Credentials

Author

Waking the Warrior Goddess: Dr. Christine Horner’s Program to Protect Against and Fight Breast Cancer (Basic Health 2005) (Revised edition Basic Health 2007)
 -Winner IPPY Award 2006 for “Best Book in Health, Medicine and Nutrition”
  
Contributor:

Challem, Jack editor, The Fountain: 25 Experts Reveal Their Secrets of Health and Longevity from The Fountain of Youth. Basic Health Publishing. Laguna Beach, CA. March 2009

Cranfield, Jack, Mark Victor Hanson, Hawthorne, Jennifer, Chicken Soup for the Soul: Life Lessons for Loving the Way You Live Deerfield Beach, Fl.Health Communications Inc. 2007

Hawthorne, Jennifer, The Soul of Success: A Woman’s Guide to Authentic Power. Deerfield Beach, Fl.Health Communications Inc.Jan 2005

Host

• Natural Health Watch WCPO-TV Cincinnati 1999-2001
• Natural Health Check WLWT-TV Cincinnati and nationally syndicated to the Wisdom Television Network 2001-2002
• Natural Health Yak: Weekly podcast found on www.radioforyourhealth.com

Honors and Awards

• Life Moxie Award 25 Most Outstanding Women 2007
• Girls, Gals, and Gurus Woman of the Year 2007
• West Carrollton High School Hall of Fame 2006
• Trailblazers Award of Excellence in Holistic Alternative Medicine 2005
• Voted as “Top Doc” in Cincinnati by her peers 2001
• Oprah TV show: “Angel Network” October 2000
• Glamour Magazine “WOW Woman of the Month” February 1999
• YWCA Career Woman of Achievement 1997
• Advocacy Award, Women’s Health Congress
• 1996 Nominee Society for the Advancement of Women’s Health Research          
  American Cancer Society Kentucky Division Lifesaver Award 1993-1994 

Credentials

• Diplomat American Board of Surgery 1990
• Diplomat American board of Plastic Surgery 1993
• Fellow the American College of Surgeons 1995
• Private Practice Plastic Surgery Cincinnati 1991-2002
• Graduated Good Samaritan Hospital Cincinnati General Surgery Residency 1989
• Graduated University of Indiana, Indianapolis Plastic Surgery Residency 1991
• Graduated from University of Cincinnati School of Medicine 1984
• Graduated from Wright State University  B.S. 1980

Legislative Projects

Spearheaded federal legislation to make breast reconstruction mandatory. Bill passed October 1998.

• Spearheaded the passage of breast reconstruction laws in 35 states

Appointed Positions: 
             
Breast Cancer Wellness Magazine

• Advisory Board 2006 to present

Life Vessel

• Spokesperson

Nutrient Rich

• Advisory Board 2005

Women’s Wellness Society

• Advisory Board 2005

Enzymatic Therapy, Inc.
1) Scientific Advisory Board   2004-present

New Chapter, Inc.

• Medical Advisory Board  2003-present
• Medical spokesperson

Lignan Research, LLC
1) Medical spokesperson for Brevail   2003-present
2) Biomedical Advisory Board 

Veda Media

• Vice President and Secretary 1999- 2004

Mentor Aesthetics Breast Implant Advisory Council 1999

Kentucky Commission on Women
1)  Women’s Health Task Force 1999

Women’s Health Advocacy Projects

• Founder & President 1997-1998

Women Physicians’ Assurance Company

• CEO & President 1996, 1997, 1998

Masterpiece Medical Computer Software Company
1)   Medical Consultant 1994, 1995, 1996

Breast Reconstruction Advocacy Project
1) National Chairperson 1995-1998

Northern Kentucky Medical Society
1) Executive Committee 1993-1994, 1994-1995, 1995-1996

American Society of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgeons
1) Women's Committee 1993-1994, 1994-1995, 1995-1996, 1996-1997
2) Government Relations Committee 1994-1995, 1995-1996, 1996-1997
3) Young Plastic Surgeons Committee 1995-1996, 1996-1997
4) Plastic Surgeons Educational Foundation Technology Committee 1995-1996
5) ASPRS Spokesperson 1994-1995, 1995-1996, 1996-1997
6) Executive Committee Council of State Societies 1995-1996, 1996-1997
7) Outcomes Research Committee 1996-1998
8) Medical Effectiveness Research Committee 1996-1998

Cincinnati Academy of Medicine
1) Chairperson Membership Committee
1992-1993, 1993-1994, 1994-1995, 1995-1996

2) Young Physician Committee 1991-1992

3) Legislative Committee 1995-1997

American Cancer Society
1) Northern Kentucky Unit-Medical Advisor
1991-1992, 1992-1993, 1993-1994, 1994-1995, 1995-1996, 1996-1997
2) Breast Cancer Detection Task Force-State of Kentucky
1993-1994, 1994-1995, 1995-1996, 1996-1997
3) Spokesperson State of Kentucky Division of American Cancer
Society for breast cancer  1992-1993, 1993-1994, 1994-1995, 1995-1996, 1996-1997
4) Chairperson-"Run for Life Event" Oct. 8, 1993 & Sept. 17, 1994
5) Board of Director for State Division 1994-1995
6) Vice President Kentucky State Division 1995-1996                     
7) American Cancer Society, Nat’l Office-”tlc”-Medical Content Oversight Work Group 1997
8) Kentucky Advocacy Advisory Council 1999

Professional Organizations:
American Medical Association 1990-2004
American Women's Medical Association 1991-2002
Ohio State Medical Association 1991-2002
Cincinnati Academy of Medicine 1991-2002
American Society of Plastic Surgeons 1993-present
Association of Women Surgeons 1994-2003
American College of Surgeons--Fellow
Kentucky Medical Association 1991-2002
Northern Kentucky Medical Society 1991-2002
American Cancer Society 1991-2002
Ohio Valley Plastic Surgery Association 1991-2002
American Society of Aesthetic Plastic Surgery 1993-present
American Holistic Medical Association 1996-2004