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Heather McArthur, MD, Oncology, Dallas, TX, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center

HeatherLynnMcArthurMD, MPH

Oncology Dallas, TX

Breast Cancer

Clinical Director of Breast Cancer, Komen Distinguished Chair in Clinical Breast Cancer Research, UT Southwestern

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Summary

  • Dr. Heather McArthur is an oncologist in Dallas, TX and is affiliated with University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center. She received her medical degree from University of Toronto Faculty of Medicine, a fellowship degree from the British Columbia Cancer Agency, a Master of Public Health degree from Harvard University and has been in practice 16 years. She specializes in breast cancer and is experienced in breast cancer, oncology, and internal medicine. She has more than 90 publications and over 500 citings.

Education & Training

  • Memorial-Sloan Kettering Cancer Center
    Memorial-Sloan Kettering Cancer CenterAdvanced Clinical Research Fellowship, Breast Oncology, 2006 - 2010
  • Harvard University
    Harvard UniversityMPH, Clinical Effectiveness, 2006 - 2008
  • British Columbia Cancer Agency/University of British Columbia
    British Columbia Cancer Agency/University of British ColumbiaMedical Oncology Fellowship, 2004 - 2006
  • University of Calgary
    University of CalgaryInternal Medicine Residency, 2001 - 2004
  • University of Toronto Faculty of Medicine
    University of Toronto Faculty of MedicineClass of 2001

Certifications & Licensure

  • TX State Medical License
    TX State Medical License 2022 - 2024
  • CA State Medical License
    CA State Medical License 2016 - 2022
  • NY State Medical License
    NY State Medical License 2009 - 2019

Clinical Trials

Publications & Presentations

PubMed

Lectures

  • ALEXANDRA/IMpassion030: A phase III study of standard adjuvant chemotherapy with or without atezolizumab in early-stage triple-negative breast cancer. 
    2019 ASCO Annual Meeting - 6/1/2019
  • A phase II, single arm study assessing the efficacy of pembrolizumab (Pembro) plus radiotherapy (RT) in metastatic triple negative breast cancer (mTNBC). 
    2018 ASCO Annual Meeting - Chicago, Illinois - 06/2/2018

Press Mentions

  • Long-Term Neoadjuvant Study Tests Nivolumab in ER+/HER2- Breast Cancer
    Long-Term Neoadjuvant Study Tests Nivolumab in ER+/HER2- Breast CancerJune 1st, 2021
  • A Promising New Study Suggests Women with an Aggressive Form of Breast Cancer Could Benefit from Immunotherapy
    A Promising New Study Suggests Women with an Aggressive Form of Breast Cancer Could Benefit from ImmunotherapyFebruary 14th, 2020
  • Freezing Breast Cancer Cells May Help Avoid Surgery
    Freezing Breast Cancer Cells May Help Avoid SurgerySeptember 24th, 2019
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