Diane Heditsian
Founder and CEO, deClarity
Highlights
- Has been an LBBC Helpline peer counselor since 2013
- Breast cancer survivor and research, policy, and patient advocate
- Enjoys teaching others how to advocate for their own healthcare
Diane combines her experience as a four-time breast cancer survivor with her passion to improve healthcare and survivorship for people facing breast cancer.
As a trained 20-year breast cancer research, policy, and patient advocate Diane supports researchers at University of California, San Francisco, and Stanford to advance participation in clinical trials and medical science discovery, serves on the National Coalition of Cancer Survivorship’s Cancer Policy & Advocacy Team’s Steering Committee, and has been an LBBC Helpline peer counselor since 2013.
Diane enjoys teaching others how to advocate for their own healthcare and engage in shared decision making with their doctors. Named a Fulbright Specialist in cancer advocacy, Diane is available to help countries around the world with their cancer advocacy initiatives. Professionally, Diane is founder and CEO of deClarity, a 40-year global communications agency serving the life sciences.
