Sara A. Hurvitz, MD, FACP

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Breast Cancer Chair

Senior Vice President and Director

Clinical Research Division, Fred Hutch

Professor

Clinical Research Division, Fred Hutch


Hurvitz started her pursuit of medicine in 1990 when she enrolled at the University of California, Irvine, and went on to earn dual degrees in biology and psychology. Hurvitz is a medical oncologist, clinical research leader, and senior vice president of the Clinical Research Division at Fred Hutch and head of the Division of Hematology and Oncology at the University of Washington Department of Medicine. Hurvitz specializes in the treatment of women with breast cancer. She is involved in constructing and implementing several national clinical trials testing new therapies while studying gene expression patterns in a variety of breast cancer populations to develop novel therapies.