Jonathan Wesley Riess, M.D., M.S.
Department
Title
- Associate Professor
Reviews
UC Davis Comprehensive Cancer Center
2279 45th Street
Sacramento, CA 95817
Driving Directions
Primary Phone:
800-362-5566
916-734-5959
Additional Phone Numbers
Clinic Fax: 916-703-5265
Clinic Referral Phone: 916-703-5210
Physician Referrals: 800-4-UCDAVIS (800-482-3284)
Clinical Interests
Dr. Riess' clinical interests include lung cancer and other thoracic cancers (mesothelioma and thymoma) as well as head and neck cancers.
Research/Academic Interests
Dr. Riess' research interests include clinical trials and translational research of novel therapeutic agents and approaches in myeloid and lymphoid malignancies. In particular, Dr. Riess is interested in leukemia stem cell biology and targeting these cells in malignant hematologic disorders.
Division
Hematology and Oncology
Center/Program Affiliation
Education
M.D., Robert Wood Johnson Medical School, Camden NJ 2006
M.S., Epidemioloyg and Clinical Research, Stanford University, Stanford CA 2013
B.A., Swarthmore College, Swarthmore PA 2000
Internship: Internal Medicine, UC San Francisco, San Francisco CA 2007
Residency
Internal Medicine, UC San Francisco, San Francisco CA 2006-2009
Fellowships
Hematology/Oncology, Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford CA 2009-2011
Board Certifications
American Board of Internal Medicine,
American Board of Internal Medicine, Hematology,
American Board of Internal Medicine, Medical Oncology,
Professional Memberships
Alpha Omega Alpha
American Association for Cancer Research (AACR)
American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)
American Society of Clinical Oncology
Association of Northern California Oncologists (ANCO)
California Cancer Consortium
International Association for the Study of Lung Cancer
International Thymic Malignancy Interest Group
Southwest Oncology Group
Honors and Awards
Adi Gazdar Translational Research Lectureship Award. 17th World Conference on Lung Cancer. Vienna, Austria, 2016
Addario Lung Cancer Foundation and Van Auken Foundation Young Innovator in Lung Cancer, 2014
NIH K12 Career Development Award. UC Davis School of Medicine, 2013
Stanford Cancer Institute Developmental Cancer Research Award (with Joel Neal, MD, Ph.D.), 2012
NIH KL2 Clinical Research Scholar Award Recipient. Stanford University School of Medicine, 2011
Stanley S. Bergen Medal of Excellence. Robert Wood Johnson School of Medicine, 2006
Alpha Omega Alpha, 2006
Robert Wood Johnson Summer Research Fellowship, 2003
Select Recent Publications
For a comprehensive list of Riess' publications, please click here.
Chen JA, Riess JW. Advances in targeting acquired resistance mechanisms to epidermal growth factor receptor tyrosine kinase inhibitors. J Thorac Dis. 2020 May;12(5): 2859-2876. doi:10.21037/jtd.2019.08.32. PMID:32642199.
Schrock AB, Madison R, Rosenzweig M, Allen JM, Erlich RL, Wang S-Y, Chidiac T, Reddy VS, Riess JW, Yassa AE, A Shakir, Miller VA, Alexander BM, Venstrom J, McGregor K, Ali SM. Patients with NSCLCs Harboring Internal Inversions or Deletion Rearrangements of the ALK Gene Have Durable Responses to ALK Kinase Inhibitors. Lung Cancer (Aucklands). 2020;11: 33-39. Published online 2020 Apr 17. doi:10.2147/LCTT.S239675. PMID:32368168.
Riess JW, Kong CS, West RB, Padda SK, Neal JW, Wakelee HA, Le QT. Increased Galectin-1 Expression in Thymic Epithelial Tumors. Clinical Lung Cancer. 2019 Dec 20;20(3): e356-e361. doi:10.1016/j.cllc.2018.12.005. PMID:30773448.
Blakely CM, Riess JW. Interpretation of ceritinib clinical trial results and future combination therapy strategies for ALK-rearranged NSCLC. Expert Rev Anticancer Ther. 2019 Dec;19(12):1061-1075. doi:10.1080/14737140.2019.1699792. Epub 2019 Dec 6.
Benjamin DJ, Klapheke A, Lara PN, Cress RD, Riess JW. A Population-Based Study of Incidence and Survival of 1588 Thymic Malignancies:Results From the California Cancer Registry. Clin Lung Cancer. 2019 Nov;20(6):477-483. doi:10.1016/j.cllc.2019.06.005. Epub 2019 Jun 14.
Chu LP, Franck D, Parachoniak CA, Gregg JP, Moore MG, Farwell DG, Rao S, Heilmann AM, Erlich RL, Ross JS, Miller VA, Ali S, Riess JW. MET Genomic Alterations in Head and Neck Squamous Cell Carcinoma (HNSCC): Rapid Response to Crizotinib in a Patient with HNSCC with a Novel MET R1004G Mutation. Oncologist. 2019 Oct;24(10):1305-1308. doi:10.1634/theoncologist.2019-0230. Epub 2019 Aug 7.
Lara MS, Afify A, Ellis MP, Phan CT, Richman DP, Riess JW. Immune Checkpoint Inhibitor-Induced Myasthenia Gravis in a Patient with Advanced NSCLC and Remote History of Thymoma. Clinical Lung Cancer. 2019 Jul;20(4): e489-e491. doi:10.1016/j.cllc.2019.04.007. Epub 2019 Apr 19.
Narayanan A, Knollmann FD, Walby JAS, Lim S, Gandara DR, Riess JW. EBV-positive Primary Pulmonary Lymphoepithelioma-like Carcinoma Response to PD-L1 Blockade. Clin Lung Cancer. 2019 May;20(3):e238-e241. doi:10.1016/j.cllc.2018.12.015. Epub 2018 Dec 27.
Levy B, Paz-Ares L, Bennouna J, Felip E, Abreu DR, Isla D, Barlesi F, Molinier O, Madelaine J, Audigier-Valette C, Kim SW, Kim HR, Ozguroglu M, Erman M, Badin FB, Mekhail TM, Scheff R, Chisamore MJ, Sadrolhefazi B, Riess JW. Afatinib With Pembrolizumab for Treatment of Patients With Locally Advanced/Metastatic Squamous Cell Carcinoma of the Lung: The LUX-Lung IO/KEYNOTE 497 Study Protocol. Clin Lung Cancer. 2019 May;20(3):e407-e412. doi:10.1016/j.cllc.2018.12.022. Epub 2019 Jan 4.
Leonardi GC, Gainor JF, Altan M, Kravets S, Dahlberg SE, Gedmintas L, Azimi R, Rizvi H, Riess JW, Hellmann MD, Awad MM. Safety of Programmed Death-1 Pathway Inhibitors Among Patients With Non-Small-Cell Lung Cancer and Preexisting Autoimmune Disorders. J Clinical Oncol. 2018 Jul;36(19):1905-1912. doi:10.1200/JCO.2017.77.0305. Epub 2018 May 10.