Isabel T. Rubio is the Head of Breast Surgical Oncology at Clinica Universidad de Navarra, Clinical Director of the Certified Breast Cancer Center and Professor of Surgery at the University of Navarra in Madrid, Spain.  She is the director of the Breast Surgery Fellowship program at her Institution.

Dr. Rubio is active in many societies, as President elect of the European Cancer Organization (ECO), Immediate past President of the European Society of Surgical Oncology (ESSO), EUSOMA past president (European Society of Breast Cancer Specialists), founding member and past President of the Spanish Association of Breast Surgeons (AECIMA), Founding member and Board member of EUBREAST, member of the Transforming Breast Cancer Together (TBCT) Platform, officer at the UEMS Breast Surgery Division and member of the American Society of Surgical Oncology.​

She is associate editor in Breast of the Journal of Surgical Oncology, and reviewer for The Breast, the European Journal of Surgical Oncology and the Annals of Surgical Oncology.

Dr. Rubio has published over 150 peer review manuscripts and many book chapters. ​