Dr. Eric Jessen Chow, MD

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 directs the childhood cancer survivor clinic at Seattle Children’s.

The goal of this 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. His 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.