Ethan Natelson, MD

Professor of Clinical Medicine, Academic Institute
Full Member, Research Institute
Program Director, Transitional Year Residency, Department of Medicine
Houston Methodist
Weill Cornell Medical College


Biography

After completing his postdoctoral training at the Baylor College of Medicine in Houston,Texas, Dr. Natelson became an Instructor there in the Department of Medicine in 1972. He was promoted to Assistant Professor the following year, and Clinical Assistant Professor of Medicine in 1975. He also received a faculty appointment as a Clinical Associate Professor of Medicine from The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston in 1975, an appointment he still holds today. Dr. Natelson first joined the active staff at Houston Methodist Hospital in 1972 and became the Director of the Translational Internship Program there in 2006. He became the Chair of the second Institutional Review Board at Houston Methodist Research Institute when it was established in 2009.

Description of Research

Dr. Natelson’s research focuses on the development and evaluation of novel cancer therapeutics, as well as investigations into possible environmental causes of various cancers.

Areas Of Expertise

Pancreatic cancer Myelodysplasia Sideroblastic erythropoiesis Myeloid leukemia Lymphohematopoietic malignancy
Publications

Anemia and leukopenia following intravenous colloidal silver infusions—Clinical and hematological features, unique peripheral blood film appearance and effective therapy with supplemental oral copper and apheresis
Natelson, EA, Baker, KR & Pyatt, DW 2019, , Clinical Case Reports, vol. 7, no. 9, pp. 1757-1762. https://doi.org/10.1002/ccr3.2316

Response to Dr. Bernard D. Goldstein’s Letter to the Editor
Mundt, KA, Gallagher, AE, Dell, LD, Natelson, EA, Boffetta, P & Gentry, PR 2018, , Critical Reviews in Toxicology, vol. 48, no. 5, pp. 341-343. https://doi.org/10.1080/10408444.2018.1431765

Formaldehyde, hematotoxicity, and chromosomal changes-letter
Mundt, KA, Gallagher, AE, Dell, LD, Natelson, E, Boffetta, P & Gentry, PR 2018, , Cancer Epidemiology Biomarkers and Prevention, vol. 27, no. 1, pp. 119. https://doi.org/10.1158/1055-9965.EPI-17-0306

Does occupational exposure to formaldehyde cause hematotoxicity and leukemia-specific chromosome changes in cultured myeloid progenitor cells?
Mundt, KA, Gallagher, AE, Dell, LD, Natelson, EA, Boffetta, P & Gentry, PR 2017, , Critical Reviews in Toxicology, vol. 47, no. 7, pp. 592-602. https://doi.org/10.1080/10408444.2017.1301878

Skepticism, the trained eye, and the telltale clue
Natelson, EA 2016, , Texas Heart Institute Journal, vol. 43, no. 3, pp. 205-206. https://doi.org/10.14503/THIJ-15-5612

Successful long-term treatment of philadelphia chromosome-negative myeloproliferative neoplasms with combination of hydroxyurea and anagrelide
Ahn, IE, Natelson, E & Rice, L 2013, , Clinical Lymphoma, Myeloma and Leukemia, vol. 13, no. SUPPL. 2. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.clml.2013.05.015

Acquired myelodysplasia or myelodysplastic syndrome: Clearing the fog
Natelson, E & Pyatt, D 2013, , Advances in Hematology, vol. 2013, 309637. https://doi.org/10.1155/2013/309637

Extreme thrombocytosis and cardiovascular surgery: Risks and management
Natelson, E 2012, , Texas Heart Institute Journal, vol. 39, no. 6, pp. 792-798.

Atypical Ringed Sideroblasts in Association with Trisomy 19 and Myelodysplasia
Muhyieddeen, K & Natelson, E 2012, , Comparative Clinical Pathology, vol. 21, no. 2, pp. 223-225. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00580-011-1298-0

Temozolomide-induced myelodysplasia
Natelson, EA & Pyatt, D 2010, , Advances in Hematology, vol. 2010, 760402. https://doi.org/10.1155/2010/760402

Is inhalation exposure to formaldehyde a biologically plausible cause of lymphohematopoietic malignancies?
Pyatt, D, Natelson, E & Golden, R 2008, , Regulatory Toxicology and Pharmacology, vol. 51, no. 1, pp. 119-133. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.yrtph.2008.03.003

Benzene exposure and refractory sideroblastic erythropoiesis: Is there an association?
Natelson, EA 2007, , American Journal of the Medical Sciences, vol. 334, no. 5, pp. 356-360. https://doi.org/10.1097/MAJ.0b013e3180cab70a

Benzene-induced acute myeloid leukemia: A clinician's perspective
Natelson, EA 2007, , American Journal of Hematology, vol. 82, no. 9, pp. 826-830. https://doi.org/10.1002/ajh.20934

Pregnancy-induced pancytopenia with cellular bone marrow: Distinctive hematologic features
Natelson, EA 2006, , American Journal of the Medical Sciences, vol. 332, no. 4, pp. 205-207. https://doi.org/10.1097/00000441-200610000-00008

Myelodysplasia with isolated trisomy 15: A 15-Year follow-up without specific therapy
Natelson, E 2006, , American Journal of the Medical Sciences, vol. 331, no. 3, pp. 157-158. https://doi.org/10.1097/00000441-200603000-00009

Atypical mycobacterial infection in a patient with hairy cell leukemia
Trizna, Z, Tschen, J & Natelson, EA 2001, , Cutis, vol. 67, no. 3, pp. 241-242.

A study of 9-nitrocamptothecin (RFS-2000) in patients with advanced pancreatic cancer
Stehlin, JS, Giovanella, BC, Natelson, EA, De Ipolyi, PD, Coil, D, Davis, B, Wolk, D, Wallace, P & Trojacek, A 1999, , International Journal of Oncology, vol. 14, no. 5, pp. 821-831. https://doi.org/10.3892/ijo.14.5.821

Multiple subcutaneous nodules on the torso and leg. Leukemia cutis.
Trizna, Z, Tschen, J & Natelson, EA 1998, , Archives of Dermatology, vol. 134, no. 11, pp. 1479, 1482.

A phase I clinical and pharmacological study of oral 9- nitrocamptothecin, a novel water-insoluble topoisomerase I inhibitor
Verschraegen, CF, Natelson, EA, Giovanella, BC, Kavanagh, JJ, Kudelka, AP, Freedman, RS, Edwards, CL, Ende, K & Stehlin, JS 1998, , Anti-Cancer Drugs, vol. 9, no. 1, pp. 36-44. https://doi.org/10.1097/00001813-199801000-00004

Multiple subcutaneous nodules on the torso and leg
Trizna, Z, Tschen, J & Natelson, EA 1998, , Archives of Dermatology, vol. 134, no. 11, pp. 1477-1482. https://doi.org/10.1001/archderm.134.11.1477-c