Welcome to another exciting episode of the Cardioseeds Podcast, hosted by Dr. Chamoun. In this dialogue, she welcomes Dr. Amy Comander, an accomplished breast oncologist and the Director of Breast Oncology, Cancer Survivorship, and Lifestyle Medicine at Massachusetts General Hospital. They discuss Dr. Comander's journey, her focus on breast oncology, survivorship, and lifestyle medicine.
The conversation delves into the positive impacts of lifestyle interventions on cancer patients and the evidence behind nutrition, exercise, and lifestyle choices in reducing breast cancer risk and improving survival.
Dr. Chamoun and Dr. Comander share their journeys to Lifestyle Medicine and dive into a profound discussion about its significance. They explore how Lifestyle Medicine fosters resilience, combats depression, and counters burnout by emphasizing social connectedness and a sense of belonging to a supportive community.
Join us in this thought-provoking episode as we explore the power of lifestyle medicine and its role in oncology care.
About Dr. Amy Comander
Dr. Amy Comander is a breast oncologist at the Massachusetts General Hospital Cancer Center. Dr. Comander is Director of Breast Oncology and Cancer Survivorship at the Mass General Cancer Center. She is Director of Lifestyle Medicine at the Mass General Cancer Center and an Instructor in Medicine at Harvard Medical School. She received her undergraduate degree and a master's degree in Neuroscience at Harvard University. She received her medical degree at Yale University School of Medicine. She completed her Internal Medicine residency training and Hematology-Oncology fellowship training at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center and Harvard Medical School. She is board certified in Hematology and Medical Oncology, as well as in Lifestyle Medicine.
Dr. Comander is well-known for her compassionate care and passionate devotion to her patients. She has a strong interest in cancer survivorship and lifestyle medicine, and she is dedicated to improving the quality of life and outcome of cancer patients through important lifestyle interventions, including exercise, diet, and mind/body interventions. She promotes healthy lifestyles for both her active treatment patients as well as those in the survivorship phase of care.
She practices what she preaches, having run marathons, including 9 consecutive Boston Marathons so far, with the goal to improve the lives of those with a diagnosis of cancer. She ran her 10th Boston Marathon this year to support the Ellie Fund. In collaboration with Dr Beth Frates, she has launched “PAVING the Path to Wellness,” a 12 week lifestyle medicine based survivorship program for women with breast cancer. Along with Dr. Frates and Dr. Michelle Tollefson, she has published the “PAVING the Path to Wellness” workbook.
She is proud to serve on the Board of Directors of the American College of Lifestyle Medicine. She is also on the Board of the Ellie Fund, a non-profit that provides services and support to women diagnosed with breast cancer in Massachusetts. She is a medical advisor to the non-profit organization, SurvivingBreastCancer.org. She has served as a medical advisor to Oneinforty, a non-profit organization dedicated to educating people of Ashkenazi Jewish heritage about the one-in-forty chance of having inherited a BRCA mutation.
Welcome to another exciting episode of the Cardioseeds Podcast, hosted by Dr. Chamoun. In this dialogue, she welcomes Dr. Amy Comander, an accomplished breast oncologist and the Director of Breast Oncology, Cancer Survivorship, and Lifestyle Medicine at Massachusetts General Hospital. They discuss Dr. Comander's journey, her focus on breast oncology, survivorship, and lifestyle medicine.
The conversation delves into the positive impacts of lifestyle interventions on cancer patients and the evidence behind nutrition, exercise, and lifestyle choices in reducing breast cancer risk and improving survival.
Dr. Chamoun and Dr. Comander share their journeys to Lifestyle Medicine and dive into a profound discussion about its significance. They explore how Lifestyle Medicine fosters resilience, combats depression, and counters burnout by emphasizing social connectedness and a sense of belonging to a supportive community.
Join us in this thought-provoking episode as we explore the power of lifestyle medicine and its role in oncology care.
About Dr. Amy Comander
Dr. Amy Comander is a breast oncologist at the Massachusetts General Hospital Cancer Center. Dr. Comander is Director of Breast Oncology and Cancer Survivorship at the Mass General Cancer Center. She is Director of Lifestyle Medicine at the Mass General Cancer Center and an Instructor in Medicine at Harvard Medical School. She received her undergraduate degree and a master's degree in Neuroscience at Harvard University. She received her medical degree at Yale University School of Medicine. She completed her Internal Medicine residency training and Hematology-Oncology fellowship training at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center and Harvard Medical School. She is board certified in Hematology and Medical Oncology, as well as in Lifestyle Medicine.
Dr. Comander is well-known for her compassionate care and passionate devotion to her patients. She has a strong interest in cancer survivorship and lifestyle medicine, and she is dedicated to improving the quality of life and outcome of cancer patients through important lifestyle interventions, including exercise, diet, and mind/body interventions. She promotes healthy lifestyles for both her active treatment patients as well as those in the survivorship phase of care.
She practices what she preaches, having run marathons, including 9 consecutive Boston Marathons so far, with the goal to improve the lives of those with a diagnosis of cancer. She ran her 10th Boston Marathon this year to support the Ellie Fund. In collaboration with Dr Beth Frates, she has launched “PAVING the Path to Wellness,” a 12 week lifestyle medicine based survivorship program for women with breast cancer. Along with Dr. Frates and Dr. Michelle Tollefson, she has published the “PAVING the Path to Wellness” workbook.
She is proud to serve on the Board of Directors of the American College of Lifestyle Medicine. She is also on the Board of the Ellie Fund, a non-profit that provides services and support to women diagnosed with breast cancer in Massachusetts. She is a medical advisor to the non-profit organization, SurvivingBreastCancer.org. She has served as a medical advisor to Oneinforty, a non-profit organization dedicated to educating people of Ashkenazi Jewish heritage about the one-in-forty chance of having inherited a BRCA mutation.