Stephen

 

Grobmyer

Dr. Stephen R. Grobmyer, MD, is Chair of the Cancer Institute at Cleveland Clinic Abu Dhabi-Fatima bint Mubarak Center, Professor of Surgery at the Cleveland Clinic Lerner College of Medicine in Cleveland, Ohio, and Adjunct Professor of Surgery at Khalifa University in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates (UAE). Prior to joining Cleveland Clinic Abu Dhabi, he served as Section Head of Surgical Oncology and Co-Director of the Cleveland Clinic Comprehensive Breast Cancer Program at Cleveland Clinic in Cleveland, Ohio, USA. At Cleveland Clinic in Ohio, he served as the Zapis Family Endowed Chair in Breast Cancer Research. 

Dr. Grobmyer received his medical degree from the University of Texas Southwestern Medical School in Dallas, Texas and completed his residency in General Surgery at New York Hospital-Cornell Medical Center in New York. He completed a clinical fellowship in Surgical Oncology at Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center.  Dr. Grobmyer completed 2 research fellowships during his medical training: Sarnoff Scholar at University of Pennsylvania; and a NIH training fellowship at Cornell Medical Center. 

Dr. Grobmyer’s innovative clinical care program and research focus on developing new approaches to prevent, diagnose and treat cancer. He is currently Leader the Oncology Flagship Program of the Emirati Genome Project in Abu Dhabi. 

Dr. Grobmyer has been the recipient of numerous prestigious awards and recognitions including, The Lester Dragstedt Physician Scientist Award, The Society of Surgical Oncology Clinical Investigator Award, ASCO Leadership Development Program and The American College of Surgeons Japan Travelling Fellowship. In 2026, he was recognized among “Healthcare Heroes” in the UAE. He is a member of the American Surgical Association in the United States. His influential clinical care and research have been featured widely in the Unites States media including NBC Nightly News, MSNBC, National Public Radio, The New York Times and Vogue Magazine.