[2] She was Chairman of the Department of Radiology, Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center from November 1999 to January 2023.

[5] Hricak earned her medical degree from the School of Medicine, University of Zagreb in 1970.

[6] In 1982 Hricak joined the faculty of University of California, San Francisco (UCSF), where she became professor of radiology, radiation oncology, urology and gynecology.

[6] In 1999, she became chairman of the Department of Radiology at Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center (MSK).

[7] Hricak's past roles include as the president, Radiological Society of North America, 2009-2010[6] In June 2021, Hricak chaired the National Academies committee that wrote the report endorsing NASA's proposal to revise current radiation exposure limits for astronauts.