Liana Roodt

Dr Liana Roodt is a Specialist Breast and Endocrine Surgeon working in both the public and private sectors in Cape Town. She is the founder and Executive Director of Project Flamingo, a cancer NGO dedicated to improving timely, compassionate breast cancer care in South Africa, and serves on the Board of the Cancer Alliance of South Africa. She is also a lecturer in Surgery at the University of Cape Town, and brings to the fore the intersection of medicine, equity, and human dignity, with a strong focus on advocacy and health-system strengthening.