Barbara Bowers, MD
A native of Mora, Minn., Dr. Bowers attended medical school at the University of Minnnesota and graduated in 1976. She subsequently specialized in medical oncology at Masonic Cancer Hospital at the University of Minnesota, where she earned a subspecialty in breast cancer. Dr. Bowers is the Medical Director of Fairview Southdale Medical Oncology Clinic.
Dr. Bowers has worked to create a coordinated program with breast radiography, breast surgeons, plastic surgeons and oncologists, working together to provide seamless care for all women with abnormal mammograms. Recently the Breast Center has opened a comprehensive High Risk Clinic including genetic counseling, a new MRI with state of the art software for breast imaging, on-site lymphedema therapy, and an on-site psychologist.
In addition, she is active in multiple clinical trials for treatment and prevention of breast cancer. Dr. Bowers believes it is important to pursue better treatments for breast cancer but the best of all scenarios is if we could prevent women from developing breast cancer in the first place.
Douglas Yee, MD
Douglas Yee, MD, is the director of the Masonic Cancer Center, University of Minnesota. A professor in the Departments of Medicine and Pharmacology, Dr. Yee holds the John H. Kersey Chair in Cancer Research. His laboratory research is focused on the growth regulation of tumors by the insulin-like growth factors and their relevance to cancer. He also maintains an active clinical practice in breast medical oncology at the Breast Center, University of Minnesota Medical Center, Fairview. He has served on national grant review panels including the National Institutes of Health and Department of Defense Integration Panel. He serves on the Susan G. Komen for the Cure Minnesota Affiliate Board of Directors and was recognized as a Komen Scholar. He has published more than 150 papers primarily focused on breast cancer.
Dr. Yee graduated from the University of Michigan in Ann Arbor and earned his medical degree from the University of Chicago. He completed his residency at the University of North Carolina in Chapel Hill and his fellowship at the National Cancer Institute in Bethesda, Md. Before coming to Minnesota, he held faculty positions at Georgetown University Medical Center in Washington, D.C., and at the University of Texas Health Science Center in San Antonio.