Barbara Burtness MD
Anthony N. Brady Professor of Medicine; Chief Translational Research Officer; Associate Director, Translational Science; Division Chief, Head and Neck/Sarcoma Oncology; Co-Leader, Developmental Therapeutics Program; Director, Yale Head and Neck SPORE, Yale Cancer Center, Yale School of Medicine, New Haven, ConnecticutDr. Barbara Burtness is Anthony N. Brady Professor of Medicine at the Yale University School of Medicine. She is founding director of the Yale Head and Neck SPORE, 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, and co-leads the Stand Up to Cancer Head and Neck Cancer Team. 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.
Disclosures
Honoraria/Consulting/Data Safety Monitoring Boards:
AbbVie, ALX Oncology, Astra Zeneca, Coherus, Cue Biopharma, Eisai, Glaxo Smith Kline, IMS Consulting, IO Biotech, Kura, Merck KgA, Merck, Merus, Orphagen, Vaccinex, Slingshot, Surface
Recent Contributions to PracticeUpdate:
- ASCO 2021: Abstract Recommendations From Dr. Barbara Burtness for Head and Neck Cancer
- 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