Funda Meric-Bernstam

Dr. Meric-Bernstam is a Professor of Surgical Oncology at the University of Texas M. D. Anderson Cancer Center in Houston, Texas. She is also a member of the University of Texas at Houston Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences Faculty. Dr. Meric-Bernstam graduated Cum Laude from Yale University School of Medicine in 1991 and completed her residency in general surgery at the University of Michigan Medical Center in 1998. In her third year of residency, she joined the National Institutes of Health as a postdoctoral fellow. During her time at the NIH, she received the NIH Intramural National Research Service Award as well as the NIH Fellows Award for Research Excellence. After her general surgery residency she did a surgical oncology fellowship at M.D. Anderson Cancer. She joined M. D. Anderson’s faculty in 2001 as a surgeon and researcher. In 2005, Dr. Meric-Bernstam received the Outstanding Teaching Award for Research from the Department of Surgical Oncology at the University of Texas M.D. Anderson Cancer Center. Dr. Meric-Bernstam is an active member of the American Medical Association, American Association of Cancer Research, American College of Surgeons, American Society of Clinical Oncology, Society of Surgical Oncology, Society of University Surgeons and the Houston Medical Society. Dr. Meric-Bernstam has authored over 140 peer-reviewed articles in journals such as Journal of Clinical Oncology, Cancer Research, Clinical Cancer Research, Molecular Cancer Therapeutics and Annals of Surgical Oncology. She has also written chapters for more than 15 books.