Our Care Team

At the UCSF Carol Franc Buck Breast Care Center, each patient can take advantage of a wide range of healthcare professionals in one location, the UCSF Helen Diller Family Cancer Center located at Mount Zion. Our team of surgeons, medical and radiation oncologists, nurse practitioners, plastic surgeons, psychologists, genetic counselors, acupuncturists and herbalists work together to provide the best possible breast care for each individual. Our aim is to tailor your care so that it is right for you.



Michael Alvarado, MD

  • Breast Surgeon
  • Assistant Professor of Surgery

Christopher Benz, MD

  • Medical Oncologist
  • Adjunct Professor, Medicine

Jo Chien, MD

  • Medical Oncologist
  • Assistant Clinical Professor, Medicine

Beth Crawford, MS

  • Genetic Counselor
  • Director, Clinical Services, Cancer Risk Program

Charles Dollbaum, Jr., PhD, MD

  • Medical Oncologist
  • Assistant Clinical Professor, Hematology/Oncology

Jean Anne Donnell, BA, RN

  • Clinical Nurse III

Suzanne Eder, NP, AOCNP

  • Nurse Practitioner

Laura Esserman, MD, MBA

  • Breast Surgeon
  • Professor of Surgery and Radiology
  • Affiliate Faculty, Institute for Health Policy Studies
  • Director, UCSF Carol Franc Buck Breast Care Center
  • Co-Leader, Breast Oncology Program, UCSF Helen Diller Family Comprehensive Cancer Center

Cheryl Ewing, MD

  • Breast Surgeon
  • Associate Clinical Professor, Surgery

Robert Foster, MD

  • Plastic and Reconstructive Surgeon
  • Associate Clinical Professor, Surgery
  • Chief, Plastic Surgery, Mount Zion and the UCSF Breast Reconstructive Service

Barbara Fowble, MD, FACR, FASTRO

  • Radiation Oncologist
  • Professor, Clinical Radiation Oncology

Andrei Goga, MD, PhD

  • Medical Oncologist
  • Assistant Professor in Residence, Breast Oncology

Sarah Goldin, BS, BSN

  • Clinical Nurse III

Mindy E. Goldman, MD

  • Gynecologist
  • Clinical Professor, Ob/Gyn & Reproductive Sciences
  • Director, UCSF Women's Health Cancer Care Program

Deborah Hamolsky, RN, MS, AOCNS

  • Advanced Practice Nurse
  • Assistant Professor, Physiological Nursing

Scott Hansen, MD

  • Plastic and Reconstructive Surgeon
  • Assistant Professor, Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery
  • Chief, Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, San Francisco General Hospital

Craig Henderson, MD

  • Medical Oncologist
  • Adjunct Professor, Hematolgy/Oncology

Bonnie N. Joe, MD, PhD

  • Radiologist
  • Associate Professor in Residence, Radiology
  • Chief, Women's Imaging, Department of Radiology

Tara Lacey, NP

  • Nurse Practitioner

Jiali Li, MD, PhD

  • Medical Oncologist
  • Clinical Instructor, Hematology/Oncology

Nancy Shepard Lopez, NP

  • Nurse Practitioner

Michelle Melisko, MD

  • Medical Oncologist
  • Associate Clinical Professor, Medicine

Mark M. Moasser, MD

  • Medical Oncologist
  • Professor in Residence, Medicine

Pamela Munster, MD

  • Medical Oncologist
  • Professor in Residence, Medicine
  • Director, Early Phase Clinical Trials Program, UCSF Helen Diller Family Comprehensive Cancer Center
  • Associate Director, Investigational Therapeutics, UCSF Helen Diller Family Comprehensive Cancer Center

Catherine Park, MD

  • Radiation Oncologist
  • Associate Professor, Clinical Radiation Oncology

John W. Park, MD

  • Medical Oncologist
  • Associate Clinical Professor, Medicine and Neurological Surgery
  • Director, Novel Therapeutics in Breast Oncology
  • Co-director, UCSF Breast SPORE Program

Hope Rugo, MD

  • Medical Oncologist
  • Clinical Professor, Medicine
  • Director, Breast Oncology Clinical Trials Program

Hani Sbitany, MD

  • Plastic and Reconstructive Surgeon
  • Assistant Professor, Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery

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