Mark Edward Burkard MD, PhD

Dr. Mark Burkard is an associate professor of medicine in the Hematology-Oncology section of the UW School of Medicine and Public Health and is a member of the UW Health Breast Center. Dr. Burkard received his medical degree and Ph.D. in chemistry from the University of Rochester. He subsequently trained in internal medicine at New York Hospital-Cornell University and in medical oncology at Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center. During his oncology fellowship, he studied cell cycle enzymes as novel targets for cancer therapy. He is board-certified in Internal Medicine and Medical Oncology. As an oncologist, his clinical practice and research interest are in breast cancer and experimental therapeutics.