Jonathan Wesley Riess MD, MS

Dr. Jonathan Riess was named medical director of the Thoracic Oncology Program at UC Davis Comprehensive Cancer Center in 2021. He leads a multidisciplinary team of world-class clinicians treating a wide range of malignancies, including pleural mesothelioma.

Reiss has earned a reputation for advancing treatment through the use of targeted immunotherapy combinations and novel clinical trials.

He specializes in lung diseases and head and neck cancers. His Thoracic Oncology Program handles an array of research and clinical services, including novel therapeutic approaches for rare cancers such as mesothelioma.

“Mesothelioma can often be a very challenging cancer, but we are making advances in how to better treat it,” Riess said. “We hope to build upon the recent success of early immunotherapy and optimize outcomes for patients with this disease. I would highly recommend patients with mesothelioma seek out an academic center like ours to get the very best multidisciplinary care.”

Riess also serves on the Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer/Malignant Pleural Mesothelioma/Thymomas and Thymic Carcinomas Panel for the National Comprehensive Cancer Network.