Dr. Mary Kathleen Buss M.D.
Oncologist | Medical Oncology
330 Brookline Ave Beth Israel Deacones Boston MA, 02215About
Dr. Mary Buss is an oncologist practicing in Boston, MA. Dr. Buss specializes in the care and treatment of patients with cancer. As an oncologist, Dr. Buss manages and oversees the treatment of a cancer patient after he or she has been diagnosed with the disease. Oncologists will care for their patients throughout the course of the disease. Types of oncologists include medical oncologists, surgical oncologists, radiation oncologists, gynecologic oncologists, pediatric oncologists and hematologist oncologists.
Education and Training
Georgetown University School of Medicine 1997
Board Certification
Internal MedicineAmerican Board of Internal MedicineABIM- 2000
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Expert Publications
Data provided by the National Library of Medicine- Using a patient perspective to improve palliative education: helping patients go into that good night.
- Understanding patients' attitudes toward communication about the cost of cancer care.
- Palliative care training and associations with burnout in oncology fellows.
- CHESS improves cancer caregivers' burden and mood: results of an eHealth RCT.
- Safety and outcome of patients treated with a modified outpatient intraperitoneal regimen for epithelial ovarian, primary peritoneal or fallopian tube cancer.
- Uninformed consent: Do medicine residents lack the proper framework for code status discussions?
- Reply to J.M. Snaman et al.
- Understanding Palliative Care and Hospice: A Review for Primary Care Providers.
- Developing a model for embedded palliative care in a cancer clinic.
- Improving End-of-Life Care: Palliative Care Embedded in an Oncology Clinic Specializing in Targeted and Immune-Based Therapies.
- The Intersection of Palliative Care and Interventional Radiology: Enhancing Understanding and Collaboration.
- Hematology-Oncology Fellows' Training in Geriatrics and Geriatric Oncology: Findings From an American Society of Clinical Oncology-Sponsored National Survey.
Awards
- Rabkin Medical Edcuation Fellowship 2011
- Thomas O'Toole Award for Outstanding Work for Underserved Populations 2000
Treatments
- Chronic Pain
- Pain
- Adjustment Disorder
Fellowships
- Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Medical Oncology 2003
- Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, Palliative Care 2004
- Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center in Medical Oncology, Boston, MA 2003
- Dana-Farber Cancer Institute in Palliative Care, Boston, MA 2004
- Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Fellow:Oncology 2001
- Dana Farber Cancer Institute, Fellow:Pain & Palliative Care 2003
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