Alejandro Marinos Velarde, M.D. - Faculty Profile

Biography

Alejandro Marinos Velarde, M.D., is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Internal Medicine at UT Southwestern Medical Center and a member of its Division of Hematology and Oncology. His clinical interests include allogeneic stem cell transplant and acute myeloid leukemia.

Dr. Marinos Velarde earned his medical degree at the Facultad de Medicina Alberto Hurtado, Universidad Peruana Cayetano Heredia in Lima, Peru. He received internal medicine residency training at Baylor College of Medicine in Houston, followed by fellowship training in stem cell transplant and cellular therapy at MD Anderson Cancer Center.

Certified by the American Board of Internal Medicine in internal medicine and medical oncology, Dr. Marinos Velarde joined the UT Southwestern faculty in 2023.

Dr. Marinos Velarde's research interests include translational research, myelodysplastic syndromes (MDS), and understanding alloreactivity to allogeneic cell therapy. His investigations have resulted in many peer-reviewed publications in academic journals, he has contributed to book chapters and delivered presentations at scientific conferences.

Dr. Marinos Velarde serves as a member of the American Society of Hematology.

In his free time, Dr. Marinos Velarde enjoys hiking and karaoke.

Education

Medical School: Universidad Peruana Cayetano Heredia, Peru (2011)
Residency: Beaumont Hospital, Royal Oak (2016), Internal Medicine
Fellowship: Baylor College of Medicine (2022), Hematology Oncology
Fellowship: MD Anderson Cancer Center (2023), Bone Marrow Transplant

Research Interest

Myelodysplastic Syndromes (MDS)
Translational research
Understanding alloreactivity to allogeneic cell therapy

Publications

Real world efficacy of luspatercept in patients with lower-risk myelodysplastic syndromes/neoplasms (MDS); a single center study in a heavily pretreated cohort: Kometas ML, Hoff FW, Hyak J, Irizarry-Gatell V, Marinos Velarde A, Jackson C, Anderson J, Kalkan FN, Ramakrishnan Geethakumari P, Alvarenga Thiebaud J, Chen W, Weinberg OK, Cantu MD, Collins RH, Chung SS, Madanat YF Leukemia and Lymphoma 2025
Genomic Landscape of Mixed Phenotype Acute Leukemia Associated With Immunophenotypic Lineage Predominance: Impact on Diagnosis and Treatment: Zheng R, Gagan JR, Botten GA, Koduru P, Weinberg OK, Chen M, Cantu MD, Jaso J, Germans S, Luu HS, Han L, Slone TL, Dickerson KE, John S, Madanat YF, Chung S, Collins R, Marinos A, Fuda F, Chen W European Journal of Haematology 2025 114 1041-1051
Hematopoietic cell transplantation can be safely performed after COVID-19: Marinos A, Ramdial J, Khawaja F, Saliba RM, Shigle TL, Alousi AM, Rondon G, Chen J, Ledesma C, Champlin RE, Daher M, Chen G, Marin D, Rezvani K, Shpall EJ, Chemaly RF Bone Marrow Transplantation 2023 Dec 58 1410-1412
Should all CAR-T therapy for acute lymphoblastic leukemia Be consolidated with allogeneic stem cell transplant?: Marinos A, Heslop HE Best Practice and Research: Clinical Haematology 2022 Dec 35
Non-hodgkin lymphoma: Marinos A, Parker CA, Diamond A, Teegavarapu SP 2022 Sep 417-439
Prediction of disability-free survival in healthy older people: Author Collaboration tA, Neumann JT, Thao LT, Murray AM, Callander E, Carr PR, Nelson MR, Wolfe R, Woods RL, Reid CM, Shah RC, Newman AB, Williamson JD, Tonkin AM, McNeil JJ, Murray A, Beilin L, Chan A, Demons J, Ernst M, Espinoza S, Goetz M, Johnston C, Kirpach B, Liew D, Margolis K, Meyskens F, Shah R, Storey E, Woods R, Zalcberg J, Ives D, Berk M, Bernstein W, Brauer D, Burns C, Chong T, Cloud G, Demons J, Donnan GA, Eaton C, Fitzgerald P, Gibbs P, Haydon A, Jelinek M, Macrae F, Mahady S, Malik M, Nesbitt S, Marinos A, Rodway P GeroScience 2022 Jun 44 1641-1655
Highlights from the 7th Oncological Pathology Conference 'Pathological Anatomy in the context of the National Cancer Law: An overview of the Latin American experience', 15, 22 and 23 July 2022, Trujillo, Peru: Laberiano-Fernández C, Luján JM, de Carvalho Dornelas B, Benites MF, Quispe PG, Vásquez VA, Espinoza AG, Guerra EG, Álvarez GG, Astigueta-Pérez J, de Dávila MT, Zambrano SC, Rojas TV, Mariños A, González ES, Lazcano R, Lastra RR, Alvarado-Cabrero I, Miller HG, Bardales RH, Abad-Licham M ecancermedicalscience 2022 16
Hypertension in obese black women is not caused by increased sympathetic vascular tone: Marinos A, Gamboa A, Celedonio JE, Preheim BA, Okamoto LE, Ramirez CE, Arnold AC, Diedrich A, Biaggioni I, Shibao CA Journal of the American Heart Association 2017 Nov 6
An unusual aetiology of back pain: Al Assad W, Marinos A BMJ Case Reports 2016 Mar 2016
Time-course analysis of flow mediated dilation for the evaluation of endothelial function after a high-fat meal in African Americans: Marinos A, Celedonio JE, Ramirez CE, Gottlieb JA, Gamboa A, Hui N, Yu C, Stein CM, Biaggioni I, Shibao CA Journal of the American Heart Association 2015 Nov 4

Honors & Awards

Minority Career Development Award
American Society of Hematology (ASH); Center for International Blood & Marrow Transplant Research (CIBMTR); American Society for Transplantation and Cellular Therapy (ASTCT) (2021)

Professional Associations/Affiliations

American Society of Hematology