Eric J. Chow

Appointments and Affiliations

Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center
Clinical Research Division
Pediatric Oncology
Assistant Member, Appointed: 2012
Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center
Public Health Sciences Division
Cancer Epidemiology Research Cooperative
Assistant Member, Appointed: 2012
Seattle Children's Hospital
Cancer Survivor Program
LIVESTRONG Survivorship Center of Excellence
Medical Director, Appointed: 2008
University of Washington
Medicine
Department of Pediatrics
Acting Assistant Professor, Appointed: 2010
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Mailing Address

Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center
M4-C308
P.O. Box 19024
Seattle, Washington 98109-1024
United States

Contact

Phone: (206) 667-7724
Fax: (206) 667-5948
ericchow@u.washington.edu

Degrees

M.D. with thesis, University of California, San Francisco, 2001.
M.P.H., University of California, Berkeley, Epidemiology and Biostatistics, 2000.
B.S., Yale University, Biology with distinction, magna cum laude, 1996.

Research Interests and Clinical Expertise

Late effects related to pediatric cancer and blood disorder therapy.

Previous Positions

2007-2011: Research Associate, Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center.
2007-2009: Acting Instructor, University of Washington, Department of Pediatrics.
2004-2007: Pediatric Hematology, Oncology Fellowship, UW-Seattle Children's Hospital-Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center.
2001-2004: Pediatric Categorical Residency, University of Washington-Seattle Children's Hospital.

Additional Experience

Children’s Oncology Group
Survivorship Guidelines Task Force
Co-chair, Hematopoietic cell transplantation/Immune complications, 2009-present
Chair, Obesity/Metabolic syndrome, 2007-2010
Outcomes & Survivorship Steering Committee, 2008-present

Childhood Cancer Survivor Study (CCSS)
Steering/Executive Committee, 2008-present
Publication Committee, 2010-present

Center for International Blood and Marrow Transplant Research (CIBMTR)
Late Effects Working Committee, 2010-present

Pediatric Hematology-Oncology Fellowship Selection Committee

University of Washington, 2007

Center for Clinical & Translational Research, Education Committee Seattle Children’s Hospital, 2008-present

Obesity Program Clinical Working Group Seattle Children’s Hospital, 2009-10

Scientific Review Committee Seattle Children’s Hospital, 2010-present

Memberships

American Society of Hematology, 2009-present.
Children’s Oncology Group, 2008-present
American Society of Clinical Oncology, 2007-present
American Society for Blood and Marrow Transplantation, 2004-present

Honors and Awards

Leukemia & Lymphoma Society Special Fellowship in Clinical Research, 2008-2011.
American Society for Blood & Marrow Transplantation New Investigator Award, 2008-2010.
American Society of Clinical Oncology Young Investigator Award, 2007-2008.
University Fellowship, University of California, Berkeley, 1999-2000.
Phi Beta Kappa, Yale University, 1996.

Board Certification and Eligibility

Pediatric Hematology-Oncology, 2009-2016.
General Pediatrics, 2004-2011.

Current License(s) to Practice

Washington State License, 2004-present.

Editorial Positions

Ad hoc reviewer:
  • American Journal of Epidemiology
  • Biology of Blood and Marrow Transplantation
  • Cancer
  • Cancer Causes & Control
  • Cancer Epidemiology, Biomarkers & Prevention
  • International Journal of Cancer
  • Journal of Clinical Oncology
  • Pediatric Blood & Cancer

Funding

  • K07 CA151775-01A1 (PI: Chow, E) 8/1/2011-7/30/2016. Determinants of late cardiovascular morbidity among survivors of hematopoietic cell transplantation.
  • FND (PI: Chow, E) 10/1/2008-12/31/2012. Hyundai Hope on Wheels Cancer Research Scholarship. Glucocorticoids and insulin resistance among children undergoing treatment for acute lymphoblastic leukemia.
  • U24CA 55727 (PI: Robison, L) 12/1/2011-11/30/2016. 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. Role: co-investigator, Executive Committee member.
  • R01 CA112530 (PI: Baker, KS) 8/15/2006–7/31/2012. Metabolic syndrome following transplant for leukemia. Evaluate the relationship between HCT specific treatment exposures and the development of insulin resistance and the MS in adolescent and young adult survivors after HCT for treatment of hematologic malignancies in childhood Role: co-investigator.

Recent Publications

2012
Chow, EJ, Pihoker C, Friedman DL, Lee SJ, McCune JS, Wharton C, Roth CL, Baker KS.  2012.  Glucocorticoids and insulin resistance in children with acute lymphoblastic leukemia.. Pediatric blood & cancer. Abstract
Chow, EJ, Liu W, Srivastava K, Leisenring WM, Hayashi RJ, Sklar CA, Stovall M, Robison LL, Baker KS.  2012.  Differential effects of radiotherapy on growth and endocrine function among acute leukemia survivors: A childhood cancer survivor study report.. Pediatric blood & cancer. Abstract
Baker, KS, Chow EJ, Steinberger J.  2012.  Metabolic syndrome and cardiovascular risk in survivors after hematopoietic cell transplantation.. Bone marrow transplantation. 47(5):619-625. Abstract
2011
Johnson, KJ, Carozza SE, Chow EJ, Fox EE, Horel S, McLaughlin CC, Mueller BA, Puumala SE, Reynolds P, Von Behren J et al..  2011.  Birth characteristics and childhood carcinomas.. British journal of cancer. 105(9):1396-401. Abstract
Behren, JV, Spector LG, Mueller BA, Carozza SE, Chow EJ, Fox EE, Horel S, Johnson KJ, McLaughlin C, Puumala SE et al..  2011.  Birth order and risk of childhood cancer: a pooled analysis from five US States.. International journal of cancer. Journal international du cancer. 128(11):2709-16. Abstract
Chow, EJ, Mueller BA, Baker KS, Cushing-Haugen KL, Flowers MED, Martin PJ, Friedman DL, Lee SJ.  2011.  Cardiovascular hospitalizations and mortality among recipients of hematopoietic stem cell transplantation.. Annals of internal medicine. 155(1):21-32. Abstract
Simmons, JH, Chow EJ, Koehler E, Esbenshade A, Smith L-A, Sanders JE, Friedman D.  2011.  Significant 25-hydroxyvitamin D deficiency in child and adolescent survivors of acute lymphoblastic leukemia: treatment with chemotherapy compared with allogeneic stem cell transplant.. Pediatric blood & cancer. 56(7):1114-9. Abstract
Khera, N, Chow EJ, Leisenring WM, Syrjala KL, Baker KS, Flowers MED, Martin PJ, Lee SJ.  2011.  Factors associated with adherence to preventive care practices among hematopoietic cell transplantation survivors.. Biology of blood and marrow transplantation : journal of the American Society for Blood and Marrow Transplantation. 17(7):995-1003. Abstract
Loren, AW, Chow E, Jacobsohn DA, Gilleece M, Halter J, Joshi S, Wang Z, Sobocinski KA, Gupta V, Hale GA et al..  2011.  Pregnancy after hematopoietic cell transplantation: a report from the late effects working committee of the Center for International Blood and Marrow Transplant Research (CIBMTR).. Biology of blood and marrow transplantation : journal of the American Society for Blood and Marrow Transplantation. 17(2):157-66. Abstract
2010
Carozza, SE, Puumala SE, Chow EJ, Fox EE, Horel S, Johnson KJ, McLaughlin CC, Reynolds P, Von Behren J, Mueller BA et al..  2010.  Parental educational attainment as an indicator of socioeconomic status and risk of childhood cancers.. British journal of cancer. 103(1):136-42. Abstract
Chow, EJ, Puumala SE, Mueller BA, Carozza SE, Fox EE, Horel S, Johnson KJ, McLaughlin CC, Reynolds P, Behren JV et al..  2010.  Childhood cancer in relation to parental race and ethnicity: a 5-state pooled analysis.. Cancer. 116(12):3045-53. Abstract
Ognjanovic, S, Carozza SE, Chow EJ, Fox EE, Horel S, McLaughlin CC, Mueller BA, Puumala S, Reynolds P, Von Behren J et al..  2010.  Birth characteristics and the risk of childhood rhabdomyosarcoma based on histological subtype.. British journal of cancer. 102(1):227-31. Abstract
Meacham, LR, Chow EJ, Ness KK, Kamdar KY, Chen Y, Yasui Y, Oeffinger KC, Sklar CA, Robison LL, Mertens AC.  2010.  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. 19(1):170-81. Abstract
Chow, EJ, Simmons JH, Roth CL, Baker KS, Hoffmeister PA, Sanders JE, Friedman DL.  2010.  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. 16(12):1674-81. Abstract
2009
Chow, EJ, Friedman DL, Stovall M, Yasui Y, Whitton JA, Robison LL, Sklar CA.  2009.  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. 53(3):432-7. Abstract
Mueller, BA, Chow EJ, Kamineni A, Daling JR, Fraser A, Wiggins CL, Mineau GP, Hamre MR, Severson RK, Drews-Botsch C.  2009.  Pregnancy outcomes in female childhood and adolescent cancer survivors: a linked cancer-birth registry analysis.. Archives of pediatrics & adolescent medicine. 163(10):879-86. Abstract
Chow, EJ, Kamineni A, Daling JR, Fraser A, Wiggins CL, Mineau GP, Hamre MR, Severson RK, Drews-Botsch C, Mueller BA.  2009.  Reproductive outcomes in male childhood cancer survivors: a linked cancer-birth registry analysis.. Archives of pediatrics & adolescent medicine. 163(10):887-94. Abstract
Diller, L, Chow EJ, Gurney JG, Hudson MM, Kadin-Lottick NS, Kawashima TI, Leisenring WM, Meacham LR, Mertens AC, Mulrooney DA et al..  2009.  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. 27(14):2339-55.
Armstrong, GT, Whitton JA, Gajjar A, Kun LE, Chow EJ, Stovall M, Leisenring WM, Robison LL, Sklar CA.  2009.  Abnormal timing of menarche in survivors of central nervous system tumors: A report from the Childhood Cancer Survivor Study.. Cancer. 115(11):2562-70. Abstract
Spector, LG, Puumala SE, Carozza SE, Chow EJ, Fox EE, Horel S, Johnson KJ, McLaughlin CC, Reynolds P, Behren JV et al..  2009.  Cancer risk among children with very low birth weights.. Pediatrics. 124(1):96-104. Abstract
Johnson, KJ, Carozza SE, Chow EJ, Fox EE, Horel S, McLaughlin CC, Mueller BA, Puumala SE, Reynolds P, Behren JV et al..  2009.  Parental age and risk of childhood cancer: a pooled analysis.. Epidemiology (Cambridge, Mass.). 20(4):475-83. Abstract
Puumala, SE, Carozza SE, Chow EJ, Fox EE, Horel S, Johnson KJ, McLaughlin C, Mueller BA, Reynolds P, Behren JV et al..  2009.  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. 18(1):162-8. Abstract
2008
Chow, EJ, Friedman DL, Yasui Y, Whitton JA, Stovall M, Robison LL, Sklar CA.  2008.  Timing of menarche among survivors of childhood acute lymphoblastic leukemia: a report from the Childhood Cancer Survivor Study.. Pediatric blood & cancer. 50(4):854-8. Abstract