Email

rjflores@bcm.edu

Positions

Assistant Professor

Pediatrics-Oncology
Baylor College of Medicine
Houston, TX US

Member

Dan L Duncan Comprehensive Cancer Center
Baylor College of Medicine
Houston, Texas United States

Addresses

Texas Children's Hospital, Clinical Care Center (Clinic)

6701 Fannin St., 14th floor
Houston, TX 77030
United States
Phone: (832) 822-4242

TCH-Clinical Care Center (Lab)

Room: TXCL-D1420
Houston, TX 77030
United States

TCH-Clinical Care Center (Office)

Room: TXCL-D1420
Houston, TX 77030
United States

Education

MD from University Of Puerto Rico School Of Medicine

07/2004 - San Juan, PR United States

Internship at University of Puerto Rico School of Medicine

07/2005 - San Juan, Puerto Rico

Pediatrics

Residency at University of Puerto Rico School of Medicine

07/2007 - San Juan, Puerto Rico

Pediatrics

Fellowship at Baylor College of Medicine

07/2010 - Houston, TX

Hematology and Oncology

Certifications

General Pediatrics

#88891

American Board of Pediatrics

Pediatrics Hematology/Oncology

#2347

American Board of Pediatrics

Websites

Selected Publications

• Flores RJ, Li Y, Yu A, Shen J, Rao PH, Lau SS, Vannucci M, Lau CC, Man TK "A systems biology approach reveals common metastatic pathways in osteosarcoma.." BMC Syst Biol. 2012;6:50. Pubmed PMID: 22640921
• Li Y, Flores R, Yu A, Okcu MF, Murray J, Chintagumpala M, Hicks J, Lau CC, Man TK "Elevated expression of CXC chemokines in pediatric osteosarcoma patients.." Cancer. 2011 Jan 1;117(1):207-17. Pubmed PMID: 20806347
• CE Allen, R Flores, R Rauch, R Dauser, JC Murray, D Puccetti, DA Hsu, P Sondel, M Hetherington, S Goldman, KL McClain "Neurodegenerative Central Nervous System Langerhans Cell Histiocytosis and Coincident Hydrocephalus Treated with Vincristine Cytosine Arabinoside." Pediatr Blood Cancer. 2010;54(3):416-423. Pubmed PMID: 19908293
• Hadley, L Gressot, A Patel, L Wang, R Flores, W Whitehead, T Luerssen, A Jea "Osteosarcoma of the cranial vault and skull base in children: Case series and review of literature." BMC Syst Biol. 2012;

Funding

Investigator - #3K12CA090433-13S1

$129,000.00 (07/01/2014 - 06/30/2015)

Grant funding from NIH

Pediatric Oncology Clinical Research Training Program Minority Supplement (K12S)

Languages

Spanish