Dr. Chalasani is the director of the hematology-oncology division at the George Washington Cancer Center (GWCC) and co-program lead for the Clinical Translational Oncology Program. After receiving her medical degree from Gandhi Medical College in India, she completed internship, residency and a fellowship in hematology-oncology at the University of Arizona, Tucson. She joined the University of Arizona Cancer Center (UACC) as a faculty member and served as program director for the hematology-oncology fellowship program. Dr. Chalasani is the principal investigator for several clinical trials and was awarded the prestigious NCI Clinical Cancer Investigator Team Leadership Award in 2020. She has received research funding from NIH/NCI, American Cancer Society, Better Than Ever and DOD.
Justina Frimpong, PharmD, BCOP is a Clinical Assistant Professor within the Department of Pharmacy Practice at Temple University School of Pharmacy (TUSP). Her clinical practice site resides in the outpatient setting with Medical Oncology at Fox Chase Cancer Center located at Temple University Hospital in North Philadelphia.
Dr. Frimpong holds active roles in local, state, and national pharmacy organizations. Her clinical and research areas of interest include oral antineoplastic therapy education, toxicity management/related supportive care, in addition to drug-drug and drug-disease interactions with oral antineoplastic agents.
Tammy Smith is a family nurse practitioner. She works at Virginia Cancer Specialists where she specializes in both medical and surgical oncology for the treatment of cancer. She is an Advanced Oncology Certified Nurse Practitioner and a certified breast care nurse.
LaToya Bolds-Johnson is a Patient Advocate at the TigerLilly Foundation. She is a board-certified emergency medicine physician assistant with a decade of clinical experience. She is a founder of The Tatas 365, LLC/Krewe of Breasties Incorporated. Her interests are to help eradicate disparities and the disproportionate rates of mortality affecting Black women battling breast cancer.
I am a proud graduate of two HBCUs including Prairie View A&M University and Howard University.
Niharika Dixit, MD, is an Associate Professor of Medicine at the University of California, San Francisco (UCSF) in the division of hematology/oncology and practices general oncology at Zuckerberg San Francisco General Hospital and Trauma Center (ZSFG).
Dr. Dixit’s research focuses on cancer disparities, supportive care, and survivorship care. She is the Medical Director of the Avon Comprehensive Breast Cancer program at ZSFG and directs the Cancer Navigation and Survivorship program at ZSFG. She leads the San Francisco Cancer Initiative (SFCAN) breast cancer task force and serves as chairperson for the Cancer Committee at ZSFG.
Dr. Dixit holds a medical degree from the Armed Forces Medical College in Pune, India. She completed an internship at the Command Hospital in Chandimandir, India, and residencies at the Armed Forces Medical College in Pune, India, as well as St. Elizabeth's Medical Center in Boston, Massachusetts.
Ricki Fairley co-founded and serves as Chief Executive Officer of TOUCH, The Black Breast Cancer Alliance. As a Triple Negative Breast Cancer Survivor/Thriver, Ricki’s personal purpose, passion, mission, ministry, and blessing is to bring focus, attention, research, science, and action to eradicating Black Breast Cancer.
Ricki is the founder and serves as co-host for “The Doctor Is In,” a weekly live breast cancer advocacy web series on the BlackDoctor.org Facebook page. In January 2022, she started the When We Tri(al) Movement to change the game on Black women participating in clinical trials to improve outcomes for Black women with breast cancer. Ricki serves on the Board of Trustees for the Triple Negative Breast Cancer Foundation where she chairs the marketing committee. She is a board member for the Center for Healthcare Innovation, a non-profit research and educational institute making healthcare more equitable.
Ricki is a graduate of Dartmouth College and holds an MBA from Kellogg Graduate School of Management at Northwestern University.