Medical Director of the Baptist New Albany Medical Center (NCORP)
Associate Professor of Medicine
University of Tennessee
Memphis, TN
Dr. Michael Jones is the Medical Director of the Baptist New Albany Medical Center (NCORP) and Associate Professor of Medicine at the University of Tennessee. Dr. Jones received his medical degree from the University of Alabama and his master’s degree in Healthcare Economics and Policy from the London School of Economics and Political Science. He completed his fellowship in Hematology/Oncology at John’s Hopkins Hospital where in the laboratory of Dr. Manfred Mayer, he discovered that patients with PNH were deficient in the complement regulatory protein (CD55) and demonstrated that antibodies against the complement components could block hemolysis.
Dr. Jones served as Medical Officer of the Laboratory of Immunodiagnosis at the National Cancer Institute from 1979 – 1982. There in collaboration with Dr. Ronald Herberman, he described the first functioning human T-cell hybridoma.
Dr. Jones joined the faculty at the University of Texas Medical School and MD Anderson Hospital in 1982 and became the Associate Division Director for Hematology/Oncology for the University of TX Medical School. His own R01 focused on tumor immunology for which he was awarded four U.S. patents. He served on the Committee for the Protection of Human Subjects for ten years and was principal investigator of the T32 training grant in academic hematology/oncology for the University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center.
Dr. Jones’ own practice was among the first to receive the ASCO QOPI Award and he has been named one of the “Top Doctors” in Memphis by Memphis Magazine on several occasions and a Healthcare Hero for the City of Memphis.
Dr. Jones belongs to numerous societies including ASCO, ASH and AAI. He currently serves on the NCI Gastrointestinal Steering Committee for hepatobiliary malignancies. He has been the principal investigator for over 50 trials in clinical oncology research. He is proud to have trained numerous graduate students, house staff and fellows for which he has received the University of Texas mentorship award.