Community Breast Health Program

Clinical Services

Thanks to the overwhelming support for our breast health education and clinical care efforts, we have been able to broaden our clinical services. Now, we aim to encompass a wider variety of women’s health issues, beyond just breast health, for underserved women in Miami-Dade County.

Using funds raised through the Mobile Mammography Initiative’s Annual Art Show, the FIU Herbert Wertheim College of Medicine sponsors services at various imaging centers throughout Miami-Dade County, including the following:

  • Baptist Health South Florida Outpatient Centers
  • South Miami Center for Women & Infants
  • Nilza Kallos at Breast Health Center and Diagnostic Ultrasound
  • Jackson Memorial Hospital Taylor/Chaplin Breast Health Center

Our Linda Fenner 3D Mobile Mammography Center offers the latest technology in breast cancer screening to Miami-Dade County’s most underserved communities.

We work closely with the following organizations to identify women needing free mammograms:

  • The Green Family Foundation NeighborhoodHELP
  • The Herbert Wertheim College of Medicine Mobile Health Centers
  • UHI Community Care Clinic
  • Various health fairs and other community outreach events

Our general criteria for free screening mammograms include:

  • Female
  • A resident of Miami-Dade County
  • Not pregnant
  • No breast implants
  • No clinical symptoms of breast abnormality
  • No history of breast cancer
  • Over 40 years old, unless otherwise indicated by a doctor’s order
  • Must have a current primary care doctor or obstetrician-gynecologist who will receive the results

Anyone not meeting these criteria is referred directly to the Jackson Taylor Breast Health Center for care. In addition, the Mobile Mammography Initiative partners with Pamela Burnett and The Beautiful Gate, a cancer support and resource center based in Miami, to provide additional services to women in need.

Linda Fenner 3D Mobile Mammography Center

If you are a woman living in Miami-Dade County, uninsured, over 40, and do not have a breast lump or breast pain, you are probably eligible. Contact the mobile mammography center at 305-348-PINK (7465) to go over your eligibility.

Resources

Online

Susan G. Komen for the Cure 1-877 GO KOMEN (1-877-465-6636)

The American Cancer Society 1-800-ACS-2345

The National Cancer Institute's Cancer Information Service 
1-800-4-CANCER

Y-Me National Breast Cancer Organization 
1-800-221-2141 (English), 1-800-986-9505 (Spanish)

In Your Community

Roberta Orlen Chaplin Digital Breast Imaging Center / Taylor Breast Health Center  is a comprehensive breast imaging and care center. Contact for more information about getting a mammogram and other health services.

Jackson Memorial Hospital
1611 NW 12th Ave, Miami, FL 33136
(305) 585-7410

Green Family Foundation NeighborhoodHELP. This FIU Herbert College of Medicine program offers free and reduced-cost health care services, not limited to breast health.
(305) 919-4594.

Florida Department of Health Breast and Cervical Cancer Early Detection Program is a special program for women 50-64 years old to receive free breast and cervical cancer screenings.
(305) 470-5634.