Triumph for the Cure

Dr. Stephanie A. Valente is the Director of the Cleveland Clinic Western Region Breast Program as well as Medical Director of the Fairview Hospital, Moll Breast Center.  She is an Associate Professor of Surgery at the Cleveland Clinic Learner College of Medicine and Case Western Reserve University and is the Director for the Cleveland Clinic Breast Surgical Oncology Fellowship program. 

Dr. Valente joined the Clinic in 2011 after completing her Surgical Breast Oncology fellowship at the University of Southern California in Los Angeles, where she received specialty training in oncoplastic breast surgery.

Dr. Valente has a strong interest in advanced surgical techniques including minimally invasive breast surgery, hidden scars, oncoplastic surgery and nipple sparing mastectomy. She also is active in research for development of innovative surgical procedures to prevent lymphedema. She has a passion for treating young women with breast cancer as well as those with genetic and high-risk disease.

The Breast Health Center, part of Cleveland Clinic's Cancer Center at Fairview Hospital, has been granted a new three-year full accreditation designation by the National Accreditation Programs for Breast Centers (NAPBC), a program administered by the American College of Surgeons.

Fairview Hospital is the first hospital in the state of Ohio, and one of the first in the nation, to receive this new accreditation. Fairview is also the only hospital on Cleveland’s west side with this designation.

At Fairview Hospital’s Breast Health Center, patients have access to the best in breast cancer diagnosis, treatment, clinical trials and supportive care including:

• Certified nurse navigators
• Support groups
• Survivorship care plan after treatment

The compassionate, skilled physicians and healthcare professionals also provide a broad range of cancer-related services:

• Medical
• Surgical
• Gynecological
• Urological
• Radiation Oncology