Erika Hamilton: Skip Burris has been the best mentor and champion for me

Erika Hamilton shared on X/Twitter:

“My favorite picture so far at ASCO24. Have to love Skip Burris our President of Sarah Cannon Cancer Institute and previous ASCO president!

This guy has been the best mentor and champion for me that I ever could have wished for!”

Source: Erika Hamilton/X

Erika Hamilton is a medical oncologist and the Director of Breast Cancer and Gynecologic Cancer Research at Sarah Cannon Research Institute (USA). In her role, Dr. Hamilton oversees the research program and clinical trial menu for gynecologic and breast cancer from a medical oncology perspective.

Dr. Hamilton is a past chair of ASCO’s Scientific Breast Committee a ’21-’22, participant of the ASCO Leadership Development Program, Associate Editor for Clinical Breast Cancer, co-chair for Great Debates and Updates in Women’s Oncology Conference and a board member of the Susan G. Komen Foundation of Central Tennessee.

She is active in the community, volunteering with Gilda’s Club Middle Tennessee, the American Cancer Society’s Hope Lodge, Ovarcome ovarian cancer support organization, Brentwood Baptist Church and the Susan G. Komen Race for the Cure.