[ ABOUT BREASTORATION ]
Patient choice.
Practical support.
Removing the barriers that can stand between a patient and medically necessary breast reconstruction.
[ OUR MISSION ]
Removing barriers to medically necessary reconstruction
We help patients address financial and practical challenges that may limit access to reconstruction, while supporting education, advocacy, and collaboration that preserve informed patient choice.
Breastoration removes barriers to medically necessary breast reconstruction following mastectomy due to a breast cancer diagnosis or genetic predisposition to cancer through advocacy, education, and financial assistance.
Always provider-neutral.
Breastoration does not recommend physicians, hospitals, or procedures. Medical decisions remain solely between patients and their healthcare professionals.
[ Leadership ]
Board of Directors
Leadership in service of patient choice.
Breastoration is guided by leaders whose experience spans public policy, healthcare, finance, communications, nonprofit administration, and statewide outreach—several with personal experience as breast reconstruction patients.
Kim Sport
FOUNDER & CHAIRMAN
A graduate of Tulane Law School, Kim Sport is a three-time cancer survivor, public policy leader, and former Executive Counsel to the Chief Justice of the Louisiana Supreme Court. She drafted historic mandates requiring insurance providers to cover every stage of reconstructive surgery, ensuring that no restorative procedure is considered cosmetic. As the first chairman of the Louisiana Commission to Prevent Domestic Violence, she spearheaded 150 amendments to Louisiana laws. Her civic and philanthropic impact has earned honors including United Way’s Tocqueville Award, Gambit’s New Orleanian of the Year, the LSBA Citizen Lawyer Award, and induction into the Louisiana Women in Government Hall of Fame. Kim is a breast reconstruction patient.
Liz Bodet
Vice Chair
A graduate of Tulane University, Liz Bodet is founder of EFG & Associates and a highly sought-after publicist with decades of experience navigating high-profile press for elite regional culinary, hospitality, and healthcare institutions, including Link Restaurant Group (handling James Beard Award milestones), and the New Orleans Wine & Food Experience (NOWFE). Bodet led the launch of Breastoration and secured national coverage that directly galvanized New Orleans as a hub for innovation in reconstructive surgery. Her work was so impactful that it prompted the American Society of Plastic Surgeons to launch its national Breast Reconstruction Awareness (BRA) Day in New Orleans. She continues to donate her skills to support Breastoration’s visibility and statewide public awareness campaigns. Liz is a breast reconstruction patient.
Dianne McGraw, LCSW, CMC
LCSW, CMC – Secretary
Dianne McGraw holds a M.S.W. from Tulane University specializing in health, a Certified Care Manager, and is a member of the National Academy of Certified Care Managers. She chairs Cancer Association of Louisiana (CALA) Breastoration Committee. She brings unmatched organizational governance and structural knowledge of BCM grant priorities. Her She has served as an Adjunct Professor at Tulane University’s School of Social Work, and president of New Orleans Women’s Professional Council. Honored as a Top Female Achiever by New Orleans Magazine and a CityBusiness Woman of the Year, McGraw provides the clinical, ethical, and organizational framework necessary to navigate complex healthcare deployments, manage multi-stakeholder clinical alignment, and ensure rigid compliance with grant benchmarks. Dianne is a breast reconstruction patient.
Shep Buckman, CFA, CMT
Treasurer
Shep earned an MBA in Finance from Johns Hopkins University and a B.S. in Business Administration with Special Attainments in Commerce from Washington and Lee University, Shep is a Senior Asset Manager with over 25 years of institutional financial services experience. He serves as Board Treasurer for the Cancer Association of Louisiana (CALA), which has acted as the fiscal agent for Breastoration. Buckman’s deep financial expertise spans capital allocation, financial planning, lending, alternative investments, and risk management. He previously served as a Senior Portfolio Manager and Investment Committee member for United Bank’s Wealth Management division, guiding investment strategy and execution for over $4 billion of private client and institutional assets, and held advisory roles at UBS Financial Services and Morgan Stanley.
Gillian Stagg
NOCCI
Gillian Stagg is the Vice President of Internal Operations and Senior Project Manager at the New Orleans Convention Company, Inc. (NOCCI), a premier regional destination, corporate meeting, and event management firm. Specializing in total meeting design, transport logistics, and multi-facility operational frameworks, Stagg’s client list includes the Bayou Classic, Jazz Fest, National WWII Museum, Shell, Bollinger, NORD, Entergy, and many others. She has been involved with Breastoration since inception and has donated her time to its fundraising events since 2010. Gillian will assist with any physical and scheduling logistics with partner organizations required to deploy BRAIL’s statewide educational initiatives, public workshops, and multi-parish outreach forums.
Lisa Plunkett
Board member
Lisa Plunkett is a veteran non-profit executive who served as the long-time Executive Director of the Susan Komen New Orleans Affiliate. Over a distinguished career in non-profit health administration, she managed multi-million dollar annual regional mission budgets dedicated exclusively to breast cancer screening, treatment pathways, community-wide patient education initiatives, and healthcare navigation resources. Plunkett’s historical experience in establishing public-private health partnerships, navigating localized corporate awareness, and managing large-scale mission logistics provides the operational blueprint for BRAIL’s administrative framework. She will lead Breastoration’s patient grants process and work with surgeons to update eligibility criteria focusing on type of surgery performed and recovery periods.
Cameron Link
A New Orleans native, Cameron Link is a longtime community advocate whose commitment to breast cancer awareness began more than three decades ago.
Cameron graduated from Louisiana State University, where she was a member of Zeta Tau Alpha sorority. Through Zeta Tau Alpha’s National Philanthropy, The Susan G. Komen Foundation and their longstanding commitment to breast cancer education and awareness, she became involved in the cause at just 18 years old—handing out pink ribbons at NFL games, educating women about the importance of breast self-awareness and early detection, and supporting the fight against breast cancer.
What began as a philanthropic commitment during her college years ultimately became deeply personal. Now a breast cancer survivor herself, Cameron brings a new perspective and sense of purpose to a cause that has been part of her life since young adulthood. Her own experience has strengthened her commitment to helping women facing a breast cancer diagnosis feel informed, supported, and less overwhelmed as they navigate their individual journeys.
Cameron has also been actively involved in the New Orleans community. Most recently, she served on the Board of Directors of the New Orleans Wine & Food Experience (NOWFE), supporting an organization that celebrates the city’s renowned culinary culture while contributing to charitable causes throughout the community.
Drawing upon decades of advocacy, community involvement, and now her own experience with breast cancer, Cameron is passionate about turning survivorship into service. She hopes to use her experience, relationships, and voice to help other women navigate breast cancer with greater knowledge, confidence, and support—and to continue advancing a cause that has been close to her heart since she was 18.
Cameron is breast recontruction patient.
Norma Grace
BIO COMING SOON
Dr. Chontel Carter
Dr. Chontel Carter is a board-certified Family Nurse Practitioner and nurse scientist with more than 15 years of clinical experience, including extensive work in women’s health and the care of women before and after surgical procedures.
Her clinical and research interests include breast and other surgical procedures, wound healing, scar prevention, keloids, hypertrophic scars, and improving long-term outcomes for women following surgery.
Dr. Carter’s doctoral research focused on the recognition and documentation of abnormal surgical scarring, with particular attention to women at increased risk for keloid and hypertrophic scar formation.
As a Breastoration board member, Dr. Carter is especially passionate about reminding women that recovery does not end when surgery is over. Ongoing attention to wound healing, skin changes, surgical scars, comfort, and overall wellness are important parts of caring for women throughout their surgical journey.
Dr. Carter brings together more than 15 years of clinical experience, women’s health expertise, and scientific research to provide compassionate, evidence-based care to the patients and families she serves.
Beth Biundo
Beth is a graduate of SMU and The French Culinary Institute. She was a pastry chef for many years in restaurants in New York and New Orleans, and then ran her own Uptown New Orleans bakery. Beth sold her bakery as she completed her treatment and spent two years traveling the world. She has pivoted that into a career as a luxury travel advisor. Beth is a breast reconstruction patient.
Julie Stokes
Julie Stokes is a cancer survivor who turned her own experience with cancer into a sustained commitment to improving cancer care and patient advocacy in Louisiana. A former Louisiana State Representative, CPA, and longtime civic leader, Julie has used both her personal experience and her policy background to champion patients and families navigating cancer care.
During her seven years in the Louisiana Legislature, Julie became a leading voice on cancer-related policy and access to care. She has continued that work since leaving elected office, serving as Advocacy Director for the Louisiana Oncology Society and working with patients, clinicians, policymakers, and advocates to identify practical ways to improve the cancer experience in Louisiana.
Julie is also the Founder and President/CEO of Ellevate Louisiana, where she established the Survivors Cancer Action Network (SCAN). SCAN brings together cancer survivors, advocates, clinicians, and other stakeholders to advance policies that improve access to high-quality care, support patients throughout treatment and survivorship, and ensure Louisiana patients can benefit from advances in cancer treatment.
Julie also serves on the University of Louisiana System Board of Supervisors and is Vice Chair of the Board of Stokes & Associates.
Chelsea Cusimano
Chelsea Brener Cusimano is a fourth-generation New Orleans attorney at Sternberg, Naccari & White, where she carries on the legacy of her late mother, Lisa Brener, a trailblazing civil rights attorney and fierce advocate for others.
After losing her mother to a brain tumor, Chelsea channeled her grief into a passion for giving back, supporting families facing cancer, and making a difference in the community she loves. Her dedication to philanthropy and the cancer community has earned her recognition within the American Cancer Society, the LSU Health Foundation and Hogs for the Cause. More recently Chelsea’s biggest accomplishment includes being an inductee into the Hogs for Cause “Hog of Fame.”
A proud New Orleanian, Chelsea believes in showing up for others, celebrating life, and turning personal loss into purpose. She brings that same heart, determination, and spirit of service to her board involvement, honoring her mother’s legacy by helping bring hope, compassion, and support to families navigating their own cancer journeys.
Program Manager
Michelle Marie Burtch
Program Mananger
Michelle Marie Burtch is a nonprofit leader, business professional, and community advocate with more than 20 years of experience spanning nonprofit leadership, business development, marketing, hospitality, sports and entertainment, event production, and strategic partnerships. Through her work with Breastoration, the Cancer Association of Louisiana (CALA), and the Al Copeland Foundation, Michelle collaborates with healthcare providers, community organizations, donors, and corporate partners to expand access to care, strengthen patient assistance programs, and provide meaningful resources for Louisiana individuals and families facing cancer. Michelle’s commitment to cancer advocacy is deeply personal. Having lost both of her parents to rare forms of cancer, she is inspired by their strength, courage, and enduring legacy. Their journeys shaped her passion for helping others and strengthened her commitment to ensuring that patients and their families never feel alone while facing cancer.Through compassionate leadership, meaningful partnerships, and community engagement, Michelle strives to connect individuals with the support, resources, and hope they need throughout every stage of their cancer journey.
[ Hospitals and Surgery Centers ]
Breastoration patients have received care at hospitals, cancer centers, ambulatory surgery centers, and physician-owned surgical facilities throughout Louisiana.
Acadiana Surgical Hospital
Associated Plastic Surgeons
Avala Hospital
Baton Rouge General Medical Center
Cancer Center of South Louisiana
Christus Health
Center for Restorative Breast Surgery (CRBS)
East Jefferson General Hospital
Fairway Medical Surgical Hospital
Freel Surgical Center
Jansen Surgical Center
Khoobehi Plastic Surgery Center
Lakeview Regional Medical Center
Northshore Plastic Surgery
Ochsner Baptist
Ochsner Benson Cancer Center
Ochsner Medical Center – Baton Rouge
Ochsner Medical Center – Jefferson Highway
Ochsner Medical Center – Kenner
Ochsner Lafayette General Medical Center
Ochsner St. Tammany Cancer Center
Ochsner West Bank Campus
Omega Hospital
Parkway Surgery Center
Plastic & Reconstructive Surgery Center
ReCenter Surgical Hospital
St. Tammany Health System
Tandon Plastic Surgery Center
Touro Infirmary
Tulane Medical Center
University Medical CentercNew Orleans
West Bank Plastic Surgery
Weller Surgical Center
Woman's Hospital
West Jefferson Medical Center
[ Referring Physicians ]
R. Allen
C. Babycos
M. Bartow
B. Bienvenu
G. Bizette
C. Bloom
E. Bonner
J. Boraski
B. Boudreaux
J. Bougeios
M. Bowie
D. Cabiling
R. Celentano
A. Chaffin
K. Chaisson
M. Christian
J. Cole
A. Colfry
J. Colfry
M. Cooper
R. Corsetti
L. Cusimano
T. Cusimano
S. Delatte
F. Dellacroce
C. Dupin
A. Elders
K. Farris
L. Fauveau
C. Ford
A. Freel
J. Gordon
M. Guidry
J. Guste
S. Harkness
S. Henderson
A. Hendricks
H. St. Hilaire
M. Hogan
D. Jansen
S. Jones
E. Kandil
M. Kappleman
C. LaGarde
Z. Larned
F. Lau
J. Lindsey
C. Lopes
A. Mackey
S. Maddox
S. McKinney
E. Minnard
B. O’Neal
K. Ordoyne
A. Riker
A. Rivere
D. Rupley
A. Sadeghi
E. Sanchez
T. Sands
A. Sassard
J. Saux
M. Seiler
M. Sheen
C. Smith
S. Sonnier
M. Stalder
H. Steinhauer
A. Stolier
S. Sullivan
S. Tanaka
R. Tandon
C. Taylor
O. Tessler
C.Theodossiou
T. Theunissen
A. Del Toro
C. Trahan
J. Vincent
J. Walters
J. Weiler
M. Wise
D. Womack
G. Zacharia
S. Zafar
J. Zampell
Breastoration remains provider-neutral. Patients are free to choose their physicians and treatment facilities; this list recognizes institutions that have cared for Breastoration patients over the years.
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