Cesar A. Nunez, MD
Department of Pediatrics, Division of Pediatrics
Present Title & Affiliation
Primary Appointment
Associate Professor, Department of Pediatrics Patient Care, Division of Pediatrics, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX
Education & Training
Degree-Granting Education
| 1982 | Universidad de Caldas, Manizales, COL, MD, Medicine |
Postgraduate Training
| 1997-2000 | Fellowship, Pediatric Hematology/Oncology, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX |
| 1993-1997 | Research Associate, University of Manchester, Manchester |
| 1991-1993 | Postdoctoral Fellow, Howard Hughes Medical Institute, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, AL |
| 1990-1990 | Visiting Scholar, University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA |
| 1986-1987 | Fellowship, Pediatric Hematology/Oncology, Hospital Infantil Lorencita Villegas de Santos, Santa Fe de Bogota |
| 1983-1986 | Specialization and Residency, Pediatrics, Pediatrics, Hospital Infantil Rafael Henao Toro, Universidad de Caldas, Manizales |
| 1982-1983 | Internship, Rural Medicine, Instituto de Immunologia, Santa Fe de Bogota |
| 1981-1982 | Internship, Hospital Militar Central, Santa Fe de Bogota |
Experience & Service
Institutional Committee Activities
Member, Clinical Review Committee, 2008 - 2012
Honors & Awards
| 2015 | Multi-year Appointment Award, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center |
Selected Publications
Peer-Reviewed Articles
- Jain N, Lu X, Daver N, Thakral B, Wang SA, Konoplev S, Patel K, Kanagal-Shamanna R, Valentine M, Tang G, Pemmaraju N, Jorgensen J, Kebriaei P, Nunez CA, Wierda W, Jabbour E, Roberts KG, Mullighan CG, Kantarjian H, Konopleva M. Co-occurrence of CRLF2-rearranged and Ph+ acute lymphoblastic leukemia: a report of four patients. Haematologica 102(12):e514-e517, 2017. e-Pub 2017. PMID: 28860345.
- Lewis DJ, Turkeltaub AE, Dai J, Nagarajan P, Rieger KE, Nunez CA, Kim YH, Duvic M. An adolescent with granulomatous mycosis fungoides infiltrating skeletal muscle successfully treated with oral prednisone. JAAD Case Rep 3(4):276-279, 2017. e-Pub 2017. PMID: 28653029.
- Hijiya N , Metzger ML , Pounds S, Schmidt JE , Razzouk BI , Rubnitz JE , Howard SC, Nunez CA, Pui C-H, Ribeiro RC. Severe cardiopulmonary complications consistent with systemic inflammatory response syndrome caused by leukemia cell lysis in childhood acute myelomonocytic or monocytic leukemia. Pediatr Blood Cancer 44:63-9, 2005.
- Nuñez CA, Zipf TF, Roberts WM, Medeiros LJ, Hayes K, Bueso-Ramos CE. Molecular monitoring of cerebrospinal fluid can predict clinical relapse in acute lymphoblastic leukemia with eosinophilia. Arch Pathol Lab Med 127(5):601-5, 2003. PMID: 12708906.
- Nuñez CA, Bashein AM, Brunet CL, Hoyland JA, Freemont A, Buckle AM, Murphy C, Cross M, Lucas G, Bostock VJ, Brady G. The imprinted tumor-supressor gene H19 is regulated during normal haemopoiesis and is reduced in haemopoietic precursors of patients with polycythemia vera. J Pathol 190:61-8, 2000.
Abstracts
- Wieser I, Wohlmuth C, Nunez CA, Duvic M. Lymphomatoid Papulosis in Children and Adolescents: A Systematic Review. Am J Clin Dermatol 17(4):319-27, 2016. e-Pub 2016. PMID: 27138554.
Patient Reviews
CV information above last modified January 30, 2023