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.