LaurenAverett(Averett)ByersMD

Summary

• Dr. Lauren (Averett) Byers, MD is a Professor and Thoracic Section Chief in the Department of Thoracic/Head and Neck Medical Oncology at MD Anderson Cancer Center. Dr. Byers completed her B.A. degree in Molecular Biology at Princeton University in 1998, her M.D. degree at Baylor College of Medicine in 2003, and M.S. degree in Patient-Based Research at the University of Texas Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences in 2009. Following her Clinical Residency in Internal Medicine at Johns Hopkins Hospital, Dr. Byers joined MD Anderson Cancer Center in 2006 as a Clinical Fellow in Medical Oncology and later as an Advanced Scholar Fellow.
  
  As a physician-scientist, Dr. Byers’ research focuses on high-throughput molecular profiling to identify new therapeutic targets, predictive biomarkers, and mechanisms of resistance, especially in the area of Small Cell Lung Cancer (SCLC).