Breast Implant Illness and Explant Surgery Webinar
Mark your calendars for next Wednesday, November 5th, 12-1:15pm ET!
Join NPOAS and the Michigan Department of Health & Human Services Program for Breast Cancer in Young Adults to hear from experts in breast implant removal (explant) and to learn more about emerging literature on breast implant illness, the history of breast implants as medical devices and their regulation, and explant surgery. A panel of three patients will also share their experiences with breast implant illness and explant. BISA’s Maria Gmitro will be sharing about the history of implants as medical devices and their regulation, the recent FDA black box warning, and our ongoing advocacy work to inform women about implant risks.
Read more on Not Putting On A Shirt (NPOAS)’s website.
Register for the webinar here.
Continuing Education is available for nurses and a certificate of completion is available for other healthcare professionals. Please see the following information from MDHHS:
Resources & Additional Reading
Cure Today: Why I Regret Choosing Implants After Breast Cancer
Woman shares why she regrets choosing breast implants after breast cancer and how that decision led to devastating health consequences.
Tampa Bay Times: Survivors bring fight over cancer linked to breast implants to Tampa
Tampa Bay Times coverage of BIA-ALCL survivors and the growing movement for FDA accountability.
FDA: BIA-ALCL
Official FDA resource outlining the known risks, symptoms, and diagnosis of BIA-ALCL.
AMA Journal of Ethics: Is the FDA Failing Women?
A searing commentary by Dr. Rita Redberg and Madris Kinard on systemic failures in medical device regulation.
Breast Implant Safety Alliance (BISA) BIA-ALCL Patient Guide
A clear, patient-centered guide to symptoms, diagnosis, treatment options, and how to self-advocate.
Not Putting on a Shirt (NPOAS)
A patient-led nonprofit championing “aesthetic flat closure” supporting individuals who choose a smooth, natural-looking chest after mastectomy and demanding it be offered with respect, full consent, and surgical expertise .
The Bleeding Edge (Netflix)
A gripping documentary that investigates the dark side of the medical device industry—including breast implants.
The Breast Implant Safety Alliance (BISA) is the largest organization of board-certified patient advocates and subject matter experts in the world dedicated to patient and consumer safety relating to breast implants. Representing the millions of individuals worldwide that currently have, had, or are considering breast implants, the alliance is a non-industry funded leading authority dedicated to providing balanced, evidence-based information for informed decision making about breast implant surgery and related issues. Founded in 2019 by women, BISA is a grassroots nonprofit organization led by volunteers who do not receive a salary for their work.
For questions, please contact Jennifer Cook, Director of BIA-ALCL Advocacy. Email her directly at jennifer.cook@bisanonprofit.org.