Barbara Burtness, MD
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Biography
Barbara Burtness, MD is Professor of Medicine (Medical Oncology) at the Yale School of Medicine, Chief Translational Research Officer, and Associate Cancer Center Director for Translational Research at the Yale Cancer Center. She serves as Co-Leader of the Developmental Therapeutics Program, Division Chief for Head and Neck/Sarcoma Oncology, and Director of the Yale Head and Neck Specialized Program of Research Excellence. Dr. Burtness is internationally recognized for her research in head and neck cancer. She chairs the ECOG-ACRIN Cooperative Group Head and Neck Cancer Therapeutics Committee and the ECOG-ACRIN Task Force for the Advancement of Women, and leads national and international trials of targeted therapy in head and neck cancer. Her laboratory studies synthetic lethal therapeutic strategies in head and neck cancer and the targeting of aurora kinase A to overcome adaptive resistance to EGFR inhibition and - in lung cancer- to direct KRAS inhibition.
Education & Training
- FellowshipMemorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center (1993)
- ResidencyYale-New Haven Hospital (1989)
- InternshipYale-New Haven Hospital (1987)
- MDSUNY at Stonybrook (1986)
- ABBryn Mawr College (1982)
Honors & Recognition
Award | Awarding Organization | Date |
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Yale Cancer Center Clinical Science Prize | Yale Cancer Center | 2020 |
Robert L. Krigel Award, Excellence in Teaching and Clinical Oncology | Fox Chase Cancer Center | 2012 |
Top Doctor | U.S. News and World Report | |
Best Doctors in America | Best Doctors |
Professional Service
Organization | Role | Date |
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ECOG-ACRIN | Chair, Task Force on Advancement of Women | 2021 - Present |
ECOG-ACRIN | Chair of the ECOG-ACRIN Head and Neck Therapeutics Committee | 2006 - Present |
Departments & Organizations
- Developmental Therapeutics
- Head and Neck Cancers Program
- Internal Medicine
- K12 Calabresi Immuno-Oncology Training Program (IOTP)
- Medical Oncology
- Status of Women in Medicine Committee (SWIM)
- Subset Medical Oncology Faculty
- Yale Cancer Center
- Yale Center for Immuno-Oncology
- Yale CTAP
- Yale Medicine
- YCC Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion