The Breast: A Clinician’s Masterclass in Advanced Breast Health
Evaluation, Diagnosis & Management - from Symptom to Strategy
Move from uncertainty to confidence in every breast complaint that walks into your exam room.
Monarch Health Clinician Academy Masterclass in Advanced Breast Health
Join a community of clinicians mastering the evaluation, diagnosis, and management of breast conditions, from the routine to the high-stakes.
This advanced course blends narrated, case-based teaching with decision tools and structured frameworks, giving you Dr. Lisa Chism's evidence-based approach for real-world breast care, from the first exam to the hardest conversation.
10 HOURS CME
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10 HOURS CME ⋆
Build the Knowledge and Clinical Confidence to Lead in Breast Care
Risk assessment, screening, and early detection — applying current screening recommendations, breast density, family history, risk models, genetics, and supplemental imaging to develop individualized screening strategies.
Systematic evaluation of common breast concerns — a practical approach to breast masses, pain, nipple discharge, skin and nipple changes, abnormal imaging, and other presentations clinicians encounter in everyday practice.
Benign and high-risk breast disease — recognizing common benign conditions, understanding high-risk lesions, determining appropriate follow-up, and identifying when biopsy, surgical consultation, or enhanced surveillance is warranted.
Breast cancer risk reduction and high-risk management — identifying patients at increased risk and navigating MRI surveillance, genetic evaluation, chemoprevention, lifestyle risk reduction, and ongoing management.
Breast pathology—from report to patient conversation — interpreting benign, high-risk, and malignant pathology; understanding grade, stage, biomarkers, and genomic testing; and confidently delivering and translating results into language patients can understand.
Understanding modern breast cancer treatment — connecting cancer biology and pathology to surgery, radiation, chemotherapy, HER2-directed therapy, immunotherapy, endocrine therapy, and emerging targeted therapies—and understanding why treatment sequences differ.
Breast health through menopause and survivorship — navigating MHT and breast cancer risk, treatment-induced menopause, endocrine-therapy effects, GSM and sexual health, surveillance, late effects, risk reduction, and long-term quality of life.
Designed for Clinicians Who Are Done Guessing About Breast Health
This course is for advanced practice clinicians, physicians, registered nurses, breast care nurses, and trainees who evaluate breast complaints in primary care, women's health, and specialty settings and want:
A single, reconciled framework for conflicting screening guidelines
Confidence reading imaging reports and applying BI-RADS in real time
Clear, evidence-graded management for pain, discharge, infection, and mass
A structured way to counsel on MHT and breast cancer risk using absolute numbers
A real communication framework for the day they have to deliver bad news
A Practical Breast Health Course Built for Real Life in Practice
Self-paced, on-demand modules you can watch on your schedule
Lifetime access to all content
Downloadable tools you can adapt for your clinic workflow
2 recorded live sessions in 2026 to work through cases with Dr. Chism (11/10 and 12/8)
Mobile-friendly, learn between patients or at home
Continuing Education Credits
In support of improving patient care, this activity has been planned and implemented by Monarch Health Clinician Academy and Pinnacle Conference, LLC. Pinnacle Conference, LLC is jointly accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME), the Accreditation Council for Pharmacy Education (ACPE), and the American Nurses Credentialing Center (ANCC) to provide continuing education for the healthcare team.
This activity offers 10 CE credit(s) for:
Physicians (AMA PRA Category 1 Credit™)
Nurses (ANCC NCPD)
Physician Associates (AAPA Category 1)
Interprofessional Continuing Education (IPCE)
Other*
*All other attendees receive a participation certificate for the credit type their licensing body accepts
This activity was planned by, and for, the interprofessional healthcare team.
Inside The Breast: A Clinician’s Masterclass in Advanced Breast Health
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Build the foundation for confident breast care with a practical approach to breast anatomy, risk assessment, breast density, and screening. Learn how to navigate conflicting screening recommendations and identify when patients need supplemental or enhanced surveillance.
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Develop a systematic approach to the patient presenting with a breast concern — from history and physical examination through appropriate imaging and tissue diagnosis. Learn how to integrate clinical findings, imaging, and pathology so abnormalities are evaluated efficiently without missing what matters.
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Move beyond simply telling patients, "It's benign." Understand the most common benign breast conditions, how they present, what imaging and pathology mean, and which findings require reassurance, surveillance, intervention, or referral.
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Gain confidence evaluating some of the breast complaints that create the greatest diagnostic uncertainty, including nipple discharge, inflammatory changes, infection, and implant-related concerns. Learn to recognize red flags and distinguish common benign presentations from conditions requiring urgent evaluation or specialist referral.
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Make sense of ADH, ALH, LCIS and other high-risk lesions that often leave both clinicians and patients wondering what happens next. Understand upgrade risk, surgical versus surveillance considerations, future breast cancer risk, enhanced screening, and risk-reducing strategies.
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Learn how to deliver a breast cancer diagnosis with clarity and compassion — and then translate the pathology report into language your patient can understand. Demystify tumor type, grade, stage, ER/PR, HER2, Ki-67, genomic testing, and the pathology findings that ultimately drive treatment decisions.
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Understand the why behind modern breast cancer treatment, from surgery and radiation to chemotherapy, HER2-directed therapy, endocrine therapy, CDK4/6 inhibitors and other systemic treatments. Connect tumor biology and stage to treatment selection so you can explain not only what your patient is receiving, but why.
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Move survivorship care beyond simply watching for recurrence. Learn to address surveillance, late treatment effects, bone and cardiovascular health, lymphedema, neuropathy, menopause, GSM and sexual health — including the difficult conversations surrounding vaginal estrogen, systemic MHT and testosterone after breast cancer.
Meet Your Instructor
Dr. Lisa Chism
DNP, APRN, BC, MSCP, CSC, CBCN, TICP, FAAN, FAANP
Dr. Lisa Chism is a nationally recognized menopause and breast health expert, and a Nurse Practitioner with 30 years of clinical experience and 17+ years in breast health. She specializes in menopausal hormone therapy for women with complex breast histories, including breast cancer survivors and those at elevated risk. Dr. Chism is a Menopause Society Certified Practitioner and former Board Member of the North American Menopause Society and CDC federal advisory committee member on breast cancer in young women. She has authored numerous publications related to women's healthcare, including serving as one of the lead authors of the 2023 Menopause Society Nonhormonal Position Statement. Dr. Chism also holds the prestigious designation of fellow for both the American Academy of Nursing and the American Association of Nurse Practitioners.
Frequently Asked Questions
Who is this course designed for?
Advanced practice clinicians, physicians, and trainees, as well as registered nurses, breast care nurses, and trainees who care for breast patients in primary care, women’s health, and specialty settings.
Can registered nurses take this course?
Yes! RNs are welcome to enroll.
Will I earn CME?
You will receive a certificate of attendance for your participation. Monarch Health, LLC has submitted education to Pinnacle Conference LLC for consideration of CE/CME approval.
Do I have to attend the live sessions?
No. The two live case-study sessions with Dr. Chism (11/10 and 12/8) are interactive, but the sessions will be recorded and added to your course platform so you can watch anytime.
How is the course delivered?
It’s self-paced and on demand: 8 modules of narrated lessons, with knowledge checks between lessons and a post-test for each module. You also get a downloadable Clinician Toolkit.