Department of Surgery Faculty
Boyce B. Oliver, Jr., MD
Professor
Division: Surgical Oncology
Email: oliverb@uthscsa.edu
Local hospital affiliations:
CHRISTUS Santa Rosa
University Hospital
Methodist Healthcare
UT Cancer Therapy and Research Center (CTRC) Ambulatory Surgery Center
Medical Arts & Research Center (MARC) Ambulatory Surgery Center
Board Certifications:
American Board of Surgery
Education:
MD, University of Texas Medical Branch at Galveston, Galveston, Texas, 1970
Other Postgraduate Training:
Clinical Fellowship, 1978-1979, Surgical Oncology, M.D. Anderson Hospital, Houston, TX
Internship, 1970-1971, Surgery, Bexar County Hospital, San Antonio, TX
Residency, 1971-1975, Surgery, Bexar County Hospital District, San Antonio, TX
Clinical interests:
Surgical oncology with a special interest in breast, thyroid and parathyroid disease.
Biosketch: Dr. Oliver graduated from the University of Texas Medical School at Galveston, where he was awarded the Singleton Surgical Society Award. He completed his General Surgery training at Bexar County Hospital in San Antonio in 1975. Dr. Oliver then completed a Clinical Fellowship in Surgical Oncology at the University of Texas M.D. Anderson Cancer Center in Houston, Texas. He has been on the Clinical Faculty in the Department of Surgery at the University of Texas Health Science Center San Antonio since 1975. He is well known regionally as an expert in the surgical management of thyroid and parathyroid disease. His interest and expertise include the management of both benign and malignant breast disease. He is well known to the San Antonio community having previously served as both Chief of Staff and Chief of Surgery at the Metropolitan Hospital, Chief of Surgery at the Nix Medical Center, and as a past President of the J. Bradley Aust Surgical Society. His distinguished career has earned him a Texas Monthly "Top Doctor" award in the years 2004-2010.
Professional organizations:
Bexar County Medical Society
Texas Surgical Society
Texas Medical Association
M.D. Anderson Associates
J. B. Aust Surgical Society
Honors and Awards:
2012, San Antonio Magazine, 'Best Doctors in America'®
2010, San Antonio Magazine 'Best Doctors'
Texas Monthly "Top Doctors": 2004-2008
President, Aust Society, 1981
Galveston Chapter, 1970
Medical School President-Student
American Medical Society
Eagle Scout
Recipient of the Singleton Surgical Society Award
The UPJOHN Achievement Award for Applied Personal Qualities
Named Outstanding Student by MU Delta Honorary Medical Service Society
