Timothy J. Pluard, MD, is the medical director for Saint Luke’s Cancer Institute, and the Koontz Endowed Chair of Breast Disease at University of Missouri–Kansas City School of Medicine. Prior to joining Saint Luke’s, Health System and UMKC, Dr. Pluard served as associate professor of Medicine at Washington University and clinical director, section of breast oncology at Siteman Cancer Center, a National Cancer Institute (NCI) designated Comprehensive Cancer Center, at Washington University/Barnes Jewish Hospital in Saint Louis, MO.
Dr. Pluard is also the founder and director of the Saint Luke’s Koontz Center for Advanced Breast Cancer, one of the only comprehensive centers in the nation focused exclusively on the needs of patients with metastatic breast cancer.
Dr. Pluard is board certified in internal medicine and medical oncology. He graduated from Washington University and received his fellowship training from Harvard Medical School at the Dana-Farber Cancer Institute in Boston, Massachusetts.