cancer Coalition
• Board Member, Y-ME National Breast Cancer Organization
• Director, Society for Menstrual Cycle Research
• Presidential appointee, National Cancer Advisory Board
• Chair, Subcommittee on Communications, NACB
• Member, National Advisory Environmental Health Sciences Group, Breast Cancer and the Environment Working Group, Institute of Environmental Health Sciences/NIH.
• Founder, ProDuct Health, Inc.
• Advisory Board Member, PepsiCo, PacifiCare

Awards:

• International Women's Forum Hall of Fame, 2006
• Director's Award, National Cancer Advisory Board and National Cancer Institute, 2004
• Women Inspiring Hope and Possibility, National Women's History Project for National Women's History Month, March 2004
• Excellence in Cancer Awareness Award, Congressional Families for Cancer Awareness, 2002
• Humanitarian of the Year Award, Western University of Health Sciences; Pomona, CA, 2001
• Radcliffe Medal, Radcliffe College Alumnae Association; Cambridge, MA, 2000
• Alumni Achievement Award, SUNY College of Medicine, 1999
• Spirit of Achievement Award, Albert Einstein College of Medicine of Yeshiva University, 1995
• Women of Distinction, National Council on the Aging, 1994
• Women Who Have Made a Difference, International Women's Forum, 1991

Publications:

• Author, Dr. Susan Love's Breast Book (fourth edition 2005)
• Author, Dr. Susan Love's Menopause and Hormone Book (second edition 2003)
• http://www.dslrf.org
• http://www.armyofwomen.org