Principal Investigator at The WISDOM Study

Esserman is the Principal Investigator at The WISDOM Study , a breast cancer screening and prevention trial , where she is pushing for positive change in the delivery of breast cancer services .

Esserman studied History of Science at Harvard University and later became a Doctor at Stanford University .

Esserman opened the University of California-wide breast cancer initiative called the Athena Breast Health Network , is the Principal Investigator of the I-SPY TRIAL programme and was a member of President Obama ’ s Council of Advisors on Science and Technology ( PCAST ) Working Group on Advancing Innovation in Drug Development and Evaluation .

Now , she is a practising surgeon and Professor of Surgery and Radiology at UCSF , where she has been the Director since 1996 . Bioinformatics , clinical care delivery , medical and clinical informatics and systems integration are at the core of her research .

In October 2016 , TIME Magazine honoured Esserman with a spot in its ‘ Top 100 Most Influential People in the World ’. healthcare-digital . com 35