Dr. Stephen R. Grobmyer

Dr. Stephen R. Grobmyer, MD, is the Institute Chair of the Oncology Institute at Cleveland Clinic Abu Dhabi. Prior to joining Cleveland Clinic Abu Dhabi, Dr. Grobmyer was Professor of Surgery, Section Head of Breast Surgery and Co-Director of the Cleveland Clinic Comprehensive Breast Cancer Program at Cleveland Clinic Main Campus in Cleveland, Ohio.

Dr. Grobmyer received his medical degree from the University of Texas Southwestern Medical School in Dallas, Texas and completed his residency in General Surgery at New York Hospital-Cornell Medical Center in New York. He completed a fellowship in Surgical Oncology at Memorial Sloan Kettering in 2004.

Dr. Grobmyer’s innovative clinical care and research focuses on developing new approaches to prevent, diagnose and treat breast cancer. He has published over 170 peer-reviewed manuscripts, twenty book chapters and edited a textbook on innovative cancer therapies. Additionally, he has given over one hundred invited lectures nationally and internationally.

Dr. Grobmyer has been elected to Best Doctors in America every year consecutively since 2007 and 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. His influential clinical care and research has been featured widely in the Unites States media including NBC Nightly News, MSNBC, National Public Radio, The New York Times and Vogue.​

PROFESSIONAL JOURNEY

• 1990 - 1995: UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS SOUTHWESTERN MEDICAL SCHOOL,DALLAS, TEXAS, US. Doctor of Medicine (MD)
• 1995 - 1996: NEW YORK HOSPITAL CORNELL MEDICAL CENTER, NEW YORK, US. Intern, General Surgery
• 1999 - 2002: NEW YORK HOSPITAL CORNELL MEDICAL CENTER, NEW YORK, US. Resident, General Surgery
• 1996 - 1997: NEW YORK HOSPITAL CORNELL MEDICAL CENTER, NEW YORK, US. Resident, General Surgery
• 2002 - 2004: MEMORIAL SLOAN KETTERING CANCER CENTER, NEW YORK, US. Surgical Oncology Fellow, Department of Surgery
• 1997 - 1999: WEILL CORNELL MEDICAL SCHOOL, NEW YORK, US. Research Fellow, Surgery

WORK EXPERIENCE

• 2012 - 2019: CLEVELAND CLINIC, OHIO, US. Section Leader, Breast Surgery and Breast Center Co-Director, Cleveland Clinic Comprehensive Breast Cancer Program
• 2012 - 2019: CLEVELAND CLINIC LERNER COLLEGE OF MEDICINE, OHIO, US. Attending Physician and Professor of Surgery
• 2010 - 2012: UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA - GAINESVILLE, FLORIDA, US. Attending Physician and Associate Professor of Surgery, Department of Surgery
• 2004 - 2012: UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA - GAINESVILLE, FLORIDA, US. Attending Physician and Assistant Professor of Surgery, Department of Surgery

Achievements & Career Highlights

• American Society of Clinical Oncology Leadership Developement Program Participant, 2010 to 2011
• Edward M. Copeland III Endowed Chair in Breast Cancer, University of Florida, 2009 to 2012
• Co-Leader, Cleveland Clinic Comprehensive Breast Cancer Program, Cleveland, Ohio, 2012 to 2019
• Professor of Surgery, Cleveland Clinic Lerner College of Medicine, 2012 till Present
• Lula Zapis Endowed Chair in Breast Cancer, 2016 to 2019
• Elected to Best Doctors in America, 2007 to 2019
• Editorial Board Member, Annals of Surgical Oncology, Surgery, European Journal of Surgical Oncology, The Breast Journal
• Member of the American Surgical Association and Southern Surgical Association