Jose Banchs, M.D., F.A.C.C., F.A.S.E
Department of Cardiology, Division of Internal Medicine
Present Title & Affiliation
Primary Appointment
Director of Echocardiography, Department of Cardiology, Division of Internal Medicine, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX
Associate Professor, Department of Cardiology, Division of Internal Medicine, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX
Education & Training
Degree-Granting Education
| 1996 | Ponce School of Medicine, Ponce, PR, PRI, MD, Medicine |
Postgraduate Training
| 2002-2004 | Advanced Echocardiography Research Fellow, NIH T32 Cardiovascular Training Program Postdoctoral Fellow, Washington University, St. Louis, MO |
| 2000-2004 | Clinical Fellowship, Cardiology, Washington University, St. Louis, MO |
| 1996-1999 | Clinical Residency, Internal Medicine, St. Louis University, St. Louis, MO |
Board Certifications
| 2005 | American Board of Internal Medicine, Cardiovascular Disease |
| 2004 | National Board of Echocardiography |
| 2003 | American Board of Internal Medicine |
Experience & Service
Academic Appointments
Assistant Professor, Department of Cardiology, Division of Internal Medicine, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX, 2009 - 2014
Other Appointments/Responsibilities
President, Greater Houston Society of Echo-Vascular, Houston, TX, 2020 - Present
Professional Memberships
Selected Publications
Peer-Reviewed Articles
- Kitkungvan D, Kalluru D, Lunagariya A, Sanchez L, Yusuf SW, Hassan S, Palaskas N, Mouhayar E, Banchs J. Safety of Transesophageal Echocardiogram in Patients with Thrombocytopenia. Journal of American Society of Echocardiography, 2019. e-Pub 2019.
- Hayek SS, Ganatra S, Lenneman C, Scherrer-Crosbie M, Leja M, Lenihan DJ, Yang E, Ryan TD, Liu J, Carver J, Mousavi N, O'Quinn R, Arnold A, Banchs J, Barac A, Ky B. Preparing the Cardiovascular Workforce to Care for Oncology Patients: JACC Review Topic of the Week. J Am Coll Cardiol 73(17):2226-2235, 2019. PMID: 31047011.
- Palaskas N, Morgan J, Daigle T, Banchs J, Durand JB, Hong D, Naing A, Le H, Hassan SA, Karimzad K, Mouhayar E, Kim P, Lopez-Mattei J, Thompson K, Yusuf SW, Iliescu C. Targeted Cancer Therapies With Pericardial Effusions Requiring Pericardiocentesis Focusing on Immune Checkpoint Inhibitors. Am J Cardiol 123(8):1351-1357, 2019. e-Pub 2019. PMID: 30765065.
- Ghotra AS, Thompson K, Lopez-Mattei J, Bawa D, Hernandez R, Banchs J, Palaskas N, Iliescu C, Kim P, Yusuf SW, Hassan SA. Cardiovascular manifestations of Erdheim-Chester disease. Echocardiography 36(2):229-236, 2019. e-Pub 2018. PMID: 30569522.
- Asch FM, Banchs J, Price R, Rigolin V, Thomas JD, Weissman NJ, Lang RM. Need for a Global Definition of Normative Echo Values-Rationale and Design of the World Alliance of Societies of Echocardiography Normal Values Study (WASE). J Am Soc Echocardiogr 32(1):157-162.e2, 2019. e-Pub 2018. PMID: 30459124.
- Kitkungvan D, Yusuf SW, Moudgil R, Palaskas N, Guindani M, Juhee S, Hassan S, Sanchez L, Banchs J. Echocardiographic measures associated with the presence of left ventricular thrombus in patients with chemotherapy-related cardiac dysfunction. Echocardiography 35(10):1512-1518, 2018. e-Pub 2018. PMID: 30005128.
- Kirkpatrick JN, Nguyen HTT, Doan LD, Le TT, Thai SP, Adams D, Sanchez LY, Sprague N, Inafuku J, Quang R, Hahn R, Van Hoever AM, Nguyen T, Kirkpatrick TG, Banchs J. Focused Cardiac Ultrasound by Nurses in Rural Vietnam. J Am Soc Echocardiogr 31(10):1109-1115, 2018. e-Pub 2018. PMID: 30097299.
- Liu J, Banchs J, Mousavi N, Plana JC, Scherrer-Crosbie M, Thavendiranathan P, Barac A. Contemporary Role of Echocardiography for Clinical Decision Making in Patients During and After Cancer Therapy. JACC Cardiovasc Imaging 11(8):1122-1131, 2018. PMID: 30092969.
- Donisan T, Balanescu DV, Lopez-Mattei JC, Kim P, Leja MJ, Banchs J, Marmagkiolis K, Herrmann J, Gregoric I, Durand JB, Iliescu CA. In Search of a Less Invasive Approach to Cardiac Tumor Diagnosis: Multimodality Imaging Assessment and Biopsy. JACC Cardiovasc Imaging 11(8):1191-1195, 2018. PMID: 30092973.
- Chari A, Stewart AK, Russell SD, Moreau P, Herrmann J, Banchs J, Hajek R, Groarke J, Lyon AR, Batty GN, Ro S, Huang M, Iskander KS, Lenihan D. Analysis of carfilzomib cardiovascular safety profile across relapsed and/or refractory multiple myeloma clinical trials. Blood Adv 2(13):1633-1644, 2018. PMID: 29991494.
- Moudgil R, Hassan S, Palaskas N, Lopez-Mattei J, Banchs J, Yusuf SW. Evolution of echocardiography in subclinical detection of cancer therapy-related cardiac dysfunction. Echocardiography 35(6):860-868, 2018. e-Pub 2018. PMID: 29749652.
- Hassan SA, Palaskas N, Kim P, Iliescu C, Lopez-Mattei J, Mouhayar E, Mougdil R, Thompson K, Banchs J, Yusuf SW. Chemotherapeutic Agents and the Risk of Ischemia and Arterial Thrombosis. Curr Atheroscler Rep 20(2):10, 2018. e-Pub 2018. PMID: 29423705.
- Sawaya H, Sebag IA, Plana JC, Januzzi JL, Ky B, Tan TC, Cohen V, Banchs J, Carver JR, Wiegers SE, Martin RP, Picard MH, Gerszten RE, Halpern EF, Passeri J, Kuter I, Scherrer-Crosbie M. Assessment of Echocardiography and Biomarkers for the Extended Prediction of Cardiotoxicity in Patients treated with Anthracyclines, Taxanes and Trastuzumab. Circ Cardiovasc Imaging 5(5):596-603, 2012. e-Pub 2012. PMID: 22744937.
- Yusuf SW, Bathina JD, Qureshi S, Kaynak HE, Banchs J, Trent JC, Ravi V, Daher IN, Swafford J. Cardiac tumors in a tertiary care cancer hospital: clinical features, echocardiographic findings, treatment and outcomes. Heart Int 7(1):e4, 2012. e-Pub 2012. PMID: 22690297.
- Banchs J, Yusuf SW. Echocardiographic Evaluation of Cardiac Infections. Expert Rev Cardiovasc Ther 10(1):1-4, 2012. PMID: 22149520.
- Daher IN, Kim C, Saleh RR, Plana JC, Yusuf SW, Banchs J. Prevalence of abnormal echocardiographic findings in cancer patients: a retrospective evaluation of echocardiography for identifying cardiac abnormalities in cancer patients. Echocardiography 28(10):1061-7, 2011. e-Pub 2011. PMID: 21854439.
- Yusuf SW, Bathina JD, Banchs J, Mouhayar EN, Daher IN. Apical Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy. World J Cardiol 3(7):256-9, 2011. PMID: 21860706.
- Daher IN, Banchs J, Yusuf SW, Mouhayar E, Durand JB, Gladish G. Impact of Cardiac Computed Tomographic Angiography Findings on Planning of Cancer Therapy in Patients with Concomitant Structural Heart Disease. Cardiol Res Pract 2011:268058, 2011. e-Pub 2011. PMID: 21559257.
- Banchs J, Jefferies JL, Plana JC, Hundley WG. Imaging for Cardiotoxicity in Cancer Patients. Tex Heart Inst J 38(3):268-9, 2011. PMID: 21720469.
- Agha AM, Lopez-Mattei J, Donisan T, Balanescu D, Iliescu CA, Banchs J, Kim PY, Palaskas NL, Yusuf S, Gladish G, Hassan S.. Multimodality imaging in carcinoid heart disease. Open Heart Open Heart. 2019 Jun 4;6(1):e001060. doi: 10.1136/openhrt-2019-001060. eCollection 2019. Review.
- Gilchrist SC, Roth M, Livingston JA, Hildebrandt MAT, Kleinerman ES, Banchs J. Short-Term Changes in Cardiac Function in Osteosarcoma Patients Receiving Anthracyclines. J Adolesc Young Adult Oncol. e-Pub 2019. PMID: 30794081.
- Moon T, Tsai JY, Vachhani S, Banchs J, Lasala JD, Rozner MA. Intraoperative Transesophageal Echocardiography Identifies Nonseminomatous Germ Cell Tumor Thrombus Dislodged from Superior Vena Cava into Right Ventricle. Open Journal of Clinical and Medical Case Reports 2(6).