Baptist welcomes three new oncologists
MEMPHIS, Tenn., Sept. 25, 2025– Baptist Cancer Center recently welcomed Dr. Edward S. Muir, Dr. Elizabeth John and Dr. Xinyu Von Buttlar to its medical staff.
These physicians will provide expanded access to Baptist Cancer Center’s hematologists and medical oncologists throughout the Memphis metropolitan area.
"We are thrilled to welcome Drs. Muir, John and Von Buttlar to Baptist Cancer Center," said Parker Harris, Baptist Cancer Center CEO and administrator. “Their expertise and dedication to patient care will enhance our ability to provide comprehensive cancer and blood disorder treatment to patients throughout the region.”
Muir has more than three decades of specialized experience in hematology and oncology. He completed his medical degree at the University of Mississippi and his internal medicine residency at Baptist Memorial Hospital-Medical Center and his hematology/oncology fellowship at the University of Tennessee Medical Center. He is a member of the American Society of Hematology and the International Society on Thrombosis and Haemostasis. Muir will practice at Baptist Cancer Center’s Memphis and Collierville locations.
John completed her hematology and oncology fellowships and her internal medicine residency at the University of Tennessee Health Science Center. She earned her Bachelor of Medicine and Bachelor of Surgery from T.D. Medical College in India and is board certified in both internal medicine and hematology by the American Board of Internal Medicine. John will practice at Baptist Cancer Center’s Memphis and Southaven locations.
Von Buttlar completed her hematology and medical oncology fellowship at the University of Tennessee Health Science Center. She earned her Doctor of Medicine degree from the University of Tennessee Health Science Center and completed her internal medicine residency at MedStar Georgetown University Hospital in Washington, D.C. She is board certified in internal medicine, hematology and medical oncology by the American Board of Internal Medicine. Von Buttlar will practice at Baptist Cancer Center’s Memphis and Bartlett locations.
Baptist Cancer Center provides world-class cancer care close to home throughout Baptist Memorial Health Care’s tristate area of Arkansas, Mississippi and Tennessee. Taking an interdisciplinary approach to patient care, Baptist Cancer Center offers treatment, research, support services, community education and the area's first genetic counseling and testing program for cancer. Baptist Cancer Center also has the Mid-South's only adult myelosuppression unit and is one of 45 National Cancer Institute Community Oncology Research Program grant locations across the country offering leading-edge clinical trials. In 2018, Baptist Cancer Center was awarded its second $9 million research grant under NCORP to continue to build its clinical trial infrastructure across the Mid-South. In 2020, Baptist Memorial Health Care launched the Mid-South Miracle, a multifaceted initiative aimed at reducing lung cancer deaths in the Mid-South 25% by 2030. For more information, visit baptistcancercenter.com or follow us on Facebook at @baptistcancercenter.
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