Jose Banchs, MD, FACC, FASE
Department of Cardiology, Division of Internal Medicine
About Dr. Banchs
Dr. Banchs is an Associate Professor of Cardiology and Medical Director of the Echocardiography Laboratory at the University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center. His practice is dedicated to cancer patients and the effects of cardiotoxicity. His clinical work is dedicated to the follow up of patients during any cancer therapy modality to help detect and manage any potential cardiac pathology.
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
Research Interests
HFpEF
Myocardial mechanical function
Cardiac function quantification
Stress testing
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 |
| 1999-2000 | Clinical Fellowship, Cardiology, University of South Florida, Tampa, FL |
| 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
Chairman, ASE Foundation, Morrisville, NC, 2015 - Present
Medical Director, Cardiovascular Technology Program, Central Florida Institute, Palm Harbor, FL, 2005 - 2008
Consultantships
Cardiac Advisory Board, Onyx Pharmaceuticals, New York, New York, 2015 - Present
Cardiac Imaging Consultant, Biomedical Systems, North American, St. Louis, MO, 2014 - Present
Cardiac Advisory Board, Onyx Pharmaceuticals, San Francisco, CA, 2013 - Present
Consultant, Point Biomedical Corporation, California, 2007 - 2008
Cardiac Imaging Consultant, Biomedical Systems, North America, St. Louis, MO, 2007 - 2009
Invasive Cardiology Consultant, Mease Hospital System, Safety Harbor, FL, 2004 - 2008
Honors & Awards
| 2020 | TX Top Doctor 2021, Division of USA Top Docs |
| 2019 | TX Top Doctor 2020, Division of USA Top Docs |
| 2017 | Consumer Assessment of Healthcare Providers and Systems Top Performer, Consumer Assessment of Healthcare Providers and Systems |
| 2013 | Faculty Teacher of the Year Award, University of Texas Health Science Center, Division of Cardiovascular Disease |
| 2012 | Faculty Teacher of the Year Award, University of Texas Health Science Center, Division of Cardiovascular Disease |
| 2011 | Faculty Teacher of the Year Award, University of Texas Health Science Center, Division of Cardiovascular Disease |
| 2010 | Faculty Teacher of the Year Award, University of Texas Health Science Center, Division of Cardiovascular Disease |
Professional Memberships
Selected Publications
Peer-Reviewed Articles
- Wang X, Palaskas NL, Yusuf SW, Abe JI, Lopez-Mattei J, Banchs J, Gladish GW, Lee P, Liao Z, Deswal A, Lin SH. Incidence and Onset of Severe Cardiac Events After Radiotherapy for Esophageal Cancer. J Thorac Oncol 15(10):1682-1690, 2020. e-Pub 2020. PMID: 32599073.
- Quintana RA, Bui LP, Moudgil R, Palaskas N, Hassan S, Abe JI, Mouhayar E, Yusuf SW, Hernandez A, Banchs J. Speckle-Tracking Echocardiography in Cardio-Oncology and Beyond. Tex Heart Inst J 47(2):96-107, 2020. PMID: 32603473.
- Li J, Chang HM, Banchs J, Araujo DM, Hassan SA, Wagar EA, Yeh ETH, Meng QH. Detection of subclinical cardiotoxicity in sarcoma patients receiving continuous doxorubicin infusion or pre-treatment with dexrazoxane before bolus doxorubicin. Cardiooncology 6:1, 2020. e-Pub 2020. PMID: 32154027.
- Yeh ETH, Ewer MS, Moslehi J, Dlugosz-Danecka M, Banchs J, Chang HM, Minotti G. Mechanisms and clinical course of cardiovascular toxicity of cancer treatment I. Oncology. Semin Oncol 46(6):397-402, 2019. e-Pub 2019. PMID: 31753424.
- Milgrom SA, Varghese B, Gladish GW, Choi AD, Dong W, Patel ZS, Chung CC, Rao A, Pinnix CC, Gunther JR, Dabaja BS, Lin SH, Hoffman KE, Huff JL, Slagowski J, Abe JI, Iliescu CA, Banchs J, Yusuf SW, Lopez-Mattei JC. Coronary Artery Dose-Volume Parameters Predict Risk of Calcification After Radiation Therapy. J Cardiovasc Imaging 27(4):268-279, 2019. PMID: 31614398.
- Kitkungvan D, Kalluru D, Lunagariya A, Sanchez L, Yusuf SW, Hassan S, Palaskas N, Mouhayar E, Banchs J. Safety of Transesophageal Echocardiography in Patients with Thrombocytopenia. J Am Soc Echocardiogr 32(8):1010-1015, 2019. e-Pub 2019. PMID: 31239084.
- 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.
- 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(1):e001060, 2019. e-Pub 2019. PMID: 31245014.
- 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.
- Nassif T, Banchs J, Yusuf SW, Mouhayar E. Acute haemorrhagic tamponade in cancer patients receiving direct oral anticoagulant: case series. Eur Heart J Case Rep 1(2):1-4, 2017. e-Pub 2017. PMID: 31020076.
- Hassan SA, Banchs J, Iliescu C, Dasari A, Lopez-Mattei J, Yusuf SW. Carcinoid heart disease. Heart 103(19):1488-1495, 2017. e-Pub 2017. PMID: 28596302.
- Ewer MS, Banchs JA. Strain Echocardiography: Routine Strain Analysis is Ready for Clinical Purposes. Cardio-Oncology Clinical Topic Collection on ACC.org, 2017.
- Hassan SA, Yusuf SW, Sharma J, Khan J, Guindani M, Valero V, Chavez-McGregor M, Banchs J. Predictors of left ventricular systolic function recovery in the setting of sinus tachycardia in patients with cancer. Echocardiography 34(1):29-36, 2017. e-Pub 2016. PMID: 27767228.
- Quintana RA, Banchs J, Gupta R, Lin HY, Raj SD, Conley A, Ravi V, Araujo D, Benjamin RS, Patel S, Vadhan-Raj S, Somaiah N. Early Evidence of Cardiotoxicity and Tumor Response in Patients with Sarcomas after High Cumulative Dose Doxorubicin Given as a Continuous Infusion. Sarcoma 2017:7495914, 2017. e-Pub 2017. PMID: 29081684.
- Banchs J, Yusuf SW. Echocardiographic Evaluation of Cardiac Infections. Expert Rev Cardiovasc Ther 10(1):1-4, 2012. PMID: 22149520.
- Koutroumpakis E, Palaskas NL, Lin SH, Abe JI, Liao Z, Banchs J, Deswal A, Yusuf SW. Modern Radiotherapy and Risk of Cardiotoxicity. Chemotherapy:1-12. e-Pub 2020. PMID: 33049738.
- Dong J, White S, Nielsen K, Banchs J, Wang J, Botz GH, Nates JL. Tricuspid Annular Plane Systolic Excursion is a Predictor of Mortality for Septic Shock. Intern Med J. e-Pub 2020. PMID: 32618101.
- 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.
Invited Articles
- Banchs J. ¿Deben Modificarse Las Guías de Seguimiento Cardiógico de Pacientes en Tratamiento Oncológico, Utilizando Otros Parámetros en Reemplazo de la Fracció de Eyeción?. Revista Argentia de Cardiología, 2013.
Other Articles
- Saif WM, Banchs J, Kohne CH Fluoropyrimidine-associated cardiotoxicity: incidence, clinical manifestations, mechanisms, and management. UpToDate, 2016.
Editorials
- Banchs J. The Role of Strain Imaging in Oncology and Vendor-to-Vendor Variability. Expert Analysis, acc.org, 2016.
Book Chapters
- Banchs J. Cardiac Assessment and Pre-Optimization. In: Comprehensive multiplatform cancer anesthesia module for Anesthesiology trainees, 2015.
- Banchs J. Cardiac Tumors: Presentation, Imaging and Management. In: Cardio Oncology, 2015.
Books (edited and written)
- Yusuf SW, Banchs J. Cancer and Cardiovascular Disease: A Concise Clinical Atlas. 1, 2018.
Grant & Contract Support
| Title: | Use of Regadenoson for a stress echocardiogram protocol using speckle tracking imaging; a prospective trial. Identifier: NCT02130453: clinicaltrials.gov |
| Funding Source: | Astellas Pharma Inc |
| Role: | Principal Investigator |
| Title: | Engineering Cancer Immunotherapeutics for Enhanced Activity in the Low pH Tumor Microenvironment |
| Funding Source: | Cancer Prevention & Research Institute of Texas (CPRIT) |
| Role: | Consultant |
| Title: | Proton Therapy to Reduce Heart Damage for Lung Cancer Patients |
| Funding Source: | NIH/NCI |
| Role: | Co-Investigator |
| Title: | Doxorubicin-Induced Cardiotoxicity: Defining Blood and Echocardiogram Biomarkers in a Mouse Model and AYA Sarcoma Patients for Evaluating Exercise Interventions |
| Funding Source: | Cancer Prevention & Research Institute of Texas (CPRIT) |
| Role: | Co-Investigator |