University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center
Houston, United States
Dr. Wefel is a tenured Professor and Chief of the Section of Neuropsychology with joint appointments in the Department of Neuro-Oncology and the Department of Radiation Oncology at The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center.
Dr. Wefel’s extramurally funded research seeks to characterize the prevalence, pattern, course, risks, and biologic and neural substrates for the development of cognitive dysfunction associated with cancer and cancer therapies. Ultimately, this will lead to identification and testing of interventions to prevent and/or minimize cognitive dysfunction. He is the cognitive study chair on numerous cooperative group, industry sponsored and investigator initiated trials involving patients with central nervous system and non-CNS cancer, many of which integrate cognitive and neuroimaging outcomes as well as exploration of genetic moderators of cognitive and brain outcomes. He has published over 100 manuscripts and book chapters.
Dr. Wefel is an Executive Committee Member of the Brain Tumor Center and Core Leadership Member of the Neural Health Initiative at MD Anderson Cancer Center, Founder of the International Cognition and Cancer Task Force, Executive Board Member of the RTOG/NRG Oncology Brain Tumor Committee, Member of the National Brain Tumor Society (NBTS) Medical Advisory Board, and Member of the American Brain Tumor Association Clinical Advisory Committee.