Daniel Bowers, MD

Associate Professor
Pediatrics

Contact Information

UT Southwestern Medical Center
5323 Harry Hines Boulevard
Dallas, Texas 75390

daniel.bowers@utsouthwestern.edu

To make an appointment, call 214-730-KIDS (5437).

Education

FellowshipJohns Hopkins School of Medicine (1999)
ResidencyChildren's Medical Center - GME (1996)
InternshipChildren's Medical Center - GME (1994)
Medical SchoolUT Southwestern Medical Center (1993)

Research Interests

Development of novel chemotherapy regimens for children with recurrent cancer
Evaluation of quality of life and late effects of childhood cancer survivors
New therapies for childhood brain tumors

Publications

Featured
Study of the MIB-1 labeling index as a predictor of tumor progression in pilocytic astrocytomas in children and adolescents

Bowers DC, Gargan L, Kapur P, Reisch JS, Mulne AF, Shapiro KN, Elterman RD, Winick NJ, Margraf LR , Journal of Clinical Oncology , 2006; (21):2963 - 2973

Featured
Late-occurring stroke among long-term survivors of childhood leukemia and brain tumors: a report from the Childhood Cancer Survivor Study.

Bowers DC, Liu Y, Leisenring W, McNeil E, Stovall M, Gurney JG, Robison LL, Packer RJ, Oeffinger KC. , Journal of Clinical Oncology , 2005; (24):5277-5282

Featured
Stroke as a late treatment effect of Hodgkin’s disease: a report from the Childhood Cancer Survivor Study

Bowers DC. McNeil DE. Liu Y. Yasui Y. Stovall M. Gurney JG. Hudson MM. Donaldson SS. Packer RJ. Mitby PA. Kasper CE. Robison LL. Oeffinger KC. , Journal of Clinical Oncology , 2005; (23):6508-6515

Featured
Phase I study of oral cyclophosphamides and oral topotecan for children with recurrent or refractory solid tumors

Bowers DC, Aquino VM, Leavey PJ, Bash RO, Journeycake JM, Tomlinson G, Mulne AF, Haynes HJ, Winick NJ , Pediatric Blood and Cancer , 2004; (42):93-98

Featured
Hepatocyte growth factor activates the Akt pathway and inhibits chemotherapy and radiation induced cell death in human glioma cells

Bowers DC, Fan S, Willimas JA, Rosen EM, Laterra J , Cancer Research , 2000; (60 (15)):4277-4283

A single-arm, open label multi-institutional phase II study of multi-agent intrathecal and systemic chemotherapy with radiation therapy for children with newly-diagnosed central nervous system atypical teratoid/rhabdoid tumor

Chi SN, Zimmerman MA, Yao X, Fletcher W, Cohen K, Burger P, Biegel J, Rorke-Adams LF, Fisher M, Janss A, Mazewski C, Goldman S, Manley P, Bowers DC, Bendel A, Rubin J, Turner CD, Marcus K, Goumnerova L, Roberts C, Ullrich N, Chordas C, Kieran MW , Journal of Clinical Oncology , 2009; (27):385-389

Predictors of tumor progression among children with gangliogliomas

El-Khashab MA, Gargan L, Margraf L, Koral K, Nejat F, Weprin B, Swift D. Bowers, DC , Journal of Neurosurgery - Pediatrics , 2009; (3):461-466

High-risk populations identified in Childhood Cancer Survivor Study investigations: implications for risk-based surveillance.

Hudson MM, Mulrooney DA, Bowers DC, Sklar CA, Green DM, Donaldson SS, Oeffinger KC, Neglia JP, Meadows AT, Robison LL , Journal of Clinical Oncology , 2009; (27):2405-2414

Intermediate grade meningeal melanocytoma of cervical spine.

El-Khashab MA, Koral K, Bowers DC, Johnson-Welch S, Swift D, Nejat F , Child’s Nervous System , 2009; (25):407-410

The impact of site of tumor recurrence upon survival for children with recurrent or progressive medulloblastoma

Bowers DC, Gargan L, Weprin BE, Mulne AF, Elterman RD, Munoz L, Giller CA, Winick NJ , Journal of Neurosurgery - Pediatrics , 2007; (107):5-10

Honors/Awards

Elected to the Society for Pediatric Research

(2006)

Outstanding Graduate in the College of Science

(1989)

Professional Associations/Affiliations

American Society of Clinical Oncology

American Society of Pediatric Hematology/Oncology

Children’s Oncology Group

Society for Neuro-Oncology

Society for Pediatric Research