Eric Jonasch MD
Professor, Department of Genitourinary Medical Oncology, Division of Cancer Medicine; Director, VHL Clinical Center, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TexasDr. Eric Jonasch is Professor in the Department of Genitourinary Medical Oncology, Division of Cancer Medicine, at the MD Anderson Cancer Center of The University of Texas in Houston, where he is also Co-Chair of the Renal Cancer Program. Since 2003, Dr. Jonasch has been the Director of the Von Hippel Lindau (VHL) Clinical Center in Houston. He performs clinical, translational, and basic research in VHL disease and kidney cancer.
After receiving his MDCM degree from McGill University Faculty of Medicine, Dr. Jonasch underwent clinical residency in internal medicine at the Royal Victoria Hospital in Montreal. Subsequently, he completed a clinical fellowship in Hematology/Oncology at the New England Medical Center in Boston, as well as a research fellowship. He was then awarded a research fellowship at the Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center in Boston.
Dr. Jonasch is a member of the American Association for Cancer Research, the American Society of Clinical Oncology, and is Vice Chair of the National Comprehensive Cancer Network kidney cancer guidelines. Additionally, Dr. Jonasch has published widely in many peer-reviewed journals and has contributed to and published various books.
Disclosures
- Consultant: Aravive; Aveo; BMS (Bristol Myers Squibb); Calithera; Eisai; Exelixis; Ipsen; Merck; NiKang; Pfizer; Novartis AG
- Research funding: Merck; NiKang; Novartis AG; Telix
Recent Contributions to PracticeUpdate:
- VHL and Neuroendocrine Tumors
- Arginine Refolds, Stabilizes, and Restores Function of Mutant pVHL Proteins in Animal Models of VHL Syndrome
- KIM-1 May Be a Blood-Based Marker for Early Detection of Kidney Cancer
- VHL 101—VHL Overview
- Non-Clear-Cell Renal Cell Carcinomas
- Genotype–Phenotype Correlation in Asian Indian von Hippel-Lindau (VHL) Syndrome Patients With Pheochromocytoma/Paraganglioma
- ASCO 2018: New Data on Appropriate Selection of Non-Clear Cell mRCC Patients for Immunotherapy
- ASCO 2018: Practice Implications of Real World Data on First-Line Pazopanib in mRCC
- ASCO 2018: Abstract Recommendations From Dr. Eric Jonasch
- Current Evidence on Frontline Therapy for mRCC