Breast surgeon Dr. Michael J. Schultz, a graduate of the University of Maryland School of Medicine, founded the Breast Center at University of Maryland Saint Joseph Medical Center in 2006."Developing our Breast Center, including our No More Sleepless Nights  24-hour diagnosis program for women with abnormal mammograms, has been the culmination of  my life's dreams as a physician. The multidisciplinary team, where up to 30 clinicians from different clinical disciplines meet and decide on a course of action for a single patient, is incredibly patient-centered and a phenomenal way to practice medicine." 

 

As a breast surgeon, Dr. Schultz has a gift for seeing the patient as a whole person, not as a case to be treated. "Once I start taking care of someone, we're together for life. I want each of my patients to know we're in this together."  It is this unique focus on the personal aspect of breast cancer that has earned Dr. Schultz the gratitude of his patients and sets the tone for how this disease is approached by all clinicians at our Breast Center, and throughout the medical center's oncology program.