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Natera: Monica Bertagnolli

Nov 19, 2020

Monica Bertagnolli has been appointed to the board of directors of Natera. She is a professor of surgery at Harvard Medical School and associate surgeon in the division of surgical oncology at Brigham and Women's Hospital and Dana-Farber Cancer Institute. In addition, she is the CEO of Alliance Foundation Trial, a nonprofit organization that conducts international cancer clinical trials, as well as VP of the Coalition of Cancer Cooperative Groups. Bertagnolli holds an undergraduate degree in engineering from Princeton University and a medical degree from the University of Utah College of Medicine.

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