Aman U Buzdar

Breast Medical Oncology, University of Texas, United States of America

Aman Buzdar

Academic positions:
- Professor of Medicine, MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, Texas, USA
- Deputy Department Chairman of the Medical Breast Oncology Department
- Professor of Medicine, Department of Breast Medical Oncology
- Ashbel Smith Professor of Medicine

Any industry positions (last five years):
None declared

Research interests:
Dr Buzdar's research interests have centred on the treatment of breast cancer, focusing on defining and improving the short- and long-term benefits of systemic adjuvant therapies for breast cancer; endocrine therapies; biologic therapies.

Any other information:
Dr Buzdar has received numerous honours and awards:-
- Fellow of the American College of Physicians
- Active member of American Association for Cancer Research (AACR), American Society of Clinical Oncology (ASCO)
- Chairmanship of ATAC trial. This is the largest adjuvant trial in breast cancer evaluating the role of an aromatase inhibitor (anastrozole)
- Author on over 400 published papers, invited articles, editorials, and book chapters

Dr Buzdar is currently serving on several editorial boards and is Associate Editor for Clinical Cancer Research.

Any competing interests declared are displayed with individual evaluations.

Section Head: Oncology > Breast Diseases: Benign & Malignant (since 16 November 2005)

Aman U Buzdar is a Section Head for Breast Diseases: Benign & Malignant, part of the ONCOLOGY Faculty. The role of a Section Head is to work with their Co-Section Head(s) to divide the Section (sub-specialty area) into its component areas of research, nominate leaders in those areas as Faculty Members, and offer ongoing oversight of the content within their Section. They are not asked to evaluate articles, although we do, of course, welcome them.

Links

http://www.mdanderson.org/Care_Centers/BreastCenter/display.cfm?id=18E22502-E826-4C6A-9E1A267807A324DA&method=displayFull&pn=CB79717E-7868-11D4-AEC400508BDCCE3A