Dr. Brittney S. Zimmerman is a board-certified medical oncologist specializing in the care of patients with breast and gynecologic cancers. She joined Northwell Health in 2021 as an attending physician. She’s also an Assistant Professor at Donald and Barbara Zucker School of Medicine at Hofstra/Northwell.

Growing up with five sisters, Dr. Zimmerman was always interested in women’s health. As an undergraduate at Cornell University, she had the opportunity to shadow physicians in Manhattan for a semester. The one who made the most impact was an oncologist specializing in breast cancer, who highlighted the combination of meaningful patient care and progress in cancer diagnosis and treatment.

She earned her medical degree from Weill Cornell Medical College, followed by residency and a fellowship at Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai. Dr. Zimmerman brings a combination of academic training and research to her patient care approach, providing information about clinical trials and sharing advancements in evidence-based medicine. She has recently expanded her practice at the Northwell Cancer Center at Greenlawn/Huntington and opened the first breast cancer-focused clinical trials at that site. She continues to work to open additional breast and gynecologic cancer trials so that patients can have access to state-of-the-art treatment approaches, close to home.

She is thrilled to participate in this event for Sharsheret and to provide updates on molecular biomarkers and how these guide treatment for patients with breast and gynecologic cancers.