Email

jajones@bcm.edu

Positions

Professor

Urology
Baylor College of Medicine
Houston, TX US

Jamail-Abramson Chair in Urology Research

Urology
Baylor College of Medicine

Chief

MEDVAMC Urology Service

Member

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

Addresses

Michael E. DeBakey VAMC (Clinic)

Urology Clinic
Houston, TX 77030
United States
Phone: (713) 798-4001

Urology - Baylor College of Medicine Medical Center (Clinic)

7200 Cambridge St. , Suite 10 B
Houston, TX 77030
United States
Phone: (713) 798-4001
https://www.bcm.edu/healthcare/care-centers/urology

Education

B.A. from Trinity University

01/1981 - San Antonio, TX United States

M.D. from Baylor College 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 Baylor College 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

Selected Publications

• Stepaniak PC, Ramchandani SR, Jones JA "Acute urinary retention among astronauts.." Aviat Space Environ Med. 2007 Apr;78(4):A5-8. Pubmed PMID: 17511293
• Cucinotta FA, Manuel FK, Jones J, Iszard G, Murrey J, Djojonegro B, Wear M "Space radiation and cataracts in astronauts.." Radiat. Res.. 2001 Nov;156(5):460-6. Pubmed PMID: 11604058
• Pietrzyk RA, Jones JA, Sams CF, Whitson PA "Renal stone formation among astronauts.." Aviat Space Environ Med. 2007 Apr;78(4):A9-13. Pubmed PMID: 17511294
• Ball CG, Kirkpatrick AW, Williams DR, Jones JA, Polk JD, Vanderploeg JM, Talamini MA, Campbell MR, Broderick TJ "Prophylactic surgery prior to extended-duration space flight: Is the benefit worth the risk?." Can J Surg. 2012 Apr;55(2):125-31. Pubmed PMID: 22564516

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)