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Alvaro Pereira-Rico, MD
Clinical Locations
- Fox Chase Cancer Center at Temple University Hospital
Primary Location
Associate Professor, Department of Hematology/Oncology
Specialties
Language(s) Other than English
- Spanish
Educational Background
- Fellow, Medical Oncology and Hematology, Jefferson Medical College, Philadelphia, PA, 2002
- Fellow, Women's Health, Saint Louis University Health Sciences Center/John Cochran VA Hospital, 1997
- Resident, Internal Medicine, Saint Louis University Health Sciences Center, 1996
- MD, Universidad Comlutense d Madrid School of Medicine, Madrid, Spain, 1992
Certifications
- American Board of Internal Medicine
- Medical Oncology
Memberships
- American Academy of Clinical Oncology
Honors & Awards
- Best Doctors in America® , 2019-2020, Medical Oncology and Hematology
Research Interests
Uro-oncology, including prostate, renal and bladder cancers
Selected Publications
Wuthrick, E, Curran, W, Werner-Wasik, M, Lin, A, Axelrod, R, Pereira-Rico, A, Murphy, H, Machtay, Dicker, A. A Phase I Trial Combining The Anti-angiogenic Agent Sunitinib And Radiation Therapy For Patients With Primary And Metastatic CNS Malignancies. 2008 ASCO Proceedings, Abstract; poster presentation.
Wuthrick, E, Curran, W, Werner-Wasik, M, Lin, A, Glass, J, Evans, J, Andrews, D, Axelrod, R, Pereira-Rico, A, Murphy, H, Machtay, Dicker, A A Phase I Trial of Hypofractionated Stereotactic Radiation Therapy with Sunitinib in Recurrent High Grade Glioma. 2008 ASTRO Proceedings; poster presentation.
Pereira-Rico, A. Do Negative Sentinel Lymph Nodes Identify a Good Risk Population Among Patients with Thick (>3 mm) Primary Cutaneous Melanomas? Published and not presented. 2002 ASCO Proceedings, Abstract #2781.
Pereira-Rico, A. Bilateral Renal Cell Carcinoma of Tuberous Sclerosis Associated with Von Willebrand Disease: First Case Report. Published and not presented. 2001 ASCO Proceedings, Abstract #2411.
Pereira-Rico, A. Synovial Sarcoma of the Bladder Treated with Adjuvant Chemotherapy. Published and not presented. 2001 American Society of Clinical Oncology Proceedings, Abstract #2910.
Pereira-Rico, A. The Use of Loratidine in the Prevention of G-CSF Induced Bone Pain. Poster presentation and published. 2001 Delaware Valley Oncology Fellows Award.
Pereira, A. ASHAP +/- ABMT: an effective strategy for relapsing and refractory Hodgkin´s Disease. 1995 American Society of Hematology Proceedings, Abstract #3289.
Always end a visit from Dr Periera-Rico and his group very confident and well informed about my treatment
Dr. Rico is a wonderful physician with an excellent staff.
Good.
Good doctor
Excellent service
Very good
Excellent care from Alvaro Pereira-Rico and his staff and the whole Temple Oncology team.
Provider and Staff were great as usual. Very caring and professional.
Very good experience.
I am pleased with Dr Rico after this one visit which was more of a consult for prostate cancer. I find it a little difficult since I have a urologist who I'm working with who referred me to [...] of Temple for surgery in removing my prostate and Ive now been referred to Dr Rico as my Oncologist. I can only hope that they all speak to each other and work as a team for my care. Especially now Dr Rico and [...], the Urologist
Good.
Great experience and a "wonderful doctor".
He spent extra time with me despite it being after clinic hours.
Overall good professional visit.
Truly Professional, a Godsend.
Very good treatment.
Good experience.
I could tell that the doctor truly cared about his patients.