Director of the Breast Program, Chief of Breast Surgery
New York-Presbyterian Brooklyn Methodist Hospital
Dr. Vivian J. Bea, is a board-certified surgeon, who completed her breast surgical oncology fellowship training at UT MD Anderson Cancer Center in Houston, TX. In 2019, Dr. Bea was named section chief of breast surgical oncology at NewYork-Presbyterian Brooklyn Methodist Hospital and is an assistant professor of surgery at Weill Cornell Medicine. She is a breast disparities researcher, educator, community outreach leader, entrepreneur, and best-selling children’s book author. As a leader in the community, Dr. Bea has focused on bridging the gap between multidisciplinary breast cancer treatment and community barriers. She is doing just this with her multi-institutional community outreach initiative designed to address breast cancer disparities in Black women through increased breast cancer screening, innovative community education, and navigation. She is the course director for the Weill Cornell Medicine Breast Health Disparities annual CME course whose goal is to provide breast cancer education to community clinicians within targeted communities. Most recently, Dr. Bea was awarded the prestigious American Medical Association’s National Minority Quality Forums Braintrust, “Top 40 under 40 in Minority Health” for her dedication to community outreach and research. Her clinical and research interest include identifying and eliminating breast cancer diagnosis and treatment disparities.