John F. De Groot MD

Dr. John de Groot is Professor and Chairman ad interim in the Department of Neuro-Oncology at The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center in Houston, Texas.Dr. de Groot has served as the principal investigator or co-investigator on multiple funded National Cancer Institute, foundation, and industry-sponsored grants. He is the PI of numerous clinical trials involving novel agents being tested in patients with glioblastoma and is a leader of MD Anderson’s Glioblastoma Moon Shot.

As director of the Neuro-Oncology Fellowship Program, he is also helping develop the next generation of neuro-oncologists. Dr. de Groot was awarded his medical degree by The University of Texas Medical Branch at Galveston. He received residency training in neurology at Johns Hopkins School of Medicine in Baltimore, and completed his clinical fellowship in Neuro-Oncology at The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center in Houston.