Dr. Ernie Bodia, an extraordinary individual, has dedicated his life as the former chief of surgery for thirty-three years at Kaiser Permanente helping women successfully fight breast cancer disease. Today, his efforts are addressing issues women face after treatment at the Breast Cancer Survivorship Institute which he established in 2012.

In this interview, Dr. Bodai mentioned that he has insomnia and ADHD which has worked to his advantage since he successfully channels his energy into productive projects, such as, the author over 250 medical articles, 5 books (4 focused on cancer), and several medical patents.

He is known for his passionate lobbying efforts to the postmaster general, congress and the senate for authorizing the first specialty stamp focused on best cancer in the United States. This was a tireless two-year effort of traveling back and forth from Sacramento to Washington DC campaigning for this unique commemorative stamp. Today $1.1 billion stamps have been sold resulting in $95.5 million dollars towards breast cancer research. The beautiful breast cancer stamp has gone global with over 27 countries utilizing this exact stamp rendition.

Dr. Bodai has been nominated for the Congressional Gold Medal and in 2018 received the Lifetime Achievement Award from the American Society of Breast Surgeons as well as in March 2019 the Lifetime Achievement Award from the National Consortium of Breast Centers. He appreciates these awards but what strikes a deep chord in Dr. Bodai’s heart is his daily interactions with women in their breast cancer journey giving them the tools and emotional support to live full lives again and regain a sense of self-worth and confidence.  Check out his you tube channel on "Thriving with Breast Cancer" & "Lifestyle Medicine - The Cancer Prescription".