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Stephanie Falcone Bernik,
M.D., F.A.C.S.
Chief, Breast Surgery
Attending Physician |
| Clinical Specialty:
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Breast Surgery |
| Board Certifications: |
General Surgery |
| Fellowship: |
Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center
(Breast Surgery), New York, NY 1999 - 2000
St. Vincent's Hospital-Manhattan (Surgical
Oncology), New York, NY 1996 - 1997
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| Residency: |
St. Vincent's Hospital-Manhattan (General
Surgery), New York, NY 1997 - 1999
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| Internship:
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St. Vincent's Hospital-Manhattan
(General Surgery), New York, NY 1993 - 1994 |
| Medical School:
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Yale University School of Medicine,
1993 |
| Honors: |
Yale University School of Medicine
Student Research Fellowship, 1992
Yale University School of Medicine Summer
Research Fellowship, 1990
Magna cum laude Graduate from Columbia College,
Columbia University, 1989
Phi Beta Kappa, 1989
Columbia University Summer Undergraduate
Research Fellowship, 1987 |
| Biography:
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Stephanie F. Bernik, MD, FACS, is Chief of Breast Surgery for the comprehensive breast program at St. Vincent's Comprehensive Cancer Center in New York City. A board certified surgeon specializing in breast diseases, Dr. Bernik has been at St. Vincent's Comprehensive Cancer Center since 2000. In that time, she has developed a specialty in treating young women under 40 diagnosed with the disease.
Dr. Bernik was recently honored with the 2005 Top Doctor recognition from research firm Castle Connelly. In 2004, she received Columbia University's John Jay Award for Professional Achievement, and in 2001, Columbia University's Alumna Achievement Award.
Among her many accomplishments, Dr. Bernik has authored numerous articles published in medical journals, including The Breast Journal, Journal of Nuclear Medicine, Annals of Surgical Oncology and The American Surgeon. She is a principal investigator for breast disease research at St. Vincent's, and has presented her research at symposia across the country, most recently at the American Society of Breast Surgeons 2006 annual meeting in Baltimore, and the American Society of Breast Disease 2006 annual symposium in Las Vegas.
Dr. Bernik graduated from Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, CT, in 1993, and completed her internship and residency at St. Vincent's Hospital and Medical Center in New York City. She was awarded fellowships at Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center in breast surgery and St. Vincent's Hospital and Medical Center in surgical oncology. Dr. Bernik also received two research fellowships from Yale University School of Medicine in 1990 and 1992. She received her undergraduate degree magna cum laude from Columbia University in 1989.
A native New Yorker, Dr. Bernik is married with three children.
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