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Rafael Fonseca MD

Rafael Fonseca MD

Chief Innovation Officer, Mayo Clinic; Getz Family Professor of Cancer, Professor of Medicine, Mayo Clinic School of Medicine, Phoenix, Arizona

Dr. Rafael Fonseca is the Getz Family Professor of Cancer, Professor of Medicine, Chief Innovation Officer, and a consultant in the Division of Hematology/Oncology at the Mayo Clinic in Arizona. He is a member of the Mayo Clinic Board of Governors and Board of Trustees.

Dr. Fonseca's practice has focused on the diagnosis and treatment of plasma cell disorders and leading the multiple myeloma team in its efforts to develop a better understanding of the disease and its impact on patients.

Throughout his training and career, Dr. Fonseca has received numerous awards and honors. Most notably, he is a Mayo Clinic Distinguished Investigator, the highest academic distinction given to investigators at his institution. Dr. Fonseca holds memberships and serves in positions for organizations such as the American Society of Clinical Oncology, American Society of Hematology, American Association for Cancer Research, and the International Myeloma Society.

Dr. Fonseca serves as reviewer and in editorial capacities for medical publications including Blood, The Lancet, Nature Medicine, Cancer Cell, Leukemia, and The New England Journal of Medicine, among others. He has given many national and international presentations as a visiting professor, and has authored numerous articles (over 300), book chapters, editorials, abstracts, and letters.

Disclosures

  • Consultant: AbbVie; Adaptive Biotechnologies; AMGEN; AstraZeneca; Bayer; Binding Site; BMS (Celgene); Millennium Takeda; Jansen; Juno;, Kite; Merck; Pfizer; Pharmacyclics; Regeneron; Sanofi.
  • Advisory Board: Adaptive Biotechnologies; Caris Life Sciences; ONCOtracker
  • Board of Directors: Antengene (for profit); AZBio (not for profit)
  • Patent for FISH in MM (~$2000/yr)

Recent Contributions to PracticeUpdate:

  1. Levofloxacin Prophylaxis in Patients With Newly Diagnosed Myeloma
  2. Patient-Centered Communication Among Patients With Hematologic Malignancies
  3. Selinexor–Dexamethasone for Triple-Class Refractory Multiple Myeloma
  4. Pembrolizumab Plus Pomalidomide and Dexamethasone in Patients With Relapsed or Refractory Multiple Myeloma
  5. Pembrolizumab Plus Lenalidomide and Dexamethasone in Patients With Treatment-Naïve Multiple Myeloma
  6. Daratumumab Plus Bortezomib, Thalidomide, and Dexamethasone in Newly Diagnosed Myeloma
  7. Isatuximab, Pomalidomide, and Dexamethasone for Relapsed/Refractory Myeloma
  8. ASCO 2019: Abstract Recommendations From Dr. Rafael Fonseca for Multiple Myeloma
  9. Pomalidomide, Bortezomib, and Dexamethasone for Relapsed/Refractory Multiple Myeloma Previously Treated With Lenalidomide
  10. Melphalan Is (Almost) Dead

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