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Eric Jonasch MD

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, Texas

Dr. 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:

  1. Temsirolimus vs Sorafenib as Second-Line Therapy After Sunitinib in MRCC
  2. Immune Therapy for Kidney Cancer: A Second Dawn?
  3. Sequencing of Agents in Renal Cell Carcinoma
  4. Immunotherapy in Kidney Cancer
  5. Pazopanib Versus Sunitinib in Metastatic Renal-Cell Carcinoma
  6. Pazopanib Versus Sunitinib in Metastatic Renal-Cell Carcinoma
  7. Dr. Eric Jonasch's ASCO Take-Home Messages—Kidney Cancer
  8. Top Stories of 2012: Moving One Step Closer to a Molecular Taxonomy of Kidney Cancer
  9. Pazopanib Edges Sunitinib as First-Line Kidney Cancer Therapy
  10. MY APPROACH to First-Line Therapy in Kidney Cancer

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