Rafael Fonseca, MD, is a hematologist who specializes in the care and research of multiple myeloma and related conditions. He is currently the Getz Family Professor of Cancer and a Professor of Medicine at the Mayo Clinic in Scottsdale, Arizona. He is a consultant in the Division of Hematology/Oncology at the Mayo Clinic, Arizona, and Chair of the Department of Medicine. Dr. Fonesca is a Mayo Clinic Distinguished Investigator. He is a member of the American Society of Clinical Oncology, American Society of Hematology, American Association for Cancer Research, and the International Myeloma Society. He also serves as reviewer and in editorial capacities for medical publications including Blood, Lancet, Nature Medicine, Cancer Cell, Leukemia, and the New England Journal of Medicine, among others. He is a frequent reviewer of grants and sits on the SPORE grant review panel.
Dr. Fonseca earned his medical degree at Universidad Anahuac, Mexico. He completed a residency in internal medicine at the University of Miami, Florida and a fellowship in hematology and oncology at Mayo Clinic Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences, Rochester, Minnesota.