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Edibaldo Silva, M.D., Ph.D., F.A.C.S. Campus Address Professor Division of Surgical Oncology Department of Surgery University of Nebraska Medical Center 986345 Nebraska Medical Center Omaha, NE 68198-6345 Education B.A. in Biology, Lawrence University, Appleton, Wisconsin, September 1967- May 1971 Ph.D. in Biology, Illinois Institute of Technology, Chicago, Illinois, September 1971- July 1976

• Thesis: “The Role of Premeiotic Replication in Post-replicative DNA Synthesis in Genetic Recombinant in Yeast” (Advisor: Robert Roth, Ph.D.)

• Teaching Assistant in Biology • Visiting Investigator in Biological Chemistry, Harvard Medical School,

Boston, 1973-1974 • Consultant in Genetics and Microbiology, Beatrice Food Company, July

– August 1976

M.D., University of Illinois College of Medicine, Chicago, Illinois, September 1976 - May 1980 • N.I.H. Hematology/Oncology Clinical Fellowship January – March

1980 • James Scholar Independent Study Program • American Cancer Society Fellow (Summer Intern: June- August 1977)

Advisor: T. K. Das Gupta, M.D., Ph.D. Post Degree Training Residency in General Surgery, Loyola University Medical Center, Maywood, Illinois, June1980- June 1985. Program Director: Jack Pickleman, M.D. Fellowship in Surgical Oncology, University of Illinois College of Medicine, Chicago, Illinois, July 1985- June 1987

• Training Program certified by the Society of Surgical Oncology • Advisor: T. K. Das Gupta, M.D., Ph.D.

Edibaldo Silva, M.D. Ph.D., F.A.C.S. Curriculum Vitae

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Continuing Education Two-day course on Sentinel Node Mapping for Breast Cancer at the Moffit Cancer Center, Tampa, FL. Course Director: Douglas Reintgen, M.D., February, 1998. Two-day course on Practical Ultrasonography of the Breast. ACS, Spring Meeting, Baltimore, MD, 1998. Workshop on High-Dose Interleukin-2 Administration for Advanced Metastatic Melanoma and Renal Cell Cancer. Helix Medical Workshop. NIH Bethesda, Maryland. May 15, 2004.

Completed a course and obtained certification of competence in Radioactive Seed Localized Breast Surgery Workshop, Mayo Clinic, Rochester MN, July 23, 2010. Completed a course and certification for the Physician Leadership Academy, University of Nebraska Medical Center, Fall 2013. Academic Appointments 2012 to present Professor, University of Nebraska Medical Center, University of Nebraska School of Medicine, Omaha, NE 2008 to present University of Nebraska Medical Center, University of Nebraska School

of Medicine, Omaha, NE

Attending Surgeon, Eppley Cancer Center, Division of Surgical Oncology, Dept. of Surgery

• Chairman, Olson Breast Center’s Steering Committee for certification by the National Accreditation Program for Breast Centers

• Established first accelerated partial breast irradiation program, using MammoSite Technology at the University of Nebraska Medical Center

• Established first and only radio-guided lumpectomy program in Nebraska

Program Leader, Melanoma & Soft Tissue Sarcoma Section • Melanoma multidisciplinary team recognized as Center of Excellence

by Melanoma Hope Network in 2009 • Established first and only isolated limb perfusion program in

Nebraska Associate Professor, Division of Surgical Oncology, Department of Surgery

Associate Member, Molecular and Biochemical Etiology Program, Eppley Cancer Center


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2008-2010 Creighton University School of Medicine, Omaha, NE

Contributed Service Appointment, Department of Surgery

2003-2008 Creighton University Medical Center, Creighton University School of Medicine, Omaha, NE

Attending Surgeon, Cancer Center, Division of Surgical Oncology, Department of Surgery

• Began novel project on the use of cryoablation for the management of symptomatic desmoids tumors in patients with FAP in collaboration with the radiology department staff.

Founder and Director, Center for Breast Care • Coordinated all breast care services to provide same day tissue

diagnosis and consultation for patients from an outreach area of 200 miles. Recruited all personnel and medical specialists from diagnostic radiology, surgical oncology, medical oncology, plastic surgery, medical genetics, cytopathology and psycho-oncology under a single roof. The Center for Breast Care was the only facility of its kind in the state of Nebraska.

• Started the first accelerated partial breast radiation program in Nebraska in 2003 and recruited Cam Nguyen, MD as Chief, Radiation Oncology.

• Secured Komen Foundation grant to purchase FAXITRON unit for intraoperative specimen radiograms at the breast center.

Founder & Program Director, Skin Cancer & Melanoma Clinic • Recognized as a center of excellence by the Melanoma Hope

Network, 2005 Founder & Program Leader, Minimally Invasive Radio-guided Parathyroid Team

Associate Professor of Surgery, Division of Surgical Oncology, Department of Surgery

Associate Professor of Pathology – Chairman: Roger Brumback, M.D.

Associate Professor of Preventive Medicine and Health – Chairman: Henry T. Lynch, M.D.


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2001-2003 Methodist University Hospital, Baptist Memorial Hospital, Saint Francis Hospital, Memphis, TN

Attending Surgeon • Provided surgical oncology services for gastrointestinal malignancy,

melanoma, breast cancer, pancreatic cancer, sarcoma, thyroid and parotid tumors.

Assistant Clinical Professor of Surgery, University of Tennessee School of Medicine • Selected as Panel Member of National Cancer Center Network

Breast Cancer Guideline Committee (NCCN) • Organized weekly Clinical Patient Conference in Surgical Oncology • Worked with University of Tennessee Cancer Institute to organize a

Comprehensive Breast Center with NCI designation.

1999-2001 Saint Francis Hospital, Hartford, CT

Founder and Director, Comprehensive Breast Center • Created a state of the art center where surgical oncology, diagnostic

and interventional radiology, cytopathology, medical oncology, plastic surgery and psychiatry were all coordinated to provide same day tissue diagnosis and consultation on breast problems.

• Recruited key staff in cytopathology and diagnostic radiology for Breast Center

• Established first multidisciplinary prospective Breast Cancer Treatment Conference at Saint Francis Hospital

• Enacted negotiations with Cigna and Aetna for breast care services at Breast Center

• Participated in campaign which raised $567,000 for the Breast Center Director of Surgical Oncology • Maintained a general surgical oncology practice • Developed first NSABP approved sentinel node mapping program in

Connecticut • Established Sunbelt Melanoma Trial Research Program in Connecticut • Instituted in-house IRB-approved protocols to train surgeons in

sentinel node mapping Assistant Clinical Professor of Surgery, University of Connecticut Health Center • Supervised resident training in breast care for departments of Family

Practice, Surgery, and Gynecology • Initiated weekly Clinical Patient Conference for surgical residents


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1989-1999 Geisinger Medical Center, Danville, PA

Attending Surgeon, Division of Surgical Oncology, Department of Surgery • Chairman, Executive Cancer Committee, 1994-1996 • Established first Sentinel Node Mapping Program for melanoma and

breast cancer at Geisinger Medical Center • Achieved second highest productivity in department of 10 surgeons

with 400-500 cases annually. • Elected by surgical staff as representative to Assembly of Geisinger

Clinicians, a staff organization of clinicians

Assistant Clinical Professor, Jefferson Medical College, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania • Supervised medical students rotating through surgical oncology

service • Among 18 residents completing training during my tenure, eight went

on to surgical oncology fellowships at SSO approved programs. 1987-1989 University of Illinois Hospital, Cook County Hospital , West Side

Veterans’ Administration Hospital, and Michael Reese Hospital, Chicago, IL

Attending Surgeon • Staffed Outpatient Clinics for breast cancer and soft tissue tumors • Supervised residents and medical students in surgical oncology Assistant Professor of Surgery, University of Illinois College of Medicine • Principal Investigator in research on Heritable Genetic Loci in

Familial Cutaneous Malignant Melanoma. Certification and Licenses American Board of Surgery: April 1986, November 1995, December 2009 Society of Surgical Oncology Certification in Surgical Oncology, June 1987 Nebraska License # 22537 DEA License- # BS1251280 Grants 2015-2016 Principal Investigator, Susan G. Komen Nebraska. Expanding the Impact of

Community - Based Breast Health Navigation. $50,146. 2015 Principal Clinical Leader, Enhancing Treatment of HER2 Positive Breast

Cancer: Evidence based approach to improve shared decision making regarding


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neoadjuvant therapy. Genentech Educational Grant in collaboration with Lois Colburn, BS and Denise Britigan, PhD, MA, CHES, Center for Continuing Medical Education. Nebraska Medical Center. CME Grant Award $200,000.

2015 Principal Investigator, A Phase 3b, Multicenter, Open-label, Single-arm,

Expanded Access Protocol of Talimogene Laherparepevec for the Treatment of Subjects with Unresected State IIIB to IVM1c Melanoma. Amgen sponsored trial. 2015. $72,998.

2014-2015 Co-Investigator (Cowan), LB595 Tobacco Tax Center Research Grant, NE

DHHS – LB 595. $28,704,831. 2014-2015 Principal Investigator, Susan G. Komen Nebraska Increasing the Impact of

Community – Based Breast Health Navigation Services. $39,759. 2013-2015 Principal Investigator (Ganti), Alliance for Clinical Trials in Oncology Case

Study Services. Brigham & Women’s Hospital. $43,479 2013-2015 Principal Investigator (Cowan), Prospective Neo-adjuvant REGISTRY Trial

Linking MammaPrint, Subtyping and Treatment Response: Neoadjuvant Breast Registry – Symphony Trial (NBRST). $1,890.

2013-2014 Principal Investigator-Nebraska Affiliate of Susan G. Komen for the Cure.

“Increasing the Impact of Community-Based Breast Health Navigation Services”. $66,717.

2013 Co-investigator. Detection of Breast Tumor Tissue Margins Using Surface- Enhanced Raman Spectroscopic Nanosensing. T Zhang, Y Lu, H Band,

West, V Band, E Silva. UNMC-Bioengineering for Human Health Project. March 2013. $50,000.

2012-2015 Principal Investigator (Cowan), Northern Great Plains Personalized Breast Cancer Program. Helmsley Charitable Trust. $3,482,670.

2012-2013 Principal Investigator, Susan Komen grant for the Cure. Development of a Community Based Lay Navigator Program to Improve

Adherence to Best Practice. Patterns for Breast Cancer Care. $65,000.

2011-2015 Principal Investigator, Nebraska Affiliate of Susan G. Komen. Community Breast Health Navigator and Cancer Support Program: Improving Culturally-Appropriate Breast Cancer Support Services in Douglas County, Nebraska. $278,140.

2011-2012 Principal Investigator, Susan Komen Grant for the Cure. Development of a

Community Based Lay Navigator Program to Improve Adherence to Best Practice Patterns for Breast Cancer Care. $56,518.


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2010 Local Principal Investigator, ACOSOG Trial Z1071. A Phase II Study

Evaluating the Role of Sentinel Lymph Node Surgery and Axillary Lymph Node Dissection following Preoperative Chemotherapy in Women with Node Positive Breast Cancer (T1-4, N1-2, M0) at Initial Diagnosis. American College of Surgeons Oncology Group. Start August 13, 2010. End- at completion of patient accrual, 2011.

2010 Co-Investigator, Functional Genomics & Proteomics Analysis of

Inflammation Associated Carcinogenesis. 1RO1CA138681-01A1. Principal Investigator: Gary Guisha Xiao, PhD, Director. Genomics and Proteonomics Lab, Osteoporosis Research Center, CUMC. Not funded. To be re-submitted.

2000-2001 Principal Investigator Sunbelt Melanoma Trial. A multicenter trial of

Adjuvant Interferon Alpha-2b for Melanoma patients with early Lymph Node Metastasis detected by Sentinel Node mapping and Sentinel Lymph Node biopsy. Sponsor Schering-Plough.

2000 Principal Investigator ACOSOG Protocol Z0010 and Z0011. Prognostic study

of Sentinel Node and Bone Marrow Micro metastasis in women with Clinical T1 or T2NoMo Breast Cancer. American College of Surgeons Oncology Group.

1999-2001 Principal Investigator, IRB Protocol. Sentinel Node mapping in Breast Cancer,

a program to train general surgeons in sentinel node mapping. St. Francis Hospital, Hartford, CT

1999 Local Principal Investigator, NSABP-32. Randomized trial to compare Sentinel

Node Resection to Conventional Axillary Dissection in Clinically Node Negative Breast Cancer.

1986-1987 Laboratory Researcher in the isolation and characterization of heritable gene

loci responsible for the transmission of the affected phenotype in kindred’s with familiar cutaneous malignant melanoma. This involved the use of restriction fragment length polymorphism assays to identify these putative loci.

Editorial Duties Manuscript Reviewer:

• American Society of Clinical Oncology (2004) • Springer Science and Business Media • The Breast Journal [2006-2012 (Manuscript # FAME672)] • World Journal of Surgical Oncology (October 2009-present ) • Familial Cancer (2009, 2011, September 2012) • PLOS ONE ( September 2013) - "Risk factors associated with sphincter-preserving

resection in patients with low rectal cancer" (Manuscript # PONE-D-13-35553). Apar Ganti, MD, Editor.


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• Healthcare (www.mdpi.com/journal/hhealthcare)-“Update and Review on the Surgical Management of Primary Cutaneous Melanoma” (Manuscript # 45486) Xuling Zhang, Editor.

• reviewer for the journal Minerva Chirurgica, Prof. Alberto Oliaro Managing Editor, Minerva Chirurgica

• Ad hoc reviewer for mini-reviews in Medical Chemistry. (Manuscript” Phytochemicals for the Management of Melanoma. June 17, 2015)

Editorial Advisory Board Member: • Oncology & Biotech News (2008-present)

Consultant

2000-2002 Worked on and developed algorithms for best practice patterns in the diagnosis and management of breast cancer with Victor Villagra, MD, Vice-President for Managed Care, Cigna Health Insurance Co., Connecticut.

2000-present Malignant Melanoma Speaker’s Panel for Schering Oncology/Biotech now Merck.

2002-2003 Development of Multidisciplinary Breast Cancer Center for Creighton University Cancer Center, Omaha, Nebraska

2003-present MammoSite Training & Speaker’s Panel, Hologic Corp.

2008-present Oncotype Dx Speaker’s Panel, Genomic Health Inc.

2008-present Member, Consensus Committee which reviews and proposes best practice patterns for breast cancer management, American Society of Breast Disease

2008 Sentinel Lymph Node Working Group

2011 Agendia MammaPrint Speaker’s Panel

2014 Caris Life Sciences, Phoenix, Arizona Honors and Awards 1997 The Golden Apple Award for Excellence in Teaching. Awarded by Surgical

Residents, Geisinger Clinic.

1997 Geisinger Foundation Research Award of $25,000 for starting Sentinel Node Mapping Unit

1994 Golden Apple Award for Excellence in Teaching, awarded by Surgical Residents, Geisinger Clinic.

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1988 George and Anna Wilkerson Research in Geriatrics Award for basic science research on heritability of malignant melanoma

2001 Connecticut’s Top 100 Doctors (Connecticut Magazine)

2004 Elected to the Alpha Omega Alpha membership, Creighton University School of Medicine

2004 Listed in America’s Top Surgeons (Guide to America’s Top Surgeons, The Consumer Research Council of America)

2004 Strathmore’s Who’s Who

2004, 2005, 2006 Best Teacher Award, Department of Surgery, Creighton University Medical Center.

2007 What It Takes (WIT) Award in Surgery, selected by the CUMC OR nursing staff

2009 Best Doctors in America

2010 Physician of the Year Award, selected by the Association of Peri-operative Registered Nurses of Omaha




2013 Best Doctors in Omaha- Omaha Magazine Sept/Oct 2013 issue.


2014 Vitals Patients’ Choice Award


Honorary Academic Appointments 2005-2008 Appointed Visiting Professor at China Three Gorges University by President,

Dr. Liu Defu.

2005-2008 Appointed Visiting Professor at Hubei Province Cancer Hospital by President, Dr. Huan-Chao Chen

Society Memberships 1986-Present American College of Surgeons, Fellow

1989-Present Society of Surgical Oncology, Active Member

1998-Present American Society of Clinical Oncology

2003-Present American Society of Breast Disease

2003-Present American Society of Breast Surgeons


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2010-Present Midwest Surgical Association

1999-2001 New England Cancer Society

1985-1991 Association for Academic Surgery

1985-1989 American Association for Cancer Education

1985-1987 Academy of Surgical Research

1974-1976 American Association for Advancement of Science

Committee Service 1992-1998 Pennsylvania State Chairman, Commission on Cancer

1992-1998 Liaison to Commission on Cancer from Geisinger Clinic

1989-1998 North Central Cancer Treatment Group

2002-2003 National Cancer Center Network Breast Cancer Guideline Committee

2002-2008 Breast Clinic Steering Committee – Chair, Creighton University Medical Center

2004-2008 Institutional Review Board – Member, Creighton University Medical Center

2005-2008 Distinguished Lecture Series Committee, Creighton University Medical Center

2005-2008 Creighton Medical Associates Executive Committee

2005-2008 Creighton Medical Associates Board (Surgery Department representative)

2005-2008 Cancer Committee – Cancer Physician Liaison, Creighton University Medical Center

2005-Present American Society of Breast Disease Consensus Committee

2008 Creighton Medical Associates Compensation Task Force

2008 Graduate Education Task Force Creighton University Medical Center

2006-Present Nebraska Health Care Disparities Task Force

2008-Present University of Nebraska Medical Center Tissue Committee

2009-Present Co-Chairman, UNMC Steering Committee for Certification by the National

Accreditation Program for Breast Centers

2010 Nebraska Breast Cancer Control Task Force

2010-Present Eppley Breast Cancer SPORE Development Committee

2011-Present Cancer Committee member, VA Hospital, Omaha, NE

2011 VA Womens’ Cancer Disease - Focuses Expert Panel (Chair: Anna Schorer, MD, Chair Field Action Committee, Minneapolis VA Hospital, University of Minnesotta)


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2011 Melanoma Guidelines Committee, National VA Hospitals, Omaha, NE. Contact: Peter Silberstein, M.D., President, Association of V.A. Hematology Oncology (AVAHO)

2015 Work Group for Breast Cancer, Melanoma, and Sarcoma, Fred and Pamela Buffett Cancer Center

Presentations as invited speaker (National venues)

1. Silva-Lopez E, Wood DO: Granular Cell Myoblastoma: An Analysis of 39 Active Cases. Presented at the XX Annual Meeting of the Society of University Surgeons, New York, New York. 1982.

2. Silva-Lopez E: Malignant Melanoma: An Update. Presented at Good Samaritan Hospital, Milwaukee, Wisconsin. November 11, 1987.

3. Silva-Lopez E: Malignant Melanoma: Surgical Management. Presented at Loyola University Medical Center, Maywood, Illinois. March 4, 1988.

4. Silva E: Minimum Treatment for the Mammographically Detected Breast Cancer. Pennsylvania Chapter of the American College of Surgeons meeting. Hershey, PA., April 20, 1990.

5. Silva E: Management of Breast Lumps in the Office. Presented at the Annual CME Festival for Physician Assistants, Valley Forge, Pennsylvania. February 16, 1994.

6. Silva E: Recent Advances in Malignant Melanoma. Physician Training Seminar sponsored by Schering Oncology/Biotech, Oklahoma State University Medical Center, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma. October 2002.

7. Silva E: Recent Advances in Malignant Melanoma. Physician Training Seminar sponsored by Schering Oncology/ Biotech. Little Rock, Arkansas. November 2002.

8. Silva E: Recent Advancements in Breast Cancer. Creighton University Medical Center’s Senior Partners Program. Omaha, Nebraska. October 25, 2003.

9. Silva E: Diagnosis and Management of Melanoma. Creighton University School of Medicine, Department of Medicine/Pediatrics. Omaha, Nebraska. January 16, 2004.

10. Silva E: Melanoma in the New Millennium. Melanoma Awareness Program. Omaha, Nebraska. February 12, 2004.

11. Silva E: Melanoma in the New Millennium. Melanoma Awareness Program. Lincoln, Nebraska. February 19, 2004.

12. Silva E: Recent Advancement in Breast Cancer. Creighton University Medical Center Partnership in Health and My Sister’s Keeper Survivor’s Group. Omaha, Nebraska. February 28, 2004.

13. Silva E: Surgical Oncology – Comprehensive Breast Clinic. Bloodless Medicine and Surgery Program Seminar. Creighton Medical Center Omaha, Nebraska. March 6, 2004.


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14. Silva E: Surgical Oncology – Comprehensive Breast Clinic. Bloodless Medicine and Surgery Program Seminar. Des Moines, Iowa. May 15, 2004.

15. Silva E: Disease Management: Integration of New Technology into State-of-the-Art Algorithms for Breast Cancer Diagnosis and Treatment. Cancer Center, Creighton University Medical Center and Continuing Medical Education sponsored Advance in Breast Cancer Care and Diagnosis Conference. Course Director and Organizer. Omaha, Nebraska. August 28, 2004.

16. Silva, E: Breast Cancer. Mini Medical Program. Creighton University Medical Center. Omaha, Nebraska. April 3rd, 2005.

17. Silva, E. Breast Cancer. Girls and Boys Town 2005 Wellness Extravaganza. Omaha, Nebraska. April 29, 2005.

18. Silva, E. Breast Cancer: Amazing Progress and Advance. Creighton University Medical Center 2005 Primary Care Update Conference, Okoboji, Iowa. May 27th, 2005.

19. Silva, E. Malignant Melanoma: A Sober Assessment. Creighton University Medical Center 2005 Primary Care Update Conference, Okoboji, Iowa. May 27th, 2005.

20. Silva, E. Ultrasound as Adjunct to mammography in Management of Breast Problems. ACS Nebraska Chapter. Omaha, NE. September 10th, 2005.

21. Silva, E. Advances in Melanoma. Annual Nebraska Nurse Practitioners Convention. Lincoln, Nebraska. February 17, 2006.

22. Silva, E. Proper History and Exam for Breast Disease; When and how to do FNA and/or core breast biopsies. Surgical Techniques for Primary Care Physicians. ACOS NE Chapter Annual Conference, Quest Center, Omaha, Nebraska. February 24, 2006.

23. Silva, E. Recent Advances in Breast Cancer Diagnosis and Management. Women’s Health in the 21st Century, Marriott Regency, Omaha Nebraska, November 12, 2007.

24. Silva, E. Sentinel Node Mapping: Applicability to many malignant tumors. ACOS-NE Chapter Annual Conference, Quest Center, Omaha, Feb. 22, 2008.

25. Silva, E. Accelerated Partial Breast Irradiation. Presented at the Heartland Hospital Center, St. Joseph, MO, March 2008.

26. Silva, E. Accelerated Partial Breast Irradiation, Its impact on the activity in a comprehensive breast center. Kansas City Surgical Society. Kansas City, MO, May 2008.

27. Silva, E. Accelerated Partial Breast Irradiation, Surgical Approach and Misadventures. Regional West Medical Center. Scottsbluff, NE, June 2008.

28. Silva, E. How to be your own breast cancer advocate. Lunch & Learn, Gallup University, Omaha, NE. September 23, 2008.

29. Silva, E. Management of the Potential BRCA Carrier with Breast Cancer, 14th Annual Multidisciplinary Symposium on Breast Disease, Amelia Island, Florida Feb 12, 2009.

30. Silva, E. Back to the Future. Why More Women Are Having Bilateral Mastectomy for Unilateral Breast Cancer, 14th Annual Multidisciplinary Symposium on Breast Disease, Amelia Island, Florida, Feb 12, 2009.


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31. Silva, E. Recent Advances in Melanoma: Case Conference & Update for Dermatologists and Primary Care Physicians. Passport Restaurant, Omaha, NE. sponsored by Schering-Plough, May 27, 2009.

32. Silva, E. Integration of Surgical Care in the Management of the HBOC Patient, Extraordinary Innovations in Transplantation and Oncology. Optum Conference, Omaha, NE. July 21-22, 2009.

33. Silva, E. Melanoma Update 2009. Cancer Center of America, Tulsa, Oklahoma, August 11, 2009.

34. Silva, E. Melanoma Update 2009, University of Kansas Cancer Center, Kansas City, KS, September 9, 2009.

35. Silva, E. Melanoma Update, 2009. Topeka Dermatology Society, Topeka, KS, November 18, 2009.

36. Silva, E. What You Should Know About Breast Cancer in 2010. Presented at Komen Foundation Omaha, February 2010.

37. Silva, E. What You Do Not Know Can Hurt You- Conversation of Breast Cancer for the Layman. UNMC Village Point Cancer Center, Omaha, NE., April 23, 2010.

38. Silva, E. Screening Mammographic Recommendations USPSTF, 2009. What changed? Olson Women’s Center Women’s Health Week May 11 & 13th, 2010.

39. Silva, E. Radioguided localization instead of wire localization for breast conserving surgery. OR Nursing Update, February, 2011.

40. Silva, E. Melanoma Update 2011. Primary Care and Dermatology Practitioners in Omaha, Paxton Chophouse, May 17, 2011.

41. Silva E. New Therapies for the Adjuvant Management of Melanoma Patients, Melanoma Providers and Physician Assistants. La Crosse, Wisconsin, June 21, 2011.

42. Silva E. Radioguided lumpectomy- a better alternative to wire localization in breast cancer care. Optum Conference. Quest Center, Omaha, NE. July 26, 2011.

43. Silva E. Current Trends in Adjuvant Treatment of Newly Diagnosed Node Positive Melanoma. Union Hospital Cancer Staff, Terra Haute, Indiana. September 14, 2011.

44. Silva, E. VA Hospital System Guidelines for Management of Malignant Melanoma, Disease Focused Expert Panel. Veteran’s Affairs Oncology Conference, Kansas City Marriott Downtown, Kansas City, Missouri. October 16-18, 2011.

45. Silva E. Malignant Melanoma- Difficult Scenarios. Educational Seminar at Avera Medical Oncology. Michael’s Restaurant sponsored by Merck. Sioux Falls, South Dakota. December 15, 2011.

46. Silva E. Adjuvant Therapy of Malignant Melanoma. Bettendorf, Iowa. October 4, 2011. Educational Seminar sponsored by Merck.

47. Silva E. Adjuvant Therapy of Resectable Node Positive Malignant Melanoma. Annual Oncology Nurses Symposium. Alley Rose. Kearney, Nebraska. March 8, 2012. Sponsored by Merck.


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48. Silva E. A Treatment Option for Malignant Melanoma. Lincoln Dermatology Group. Lincoln, NE. May 9, 2013. Sponsored by Merck.

49. Silva E. A Treatment Option for Malignant Melanoma. Omaha, NE. May 16, 2013. Sponsored by Merck.

50. Silva E. A Treatment Option for Malignant Melanoma. Dermatologist of Evansville. Evansville, IN. May 22, 2013. Sponsored by Merck.

51. Silva E. Melanoma Update. Roger Williams Medical Center, Providence, RI. June 11, 2013. Sponsored by Merck.

52. Silva E. The role of sentinel node in breast cancer care today. Will axillary staging soon disappear? Annual Meeting of the Association of VA Hematology/Oncology (AVAHO) held on October 4 – 6, 2013 at the Marriott Marquis in Atlanta, GA.

53. Silva E. Melanoma-contemporary surgical management. Dermatologists in St. Paul. Minn. March 18, 2014.

54. Silva E. Considerations for Pre-operative Therapy to Optimize Care of Women with HER2+ Breast Cancer. E-Learning Center CME Activity for Imedex, Alpharetta, GA. http://elc.imedex.com/ELC/Activity-Search.aspx?search=HER2POSITIVEBREASTCANCER. May 5, 2015.

55. Shah P., Loseth C., Silva E. Intra-operative 2D Specimen Mammography (IO-2DSM) and its utility in Breast Conserving Surgery (BCS) for Breast Cancer Annual Clinical Congress of the American College of Surgeons, October 2015.

Presentations as invited speaker (International venues)

1. Silva-Lopez E: Malignant Melanoma: Controversies in Management of Malignant Melanoma. Presented at Spring Meeting American College of Surgeons, San Juan, Puerto Rico. February 23, 1989.

2. Silva E, Puthawala A, Evans J, Lamey M, Davies L: Treatment for the Mammographically Detected Non-Palpable Breast Cancer. Presented at the Annual meeting. American College of Surgeons, San Juan, Puerto Rico. February 17, 1990.

3. Silva E: Squamous Cell Carcinoma Metastatic to Neck with Unknown Primary: Management and Treatment Recommendations. 41st Annual Meeting, American College of Surgeons, San Juan, Puerto Rico. February 20-23, 1991.

4. Silva, E. Surgical Management of Breast Carcinoma. Wuhan First International Cancer Symposium, Wuhan, China. October 16th, 2005.

5. Silva, E. Surgical Management of the BRCA patient with breast cancer. Update in Cancer Genetics: Clinical Translation. Hawaii Society of Clinical Oncology. Hilton Hawaiian Village Resort. July 19-22, 2006.

6. Silva, E. Management of the breast cancer patient at risk for germline mutations in BRCA and other associated genes. Co-chair Section on Epidemiology, Genetics, and

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Prevention. 3rd World Cancer Congress- Breast Cancer Conference. Shanghai Everbright Convention & Exhibition Center. Shanghai, China. April 25-27, 2010.

7. Silva, E. Moderator Session 1-5: Epidemiology, Genetics and Prevention. Contralateral Prophylactic Mastectomy. Who Needs It? BIT 4th Annual World Cancer Congress Breast Cancer Conference. Guangzhou, China. Nov 16-18, 2011.

8. Silva, E. Session 4-8. Screening and Detection. Current Controversies on the Use of MRI in the Management of Breast Cancer. BIT 4th Annual World Cancer Congress Breast Cancer Conference. Guangzhou, China. Nov 16-18, 2011.

9. Silva E. BIT 1rst International Congress of Gynecology & Obstretrics (in Europe breast cancer is managed by gynecology surgeons trained in breast disease). Use of Intra-operative specimen radiography (Trident) to decrease margin positive rates for breast conserving surgery. Guangzhou, China. Dec 2-4, 2012. Web site: Http://www.bitlifesciences.com/icgo2012/register.asp

10. Silva E. Recent Advances in Breast Conserving Surgery. Tianjin Medical University and Cancer Institute, Tianjin, China, Nov 29, 2012. Host: Dr. Bing Zhang

Bibliography A. Articles published in scholarly journals

1. Roth R, Silva-Lopez E: Coincidence between Premeiotic Chromosome Replication and Intragenic Recombination in Yeast (Abstract for the XIII International Congress of Genetics). Genetics 74:233-234, 1973.

2. Silva-Lopez E, Zamb TJ, Roth R: Role of Premeiotic Replication in Gene Conversion. Nature 253:212-214, 1975.

3. Silva-Lopez E, Wood DO: Granular Cell Myoblastoma. Current Surgery 40:202-206, 1983.

4. Briele HA, Walker MJ, Wild L, Wood DO, Silva E, et al: Results of Treatment of Stage I – III Breast Cancer in Black Americans: The Cook County Hospital Experience 1973 – 1987. Cancer 65:1062-1071, 1990.

5. Silva E, Puthawala A: Minimum Treatment of the Mammographically Localized Non-palpable Breast Cancer. Geisinger Bulletin 41(2):1721, 1991.

6. Silva E, Moshyedi A, Brett D: Preoperative Embolization in the Management of Giant Intramuscular Hemangiomata. Journal of Interventional Radiology. 10(1) 11-14,1995.

7. Silva E. Lymphoscintigraphic anatomy of sentinel lymphatic channels. JACS 195 (5): 740-741, 2002.

8. Caughron SK, Bridge JA, Bewtra CB, Hunter WJ, Soundarajan S, Silva E, Gatalica Z. Monosomy 22 as a diagnostic aid in a case of late recurrence of adult granulose cell tumor of the ovary. Cancer Genet Cytogenet. 156(1): 83-85, 2005

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9. Silva E and Lynch HT. Counseling and Management of Newly Diagnosed Breast Cancer Patients at Genetic Risk for Breast Cancer Germline Mutations. The Breast Journal, 12(3) 280-281, 2006.

10. Turaga K, Silva-Lopez E, Sanger W, Nelson M, Hunter W, Miettinen M, Gatalica Z. A (9;11) (q34;q13) Translocation in a Hibernoma. Cancer. Genetics & Cytogenetics 170: 163-166, 2006.

11. Bing Yi, Bewtra C, Yussef K, Silva E. Giant Pelvic Solitary Fibrous Tumor Obstructing Intestinal and Urinary Tract: A Case Report and Literature Review. American Surgeon 73 (5) 478-480, 2007.

12. Silva E, Gatalica Z, Snyder C, Vranic S, Lynch J, Lynch H. Hereditary Breast Cancer: Part II. Management of Hereditary Breast Cancer: Implications of Molecular Genetics and Pathology. The Breast Journal 14(1) 11-21, 2008.

13. Silva E. Genetic Counseling and Clinical Management of Newly Diagnosed Breast Cancer Patients at Risk for BRCA Germline Mutations: Perspective of a Surgical Oncologist. Familial Cancer 7: 91-95, 2008.

14. Lynch HT, Silva E, Snyder C, Lynch J., Hereditary Breast Cancer Syndromes: Part I. Diagnosing Hereditary Breast Cancer. The Breast Journal 14 (1) 1-11, 2008.

15. Lynch HT, Silva E, D Wirtzfeld et al. Hereditary Diffuse Gastric Cancer. Prophylactic Surgical Oncology Implications. Surg Clin North Am 88: 759-778, 2008.

16. Silva E. Targeted tailored management of the breast patient at risk for harboring a germline mutation: Current trends affecting the selection of patients considering surgical prophylaxis for breast cancer. The Breast Journal. 15: (S1) 76-80, 2009.

17. Aggarwal A, Hunter W, Silva E, Davey M, Murphy R, Agrawal D. Expression of Leukemia/Lymphoma-Related Factor (LRF) in Human Breast Carcinoma and Other Cancers. Exp Mol Pathology 89(2): 147-155, 2010.

18. Natarajan N, Watson P, Silva E, Lynch HT, Comparison of extended colectomy and limited resection in patients with Lynch syndrome. Diseases of Colon & Rectum 53: 1-6, 2010.

19. Pruthi S, Early A, Bear H, Silva E, et al. The use of aromatase inhibitors in perimenopausal women with breast cancer: The American Society of Breast Disease Consensus Statement. The ASBD Advisor, Issue 1, Winter/Spring, 2011.

20. Degnim A, Leitch M, Silva E, Kiel K, et al. Surgical assessment of the axilla in patients receiving neoadjuvant chemotherapy-The American Society of Breast Disease Consensus Statement. The ASBD Advisor, Issue 1, Winter/Spring, 2011.

21. Silva, E. Current Controversies in the Use of Magnetic Resonance Imaging in Breast Cancer Management. World Journal of Oncology 2(3): 89-93, 2011.

22. Sherman S, Shats O, Fleissner E, Bascom G, Yiee K, Copur M, Crow K, Rooney J,Mateen Z, Ketcham M, Feng J, Sherman A, Gleason M, Silva E, et al. Multicenter Breast Cancer Collaborative Registry. Cancer Informatics 10: 1-11, 2011.


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23. Bathla L, Harris A, Davey, H Poonam Silva, E. High Resolution Intra-Operative Two Dimensional Specimen Mammography and Its Impact on Second Operation for Re-Excision of Positive Margins at Final Pathology after Breast Conservation. American Journal of Surgery, published on-line September, 2011. Published in print 202: 387-394, 2011.

24. Marr A, Silva, E., Silberstein PT. Primer for the Use of NCCN guidelines for the surgical management of melanoma patients in the Veteran Administration Hospital System. Federal Practitioner, September, page 1-4, 2011.

25. Silva, E. Adjunct Primer for the Use of National Comprehensive Cancer Network Guidelines for the Surgical Management of Cutaneous Malignant Melanoma Patients. World Journal of Surgical Oncology. (6 April 2012). 10:54-61, 2012.

26. Al Dhaybi O, Silberstein P, Silva E. Contemporary Management of Stage IV Melanoma. Federal Practitioner 30 (suppl 5): 57S-61S, August 2013

27. Silva E. Breast Conserving Surgery vs. Mastectomy for Early Stage Breast Cancer: Could Patient Choice Lead to an Inferior Outcome? The Breast Journal 20(1):97-99, 2014.

28. Silva E. Gene Expression Signatures in Breast Cancer. A Surgeon’s Perspective. Federal Practitioner, 31(8):53-57, 2014

29. Silva E, Gatalica Z, Vranic S, Basu G, Reddy S and Voss A. Refractory Angiosarcoma of the Breast with VEGFR2 Upregulation Successfully Treated with Sutinib: A Case Report and Review of 16 Additional Cases with a Comprehensive Molecular Profiling. The Breast Journal, 21(2): 205-207, 2015

30. Mott S., Hunter W., Silva E., Huerter C. Approach to Management of Giant Basal Cell Carcinoma (with literature review). Cutis accepted for publication, September 2015

B. Chapters in books

1. Silva-Lopez E, Roth R: Role of Post-Replication DNA Synthesis in Meiotic Gene Conversion and Reciprocal Recombination. In: Botstein D, Fink G. (eds). The Molecular Biology of Yeast. Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory, Cold Spring Harbor, New York, 1975.

2. Silva-Lopez E, Das Gupta T K: Surgery and Melanoma. In: S. Ferrone (ed). Human Melanoma, Springer-Verlag, pp 531-539, 1989.

3. Lynch HT, Marcus JN, Narod SA, Silva E, Lynch J, Snyder, CL, Rubinstein. Breast Cancer Genetics: Heterogeneity, Molecular Genetics, Syndrome Diagnosis, and Genetic Counseling, in The Breast: Comprehensive Management of Benign and Malignant Disorders, Chapter 18, 4th Edition, Bland and Copeland editors. July 3, 2009.

4. Silva, E. Controversies in the Screening and Management of the Patient at Risk for Hereditary Breast Cancer. Current Research in Cancer 4: 13-29, 2010.

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1. Silva, E. Revolutionary Advancement in the Treatment of Breast Cancer. Cornhusker Family Physician. Volume 51, Issue 1, 2005.

2. Silva E. Magnetic Resonance Imaging: Pitfalls in its application to breast disease. Oncology Net Guide 10 (11) 46-49, 2009.

3. Silva, E. Back to the future: Why are more women having bilateral mastectomy for unilateral breast cancer. Oncology & Biotech News, published on line June 3, 2010.

D. Presentations at scientific exhibits

1. Horvath D, Silva E, Kihara, TK: Axillary Metastasis of Laryngeal Squamous Cell Carcinoma via Pectoralis Major Myocutaneous flap. Presented at The American College of Surgeons annual meeting, Chicago, October 1994.

2. Bathla L, Davey M, Sharma P, Silva, E, High Resolution Intra-operative Two Dimensional Specimen Mammography and its Impact on Second Operation for Re-excision of Positive Margins at Final Pathology after Breast Conservation. Society of Surgical Oncology’s 63 Annual Cancer Symposium, St Louis, MO, March 4, 2010. Poster # P275.

3. Bathla L, Davey M, Sharma P, Silva E. High Resolution Intra-operative Two Dimensional Specimen Mammography and its Impact on Second Operation for Re-excision of Positive Margins at Final Pathology after Breast Conservation. Reference 0009. American Society of Breast Surgeons 11th Annual Meeting, April 30, 2010, Las Vegas, NE.

4. Vavricek J and Silva E. Limb salvage after isolated limb infusion for metastatic melanoma involving the tibial bone & soft tissue. American College of Radiology annual meeting. Poster, April 26-30, 2014. Washington, DC.

5. Silva E, Gatalica Z, Vranic S, Basu G, Reddy S and Voss A. Molecular profiling of angiosarcomas of the breast. 39th ESMO Congress, Madrid- Spain, 26-30 September 2014. Abstr # 4794.

6. DeFoe, Heckmane., Silva E., Slater D., Vargo C., Isolated Limb Infusion: An interventional Oncology Opportunity. Poster presented at the 2015 Society of Interventional Radiology Conference, Atlanta, GA

7. Shaw P., Loseth C., Ly Q., Silva E., Intraoperative 2D Specimen Mammography and Its Utility in Breast Conserving Surgery. Accepted oral presentations at Scientific Forum Committee, American College of Surgeons Annual Meeting. Oct 4-8, 2015, Chicago, IL.

E. Publications in Lay Press

1. Silva E. Midlands Voices: New mammogram data can help doctors, patients. Omaha World-Herald, November 30, 2009. http://www.omaha.com/article/20091130/NEWS0802/711309993

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2. Silva, E. How to Become Your Own Breast Care Advocate: Omaha Family Magazine October 2009

3. Nipple Skin Sparing Mastectomy is an Option for BRAC Carriers. Medscope, March 8, 2013

4. Mastectomy vs. Lumpectomy: Which Option is Best? Advancing Health Nebraska Medical Center, Fall 2014

Teaching Activities:

1. Minimal Treatment of the Minimal Breast Cancer. Presented at CME Rounds at Bloomsburg Hospital. April 26, 1991.

2. Sentinel Node Mapping in the Care of the Melanoma Patient. Grand Rounds, Geisinger Clinic. February 1998

3. The Impact of Sentinel Node Mapping in Breast Cancer Management. Grand Rounds, Hershey Medical Center, Hershey, Pennsylvania. June 1998.

4. Malignant Melanoma, Surgery Grand Rounds, Saint Francis Hospital, Hartford, Connecticut. 1999.

5. Sentinel Node Mapping for Melanoma and Breast Cancer. Grand Rounds, Day-Kimball Hospital, Putnam, Connecticut. March 14, 2000.

6. Strategies for Breast Cancer Prevention. Department of Medicine, Grand Rounds, Saint Francis Hospital, Hartford, Connecticut. April 6, 2000.

7. Recent Advances in Malignant Melanoma. Grand Rounds, Methodist Hospital, Memphis, Tennessee. February 2001.

8. Management of the High Risk Breast Cancer Patient. Grand Rounds, University of Tennessee School of Medicine, Memphis, Tennessee. January 2003.

9. Advances in Breast Cancer Management. Creighton University School of Medicine, Department of Surgery, Grand Rounds. Omaha, Nebraska. September 17, 2003

10. Breast Cancer. Family Practice Grand Rounds. Creighton University Medical Center, Department of Family Practice. Omaha, Nebraska. October 15, 2004.

11. Management of the Breast Cancer Patient at Risk for a Germline Mutation. Grand Round, Department of Surgery, UNMC, February 2009, Omaha, NE

12. New Advances in Breast Cancer Diagnostics and Treatment. Grand Rounds, Department of OB-GYN, UNMC, April 15, 2009, Omaha, NE

13. Gene Signatures and their Impact on Breast Cancer Management. Grand Rounds, Department of Surgery, UNMC, April 22, 2009

14. Melanoma Update, 2009. Grand Rounds, Department of Surgery, UNMC, October 28, 2009.

15. Contemporary Management of Soft Tissue Sarcoma. Grand Rounds, Department of Surgery, UNMC, March 22, 2010.


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16. Management of Malignant Melanoma in 2010. Grand Rounds, Plastic Surgery, UNMC August 4, 2010.

17. Back to the future: Why women with a single breast cancer are getting bilateral mastectomies. Grand Rounds, Department of Family Practice, UNMC. August 11, 2010.

18. Back to the future: Why are breast conserving trends returning to pre-Fisher era standards & why are patients requesting contra-lateral mastectomy for unilateral breast cancer. Grand Rounds, Department of Family Medicine, UNMC. July 13, 2011.

19. Back to the future: Why Women with Unilateral Sporadic Breast Cancer are Undergoing Bilateral Mastectomies? Grand Rounds, Department of Surgery, UNMC. August 10, 2011.

20. How to be Your Own Best Breast Cancer Advocate. UNMC OR Nurses Lecture. August 22, 2011.

21. Making It Real. Neoplasia, Ethics and Best Practice Algorithms. UNMC Medical Student Lecture. August 30, 2011.

22. Nipple Skin Sparing Mastectomy- Ready for prime time? Grand Rounds, Department of Plastic Surgery, UNMC, Nov 9, 2011.

23. Radio-guided lumpectomy for breast conserving surgery for breast cancer- an approach better than traditional wire localization. UNMC OR Nurses CME. March 3, 2012. Eppley Science Amphitheater.

24. Nipple Skin Sparing Mastectomy-Now Ready for Prime Time. Grand Rounds, Department of Surgery, UNMC, March 11, 2013.

25. Increasing Applicability of NSSM for Breast Cancer Patients. Grand Rounds, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Alegent/Creighton Medical Center, Omaha, NE. March 5, 2014.

26. Back to the Future: Why More Women are Having Unilateral and Bilateral Mastectomy, Grand Rounds, Department of OB/GYN, Creighton University Medical Center, July 23, 2014.

27. Back to the Future: Why More Women are Having Unilateral and Bilateral Mastectomy, Grand Rounds, Department of Surgery, UNMC, July 30, 2014.

28. Nipple Skin Sparing Mastectomy – Expanding Eligibility. Surgical Grand Rounds, Department of Plastic Surgery, UNMC, September 10, 2014.

29. Thyroid Nodule to Thyroid Cancer – A Likely Inconsequential Risk Grand Rounds, Department of OB/GYN Creighton University Medical Center, April 29, 2015.

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institution and referred to my service for additional training in breast cancer management by Kai Fu, MD from the lymphoma pathology section at UNMC. In 2012, Dr. Junjie Chen, a breast cancer reconstructive surgeon from the Department of Burn and Plastic Surgery, West China Hospital of Sichuan University, Chengdu, China, has spent six months rotating through my service and the Plastic Surgery service at UNMC. My practice routinely attracts medical students, residents in general surgery and obstetrics and gynecology for regular academic rotations and elective rotations. I also supervise allied health practitioners in the nurse practitioner training program in my clinic on a regular basis. Community Outreach

1. Silva E: Breast Cancer: What Every Woman Should Know. Presented at Annual American Cancer Society Women’s Meeting, Central Susquehanna Unit. Fall, 1992.

2. Silva E: What You Should Know About Breast Cancer. Presented at Annual American Cancer Society Breast Awareness Week. Hummels Wharf, Pennsylvania. October 13, 1993.

3. Silva E: What You Should Know About Breast Cancer. Presented at Marborough Junior Women’s Club. April 1999.

4. Melanoma Screening Clinics. Performed melanoma screening exams gratis at TRW, Hartford area industrial plant. 1999-2002.

5. Silva E: Breast Cancer and Hispanic Patients. Guest Physician on “Arturo Morales, M.D. Show.” La Unica Radio Station, New Britain, Connecticut. March 2000

6. Silva E: Advances in Breast Cancer Diagnosis. Guest Physician on “Update in Medicine.” Connecticut Cable TV Network. June 2000

7. Silva E: Melanoma Update for the Public. Guest Physician on “Memphis Medicine.” Germantown Cable TV. March 2003.

8. Silva E: A Celebration of Live. My Sister’s Keeper Omaha Chapter. And Creighton University Partnership in Health. Doubletree Hotel. Omaha, Nebraska. October 24, 2004.

9. Silva E How to be your own best breast cancer advocate. Latina Business Women’s Association of Nebraska, UNMC School of Nursing, April 14, 2009, Omaha, NE.

10. Silva E. Breast Cancer: How to be your own best advocate. Olson Center Lunch and Learn, October 20, 2009. Lecture available at www.unmc.edu/obgyn Program evaluation: 4.9 of 5.0

11. Silva E. Breast Cancer: How to be your own best advocate. Presented at College of St Mary’s, Omaha, NE., November 11, 2009.

12. Silva E. Breast Cancer: How to be your own best breast cancer advocate. Presented at the monthly Susan Komen Foundation meeting for the public in Omaha, NE. March 2010.

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13. Silva E. Contemporary Myths about Breast Cancer. Presented at the Olson Center Brown Bag lunch & Learn. October 16, 2012.

14. Silva E. Breast Cancer: How to be your own best breast cancer advocate. Presented at the LifeGate Church of Omaha, January 8, 2013.

15. Silva E. Breast Cancer Navigator Program- Breast Cancer in Hispanics. Presented live on Channel 22, Omaha TY station. Host: R. Sanchez, MD, Primary Care Internal Medicine, Old Market Creighton-Alegent Clinic. March 18, 2013.

16. Silva E. The Angelina Jolie double mastectomy- why and when. KFAB-AM (110), The Good Morning Show, May 15, 2013.

17. Silva E. Preventive mastectomy. For whom is it appropriate? Tom Beck, Moderator. KOIL-AM (1290), May 16, 2013.

18. Silva E. Double mastectomy. Who should consider it? Consider this… UNO-TV, Cathy Wyatt, Moderator. May 23, 2013, 7 PM.

19. Silva, E. Breast Cancer Myths & Facts. Nebraska Coders (CMSA), Omaha, NE., Storz Conference Pavilion, UNMC, October 10, 2013.

20. Silva E. Breast Cancer Myths & Facts. MOCA Coders Association, October 15, 2013, St. Mary’s College, Omaha, NE.

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