Laura J Esserman | |
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Born | |
Education | Harvard University Stanford University Stanford Graduate School of Business |
Known for | I-SPY TRIALS, Athena Breast Health Network, WISDOM Study |
Medical career | |
Profession | Surgeon |
Institutions | UCSF Medical Center UCSF Helen Diller Family Comprehensive Cancer Center |
Sub-specialties | Breast cancer |
Research | Oncology |
Laura Esserman is a surgeon and breast cancer oncology specialist. She is the director of the Carol Franc Buck Breast Care Center at the University of California, San Francisco School of Medicine.[1] She leads the I-SPY trials, Athena Breast Health Network and the WISDOM study. Esserman is an inductee in the Giants of Cancer Care, 2018, for Cancer Diagnostics and the "less is more" approach.[2][3][4] She performs live in the show "Audacity" which she co-created.[5] She is also known as the "singing surgeon" for singing to her patients as they go under anesthesia.