General Info

Dr. Bumpers is a fellowship-trained, board-certified surgical oncologist, specializing in breast surgery. He is a professor and chief of the MSU Breast Center in the Department of Surgery at Michigan State University’s College of Human Medicine. Dr. Bumpers received his medical degree from the University of Rochester School of Medicine & Dentistry. He completed general surgery training at State University of New York at Stony Brook School of Medicine. He then went on to complete a surgical oncology (basic research) fellowship at SUNY Stony Brook and a surgical oncology (clinical) fellowship at Roswell Park Cancer Institute in Buffalo, NY. He is a board-certified in general surgery from the American Board of Surgery. Dr. Bumpers has a dedication to community outreach regarding breast cancer and has done workshops for the community every year since 1988. For the past 25 years, he has also been committed to laboratory research on breast and colon cancers. Dr. Bumpers also is a reviewer for multiple cancer journals and avidly publishes on breast cancer diagnosis, treatments and biological research. He serves on panels and performs grant reviews at the National Cancer Institute in his role as a national health disparities expert related to breast cancer.