{"entity":{"id":"annette-walker","kind":"person","name":"Annette Walker","aka":[],"tldr":"Health system executive who leads City of Hope Orange County and oversaw the opening of Orange County's first cancer specialty hospital in Irvine.","summary":"Annette Walker is President of City of Hope Orange County, the Orange County arm of the City of Hope cancer research and treatment organisation. She led development of its comprehensive cancer campus and regional network in Irvine, a project of about one billion dollars whose cancer specialty hospital opened in December 2025. She was previously president of strategy at Providence St. Joseph Health, where she helped merge two large health organisations.","asOf":"2026-09-10","links":[{"label":"Source: Orange County Business Journal OC500 profile (Nov 2025)","url":"https://www.ocbj.com/oc-500/2025/oc500-2025-annette-walker/"}],"tags":["leadership","hospital","cancer-centre"],"related":[],"cancers":[],"sections":[],"technologies":[],"targets":[],"drugs":[],"companies":[],"institutions":["city-of-hope"],"pathways":[],"terms":[],"trials":[],"people":[],"bottlenecks":[],"keyPapers":[],"journals":[],"dependsOn":[],"notes":[],"role":"President of City of Hope Orange County","institutionId":"city-of-hope-orange-county","specialisms":["Health system leadership","Cancer campus development","Healthcare strategy"],"profiles":[{"label":"Orange County Business Journal OC500 2025 profile","url":"https://www.ocbj.com/oc-500/2025/oc500-2025-annette-walker/"}],"papers":[]},"route":"/people/annette-walker/","neighbours":{"institution":[{"id":"city-of-hope","kind":"institution","name":"City of Hope","route":"/institutions/city-of-hope/"},{"id":"city-of-hope-orange-county","kind":"institution","name":"City of Hope Orange County","route":"/institutions/city-of-hope-orange-county/"}]}}