our team

Our Team


The BCYW Foundation team consists of breast cancer doctors, physician-scientists, and scientists, with a track record of contributing to breast cancer research and treatment, as well as a team of highly dedicated breast cancer survivors and people from all walks of life whose lives were/are directly affected by breast cancer. Our visionary scientific and awareness  advisors, global ambassadors, and passionate patient advocates bring an enormous wealth of professional, personal, and leadership experience to BCYW Foundation for ensuring that the forward-looking strategic vision of the foundation remains glued to issues that will directly benefit the younger patients with breast cancer.

Rakesh Kumar

Rakesh Kumar, PhD, Director

Founder, Chief Executive Officer, President
and Chairman of the Board


Dr. Kumar is a molecular cancer biologist with the International Endowed Chair Professor and Distinguished Emeritus Professor at the Cancer Research Institute, Himalayan Institute of Medical Sciences, India. He has been engaged in innovative breast cancer progression over the decades while serving as a faculty member at various leading universities and cancer centers in the United States, including the Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center and the University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center. He is also an adjunct professor at the Rutgers New Jersey School of Medicine and the Virginia Commonwealth School of Medicine in the United States.
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Board Of Directors

Luis-Costa

Luis Costa, MD, PhD, Director

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Allan-Lipton

Allan Lipton, MD, Director

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Anjali Srivastava, MD, MBA, MPH, Director

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Indira-Poola

Indira Poola, PhD, Director

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Technical Team

Prakhar Sharma, Technical Lead

Advisors

Dr.MabelMardones

Mabel Mardones, MD



Ellen

Ellen Warner, MD FRCPC, FACP



Geetha

Geetha Manjunath, PhD



Keshav

Keshav K Singh. PhD



Group-512

Frances Wand, BS



Group-513

Kistein Monkhouse, MPA



Therese-Curry

Therese Curry, BA



Namrata

Namrata Singh Gujral, BA



Vijian Dhevan, MD, MBA, FACS



Sabine Hairabedian, MS, MBA



Scientific Advisors

Robert-Clarke

Robert Clarke, PhD, DSc FRSBiol, FRSChem



Aaron

Aaron Ciechanover, MD, DSc



Paul-Fisher

Paul B. Fisher, MPh, PhD, FNAI



Pranela

Pranela Remeshwar, PhD



Toi-3

Masakazu Toi, MD, PhD



Nabi1

Ivan Robert Nabi, PhD



Hava

Hava Karsenty Avraham, PhD



Rati

Rati Fotedar, PhD



Radhakrishna

M. Radhakrishna Pillai, FRCPath, PhD, FAMS, FASc, FNASc, FNA



Naoto T. Ueno, MD, PhD, FACP



Michael Gnant, MD, FACS, FEBS



Global Ambassadors

Chikako

Chikako Shimizu, MD, PhD



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Sunil Saini, MBBS, MS



Ana

Ana Magalhães Ferreira, MD, PhD



Miguel-Martin

Miguel Martín Jiménez, MD, PhD



Robert-Colman

Robert Coleman, MBBS, MD, FRCP, FRCPE, FACP



Cynthia-Mexico

Cynthia Villarreal-Garza MD, DSc



Lorna

Lorna Larsen, RN, BScN



Josefa-Corte

Josefa Cortes, BA



Group-291-1

Sandhya Chapagain Acharya, MBBS, MD



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Karin Tamar Schafferman, MA



2023/05/95

Gilberto Amorim, MD



2023/05/93

Nazmena Khan Jainarine



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Yongfeng Shang, PhD



2023/06/ourteam-1

Hirondina Borges, MD



Group 834

Vaishali Zamre, MBBS, MS, MCh



Dr F Huda

Farhanul Huda, MBBS, MS



Dr Vartika

Vartika Saxena, MBBS, MD



Group 833

Edson Kuatelela Cassinela, PhD



Felicia Tan Li Sher, MBBS,
RCS Edinburgh



Liana Roodt, MBChS, FCS (SA), MMED (Surg)



C. Chintamani, MS, FRCS,
FACS, FICS, FIMSA, MAMSE



Hyma Vani Polimera, MD



Tan Qing Ting, MBBS, MMed (Surgery), FRCS



Adil Aljarrah Al-ajmi, MBChB, FRCSI, FRCS, MD, AFSA



Angela Ikpeama, RN, BSN, MPH



Saket Sinha, MD



M Mizanur Rehman, MBBS, FCPS



Rebecca Johnson, MD



Marie Jeanne Vrancken Peeters, MD, PhD



Luca Arecco, MD



Kanchan Bisht, PhD



Peeter Padrik, MD, PhD



Marah Tabbal, MSc



Siobhán Freeney



Maria Amélia Baptista



Marina Elena Cazzaniga, MD



Lawrence James DeLucas, PhD



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