Rafael Fonseca

Rafael Fonseca is a Mexican-American physician and researcher. He is the Getz Family Professor of Medicine and Chair of the Department of Internal Medicine at the Mayo Clinic in Arizona.[1]

Fonseca is a Professor of Medicine at the Mayo Clinic College of Medicine and Science in Arizona[1] and serve as a Clinical Investigator of the Damon Runyon Cancer Research Foundation. [2]

He earned his medical degree at the Universidad Anáhuac México prior to completing his Residency (medicine) at the University of Miami. [1] Following his time in Florida, he completed a Fellowship (medicine) at the Mayo Clinic Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences and specializes in the treatment and investigation of Multiple myeloma.[3]

He has received awards for his work including the Young Investigator Award in Hematology from Celgene and has published over 200 medical articles.[4]

Fonseca is a member of the American Society of Hematology, American Society of Clinical Oncology, and American Association for Cancer Research.[4] He is also a visiting healthcare fellow at the Goldwater Institute.[5]

References
  1. "Rafael Fonseca, M.D." Mayo Clinic. Retrieved 2018-12-24.
  2. "Meet Our Scientists | Damon Runyon". www.damonrunyon.org. Retrieved 2018-12-24.
  3. "Rafael Fonseca, M.D." Mayo Clinic. Retrieved 2018-12-24.
  4. "Dr. Rafael Fonseca of the Mayo". The Myeloma Crowd. 2013-10-14. Retrieved 2018-12-24.
  5. "Dr. Rafael Fonseca". Goldwater Institute. Retrieved 2018-12-24.
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