Dr. Julie Gralow is an associate member of Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center and serves as the associate program head for its Breast Cancer Program. She is a professor in the oncology division of the University of Washington School of Medicine, and director, Breast Medical Oncology at the University of Washington’s Seattle Cancer Care Alliance. From 1998–2002, Dr. Gralow directed the Patient and Family Education and Outreach program at the University of Washington Medical Center and the Women’s Cancer Genetics and Risk Reduction Clinic. After receiving her bachelor’s degree from Stanford University, Dr. Gralow graduated with a medical degree from the University Of Southern California School Of Medicine. She completed her residency in internal medicine at Brigham and Women’s Hospital at Harvard Medical School and a medical oncology fellowship at the Hutchinson Center, where she also spent time researching immunity to the HER 2/neu oncogene in patients with breast cancer. An American Society of Clinical Oncology (ASCO) member since 1995, Dr. Gralow was a 1995 recipient of an ASCO Career Development Award. She currently chairs ASCO’s Cancer Communications Committee and served as vice-chair for the Public Issues Committee (1999–2002). She participated as a member of the Health Services Committee and the Cancer Education Committee and is a current member of the Aromatase Inhibitors Committee, the Bisphosphonates-Breast Expert Panel, and the Clinical Cancer Advances Committee. Dr. Gralow is a member of the Southwest Oncology Group (SWOG), and serves as vice-chair for its Breast Cancer Committee and co-chair of the Breast Scientific Leadership Council Steering Committee of the Coalition of Cancer Cooperative Groups. She is also a delegate to the University of Washington Center for Women and Democracy and has advised the group on its missions to Cuba, the Baltics, South Africa, Ukraine, and China. The author of more than 70 scholarly articles and 85 published abstracts, Dr. Gralow is a member of the editorial boards of several national publications. Dr. Gralow has been honored many times for service to her community and her dedication to helping patients overcome breast cancer. In 2005, she was named the C.J. Taylor Outstanding Community Volunteer by the Puget Sound affiliate of the Susan G. Komen Breast Cancer Foundation. In the same year, the Breast Care Site recognized her efforts in fighting breast cancer with its “Above and Beyond” award. In 2006, she received the Helen H. Jackson “Women of Valor” award for her activism in medicine and health care in Washington State.