Burton Speiser (January 24, 1946 – October 18, 2015) was an american medical researcher. He earned an AB in Biology from Queens College and directly afterward completed an MD from the New Jersey College of Medicine. He finished residency in Radiation Oncology and earned a MS in Radiation Biology from the University of Rochester. Dr. Speiser was a Major in the U.S. Air Force where he served as Chief of Radiation Oncology at David Grant Medical Center from '74-'76 at Travis Air Force Base. He was Associate Director of Radiation Oncology at LDS Hospital '76-'79 in Salt Lake City, UT. He was Assistant Professor of Radiation Oncology at Indiana University '79-'80 in Indianapolis, Indiana. Dr. Speiser moved to Phoenix, Arizona in 1980 where he worked as Director of Radiation Oncology at St. Jose