JoannL.AterMD

Pediatric Hematology & Oncology • Houston, TX

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Office
1515 Holcombe Blvd
Houston, TX 77030
Phone+1 713-792-6161

Education & Training

University of Utah HealthResidency, Pediatrics, 1982 - 1983
University of Utah HealthFellowship, Pediatric Hematology/Oncology, 1980 - 1982
University of Utah HealthResidency, Pediatrics, 1978 - 1980
Case Western Reserve University/University Hospitals Cleveland Medical CenterInternship, Transitional Year, 1977 - 1978
Washington University in St. Louis School of MedicineClass of 1977

Certifications & Licensure

TX State Medical License 1988 - 2019
American Board of Pediatrics Pediatrics
American Board of Pediatrics Pediatric Hematology-Oncology

Awards, Honors, & Recognition

Top Doctors:SE Texas Castle Connolly, 2013

Clinical Trials

Combination Chemotherapy in Treating Children With Astrocytomas and Primitive Neuroectodermal Tumors Start of enrollment: 1989 Feb 01
Completed
Phase 2
Combination Chemotherapy in Treating Children With Progressive Brain Tumors Start of enrollment: 1997 Apr 01
Completed
Phase 3
Childhood Cancer Survivor Survey Start of enrollment: 2008 Oct 01
Completed
Biomarkers in Tumor Tissue Samples From Patients With Newly Diagnosed Neuroblastoma or Ganglioneuroblastoma Start of enrollment: 2000 Nov 06
Recruiting
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Publications & Presentations

PubMed

16 citations
RNA sequence analysis of inducible pluripotent stem cell-derived cardiomyocytes reveals altered expression of DNA damage and cell cycle genes in response to doxorubicin.
Monica E. Reyes, Jianzhong Ma, Megan L. Grove, Joann L. Ater, Alanna C. Morrison
Toxicology and Applied Pharmacology. 2018-10-01
19 citations
Racial Differences in 20-Year Cardiovascular Mortality Risk Among Childhood and Young Adult Cancer Survivors.
Amy M. Berkman, Abenaa M. Brewster, Lee W. Jones, Jun Yu, J. Jack Lee
Journal of Adolescent and Young Adult Oncology. 2017-09-01
22 citations
Hypertension Susceptibility Loci are Associated with Anthracycline-related Cardiotoxicity in Long-term Childhood Cancer Survivors.
Michelle A.T. Hildebrandt, Monica E. Reyes, Xifeng Wu, Xia Pu, Kara Thompson
Scientific Reports. 2017-08-29

Lectures

The Second International Conference on Cancer and the Heart
The University of Texas, M. D. Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, Texas - 11/9/2012

Press Mentions

Childhood Cancer Survivors Have Lasting Health Problems Even with Newer TreatmentsNovember 8th, 2016
Howard and Susan Elias Make $16.25 Million Gift to Fund Cancer Neuroscience Research at MD AndersonJuly 19th, 2023