Breast Health Center

The Hartford HealthCare Cancer Institute at St. Vincent’s Breast Health Center, fighting breast cancer is not just treating the disease. It is about caring for all of you: body, mind and spirit.

We deliver state-of-the-art breast cancer treatment and provide support services for you, your loved ones and your family.

St. Vincent’s Breast Health Center’s fellowship-trained physicians are well known throughout Fairfield and New Haven counties and are widely recognized for their level of expertise. They are led by Dr. Richard Zelkowitz, Medical Director of the breast program and a staunch patient and family advocate, and Dr. Brigid Killelea, Chief of Breast Surgery, a dedicated breast cancer research specialist with more than a decade of experience caring for patients with breast cancer.

Breast Cancer Care

We deliver state-of-the-art breast cancer treatment and provide support services for you, your loved ones and your family.

Mammography

Mammograms, are the single best tool in the fight against breast cancer to detect at an earliest and most treatable stage.

Breast Surgery

Genetic counselors assess your personal and family history to identify whether you might carry a genetic variant that puts you at risk.

Nurse Navigators

With one call to Cancer Connect, a breast cancer navigator guides you through diagnosis, treatment and survivorship.

Risk Assessment

Genetic counselors assess your personal and family history to identify whether you might carry a genetic variant that puts you at risk.

Survivorship Program

We want you to have peace of mind as we guide you toward physical and emotional health during your breast cancer survivorship.

Mammography Locations

At Hartford HealthCare, we have mammography sites throughout Connecticut that are convenient, safe, and suit your busy schedule.

Find a Location

Free Mammography Guide

Download our free guide from the experts at The Hospital of Central Connecticut and MidState Medical Center to learn about this crucial diagnostic tool and how important it is to overall health.

Download Your Guide

Our Team

A team of experts will develop a plan specifically for you. A weekly multi-disciplinary tumor board is made up of physicians, surgeons, nurses and other specialists who look at your condition, as well as your lifestyle and other personal factors.

Providers

Breast Center of Excellence

St. Vincent's Breast Health Center was the first in the area to earn the Breast Center of Excellence distinction from the National Accreditation Program for Breast Centers.

American College of Surgeons’ Commission on Cancer: Outstanding Achievement Award

St. Vincent’s Breast Health Center received the highest level of accreditation from the American College of Surgeons’ Commission on Cancer. The Outstanding Achievement Award is granted to programs that have not only met standards set by the Commission on Cancer, but also exceeded compliance ratings for all designated standards.

America’s Best Breast Centers by the Women’s Choice Award®

St. Vincent’s Medical Center has been named one of America’s Best Breast Centers by the Women’s Choice Award®, America’s trusted referral source for the best in healthcare. The award signifies that St. Vincent’s Medical Center is in the top of the 4,542 U.S. hospitals offering breast care services.

The list of 416 award winners, including St. Vincent’s Medical Center, represents breast centers that have met the highest standards of breast care in the nation as set by the National Accreditation Program for Breast Centers (NAPBC) and carry the Breast Imaging Center of Excellence (BICOE) seal from the American College of Radiology.

A member of the Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Alliance, we provide innovative care close to home.

We offer the latest treatments through our ongoing membership in the Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center Alliance, which gives you access to the latest standards of care and clinical trials.

The MSK Alliance

Our Breast Health Specialists

	Specialties	Location
Brutus, Valerie, MD, FACS 5.0 /5 63 surveys 475.210.7002	Breast Surgery Surgical Oncology Show Less	Bridgeport Trumbull Wilton Show Less
Craig, Elizabeth Stirling, MD 4.9 /5 50 surveys 475.210.7002	Plastic & Reconstructive Surgery	Bridgeport Milford Westport Show Less
Dhanjal, Sandhya A., MD 4.9 /5 376 surveys 203.255.4545	Medical Oncology Internal Medicine Show Less	Fairfield Bridgeport Show Less
Dost, Sara Naureen, MD 4.9 /5 160 surveys 860.972.4183	Medical Oncology Hospice & Palliative Medicine Internal Medicine Show Less	Hartford Bridgeport Hartford Show Less
Even, Michele Risa, MD 203.696.6125	Diagnostic Radiology	Shelton
Goodstine, Shelley Lynn, MD 203.696.6125	Diagnostic Radiology	Shelton
Killelea, Brigid Kelley, MD, FACS 4.9 /5 104 surveys 475.210.7002	Breast Surgery Surgical Oncology Show Less	Bridgeport Milford Trumbull Show Less
Rosasco, Sarah Lyla, MD 203.696.6125	Diagnostic Radiology	Shelton
Squitieri-Harkins, Kelly Ann, MD 203.696.6125	Diagnostic Radiology	Shelton
Stewart, Sarah Travis, MD 203.696.6125	Diagnostic Radiology	Shelton
Zelkowitz, Richard Scott, MD 4.9 /5 364 surveys 203.874.3830	Medical Oncology Internal Medicine Show Less	Bridgeport Wilton Show Less