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Eric J. Chow, MD, MPH

On staff since July 2007

Academic Title: Acting Assistant Professor

Research Center: Center for Clinical and Translational Research

"My goal is not just to improve cure rates for childhood cancer, but to improve the quality of life for children and families dealing with and successfully overcoming cancer."

Eric Chow, MD, MPH, is an attending physician at Seattle Children’s Hospital, acting assistant professor of pediatrics at the University of Washington School of Medicine, and research associate in the Clinical Research and Public Health Sciences Divisions at the Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center. His clinical and research interests focus on cancer survivorship, and he is the medical director of the the childhood cancer survivor clinic at Seattle Children’s.

Together with Karen Wilkinson, ARNP, and other members of the cancer and blood disorders program, the goal of the cancer survivor clinic is to enhance patient and family awareness of potential cancer therapy-related late effects, and to maximize quality of life by early detection and treatment of these late effects. Dr. Chow's current research attempts to better understand risk factors that contribute to increased metabolic and cardiovascular complications following cancer therapy, with studies examining glucocorticoid pharmacogenetics in relation to obesity following leukemia therapy, treatment and genetic factors that contribute to cardiovascular toxicity following hematopoietic cell transplantation, and application of population-based databases to study cancer late effects. Related to these interests, Dr. Chow holds leadership positions within the Children’s Oncology Group’s Outcomes and Survivorship Committee and the National Cancer Institute sponsored Childhood Cancer Survivor Study.

Making a Difference

Improving Quality of Life After Cancer
Drs. Scott Baker and Eric Chow are on a mission to help survivors of childhood cancer live their healthiest possible lives.
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DebbieBellingham, WA10.02.11

Dr. Chow is terrific at communicating honestly & medically in a way that is easy to understand during a very difficult time. I found Dr. Chow passionate & earnest in caring for the children on the hem/onc floor. And as a mother of a child who underwent cancer treatment at Seattle Children's, I always felt a greater sense of comfort knowing we were in the care of Dr. Chow.

Recommend Dr. Eric Chow

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Overview

Board Certification(s): Pediatrics
Pediatric Hematology-Oncology
Medical/Professional School: University of California, San Francisco, San Francisco
University of California School of Public Health, Berkeley
Residency: Pediatrics, University of Washington School of Medicine, Seattle
Fellowship: Pediatric Hematology-Oncology, Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center, Seattle
Research Description: I am a pediatric oncologist whose research focuses on cancer survivorship. My group is interested in better understanding the burden and risk factors for various endocrine/metabolic (e.g. obesity, insulin resistance) and cardiovascular outcomes following childhood cancer therapy. To this end, we utilize data from medical records as well as prospectively bring patients back to clinic for various physiologic measurements. Our survivorship research also includes work examining various gene polymorphisms of interest and data linkage strategies utilizing state administrative databases.
Research Focus Area: Chronic Conditions / Special Health Care Needs, Epidemiology, Cancer

Awards and Honors

Award Name	Awarded By	Award Date
Special Fellowship in Clinical Research	Leukemia and Lymphoma Society	July 1, 2008 - June 30, 2011
New Investigator Award	American Society for Blood and Marrow Transplantation	July 1, 2008 - June 30, 2010
Young Investigator Award	American Society of Clinical Oncology / Lance Armstrong Foundation	July 1, 2007 - June 30, 2008

Publications

Birth order and risk of childhood cancer: A pooled analysis from five U.S. states.
International journal of cancer. Journal international du cancer , 2010 Aug 16

Childhood cancer in relation to parental race and ethnicity: a 5-state pooled analysis.
Cancer , 2010 Jun 15: 3045-53

Increased cardiometabolic traits in pediatric survivors of acute lymphoblastic leukemia treated with total body irradiation.
Biology of blood and marrow transplantation : journal of the American Society for Blood and Marrow Transplantation , 2010 May 31

Cardiovascular risk factors in adult survivors of pediatric cancer--a report from the childhood cancer survivor study.
Cancer epidemiology, biomarkers & prevention : a publication of the American Association for Cancer Research, cosponsored by the American Society of Preventive Oncology , 2010 Jan: 170-81

Pregnancy outcomes in female childhood and adolescent cancer survivors: a linked cancer-birth registry analysis.
Archives of pediatrics & adolescent medicine , 2009 Oct: 879-86

Reproductive outcomes in male childhood cancer survivors: a linked cancer-birth registry analysis.
Archives of pediatrics & adolescent medicine , 2009 Oct: 887-94

Risk of thyroid dysfunction and subsequent thyroid cancer among survivors of acute lymphoblastic leukemia: a report from the Childhood Cancer Survivor Study.
Pediatric blood & cancer , 2009 Sep: 432-7

Parental age and risk of childhood cancer: a pooled analysis.
Epidemiology (Cambridge, Mass.) , 2009 Jul: 475-83

Cancer risk among children with very low birth weights.
Pediatrics , 2009 Jul: 96-104

Abnormal timing of menarche in survivors of central nervous system tumors: A report from the Childhood Cancer Survivor Study.
Cancer , 2009 Jun 1: 2562-70

The Childhood Cancer Survivor Study: a National Cancer Institute-supported resource for outcome and intervention research.
Journal of clinical oncology : official journal of the American Society of Clinical Oncology , 2009 May 10: 2308-18

Chronic disease in the Childhood Cancer Survivor Study cohort: a review of published findings.
Journal of clinical oncology : official journal of the American Society of Clinical Oncology , 2009 May 10: 2339-55

Childhood cancer among twins and higher order multiples.
Cancer epidemiology, biomarkers & prevention : a publication of the American Association for Cancer Research, cosponsored by the American Society of Preventive Oncology , 2009 Jan: 162-8

Alterations in pubertal timing following therapy for childhood malignancies.
Endocrine development , 2009: 25-39

Timing of menarche among survivors of childhood acute lymphoblastic leukemia: a report from the Childhood Cancer Survivor Study.
Pediatric blood & cancer , 2008 Apr: 854-8

Obesity and hypertension among children after treatment for acute lymphoblastic leukemia.
Cancer , 2007 Nov 15: 2313-20

Decreased adult height in survivors of childhood acute lymphoblastic leukemia: a report from the Childhood Cancer Survivor Study.
The Journal of pediatrics , 2007 Apr: 370-5, 375.e1

Maternal and perinatal characteristics in relation to neuroblastoma.
Cancer , 2007 Mar 1: 983-92

Blood transfusions as a risk factor for non-Hodgkin's lymphoma in the San Francisco Bay Area: a population-based study.
American journal of epidemiology , 2002 Apr 15: 725-31

Blood transfusions and non-Hodgkin's lymphoma.
Epidemiologic reviews , 2002: 269-79

Presentations

Presentations Title	Event	Location	Date
Cardiometabolic complications after cancer therapy	Grand Rounds	St Jude Children's Research Hospital	March 2011
5. Adult survivors of childhood cancer – part of Cancer survivorship for the primary care clinician	Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center / University of Washington CME symposium	Seattle, WA	Jan. 1, 2009

Research Funding

Grant Title	Grantor	Amount	Award Date
Determinants of late cardiovascular morbidity among survivors of hematopoietic cell transplantation	National Cancer Institute		Aug. 1, 2011 - July 30, 2016
Glucocorticoid pharmacogenetics and obesity after childhood ALL therapy	Center for Clinical & Translational Research Pediatric Pilot Award		Dec. 1, 2008
Unrestricted funds for research support	Hyundai Hope on Wheels Cancer Research Scholarship		Oct. 1, 2008
Glucocorticoid pharmacogenetics and obesity after childhood ALL therapy	Leukemia & Lymphoma Society		July 1, 2008
Late cardiovascular morbidity and mortality after allogeneic hematopoietic cell transplantation - a population-based analysis	ASBMT	$unknown	July 1, 2008
A pilot study to determine the prevalence, risk factors, and biomarkers associated with the metabolic syndrome in childhood acute lymphoblastic leukemia survivors, comparing conventional treatment with hematopoietic cell transplantation	ASCO/Lance Armstrong Foundation	$unknown	July 2, 2007
Childhood Cancer Survivor Study is an NCI-funded resource study whose primary goal is to study the late effects among a cohort of childhood cancer survivors	NCI	$unknown	Dec. 1, 2005

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Seattle Children's

MB.8.501 - Hematology-Oncology
4800 Sand Point Way NE

Seattle, WA 98105

206-987-2106

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