Robert R. Buras, MD, general surgeon at the DeCesaris Cancer Institute at the Anne Arundal Medical Center in Annapolis, Maryland. Dr Buras has 20 years of prior experience in the management of breast cancer and benign breast conditions. Prior to joining AAMC, Dr Buras served as the director of breast surgery at the University of Maryland Medical Center.
His interest in breast cancer and cellular biology led to a faculty position at Georgetown University where he practiced surgical oncology primarily focused on the treatment of breast cancer. During this time, he developed and ran a basic science research laboratory and secured NIH and American Cancer Society research grant funding to study the biology of breast cancer under the mentorship of Dr. Marc Lippman.
Dr. Buras received his medical degree from the University of Chicago Division of the Biological Sciences at the Pritzker School of Medicine. He completed a surgery residency from the University of Illinois College of Medicine in Chicago, Illinois, and completed a fellowship in complex general surgery for oncology at the City of Hope National Medical Center.