Barbara Burtness, MD

Barbara Burtness, MD, is the clinical research program leader of the Head and Neck Cancers Program at Yale Cancer Center in New Haven, Connecticut.

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The #MeToo movement has inspired many women to relate stories of harassment, and medicine is no exce

General Oncology

Diagnosing Medicine’s Intractable Gender Pay Gap

Barbara Burtness, MD

March 2, 2018

The #MeToo movement has inspired many women to relate stories of harassment, and medicine is no exception.

Reduced-dose Radiation Safe for Certain Patients with Low-risk HPV-positive Oropharyngeal Cancer

From The Advisory Board

Treatment Deintensification for HPV-Associated Oropharynx Cancer

Barbara Burtness, MD

November 25, 2014

The Eastern Cooperative Oncology Group (ECOG) conducted a trial to investigate whether treatment deintensification was feasible in patients with HPV-associated cancer.

Dr. Burtness reflects on the loss of Dr. Borbor, the only certified internist in Liberia.

From The Advisory Board

Liberia’s Only Internist Dies of Ebola: Remembering Dr. Abraham Borbor

Barbara Burtness, MD

August 27, 2014

Dr. Burtness, a member of the Cancer Therapy Advisory Board, reflects on the loss of Dr. Abraham Borbor, the only certified internist in Liberia who recently died of Ebola.