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, PhD

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

Prof. Rakesh Kumar is the Founder and Chief Executive Officer of the Breast Cancer in Young Women Foundation (USA) and currently holds an International Endowed Chair at the Cancer Research Institute, Swami Rama Himalayan University, India. He also serves as an Adjunct Professor at Rutgers New Jersey Medical School and the VCU School of Medicine in the United States.
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Board Of Directors

Luis Costa, MD, PhD, Director

Allan Lipton, MD, Director

Anjali Srivastava - Global Health Consultant, World Health Organization

Anjali Srivastava, MD, MBA, MPH, Director

Indira Poola, PhD, Director

Prakhar Sharma, Technical Lead

Advisors

Mabel Mardones, MD

Ellen Warner, MD FRCPC, FACP

Geetha Manjunath, PhD

Keshav K Singh. PhD

Frances Wand, BS

Kistein Monkhouse, MPA

Therese Curry, BA

Namrata Singh Gujral, BA

Vijian Dhevan, MD, MBA, FACS

Sabine Hairabedian, MS, MBA

Scientific Advisors

Robert Clarke, PhD, DSc FRSBiol, FRSChem

Aaron Ciechanover, MD, DSc

Ashok Kumar Vaid, MD, DM

Paul B. Fisher, MPh, PhD, FNAI

Masakazu Toi, MD, PhD

Ivan Robert Nabi, PhD

Hava Karsenty Avraham, PhD

Rati Fotedar, PhD

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

Naoto T. Ueno, MD, PhD, FACP

Michael Gnant, MD, FACS, FEBS

Pranela Remeshwar, PhD

Global Ambassadors

Chikako Shimizu, MD, PhD

Sunil Saini, MBBS, MS

Ana Magalhães Ferreira, MD, PhD

Miguel Martín Jiménez, MD

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

Cynthia Villarreal-Garza MD, DSc

Lorna Larsen, RN, BScN

Josefa Cortes, BA

Marina Elena Cazzaniga, MD

Karin Tamar Schafferman, MA

Maria Amélia Baptista

Siobhán Freeney

Yongfeng Shang, PhD

Hirondina Borges, MD

Vaishali Zamre, MBBS, MS, MCh

Kristi Funk, MD, FACS

Vartika Saxena, MBBS, MD

Lawrence James DeLucas, 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

Samantha L. Heller, MD, PhD

Rebecca Johnson, MD

Marie Jeanne Vrancken Peeters, MD, PhD

Luca Arecco, MD

Kanchan Bisht, PhD

Peeter Padrik, MD, PhD

Marah Tabbal, MSc

Nazmena Khan Jainarine

Gilberto Amorim, MD

Sandhya Chapagain Acharya, MBBS, MD

Edson Kuatelela Cassinela, PhD

Farhanul Huda, MBBS, MS

Thomas Adrian, PhD, MRC Path

Artefaa Alshamari, MD, RCSI

Birgitte Baht

Actress Sofia Ribeiro

Tamara Hussong Milagre

Sabhyata Gupta, MD

Jens Huober, MD

M Mizanur Rehman, MBBS, FCPS

Anjali Nauriyal, Ph.D.

Michael Shawel Lemma, MD

Arda Isik, MD

Georgina Kumah-Dzagah, MA

Anas Aburumman, MD

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