Dr. Florez participated in the 2023 Summit on Cancer Health Disparities (SCHD). She was a panelist in the Career in Oncology - Success Lounge, sharing about disparities surrounding women in the field. Watch the video to learn about why SCHD is unique in how it addresses cancer health disparities.
Faculty Bio
Dr. Narjust Florez is originally from Venezuela. She completed her internal medicine residency at Rutgers New Jersey Medical School and fellowship at the Mayo Clinic in Rochester, Minnesota, where she was the chief fellow from 2018 - 2019.
She is the Associate Director of the Cancer Care Equity Program, a thoracic medical oncologist at the Dana-Farber Cancer Institute/Harvard Cancer Center, and an Assistant Professor of Medicine at Harvard Medical School. In 2022, Dr. Florez also became the first Latina to hold an Associate Editor position in oncology as the new Associate Editor for Diversity, Equity and Inclusion at the JAMA Oncology Journal.
Dr. Narjust Florez’s clinical interests include targeted therapy for lung cancer and the care of women with lung cancer, including their unique aspects of cancer survivorship. She is the principal investigator of the Sexual Health Assessment in Women with Lung Cancer (SHAWL) Study, the largest study to date evaluating sexual dysfunction in women with lung cancer.
About Binaytara Foundation
Founded in 2007, the Binaytara Foundation (BTF) is an international non-profit organization dedicated to improving access to cancer care. Through educational and innovative approaches, BTF aims to eliminate socioeconomic barriers in the field of oncology and hematology.
The Binaytara Foundation organizes a significant number of hematology and oncology conferences on a regional, national, and international basis. The Binaytara Foundation is most noted for constructing a 200-bed state-of-the-art cancer hospital in Janakpur, Nepal. BTF also assisted in building the first bone marrow transplant center in Kathmandu, Nepal, and palliative care initiatives in South Asia.
Please visit the organization's website to learn more about the Binaytara Foundation's impact mission.