James Brugarolas, M.D., Ph.D.

Assistant Professor

Department: Internal Medicine, Developmental Biology

Graduate Programs: Cancer Biology

Biography

Dr. James Brugarolas received his M.D. from the University of Navarra, Spain, and his Ph.D. from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. He did an Internship and Residency in Internal Medicine at Duke University Medical Center and a Fellowship in Oncology at the Dana-Farber Cancer Institute. In 2003, he was promoted to Instructor at Harvard Medical School. He came to U.T. Southwestern Medical Center in 2006 to start a program in kidney cancer. Dr. Brugarolas holds a dual appointment in the Departments of Internal Medicine, Oncology division, and Developmental Biology and, is a co-leader of the Cell Networks Program of the Harold C. Simmons Comprehensive Cancer Center. A Virginia Murchison Linthicum Endowed Scholar in Medical Research, Dr. Brugarolas runs a comprehensive program in renal cancer. For more information or publications, please see: http://www3.utsouthwestern.edu/brugarolaslab/.

Education
Medical School Universidad de Navarra (1993)
Graduate School Massachusetts Institute of Technology (1998)
Internship Duke University - Medicine Internship (2001), Internal Medicine
Residency Duke University - Medicine Residency (2001), Internal Medicine
Fellowship Dana-Farber Cancer Institute (2003), Medical Oncology

Specialty Areas

Clinical Interests
  • Primary Interests
  • Angiogenesis Inhibitor Therapy
  • Clinical Trials in Renal Cancer
  • Genome Sequencing
  • Personalized Cancer Therapy
  • Renal Cancer, Masses & Tumors

Research Interests
  • Kidney cancer, renal cell carcinoma (RCC)
  • Molecular genetics and genomics of cancer
  • Personalized cancer medicine
  • Research translation

Honors/Awards
  • Individual Investigator Research Award
    Cancer Prevention and Research Institute of Texas (2010)
  • Research Scholar
    American Cancer Society (2008)
  • Basil OConnor Starter Scholar Research Award
    March of Dimes (2007)
  • Clinical Scientist Development Award
    Doris Duke Charitable Foundation (2007)
  • V Scholar Award
    The V Foundation for Cancer Research (2007)
  • Virginia Murchison Linthicum Endowed Scholar in Medical Research
    UT Southwestern Medical School (2006)
  • Young Investigator Award
    Department of Medicine, Brigham and Women’s Hospital, Harvard Medical School (2004)
  • Claudia Adams Barr Award for Innovative Basic Cancer Research Claudia Adams Barr Award for Innovative Basic Cancer Research
    Dana-Farber Cancer Institute (2003)

Professional Associations/Affiliations
  • American Association for Cancer Research
  • American Society of Clinical Oncology
  • MIT chapter of Sigma Xi Scientific Research Society of North America