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Author's Newest Article: What's In A Face

 

Deborah Breslow is an accomplished freelance writer whose work appears in publications focusing on home, family and medical advocacy.  Her bachelor’s in Individual and Family Studies from the Pennsylvania State University prepared her for a professional career in women’s health, preventive medicine/wellness and medical education.

 

Breslow lives in Wyckoff, located in Northern NJ with her husband, Jay and three sons: Robbie (12), Kenny (11) and Danny (8). 

 

Her second son, Kenny, was born in 1997 with a rare vascular condition called arteriovenous malformation (AVM). It was clear there was little patient-friendly information on this rare condition to support parents. Kenny’s surgeons provided her with information and articles which were highly clinical. She reached out to those who could help her understand the information; highlighting the words that were unclear to her and writing definitions on notecards. Information from Kenny’s doctors was supplemented with hundreds of articles ordered from medical libraries.  Breslow is indebted to the Englewood Hospital and Medical Center Library for ordering articles for her and mailing them promptly. 

 

Once she became versed in understanding AVMs, she began to write and publish her work. Her goal was to educate both health care professionals and parents of children with vascular anomalies. Breslow is the author of FUNNY FACE; about her son, Kenny’s experience living with a facial difference. The book is available on line to health care professionals, craniofacial centers, hospitals and parents of children with craniofacial and other rare medical conditions.  

 

Ms. Breslow has written articles for national magazines and craniofacial support and advocacy newsletters to help the public gain awareness about arteriovenous malformations and the medical/psychosocial repercussions resulting from this condition. She advocates at the local schools; hoping to educate teachers and students about Kenny’s facial difference.