Mark Shachner, M.D.

On staff at Broward Health Coral Springs Medical Center (CSMC) since 1992, Mark Shachner, M.D., is the Medical Director of the Women’s Diagnostic & Wellness Center, and a renowned and well respected surgeon, not only for his clinical expertise, but also for his role in our community. He has taken his passion for helping breast cancer patients beyond the operating room and into the community by making his mark in the fight against breast cancer. With a compassionate heart and his advocacy for breast cancer prevention, Dr. Shachner has been instrumental in educating the community over the years through community lectures and educational events. But it is his dedication beyond the typical community lectures and health fairs that sets him apart.

In 2003 when CSMC opened its Women’s Diagnostic & Wellness Center, Dr. Shachner was instrumental in the development of a Women’s Advisory Council. The council is a diverse group of community women who meet bi-monthly and provide feedback on the Women’s Diagnostic and Wellness Center’s services and outreach. This led to the development of the CSMC Enlightened Women’s Membership Club and lecture series, both providing a message of health promotion and prevention. But Dr. Shachner was not content with just providing preventative information, he wanted women to take action and beat the odds against cancer with early detection.

In 2006, the rise in breast cancer combined with the rise in the number of uninsured patients in the area was the impetus behind the formation of the Race for Women’s Wellness, a 5K run/walk. Dr. Shachner and Dr. David Silver, a gastrointestinal and internal medicine physician, co-founded the race in an effort to raise funds for women who were unable to afford screening mammograms and advanced high quality breast imaging and biopsies.