Dr. Brayer has practiced internal medicine in San Francisco for over 30 years and has served in numerous medical leadership roles. A trailblazer for women doctors, she was the first woman Chief of Staff at her hospital, was President of the San Francisco Medical Society, and she is the immediate past CEO of Sutter Pacific Medical Foundation. She has recently made more space in her life for writing and social activism. She just returned from a medical teaching mission to Rwanda.