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Office
1515 Holcombe Blvd
Houston, TX 77030Phone+1 713-792-6161
Summary
- Dr. Henry Kuerer is a surgeon in Houston, TX and is and Executive Director affiliated with University of Texas M.D. Anderson Cancer Center. He received his medical degree and PhD from the University of New York Medical Center College of Medicine and has been in practice 28 years. He specializes in breast and surgical oncology. He has over 500 publications and over 30,000 citings and has helped to train countless surgeons in the care of cancer patients.
Education & Training
- University of Texas M D Anderson Cancer CenterFellowship, Breast Surgical Oncology, 1997 - 1998
- Icahn School of Medicine at Mount SinaiResidency, Surgery, 1992 - 1997
- State University of New York Downstate Medical Center College of MedicineClass of 1992
Certifications & Licensure
- CA State Medical License 1998 - Present
- FL State Medical License 2021 - Present
- TX State Medical License 1997 - 2026
- American Board of Surgery Surgery
Clinical Trials
- Multicenter Trial for Eliminating Breast Cancer Surgery or Radiotherapy in Exceptional Responders to Neoadjuvant Systemic Therapy Start of enrollment: 2017 Jan 20
Roles: Principal Investigator, Contact
Publications & Presentations
PubMed
- Selective Elimination of Breast Surgery for Invasive Breast Cancer: A Nonrandomized Clinical Trial.Henry M Kuerer, Vicente Valero, Benjamin D Smith, Savitri Krishnamurthy, Emilia J Diego
JAMA Oncology. 2025-03-28 - 1 citationsNodal Burden and Oncologic Outcomes in Patients With Residual Isolated Tumor Cells After Neoadjuvant Chemotherapy (ypN0i+): The OPBC-05/ICARO Study.Giacomo Montagna, Alison Laws, Massimo Ferrucci, Mary M Mrdutt, Susie X Sun
Journal of Clinical Oncology. 2025-03-01 - Significance of Residual Nodal Disease in Clinically Node-Negative Breast Cancer After Neoadjuvant Chemotherapy.Alycia So, Min Yi, Janine M Simons, Henry M Kuerer, Abigail Caudle
Annals of Surgical Oncology. 2025-02-01
Press Mentions
- MD Anderson Study Questions Need for Breast Cancer Surgery in Select PatientsApril 2nd, 2025
- Breast Cancer Surgery: MD Anderson Study Raises QuestionsApril 2nd, 2025
- Surgery Not Necessary in Some Early-Stage Breast Cancers, Study SaysMarch 31st, 2025
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