The following units are BRESO approved and deliver training to an approved standard. Some of these units may offer fellowships to external candidates, either salaried or unsalaried and others are closed units which only offer training to existing local or National trainees.
The list is not exhaustive and new breast units will be added progressively. See this page if you are interested in approving your breast unit.
Contact: Prof. Ann Smeets
Noorderhart Mariaziekenhuis & Ziekenhuis Oost-Limburg Sint Jan
Contact: Dr. Jos Vlasselaer, Dr. Kaat Verbeke
Breast Reconstructive Surgery Unit, Institut Curie, Paris
Contact: Fabien Reyal, Head of breast & gynecological cancer & reconstructive surgery team
Interdisciplinary Breast Centre, Esslingen
Contact: Thorsten Kühn, Head of Breast Centre
Dept of Breast and Sarcoma Surgery, National Institute of Oncology, Budapest
Contact: Zoltan Matrai, Head of the Centre of Surgical Oncology and Head of the Department of Breast and Sarcoma Surgery
Regional Cancer Centre Cork University Hospital, Ireland
Contact: Mike Corrigan, Clinical Lead Regional Cancer Service
Breast Unit, University and Research Hospital, Milan
Contact: Oreste Gentilini, Head of Breast Surgery And Head of Breast Unit
Breast Unit, Humanitas Clinical and Research Center - IRCCS
Contact: Corrado Tinterri, Head of Breast Unit
Breast Surgery Unit, IRCCS Agostino Gemelli University Hospital Foundation, Rome
Contact: Lorenzo Scardina, Consultant Oncoplastic Breast Surgeon
Breast Unit, Breast Surgery Clinic, Ospedale San Martino, Genova
Contact: Daniele Friedman, Head of Breast Surgery
Breast Unit, IOM Istituto Oncologico del Mediterraneo
Contact: Angela Strazzanti, Consultant
Breast Center, Humanitas Istituto Clinico Catanese, Catania
Contact: Giuseppe Catanuto, Breast Surgeon
Breast Unit UOC Senologia, Azienda Ospedaliera San Giovanni
Contact: Lucio Fortunato, UOC Director
Breast Cancer Unit, Medical University of Lodz, Cancer Center Copernicus Memorial Hospital, Lodz
Contact: Agnieszka Kolacinska, Professor of Surgery
Breast Unit, Champalimaud Foundation, Lisbon
Contact: Maria Joao Cardoso, Head Breast Surgeon
Breast Surgical Unit, Breast Cancer Center, Hospital Universitari Vall d’Hebron, Vall d’Hebron Barcelona Hospital Campus, Barcelona
Contact: Martin Espinosa-Bravo, Head of Breast Surgical Unit, Breast Cancer Centre.
Breast Unit, Sahlgrenska University Hospital, Gothenburgh
Contact: Riccardo A. Audisio, Professor of Surgery
Breast Surgery Unit, Department of Surgery, Uppsala University Hospital
Contact: Andreas Karakatsanis, Consultant Oncoplastic Breast Surgeon
Breast Unit, Centro di Senologia della Svizzera Italiana, CSSI
Contact: Francesco Meani, Head of Breast Unit, Ente Ospedaliero Cantonale EOC
Breast Surgery Unit, Marmara University Pendik Training & Research Hospital
Contact: M. Umit Ugurlu & Bahadir M. Gulluoglu, Professors of General Surgery, Breast Center, Breast and Endocrine Surgery Unit, Department of General Surgery, Marmara University School of Medicine
LISOD Hospital of Israeli Oncology
Contact: Andrii Zhygulin, Head of Breast Unit
Breast Unit, Guy's and St. Thomas’ Hospital', London
Contact: Ashutosh Kothari, Consultant Oncoplastic Breast Surgeon
Breast Unit, The Royal Marsden Hospital, NHS Foundation Trust, London
Contact: Marios Konstantinos Tasoulis, Consultant Oncoplastic Breast Surgeon
Oncoplastic and Reconstructive Breast Unit, University Hospitals Sussex NHS Foundation Trust
Contacts: Riccardo Bonomi, Oncoplastic and Reconstructive Breast Consultant Surgeon & Fabio Rapisarda, Oncoplastic and Reconstructive Breast Consultant Surgeon
6/12 months accommodation offered to trainees
University Hospitals of Derby and Burton NHS Foundation Trust
Contact: Emanuele Garreffa, Consultant Oncoplastic Breast Surgeon