Triple Step for A Cure (10/18)

Triple Step for a Cure’s mission is to fight triple negative breast cancer by:

Educating the public about triple negative breast cancer and supporting efforts to discover the cause of the disease, viable treatment options, and a cure;

Encouraging women diagnosed with triple negative breast cancer as they battle the disease by providing emotional and financial support; and

Empowering women at risk for the disease in underserved communities to be proactive and make informed decisions to ensure optimal health and wellness.

Triple Step for the Cure
6245 Bristol Parkway #117
Culver City, CA 90230
www.triplestepforthecure

LORI FLOWERS

Co-Founder/CEO Triple Step for a Cure

After recently losing her sister and only sibling to triple negative breast cancer, Lori vowed to use this deeply personal experience as well as her professional background and work with social justice programs to raise awareness and support women who are bravely battling this disease.

As an attorney with civil and criminal experience, Lori has worked in both the public and private sectors. Upon graduation from Howard University School of Law, Lori worked as an associate at the law firm of Quarles & Brady LLP where she represented and advised clients in corporate transaction and governance matters. One of these clients was a breast cancer research foundation and in working with them, Lori first developed a strong interest in breast cancer awareness.

Lori also worked as a public defender in San Francisco where she represented both juvenile and adult clients and helped to establish M.A.G.I.C. (Mobilization for Adolescent Growth In Our Communities), a community collaborative designed to service the needs of youth and their families living in disadvantaged communities. Lori currently lives and works in Southern California.

Dennis Holmes, MD

University of Southern California Norris Comprehensive Cancer Center Breast surgeon and clinical researcher

Dennis R. Holmes, M.D. is a Board Certified dedicated breast surgeon and clinical researcher at the University of Southern California Norris Comprehensive Cancer Center where he also serves as Assistant Professor of Clinical Surgery at the USC Keck School of Medicine and Vice-Chair of the Breast Oncology Clinical Research Committee. In addition to maintaining a private practice at USC Norris Cancer Center, Dr. Holmes also serves as Chief of the Breast Section at Los Angeles County + University of Southern California Medical Center where he supervises the surgical management of all breast cancer patients.

Dr. Holmes is actively engaged in breast cancer research focused on reducing the morbidity and burden of breast cancer surgery and radiotherapy and serves as principal investigator more than 10 clinical trial evaluating minimally invasive breast surgery, axillary reverse mapping, sentinel node biopsy in the setting of neoadjuvant chemotherapy, cryoablation, intraoperative radiotherapy, and lymphedema assessment and management. As a result of these clinical trial activities, Dr. Holmes is the most active enroller of minority and non-minority patients to breast cancer clinical trials at USC. Dr. Holmes also has a special interest in triple receptor negative breast cancers and is principal investigator of 2 clinical trials evaluating methods to convert triple receptor negative breast cancers to in hormone sensitive breast cancers. Women with triple negative breast cancers who have yet to undergo surgery are potentially eligible for participation in this study.

Dr. Dennis Holmes’ website