Lidia Schapira

Dr. Lidia Schapira is Associate Professor of Medicine at Stanford University School of Medicine and Director of Cancer Survivorship at the Stanford Cancer Institute. She graduated from Dartmouth Medical School and trained at the Beth Israel Hospital in Boston in internal medicine and completed a hematology and oncology fellowship at the Brigham and Women's Hospital followed by a research fellowship in Aging at Harvard Medical School.

Dr. Schapira’s clinical focus is in the treatment of breast cancer and cancer survivors. Her research addresses cancer outcomes and experiences of young breast cancer survivors, the psychosocial impact of cancer, and interventions to improve quality of life and health outcomes for people living with and beyond cancer. She holds leadership roles in national and international societies (American Society of Clinical Oncology and Multinational Association of Supportive Care in Cancer) and serves as Editor-in-Chief of ASCO’s website for the public, Cancer.Net and Consultant Editor for Art of Oncology for the Journal of Clinical Oncology.

Throughout multiple clinical, research, editorial and educational activities, Dr. Schapira has devoted her career to improving the experience and outcomes of patients and families with cancer and the education of cancer clinicians.