Biography
Medical Oncologist at the National Institute of Neoplastic Diseases - INEN, Lima - Peru, clinical medicine studies at the Faculty of Human Medicine of the Peruvian University Cayetano Heredia - UPCH, Lima - Peru, post graduate studies with different specialties: General and Oncology Medicine - INEN, Health Services Management - UPCH, Health Administration - UPCH and Medical Audit - USLG; Master's Degree in Molecular Oncology at the National Center for Oncology Research - CENIO of Spain and in Public Health with a Mention in Health Services Management at UPCH; Doctorate studies in Public Health - UPCH, with extensive experience in Clinical Research and postgraduate studies in Molecular Clinical Oncology at the National Cancer Institute - NCI - United States.
Since 2000 he has been working in the National Institute of Neoplastic Diseases - INEN, having been a Resident in the Specialty of Oncology Medicine, who for his outstanding professional performance during the years 2002-2003 was appointed Head of Residents of Oncology Medicine and in In the years 2003 - 2004 he carried out specialized training in the specialty of Clinical and Epidemiological Research with Mention in Oncological Medicine. Since 2005, she has been in administrative and clinical work at INEN, appointed as medical oncologist, carrying out in an outstanding way multiple clinical assistance functions, research, education as well as functions of high level of competence and performance in administrative health areas for the prevention and cancer control in Peru, the main positions as General Director of the Department of Diagnostic and Treatment Support Services - DISAD INEN (2010-2012) and Institutional Head of the National Institute of Neoplastic Diseases - INEN (2012-2016). Professor MBA Health of CENTRUM – UPCH (2018-2019) and ongoing Professor for Medical Residents at INEN for peruvian prestigious universities.
She has developed the National Plan for Comprehensive Cancer Care and the Improvement of Access to Oncological Services in Peru - "Plan Esperanza", public policy of cancer control in Peru with positive results published in the prestigious high-impact scientific journal Lancet Oncology. She is also the Founder of the INEN Breast Club, the main organization of patients for the control of cancer in women. She has represented Peru in different international organization meetings of public policies on health and Cancer Prevention and Control: ONU, WHO, PAHO, IAEA, IARC, UICC, NCI, RINC and others.
She has been awarded important prizes, among the most prominent: Europe Business Assembly - The Socrates Committee Oxford UK “Best Manager of the year” - Institutional Head 2012 - 2016 (March 2017) and member of the Global Leader Club for Regional Best Hospital - Oxford UK, “San Francisco de Borja Award in the degree of Order of San Borja” (May 2016), Award for Business Creativity in Health - UPC, INEN Medical Award “Master Doctor Eduardo Caceres Graziani” Diploma in Master's Degree (April 2014) , “Palma de Oro Award for Citizen Merit 2013” (April 2013), among others.
She is the author of many academical publications in Oncology, Public Health, Epidemiology and other related areas, which are published in International and National Scientific Journals, Speaker at different Scientific and Technical Congresses of International and National Academic Organizations”.
Member of Academic Societies of national and international prestige such as: American Society of Clinical Oncology - ASCO; American Association for Cancer Research - AACR, Peruvian Society of Mastology, Peruvian Society of Medical Oncology, European Society for Medical Oncology - ESMO, Peruvian Society of Cancerology, Peruvian Helth Administration Society, Peruvian Public Health Academy, Royal Society of Medicine – UK, among others.