Breast Implant Safety Alliance (BISA) was represented at the meeting of the Patient, Consumer, and Public Health Coalition with Commissioner Califf and key FDA Officials.

Renee Ridgeley, breast cancer advocate and voice of Dr. Sage on ‘The Simpsons,’ speaks to Lowcountry Live about aesthetic flat closure and Stand Tall AFC.

The first annual MUSC Breast Cancer Survivors Wellness Expo in Charleston, South Carolina focused on women’s health, wellness, fashion, beauty, and food to provide resources for breast cancer and long-term survivorship.

Patient advocates spoke on breast-implant-associated anaplastic lymphoma at the 4th World Consensus Conference on BIA-ALCL 2022.

Maria Gmitro, president and founder of BISA, spoke at the Medical Device Innovation Consortium in D.C., sharing her experience with breast implants and making recommendations for future safety considerations.

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The FDA safety communication informed the public about reports of newly-discovered types of cancer in the capsules around breast implants.

Breast Implant Safety Alliance (BISA) sent a team to represent at the American Society of Plastic Surgeons (ASPS) conference “Plastic Surgery The Meeting” held in Atlanta, GA from October 28 - November 1, 2021.

Breast Implant Safety Alliance (BISA) attended the American Society of Plastic Surgeons (ASPS) annual conference “Plastic Surgery The Meeting.” The meeting was held virtually on October 16-18, 2020 due to the COVID-19 pandemic. 

In May of 2019, two of our BISA representatives, Maria Gmitro and Julie Lykins, joined the Medical Device Problems advocates and traveled to Washington, DC for medical device patient safety.