The Series for Education & Awareness in Medicine

ADVANCING WOMEN’S HEALTH,
ONE STORY AT A TIME

The Seam Podcast

SEASON 3 | EPISODE 18

In this powerful episode of the SEAM Podcast, author, humorist, and hereditary cancer advocate Gila Pfeffer joins Amy Cohen Epstein for an honest conversation about loss, legacy, and taking control of your own health.

Gila shares the personal journey behind her new memoir, Nearly Departed: Adventures in Loss, Cancer, and Other Inconveniences — from losing her parents to cancer, to discovering she carried the BRCA1 gene, to undergoing a double mastectomy that ultimately revealed cancer already growing. She talks about the resentment she once held toward her late mother for not being more proactive, and the compassion she found through writing her story.

HEALTH & WELLNESS

 

SCIENCE & MEDICINE

 

Amy Cohen Epstein presents at LCF’s 20th Anniversary Event


 

About the Founder

Amy Cohen Epstein is the Founder of The Seam, the President and Executive Director of the Lynne Cohen Foundation (LCF), and a lifelong advocate for cancer education, preventive care, and collaborative medicine.

Established in memory of Amy’s mother, the Lynne Cohen Foundation has combatted women’s cancers for over twenty years with a nation-wide network of innovative preventive care clinics. Representing two arms of this shared mission (education/outreach and preventive care), The Seam and the Lynne Cohen Foundation seek to empower women with knowledge of women’s cancers and crucial medical resources.