Stephen R. Grobmyer, MD, FACS
Professor of Surgery, Oncology Institute Chair, Cleveland Clinic Abu Dhabi, Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates
Research interests: breast surgery
Dr. Stephen R. Grobmyer completed his fellowship in surgical oncology at Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center in 2004. Formerly, the Edward M. Copeland III Chair in Surgical Oncology at University of Florida; in 2012 he became Section Head of Surgical Oncology and Director of the Breast Center at Cleveland Clinic in Cleveland, Ohio. He was the Lula Zapis Endowed Chair and Professor of Surgery at Cleveland Clinic Lerner College of Medicine of Case Western Reserve University, and co-leader of the Cleveland Clinic Comprehensive Breast Cancer Program. In 2019, Dr. Grobmyer became the Oncology Institute Chair, Cleveland Clinic Abu Dhabi in United Arab Emirates.
Dr. Grobmyer has been elected to Best Doctors in America every year consecutively since 2007. Nationally, he has served on the American Society of Clinical Oncology Breast Cancer Education Committee, and he was formerly as Scientific Program Committee Chair for the Society of Surgical Oncology. He has served on the Breast Cancer Advisory Committee for the American Board of Surgery and serves on the Editorial Board of The European Journal of Surgical Oncology, The Annals of Surgical Oncology, and The Breast Journal. He is an active member of the Southern Surgical Association, Society of Surgical Oncology, American College of Surgeons, American Society of Clinical Oncology, and American Society of Breast Surgeons. He has given over 100 invited lectures nationally and internationally.
Dr. Grobmyer’s innovative research focuses on developing new approaches to prevent, diagnose and treat breast cancer. He has published over 150 peer reviewed manuscripts, 16 book chapters and edited a textbook on innovative cancer therapies. He is currently the editor for the Breast Cancer Section for Society of Surgical Oncology’s Complex General Surgical Oncology. He has been the recipient of numerous prestigious awards including: The Lester Dragstedt Physician Scientist Award, The Society of Surgical Oncology Clinical Investigator Award, and The American College of Surgeons Japan Travelling Fellowship.
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Terms of Appointment: August 2019 - July 2021; August 2021 - July 2023; August 2023 - July 2025