Assistant Professor
Specialties: Medical Oncology; Hematology - Oncology
Clinical Interests: Angiogenesis Inhibitors; Interleukin-2; Kidney Cancer (Renal Cell Carcinoma); Renal Cancer; Tuberous Sclerosis Complex (Angiomyolipomas).
Research Interests: Angiogenesis and angiogenesis inhibitors; Animal models of cancer (genetically-engineered mouse models and xenografts); Cancer and metabolism; Clinical trials; Drug screens; Immunology and cancer; Kidney cancer, renal cell carcinoma (RCC); Molecular genetics and genomics of cancer; Personalized cancer medicine; Research translation; Signal transduction; Tuberous Sclerosis Complex (TSC).
Publications: View Publications
Clinical Practice Location: Simmons Comprehensive Cancer Center
Seay Building
2201 Inwood Rd
2nd Floor, Suite 106
Dallas, Tx 75390
Appointments: 214-645-4673, Fax: 214-645-2615
Medical School: La University Catolica De Navarra, Pamplona, Spain (1993)
Residency: Duke University Medical Center, Internship, Internal Medicine (1998 - 1999)
Duke University Medical Center, Residency, Internal Medicine (1999 - 2001)
Fellowship: Dana-Farber Cancer Insititute, Harvard Medical School, Oncology (2001 - 2003)
Graduate School: Massachusetts Institute Of Technology BIOLOGY
Honors: Virginia Murchison Linthicum Endowed Scholar in Medical Research (2006)
Claudia Adams Barr Award for Innovative Basic Cancer Research Claudia Adams Barr Award for Innovative Basic Cancer Research (2003)
Young Investigator Award (2004)
Individual Investigator Research Award (2010)
Basil OConnor Starter Scholar Research Award (2007)
Clinical Scientist Development Award (2007)
V Scholar Award (2007)
Research Scholar (2008)
Language: English
Spanish