Speaker Profile
M.D., Director, UCSF Breast Care Center, UCSF
Biography
Dr. Esserman's work spans the spectrum from basic science to public policy issues, and the impact of both on the delivery of clinical care. She is recognized as a thought leader in cancer screening and over-diagnosis, as well as innovative clinical trial design. She led the creation of the University of California-wide Athena Breast Health Network, a learning system designed to integrate clinical care and research as it follows 150,000 women from screening through treatment and outcomes. The Athena Network launched the PCORI-funded Wisdom Study, which tests a personalized approach to breast cancer screening in 100,000 women. She is also a leader of the innovative I-SPY TRIAL model, designed to accelerate the identification and approval of effective new agents for women with high risk breast cancers. In 2020 she got FDA approval for an I-SPY Covid trial, designed to rapidly screen and confirm high impact treatments to reduce mortality and time on ventilators.
Session Abstract – PMWC 2023 Silicon Valley
Track Chair: Hakan Sakul, Pfizer
- PMWC Award Ceremony:
Honoree: Todd Golub, Broad Institute
- Fireside Chat: Precision Medicine: Past, Present and Future
- Todd Golub, Broad Institute
- Hakan Sakul, Pfizer - Challenges in Providing Global Access to Precision Health (PANEL)
Chair: Mike Pellini, Section32
- Peter Kuhn, USC
- Steven Rosen
- Sarah Hersey, BMS
- Ed Abrahams, PMC - Regulatory and Reimbursement Challenges for Precision Medicines (PANEL)
Chair: Cynthia Bens, PMC
- Robert Dumanois, ThermoFisher
- Kaska Kowanetz, Pfizer
- Elaine Katrivanos, Tempus
- Elizabeth Mansfield, Foundation Medicine - Early Cancer Detection 360 Degree View
Chair: Christian Wolfrum, Siemens Healthineers
- Stephan Brock, Molecular Health
- Christian Eusemann, Siemens Healthineers
- Costanzo DiPerna, CommonSpirit - Novel Clinical Trial Designs (PANEL)
Chair: Razelle Kurzrock, Medical College of Wisconsin
- Jason Sicklick, UCSD
- Jim Palma, Target Cancer Foundation
- Corrie Painter, Precede Bio
- Laura J Esserman, UCSF - Equity in Delivery of Precision Cancer Care through Community-Academic Partnerships
- Manali Patel, Stanford - Challenges in Genomic Profiling of Pediatric Cancers
- Andrew Kung, MSK
- Christina Curtis, Stanford - PMWC NCI Showcase
- Solomon Diamond, Lodestone
- Jennifer Smith, PreCyte
- City of Hope Precision Medicine
- Stephen Gruber, City of Hope - PMWC Showcase
- Matthew Goldberg, Castle
