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[Editor’s note: The following is an excerpt from an article that appeared in South County Magazine in southern California. Dr. Lisa Curcio is the daughter of Phil and Eileen Curcio of Carbondale. She is a graduate of Our Lady of Mt. Carmel School, Scranton Preparatory School, and University of Scranton. Her husband is Frank Mancera, and they have two children, Niko and Mia.]
Dr. Lisa Curcio of Mission Viejo, California, was diagnosed with breast cancer 12 years ago at age 37, with a 9-month-old baby in tow.
Dr. Curcio, a surgical oncologist, was preparing for her exit from the U.S. Air Force (where she had served as a surgeon) into the civilian medical arena. As she was recovering from her own treatment and reconstruction, she was interviewing for medical positions in Orange County, Ca. She eventually came to realize that there were exactly zero female breast cancer surgeons in the entire southern portion of the county.
In 2005, she chose to open a private practice to service breast disease patients exclusively. Today, Dr. Curcio's practice — Advanced Breast Care Specialists of Orange County — is on the leading edge of diagnoses, treatment and services for those who are facing breast cancer and other breast diseases.
“There is a lot more to treating breast disease than treating the breast,” says Dr. Curcio, who is constantly on the lookout for information and services that will increase the quality of care offered by Advanced Breast Care Specialists.
Dr. Curcio encourages all of her patients and breast cancer survivors to understand the vital role nutrition plays in their overall health. Seeing the lack of support resources for the unique needs of women under the age of 50 facing breast cancer, Dr. Curcio founded a young women's support group. And through every phase of the process, Dr. Curcio and her staff are big on education, because, above all, patients and those who love them want to know what' to expect. Knowledge can fight the fear of the unknown and patients do want to know. It is their lives at stake, after all.
“There isn't a day that goes by that I don't think that I'm where I was meant to be," she says. "My cancer was a club over the head to say, ‘This is where you're supposed to be. It was for a reason. I was meant to do this.’’’
[Editor’s note: The following is an excerpt from an article that appeared in South County Magazine in southern California. Dr. Lisa Curcio is the daughter of Phil and Eileen Curcio of Carbondale. She is a graduate of Our Lady of Mt. Carmel School, Scranton Preparatory School, and University of Scranton. Her husband is Frank Mancera, and they have two children, Niko and Mia.]
Dr. Lisa Curcio of Mission Viejo, California, was diagnosed with breast cancer 12 years ago at age 37, with a 9-month-old baby in tow.
Dr. Curcio, a surgical oncologist, was preparing for her exit from the U.S. Air Force (where she had served as a surgeon) into the civilian medical arena. As she was recovering from her own treatment and reconstruction, she was interviewing for medical positions in Orange County, Ca. She eventually came to realize that there were exactly zero female breast cancer surgeons in the entire southern portion of the county.
In 2005, she chose to open a private practice to service breast disease patients exclusively. Today, Dr. Curcio's practice — Advanced Breast Care Specialists of Orange County — is on the leading edge of diagnoses, treatment and services for those who are facing breast cancer and other breast diseases.
“There is a lot more to treating breast disease than treating the breast,” says Dr. Curcio, who is constantly on the lookout for information and services that will increase the quality of care offered by Advanced Breast Care Specialists.
Dr. Curcio encourages all of her patients and breast cancer survivors to understand the vital role nutrition plays in their overall health. Seeing the lack of support resources for the unique needs of women under the age of 50 facing breast cancer, Dr. Curcio founded a young women's support group. And through every phase of the process, Dr. Curcio and her staff are big on education, because, above all, patients and those who love them want to know what' to expect. Knowledge can fight the fear of the unknown and patients do want to know. It is their lives at stake, after all.
“There isn't a day that goes by that I don't think that I'm where I was meant to be," she says. "My cancer was a club over the head to say, ‘This is where you're supposed to be. It was for a reason. I was meant to do this.’’’
