BISA Appears on Lowcountry Live and Represents at MUSC Breast Cancer Wellness Event
Maria Gmitro, BISA’s President & Founder, was interviewed on Charleston’s Lowcountry Live to discuss breast implant safety, breast implant cancers and to promote the breast cancer wellness event at the Medical University of South Carolina (MUSC).
During Breast Cancer Awareness month, BISA wanted to alert the public that there are other cancers found in the breast that are caused and associated with breast implants including lymphomas and squamous cell. She was interview by Lowcountry Live host Erin Keinzle. Gmitro shared a bit of her story and breast implant safety tips and as well as promote the wellness event at Medical University of South Carolina.
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The MUSC Breast Cancer Survivors Wellness Event was held at the MUSC Wellness Center, located in beautiful downtown Charleston on Saturday, October 21, 2023. The event is an annual expo designed to provide resources to individuals, and loved ones of individuals, who are battling or have survived breast cancer. Maria Gmitro represented BISA and shared breast implant safety information and tips with participants and other vendors and professionals.
“When facing breast cancer, consider waiting a year to heal before choosing which type of reconstruction to have, if any reconstruction at all.”
Gmitro said her biggest take-a-way from the event was hearing from many breast survivors that said they wished they waited a year to heal before choosing which type of reconstruction to have if any reconstruction at all. Many survivors said that they felt rushed and they were not ware that Aesthetic Flat Closure was an option.
As a result of her participation, Gmitro will be speaking at future breast cancer events at MUSC.
Maria Gmitro, MUSC Breast Cancer Survivors’ Wellness Event in Charleston, SC on October 21, 2023
Breast Implant Safety Alliance (BISA) is a 501(c)3 women-owned nonprofit, patient-centered organization dedicated to improving breast implant safety and awareness—through direct collaboration with consumers, medical professionals, manufacturers, regulators, and advocates. BISA is a 100% volunteer organization not funded by implant manufacturers.
Contact: Maria Gmitro, President | 843.501.6873 | maria@bisanonprofit.org