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NPOAS Board of Directors
Not Putting on a Shirt is starting 2020 off with a BANG! The new year brings a new crew and we are proud to introduce our new Board of Directors. Kimberly Bowles, PresidentChristy Avila, Vice PresidentDevorah Borenstein, SecretaryShana Whitehead, TreasurerBethAnne […]
Guest Blog: At the Intersection of My Flat Chest and an Antiquated System of Care
Women everywhere are calling for the standard of surgical breast cancer options to shift and include flat closure. We’re finally positioned culturally and historically to demand autonomy over our health care choices, and how we express our ideas of what […]
NPOAS Exhibit at 2019 Pittsburgh SABCS Review
Not Putting on a Shirt will be exhibiting at the 2019 San Antonio Breast Cancer Symposium Review at the Pittsburgh Mariott this Friday January 24th. This important annual event provides for medical professionals who could not attend the San Antonio […]
Share Your Experience: Revision Surgery
Help us ensure women’s access to care by filling out our short online survey. Your participation in the survey will take only a minute or two of your time, and will help us understand how we can solve the problem […]
Recommend Your Flat Closure Surgeon!
Now you can recommend your flat closure surgeon for the Directory with our easy online form.
Tina – Flat Has Been Freeing
Editor: It’s been some months since we published our last personal story of going flat. Today we hear from Tina Rattunde, a woman who tested positive for the BRCA2 mutation after watching multiple family members deal with breast cancer. She […]
Vermont Rep. Fegard Introduces Revision Bill
Breaking news! Vermont State Representative Charen Fegard has just introduced an historic bill requiring insurance coverage for revision surgery! Charen Fegard VT State Representative has just introduced a bill that will require healthcare stakeholders to decide on a clear coding and […]
NEW – International Translations of the “Flat is Beautiful” Brochure
NEW – nine international translations of the Flat is Beautiful brochure
Our Poster at SABCS 2019
We had a successful poster session at the San Antonio Breast Cancer Symposium (SABCS) this past month, presenting a poster with the results of our original research, “Flat closure after mastectomy: are your patients satisfied with the results?” This research […]
Flat is Beautiful (Video)
A new resource is up on the website – the Flat is Beautiful video presentation, featuring many amazing flat advocates and advocacy projects. This 6 minute video is an introduction to going flat as a valid, beautiful mastectomy choice. Narrated […]
Coding for Flat Closure
Interested in helping us break down barriers that women going flat face when trying to achieve an aesthetic result they can live with? Coding for flat closure is one of those barriers, and Not Putting on a Shirt is on […]
Shared Decision Making: Protecting Patient Autonomy and Informed Consent
SDM is about patient autonomy and informed consent. Shared decision making (SDM) is a collaborative model of clinical decision-making that ensures the patient’s values and priorities are centered during the decision making process. It represents a philosophy of clinical practice […]