Affiliations: Columbia University Herbert Irving Comprehensive Cancer Center, New York, NY; American Society of Clinical Oncology, Alexandria, VA

Areas of specialization: breast cancer, medical oncology, cancer population science

Dr. Dawn Hershman is an American Cancer Society professor of medicine and epidemiology and is the director of Breast Oncology and co-leader of the Cancer Population Science Program at the Herbert Irving Comprehensive Cancer Center at Columbia University. She is nationally recognized for her expertise in breast cancer treatment, prevention, and survivorship.

Dr. Hershman also has developed a comprehensive multidisciplinary program to study ways of improving cancer care delivery, reducing disparities and designing studies to improve the quality of life and quality of care in breast cancer survivors.

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