Education and Research
Education is an important focus area for our organization. Some of the contributors to our educational seminars and events include the following distinguished individuals:
- Dr. Lisa Bailey, M.D.,F.A.C.S.— Alta Bates Summit Comprehensive Breast Center
- Ernie Bodai, M.D. —Founder of the Breast Cancer Research Stamp; Director, Breast Health Center, Kaiser Permanente, Sacramento; Author
- Chip Brown —Board of Directors, The Bay Area Tumor Institute
- Peter Carroll, M .D., Professor and Chair, Department of Urology, UCSF
- Ellyn Cohen, Project Director — breastcancertrials.org
- Isaac Cohen I., O.M.D., L.Ac. —NCCA, UCSF
- Margaret Cullen, The Wellness Community, Mindfulness Meditation
- Laura Esserman, M.D., MBA —Director, Carol Frank Buck Breast Care Center, UCSF Comprehensive Cancer Center & Cancer Research Institute
- William H. Goodson, III, M.D .— California Pacific Medical Center, San Francisco
- Joe W. Gray, Ph.D.— Breast Oncology/Cancer Genetics Program, UCSF Comprehensive Cancer Center & Cancer Research Institute
- Teri Gwin, R.M., M.S.— The Bay Area Tumor Institute, Prostate Cancer Prevention Trial Coordinator
- Jay Harness, M.D. — Breast Care Center, Highland Hospital in Oakland
- Shelly Hwang, M.D., M.P.H. associate professor of surgery, UCSF.
- Kathy Hull, Founder, George Mark Children’s House
- David M. Jablons, M.D. Ada Endowed Chair and Program Leader-Thoracic Oncology Program , UCSF Comprehensive Cancer Center, San Francisco
- Risa Kagan, M.D., F.A.C.O.G., Board Certified Obstetrician/Gynecologist
- Michael Lagious, M.D. —Director, Breast Cancer Consultation Services at St. Mary’s Medical
- Natalie Ledesma, M.S., R..D. Oncology Dietician, UCSF Comprehensive Cancer Center
- Dale Leitman, Regulation of genes—selective phytoestrogens in breast cancer cells
- Frank McCormick, Ph.D. —Director, UCSF Comprehensive Cancer Center and Cancer Research Institute
- C. Bethan Powell, M.D.— UCSF Comprehensive Cancer Center , Program Leader GYN Oncology
- Mary Rubin, Ph.D., R.N.C.,C.R.N.P.— UCSF Comprehensive Cancer Center , GYN Oncology
- Barry Siegel —President, The Bay Area Tumor Institute
- Thea Tlsty, Ph.D. —Director, Cell Cycle Disregulation, UCSF Comprehensive Cancer Center & Cancer Research Institute
- Debasish Tripathy, M.D .— Professor of Medicine and Director of the Komen/UT Southwestern Breast Cancer Research Program at the University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center at Dallas
- Jeffrey L. Wolf, M.D. — Alta Bates Comprehensive Cancer Center in Berkeley
- John Ziegler, M.D., M.S.C.— Director, Cancer Risk P rogram, UCSF Comprehensive Cancer Center
