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Eduardo Bruera, MD

Professor
The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center

Dr. Bruera obtained his medical degree from the University of Rosario, in Argentina. He trained in Medical Oncology and in 1984 he relocated to the University of Alberta in Edmonton, Canada where he directed the clinical and academic palliative care programs until 1999. In 1999 Dr. Bruera joined The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center where he currently holds the F.T. McGraw Chair in the Treatment of Cancer and is the Chair of the Department of Palliative Rehabilitation and Integrative Medicine.

D. Dr. Bruera has trained hundreds of physicians, nurses, and other health care professionals in the different aspects of the clinical delivery of palliative care. Dr. Bruera has more than 1400 peer reviewed publications (h- index 117) and has edited 40 books. He has given more than 900 major invited lectures. He has received multiple Federal research grants in the US and Canada.

Dr. Bruera has received awards from the American Cancer Society (Lane Adams), the American Society of Clinical Oncology (Supportive care), the American Academy of Hospice and Palliative Medicine Lifetime Achievement Award. He was awarded the Sigillum Magnum (most prestigious award) by the University of Bologna (2023). He was awarded the 2022 Balfour Mount professorship by the Royal College of Physicians of Canada. Dr. Bruera has been named a Fellow of the American College of Physicians, American Academy of Hospice and Palliative Medicine, the American Society of Clinical Oncology, and King’s College London. He has received honorary doctorate degrees from the University of Montreal (2017) and Universitat Internacional de Catalunya (2023). The Canadian Society of Palliative Care Physicians has established the “Eduardo Bruera Award” as a career award for palliative care specialists. The Latin American Association for Palliative Care established in 2018 the “Eduardo Bruera” career award for research.

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