Jeffrey A Jones

Jeffrey A Jones, M.D.

Professor

(713) 798-4001

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Email

jajones@bcm.edu

Positions

Professor: Urology
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Houston, TX, US

Jamail-Abramson Chair in Urology Research: Urology
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Chief: MEDVAMC Urology Service

Member: Dan L Duncan Comprehensive Cancer Center
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Houston, Texas, United States

Addresses

Michael E. DeBakey VAMC (Clinic): Urology Clinic
Houston, TX, 77030
United States
Phone: (713) 798-4001

Urology - ��Ƶ of Medicine Medical Center (Clinic): 7200 Cambridge St. , Suite 10 B
Houston, TX, 77030
United States
Phone: (713) 798-4001
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Education

B.A. from Trinity University: 01/1981 - San Antonio, TX, United States

M.D. from ��Ƶ Of Medicine: 01/1984 - Houston, TX, United States

Internship at Indiana University Hospitals: 06/1986 - Indianapolis, Indiana, United States; General Surgery

Residency at Indiana University Hospitals: 06/1987 - Indianapolis, Indiana, United States; Resident in General Surgery

Residency at Indiana University Hospitals: 06/1991 - Indianapolis, Indiana, United States; Resident in Urology

MS from University Of Texas Medical Branch: 01/1998 - Galveston, TX, United States

Fellowship at Indiana University: 06/1992 - Indianapolis, Indiana, United States; AFUD Scholar/Research Fellow in Urologic Oncology

Residency at University of Texas Medical Branch/NASA - Johnson Space Center: 05/1998 - Galveston, Texas, United States

Certifications

American Board of Urology

American Board of Preventive Medicine - Aerospace Medicine

Honors & Awards

Alpha Omega Alpha: (05/1984)

Distinguished Leadership Award – Outstanding Contribution in Medical Education and Research: Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center, Faculty (01/1995)

Young Investigator’s Award: Space Medicine Branch of Aerospace Medical Association (01/1998)

Individual Special Space Flight Achievement Award, ISS Medical Operations Lead: (01/2001)

International Space Station Individual Superior Accomplishment Award: (01/2002)

NSA HQs ISS Expeditionary Medicine Group Award, Accepted as Group Lead: (01/2002)

Special Spaceflight Achievement Award, Medical Operations HRF Ultrasound Test Team: (01/2002)

Superior Performance Award, Orion Vehicle Integration and Design Support: (01/2009)

Navy and Marine Corps Commendation Medal: (01/2011)

Air Medal - Combat Tour with F-18 / EA-6 Squadrons in Al Asad, Iraq and Collateral Duty as Electronics Countermeasures Officer and Trauma Triage at CSH: (01/2010)

Bruce Jackson Naval Reserve Flight Surgeon of the Year: (01/2011)

Armed Forces Reserve Medal, Thirty Years of Service: (01/2019)

Professional Interests

• Urologic Oncology - Carcinogenesis and Cancer Therapeutics
• Aerospace Medicine - Fighter Aircraft and Spaceflight Countermeasures

Professional Statement

Dr. Jeffrey Jones is a professor at ��Ƶ of Medicine (BCM) with a joint appointment in the Department of Urology and Center for Space Medicine. He is a board-certified Urologic Surgeon with fellowship training in Urologic Oncology and is board certified in Aerospace Medicine. He is a Fellow of the American College of Surgeons, American College of Preventive Medicine and the Aerospace Medical Association. He is currently the Chief of Urology at the Michael E. DeBakey Veteran Affairs Medical Center (MEDVAMC) and an active participant in the Southwest Oncology Group. He is Principal or Co-Investigator on multiple clinical cancer trials at BCM and MEDVAMC, including a VALOR Challenge grant from the Prostate Cancer Foundation. He currently sits in the Jamail-Abramson Chair of Urologic Research at BCM.

He is also a US Naval Flight Surgeon currently the reserve Aeromedical Specialty Leader and Wing Surgeon with Fleet Logistics at Naval Air Station Fort Worth; but he participated in Operations Iraqi and Enduring Freedom while on active duty. He was a NASA Flight Surgeon for 13 years, and served tenures as crew/deputy surgeon for Shuttle and ISS missions, the lead flight surgeon for both the International Space Station and Exploration Medicine programs, the NASA JSC Radiation and Countermeasures Integrated Product Team lead, the Multilateral Medical Operations Panel Radiation Health and Countermeasures Working Group lead and has been Co-investigator on multiple spaceflight medical science studies. He has participated in many prior human and animal studies of radiation exposure, tumor biology, cancer therapy and space countermeasures development, including a clinical study of astronauts for the use of potassium citrate and alendronate + resistive exercise in preventing spaceflight-induced renal calculi and bone loss. He has authored many peer-reviewed manuscripts and book chapters on urological surgery, cancer therapy, stone management, space radiation health, radiation bioeffects, and radiation-induced carcinogenesis.

Websites

Scott Department of Urology

Selected Publications

Stepaniak PC, Ramchandani SR, Jones JA. " " Aviat Space Environ Med. 2007 Apr ; 78 (4) : A5-8.
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Cucinotta FA, Manuel FK, Jones J, Iszard G, Murrey J, Djojonegro B, Wear M. " " Radiat. Res.. 2001 Nov ; 156 (5) : 460-6.
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Pietrzyk RA, Jones JA, Sams CF, Whitson PA. " " Aviat Space Environ Med. 2007 Apr ; 78 (4) : A9-13.
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Ball CG, Kirkpatrick AW, Williams DR, Jones JA, Polk JD, Vanderploeg JM, Talamini MA, Campbell MR, Broderick TJ. " " Can J Surg. 2012 Apr ; 55 (2) : 125-31.
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Gleason PE, Jones JA, Regan JS, Salvas DB, Eble JN, Lamph WW, Vlahos CJ, Huang WL, Falcone JF, Hirsch KS. " " J. Urol.. 1993 Jun ; 149 (6) : 1586-92.
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Jones JA, Kirkpatrick AW, Hamilton DR, Sargsyan AE, Campbell M, Melton S, Barr YR, Dulchavsky SA. " " Can J Urol. 2007 Apr ; 14 (2) : 3493-8.
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Scheuring RA, Mathers CH, Jones JA, Wear ML. " " Aviat Space Environ Med. 2009 Feb ; 80 (2) : 117-24.
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Jones JA, Cherian SF, Barr YR, Stocco A. " " Aviat Space Environ Med. 2008 Jul ; 79 (7) : 707-11.
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Jones JA, Riggs PK, Yang TC, Pedemonte CH, Clarke MS, Feeback DL, Au WW. " " Aviat Space Environ Med. 2007 Apr ; 78 (4) : A67-78.
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Scheuring RA, Jones JA, Polk JD. " " Aviat Space Environ Med. 2007 Dec ; 78 (12) : 1179-80.
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Baisden DL, Beven GE, Campbell MR, Charles JB, Dervay JP, Foster E, Gray GW, Hamilton DR, Holland DA, Jennings RT, Johnston SL, Jones JA, Kerwin JP, Locke J, Polk JD, Scarpa PJ, Sipes W, Stepanek J, Webb JT. " " Aviat Space Environ Med. 2008 Jun ; 79 (6) : 629-35.
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Jones JA, Jennings R, Pietryzk R, Ciftcioglu N, Stepaniak P. " " Int. J. Impot. Res.. 2005 Dec ; 17 : S64-7.
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Memberships

Society of Urologic Oncology: Member

Southwest Oncology Group: Member

American Urological Association: Member

South Central Section, American Urological Association: Member, Board of Directors

Society of Government Service Urologists: Member, Board of Directors

Urologic Society for American Veterans: Immediate Past President

Society for Basic Urologic Research: Member

Endourological Society: Member

Texas Urological Society: Member

Society of Academic Urologists: Member

Société International D’Urologie: Member

American Association of Clinical Urologists: Member

Aerospace Medicine Association: Member

Space Medicine Association: Life Member

Society of NASA Flight Surgeons: Past President

American Society of Aerospace Medicine Specialists: Ethics Chair

Life Sciences Bio-Engineering Branch: Member

American Medical Corps Officers of the Navy: Member

Association of Military Surgeons of the United States: Member

National Space Society: Member

American Astronautical Society: Member

Planetary Society: Member

Texas Medical Association: Member

Skills

Clinical Interests: Urologic oncology; calculus disease; urological applications for space and flight medicine

Research Interests: Prostate Cancer Foundation - VALOR - Clinicopathologic Correlation of Prostate Cancer in Veterans Exposed to Battlefield Agents (Principal Investigator); Southwest Oncology Group: Genitourinary Cancer Clinical Trials, Harris Health - Ben Taub General Hospital and Michael E. DeBakey Veterans Affairs Medical Center; Center for Space Medicine/NASA-Johnson Space Center: Countermeasure for In-flight Bone Loss Using Bisphosphonate (Co-Investigator), Oxidative Stress Countermeasures for Spaceflight Extra-vehicular Activities (Principal Investigator); C-spine Countermeasures for military aviators (Co-Investigator)

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