Sylvester Breast Cancer Imaging Expertise Expands at The Lennar Foundation Medical Center

Renowned breast radiologist Nilza Kallos, M.D., recently joined Sylvester Comprehensive Cancer Center at The Lennar Foundation Medical Center in Coral Gables. Kallos brings to Sylvester two of her colleagues — Lori DeFillipo, M.D., and Angela Parra, M.D. — from her former private practice in South Miami.

For patients, this expanded expertise means greater academic medical care, greater attention to the whole patient, and greater convenience. Kallos is board certified in nuclear medicine. She is also a pioneer in all aspects of breast imaging and women’s ultrasound – including pelvic, abdominal, and thyroid procedures and diagnosis.

Patients with breast cancer will benefit from the academic expertise at Sylvester. “We couldn’t be happier to have Dr. Kallos and her colleagues join us at The Lennar Foundation Medical Center,” said Sylvester Director Stephen D. Nimer, M.D. “Dr. Kallos and her team will provide the best breast cancer diagnostics here in South Florida.”

Kallos strives for the most comprehensive, holistic, and engaged breast cancer care. “I genuinely care about the entire person who is in front of me, not just her cancer and the immediate diagnosis,” Kallos said. “I also want to teach my patients to play a more active role and be a great consumer for their health care and treatment.”

In terms of convenience, Kallos, DeFillipo, or Parra review images right away and discuss the results with a patient immediately. In some cases, if necessary, they might even schedule a breast cancer biopsy on the same day. They follow Sylvester protocol to create less anxiety for patients, who at some other institutions have to wait and worry for days or even weeks before getting their diagnostic results.

Kallos graduated from the Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania and completed her residencies in internal medicine at Bryn Mawr Hospital in Pennsylvania and nuclear medicine in the Radiology Department at the University of Miami Miller School of Medicine.

Tags: breast cancer, breast cancer biopsy, nuclear medicine, Sylvester Comprehensive Cancer Center, women's ultrasound