With less than 60 days in her new job, Lisa Whitmore Davis found herself in the emergency room. It was a medical mystery. At the time, she was a 57-year-old healthy woman living her life full of travel, fun and family. But that time was unexpectedly interrupted when, in August 2023, she began experiencing severe chest pain and struggled to breathe. While having trouble breathing on the phone, her daughter, Allantѐ, suggested that Whitmore Davis go straight to urgent care. When she arrived, the staff rec...
WDIV Dionne Pierce has been courageously triumphing over her breast cancer for eight months. As the lead patient navigator at the Barbara Ann Karmanos Cancer Institute, she knew exactly what to do when she found a lump during a self-exam. When she received the shocking diagnosis, she sprang into action, building her breast cancer care team: Eric Brown, M.D., FACS , breast surgeon and co-leader of the Breast Cancer Multidisciplinary Team (MDT), Michael Meininger, M.D. , plastic and reconstructive surgeon...
Hour Detroit’s 2025 Top Docs List is out; over 80 physicians from the Barbara Ann Karmanos Cancer Institute are listed. This year’s magazine also features a Karmanos physician on the cover. Each year, Hour Detroit Magazine puts out an online peer-to-peer review survey conducted by Professional Research Services (PRS) to determine the top physicians in southeastern Michigan. Participating physicians in Livingston, Macomb, Oakland, Washtenaw, and Wayne Counties nominate the best doctors ...