Daniel Bowers, M.D. Titles and Appointments Professor Schools Medical School Departments Pediatrics | Neurological Surgery You have reached the Academic Profile. For more information on the doctor and patient care, please visit the clinical profile. Biography Download Curriculum Vitae The focus of my research is developing novel treatments for progressive childhood brain tumors and reducing the long-term side effects of childhood brain tumor survivors. My research has consisted of leading both investigator-initiated clinical trials and leading and participating in multi-institutional consortium studies. My training and experience as a pediatric neuro-oncologist and childhood cancer survivorship specialist, as well as my leadership as the director of the childhood cancer survivors’ program and medical director of pediatric neuro-oncology program at UT Southwestern Medical Center gives me a unique perspective on the clinical and research challenges of both the treatment of childhood cancer and the long-term neurological side effects of cancer treatment. Education Medical School UT Southwestern Medical School (1993) Internship Children's Medical Center Dallas (1994), Pediatrics Residency Children's Medical Center Dallas (1996), Pediatrics Fellowship Johns Hopkins School of Medicine (1999), Pediatric Hematology/oncology Research Interest Evaluation of quality of life and late effects of childhood cancer survivors New therapies for childhood brain tumors Publications Reply to: Comment on: The Development of a Dynamic Electronic Health Records Database for Childhood Cancer Survivors at a Single Institution: 30 Years of Data for Clinical and Research Applications Shliakhtsitsava K, Eary R, Hughes A, Betts AC, Cochran C, Eshelman-Kent D, Lawrence S, McCaskill T, Packard C, Bowers DC Pediatric Blood and Cancer 2026 Jan 73 Subsequent Meningiomas Among Survivors of Childhood Cancer Bowers DC, Cooney T, Chen Y, Yuan Y, Galvin R, Im C, Leisenring W, Brady SW, Smith SA, Howell RM, Arnold MA, Conces M, Yasui Y, Diller LR, Armstrong GT, Neglia JP, Turcotte LM JAMA Network Open 2025 Dec 8 e2548715 Late Morbidity and Mortality in Survivors of Childhood Ependymoma: A Report from the Childhood Cancer Survivor Study (CCSS) Lange KR, de Blank P, Xing M, Mirzaei S, Srivastava DK, Oeffinger K, Neglia J, Krull K, Nathan PC, Howell R, Ness KK, Turcotte LM, Leisenring W, Armstrong GT, Brinkman T, Bowers DC, Okcu MF Cancers 2025 Nov 17 The Development of a Dynamic Electronic Health Records Database for Childhood Cancer Survivors at a Single Institution: 30 Years of Data for Clinical and Research Applications Shliakhtsitsava K, Eary R, Hughes A, Betts AC, Cochran C, Eshelman-Kent D, Lawrence S, McCaskill T, Packard C, Bowers DC Pediatric Blood and Cancer 2025 Oct 72 Lack of Routine Health Care Among Adult Survivors of Childhood, Adolescent, and Young Adult Cancers (CAYA): A Nationally Representative Study of 4300 Survivors Betts AC, Eary R, Thakur B, Hughes A, Booker QS, Shay LA, Lee SC, Bowers DC, Balasubramanian BA Cancer Medicine 2025 May 14 Effective targeting of PDGFRA-altered high-grade glioma with avapritinib Mayr L, Neyazi S, Schwark K, Trissal M, Beck A, Labelle J, Eder SK, Weiler-Wichtl L, Marques JG, de Biagi-Junior CA, Lo Cascio C, Chapman O, Sridhar S, Kenkre R, Dutta A, Wang S, Wang J, Hack O, Nascimento A, Nguyen CM, Castellani S, Rozowsky JS, Groves A, Panditharatna E, Cruzeiro GA, Haase RD, Tabatabai K, Madlener S, Wadden J, Adam T, Kong S, Miclea M, Patel T, Bruckner K, Senfter D, Lämmerer A, Supko J, Guntner AS, Palova H, Neradil J, Stepien N, Lötsch-Gojo D, Berger W, Leiss U, Rosenmayr V, Dorfer C, Dieckmann K, Peyrl A, Azizi AA, Baumgartner A, Slaby O, Pokorna P, Clark LM, Cameron A, Nguyen QD, Wakimoto H, Dubois F, Greenwald NF, Bandopadhayay P, Beroukhim R, Ligon K, Kramm C, Bronsema A, Bailey S, Stucklin AG, Mueller S, Skrypek M, Martinez N, Bowers DC, Jones DT, Jones C, Jäger N, Sterba J, Müllauer L, Haberler C, Kumar-Sinha C, Chinnaiyan A, Mody R, Chavez L, Furtner J, Koschmann C, Gojo J, Filbin MG Cancer Cell 2025 Apr 43 740-756.e8 Pediatric Central Nervous System Cancers, Version 2.2025 Gajjar A, Mahajan A, Bale T, Bowers DC, Canan L, Chi S, Cluster A, Cohen K, Cole B, Coven S, Darlington W, Dorris K, Elster J, Ermoian R, Franson A, George E, Helgager J, Landi D, Lin C, Metrock L, Nanda R, Palmer J, Partap S, Plant A, Pruthi S, Reynolds R, Stearns D, Storm P, Wang A, Wang LD, Whipple N, Zaky W, McMillian N, Ramakrishnan S JNCCN Journal of the National Comprehensive Cancer Network 2025 Mar 23 113-130 Feasibility of transcranial Doppler to evaluate vasculopathy among survivors of childhood brain tumors exposed to cranial radiation therapy Bowers DC, Johnson MD Pediatric Blood and Cancer 2025 Jan 72 A comprehensive pediatric cardio-oncology program: a single institution approach to cardiovascular care for pediatric patients with cancer and childhood cancer survivors Hernandez NB, Shliakhtsitsava K, Tolani D, Cochran C, Butts R, Bonifacio J, Journey E, Oppenheim JN, Pennant SG, Arnold K, McCaskill T, Bowers DC Cardio-Oncology 2024 Dec 10 Neurocognitive Effects and Necrosis in Childhood Cancer Survivors Treated With Radiation Therapy: A PENTEC Comprehensive Review Mahajan A, Stavinoha PL, Rongthong W, Brodin NP, McGovern SL, El Naqa I, Palmer JD, Vennarini S, Indelicato DJ, Aridgides P, Bowers DC, Kremer L, Ronckers C, Constine L, Avanzo M International Journal of Radiation Oncology Biology Physics 2024 Jun 119 401-416 Results 1-10 of 109 1 2 3 4 5 Next Last Books Featured Books Strokes Among Childhood Brain Tumor Survivors. In Goldman S, Turner CD, eds. Late Effects of Treatment for Brain Tumors. Bowers DC. (2009). Springer; 145-153. Honors & Awards Favorite Oncology ProfessionalsCureSearch for Childrens Cancer (2013-2013) Best Pediatric Specialists/Doctors in DallasD Magazine, 2010, 2011, 2013, 2017, 2018, 2021 (2010-2021) Elected to the Society for Pediatric Research (2006-2023) Outstanding Graduate in the College of Science, Texas A&M University (1989-1989) Professional Associations/Affiliations American Society of Clinical Oncology (1999-2023) Children's Oncology Group (1999-2023) Society for Neuro-Oncology (2000-2023) Society for Pediatric Research (2006-2023)
