Diana Zuckerman dz@center4research.org

It is with great sadness that I tell you that Marcy Gross, a strong voice for women's health and for the safety research on breast implants, died a few days ago of a heart attack.

Marcy was a very well-repected expert in women's health who was Senior Advisor for Women's Health at the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality of the US Department of Health and Human Services. She retired several years ago in an effort to lower her stress level, but continued to advocate for women, including women with implants and victims of domestic violence.

http://www.breastimplantinfo.org/what_know/mg_fda_test_apr05.html.

Although Marcy was scheduled to be in North Carolina that day, she traveled several hundred miles so that she could testify and show her support for women with breast implants.

Marcy also testified at the 2003 FDA meeting on silicone gel breast implants, but I am unable to access her testimony.

Marcy was a warm, wonderful woman and good friend. She was always supportive of our work and was in fact instrumental in helping our Center obtain our first federal grant, which was aimed at preventing unnecessary mastectomies and improving the quality of medical care for women with breast cancer.

I will be going to her memorial service on Saturday. If any of you would like to express your thanks for Marcy's advocacy and support, please email me anything you'd like me to share with her husband and children.

Best wishes,

Diana

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