Dr. Rhoda Nussbaum

Rhoda Nussbaum, MD spent the first part of her career practicing Obstetrician&Gynecologist at Kaiser Permanente, San Francisco. She held numerous administrative and leadership roles including Women's Health Leader for Northern California.  Since retiring from Kaiser, she has continued to practice medicine on a volunteer basis at home and abroad. While volunteering at a hospital in India, she saw how common cervical cancer was and began looking for a way to provide screening and prevention practical for this very poor region. She heard about PINCC and knew she had found the answer. In 2009, Rhoda and her husband John Adams became the medical and administrative directors of PINCC - India and have conducted 2 trainings at a Mobile Hospital caring for thousands of villagers in Andhra Pradesh, India. They will continue to lead PINCC trips to India where more than 70,000 women die each year from this preventable disease.