Department of Pediatrics, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center
Dallas, Texas, United States
Daniel C. Bowers, MD, is a Professor of Pediatrics at UT Southwestern Medical School whose research focuses upon developing novel treatments for progressive childhood brain tumors and reducing the long-term side effects of childhood brain tumor survivors. His research has consisted of leading both investigator-initiated clinical trials and leading and participating in multi-institutional consortium studies. His training and experience as a pediatric neuro-oncologist and childhood cancer survivorship specialist, as well as leadership as the director of the childhood cancer survivors’ program and medical director of the pediatric neuro-oncology program at UT Southwestern Medical Center, gives him 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.
