Barbara Burtness MD
Professor of Medicine (Medical Oncology); Disease Aligned Research Team Leader, Head and Neck Cancers Program; Co-Director, Developmental Therapeutics Research Program, Yale Cancer Center, New Haven, Connecticut
Dr Barbara Burtness is Professor of Medicine at the Yale University School of Medicine. She is co-leader of the Developmental Therapeutics Program, and director of the Head and Neck Clinical Research Program at Yale Cancer Center. Dr Burtness graduated with an MD from SUNY at Stonybrook. She completed internship and residency at Yale-New Haven Hospital and fellowship training in oncology at Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center.
Dr Burtness’ research focuses on clinical trials of immunotherapy and translational studies of resistance to immunotherapy and EGFR inhibition, and synthetic lethal approaches for HPV negative head and neck cancer. She chairs the ECOG-ACRIN Head and Neck Cancer Therapeutics Committee, which conducts multi-center trials of novel treatment paradigms to improve the survival and functional outcomes of patients with all stages of head and neck cancers. She has conducted numerous phase I–III investigator-initiated trials.
Dr Burtness co-edits the text Molecular Determinants of Head and Neck Cancer. Her research has been published in numerous peer-reviewed journals, including the Lancet, Journal of Clinical Oncology, Lancet Oncology, and Clinical Cancer Research.
Dr Burtness’ research focuses on clinical trials of immunotherapy and translational studies of resistance to immunotherapy and EGFR inhibition, and synthetic lethal approaches for HPV negative head and neck cancer. She chairs the ECOG-ACRIN Head and Neck Cancer Therapeutics Committee, which conducts multi-center trials of novel treatment paradigms to improve the survival and functional outcomes of patients with all stages of head and neck cancers. She has conducted numerous phase I–III investigator-initiated trials.
Dr Burtness co-edits the text Molecular Determinants of Head and Neck Cancer. Her research has been published in numerous peer-reviewed journals, including the Lancet, Journal of Clinical Oncology, Lancet Oncology, and Clinical Cancer Research.
Recent Contributions to PracticeUpdate:
- Avelumab Plus Standard-of-Care Chemoradiotherapy vs Chemoradiotherapy Alone in Locally Advanced HNSCC
- Precision Radiotherapy for Oropharyngeal Cancer
- 2020 Top Stories in Oncology: Transoral Surgery for HPV-Associated Oropharynx Cancer
- Key Takeaways From ESMO: New Approaches for Locally Advanced Head and Neck Cancer
- Long-Term Outcomes for Immunotherapy With or Without Chemotherapy for Advanced Head and Neck Cancer
- ESMO 2020: Recommendations From Dr. Barbara Burtness for Head and Neck Cancer
- ASCO: Tumor Mutational Burden in HPV-Negative Head and Neck Cancer
- ASCO: Transoral Robotic Surgery Followed by Low or Standard Dose Radiation for p16+ Oropharyngeal Cancer
- ASCO: Progression After Next Line of Therapy Following First-Line Immunotherapy for Advanced Head and Neck Cancer
- PD-1 Blockade in Anaplastic Thyroid Carcinoma