JosephCharlesTorkildsonMDMBA

Pediatric Hematology & Oncology • Mesa, AZ

Pediatric Neuro-Oncology

Lead Physician, Hematology/Oncology

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Office
Banner Children's Specialists Hematology and Oncology Clinic
1432 S Dobson Rd
Mesa, AZ 85202
Phone+1 480-412-4100

Fax+1 480-412-5154
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Education & Training

University of Texas at San AntonioMBA, Business, 2001 - 2003
Children's Hospital Los AngelesFellowship, Pediatric Hematology/Oncology, 1990
US Naval Hospital1985
US Naval Hospital1982 - 1983
Medical College of WisconsinClass of 1982

Certifications & Licensure

AZ State Medical License 2019 - 2025
CA State Medical License 2003 - 2021
NV State Medical License 2004 - 2019
VA State Medical License 1993 - 2004
American Board of Pediatrics Pediatrics
American Board of Pediatrics Pediatric Hematology-Oncology

Clinical Trials

Neuropsychological and Behavioral Testing in Younger Patients With Cancer Start of enrollment: 2009 Feb 27
Recruiting
Collecting and Storing Blood and Brain Tumor Tissue Samples From Children With Brain Tumors Start of enrollment: 2004 Feb 16
Completed
Maintenance Chemotherapy or Observation Following Induction Chemotherapy and Radiation Therapy in Treating Patients With Newly Diagnosed Ependymoma Start of enrollment: 2010 May 07
Active, not recruiting
Phase 3
Chemotherapy Followed by Radiation Therapy in Treating Younger Patients With Newly Diagnosed Localized Central Nervous System Germ Cell Tumors Start of enrollment: 2012 Jun 27
Active, not recruiting
Phase 2
PNOC 001: Phase II Study of Everolimus for Recurrent or Progressive Low-grade Gliomas in Children Start of enrollment: 2012 Dec 13
Active, not recruiting
Phase 2
Vemurafenib in Children With Recurrent/Refractory BRAF Gene V600E (BRAFV600E)-Mutant Gliomas Start of enrollment: 2014 Apr 29
Active, not recruiting
Early Phase 1
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Publications & Presentations

PubMed

10 citations
Clinical phenotypes and prognostic features of embryonal tumours with multi-layered rosettes: a Rare Brain Tumor Registry study
Sara Khan, Palma Solano-Paez, Tannu Suwal, Mei Lu, Salma Al-Karmi, Ben Ho, Iqra Mumal, Mary Shago, Lindsey Hoffman, Andrew Dodgshun, Sumihito Nobusawa, Uri Tabori, Ute...> ;The Lancet. Child & Adolescent Health. 2021 Sep 29
16 citations
Recurrent non-canonical histone H3 mutations in spinal cord diffuse gliomas
Emily A. Sloan, Tabitha Cooney, Nancy Ann Oberheim Bush, Robin A. Buerki, Jennie Taylor, Jennifer Clarke, Joseph Torkildson, Cassie Kline, Alyssa Reddy, Sabine Mueller...> ;Acta Neuropathologica. 2019 Sep 12
47 citations
Primary intracranial sarcomas with DICER1 mutation often contain prominent eosinophilic cytoplasmic globules and can occur in the setting of neurofibromatosis type 1
Julieann C. Lee, Javier Villanueva-Meyer, Sean P. Ferris, Emily A. Sloan, Jeffrey W. Hofmann, Eyas M. Hattab, Brian J. Williams, Hua Guo, Joseph Torkildson, Adriana Fl...> ;Acta Neuropathologica. 2019 Jan 16
52 citations
The genetic landscape of gliomas arising after therapeutic radiation
Giselle Y. Lopez, Jessica Van Ziffle, Courtney Onodera, James P. Grenert, Iwei Yeh, Boris C. Bastian, Jennifer Clarke, Nancy Ann Oberheim Bush, Jennie Taylor, Susan M....> ;Acta Neuropathologica. 2019 Jan 1
23 citations
Large Vessel Arteriopathy After Cranial Radiation Therapy in Pediatric Brain Tumor Survivors.
Matthew Nordstrom, Erin Felton, Katherine Sear, Benita Tamrazi, Joseph Torkildson, Karen Gauvain, Daphne A. Haas-Kogan, Josephine Chen, Benedict Del Buono, Anuradha Ba...> ;Journal of Child Neurology. 2018 Mar 26
66 citations
Targeted next-generation sequencing of pediatric neuro-oncology patients improves diagnosis, identifies pathogenic germline mutations, and directs targeted therapy.
Cassie N Kline, Nancy M Joseph, James P Grenert, Jessica van Ziffle, Eric Talevich, Courtney Onodera, Mariam Aboian, Soonmee Cha, David R Raleigh, Steve Braunstein, Jo...> ;Neuro-Oncology. 2017 May 1
8 citations
Survival after chemotherapy and stem cell transplant followed by delayed craniospinal irradiation is comparable to upfront craniospinal irradiation in pediatric embryo...
David R. Raleigh, Bryan Tomlin, Benedict Del Buono, Erika Roddy, Katherine Sear, Lennox Byer, Erin Felton, Anu Banerjee, Joseph Torkildson, David Samuel, Biljana Horn,...> ;Journal of Neuro-Oncology. 2017 Jan 1
42 citations
Presence of cerebral microbleeds is associated with worse executive function in pediatric brain tumor survivors.
Erika Roddy, Katherine Sear, Erin Felton, Benita Tamrazi, Karen Gauvain, Joseph Torkildson, Benedict Del Buono, David Samuel, Daphne A. Haas-Kogan, Josephine Chen, Rob...> ;Neuro-Oncology. 2016 Nov 1
21 citations
Outcome of young children with high-grade glioma treated with irradiation-avoiding intensive chemotherapy regimens: Final report of the Head Start II and III trials
Juan Espinoza, Kelley Haley, Neha Patel, Girish Dhall, Sharon Gardner, Jeffrey C. Allen, Joseph Torkildson, Albert Cornelius, Rod Rassekh, Antranik A. Bedros, Morris E...> ;Pediatric Blood & Cancer. 2016 Jun 22
Targeted Next-Generation Sequencing of Pediatric Neuro-Oncology Patients Improves Diagnosis, Identifies Pathogenic Germline Mutations, and Directs Targeted Therapy
Nicholas Butowski, A W Bollen, W M Korn, Iwei Yeh, Sabine Mueller, Nalin Gupta, Corey Raffel, Theodore Nicolaides, Boris C Bastian, Arie Perry, Anuradha Banerjee, D R ...> ;British Journal of Anaesthesia. 2016 Dec 16
61 citations
Intensive induction chemotherapy followed by myeloablative chemotherapy with autologous hematopoietic progenitor cell rescue for young children newly-diagnosed with ce...
Wafik Zaky, Girish Dhall, Lingyun Ji, Kelley Haley, Jeffrey C. Allen, Mark Atlas, Salvatore Bertolone, Albert Cornelius, Sharon Gardner, Ramesh Patel, Kamnesh R. Pradh...> ;Pediatric Blood & Cancer. 2014 Jan 1
48 citations
An inherited defect of neutrophil motility and microfilamentous cytoskeleton associated with abnormalities in 47-Kd and 89-Kd proteins.
Thomas D. Coates, Joseph Torkildson, Martine Torres, Joseph A. Church, Thomas H. Howard> ;Blood. 1991 Sep 1
Inhibition of hematopoietic progenitor colony growth by a monoclonal antibody against the transferrin receptor: comparison of unconjugated antibody with an immunotoxin...
Kevin Shannon, David B. Ring, L. Houston, Vann Schaffner, Juliette Naylor, Joseph Torkildson, Shirley Ann Reid, James W. Larrick> ;International Journal of Cell Cloning. 1990 Jan 1
2 citations
Spontaneous Resolution of Primary Erythrocytosis in Two Girls
Kevin Shannon, Gisela K. Clemons, Joseph C. Torkildson, George R. Buchanan, William C. Mentzer> ;Pediatric Hematology and Oncology. 1989 Jan 1
74 citations
Circulating Erythroid Progenitors in the Anemia of Prematurity
Kevin Shannon, Gordon S. Naylor, Joseph Torkildson, Gisela K. Clemons, Vann Schaffner, Steven Goldman, Kathleen Lewis, Paulette Bryant, Roderic H. Phibbs> ;The New England Journal of Medicine. 1987 Sep 17
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Journal Articles

The Genetic Landscape of Gliomas Arising After Therapeutic Radiation
Iwei Yeh, Corey Raffel, Mitchel Berger, Joanna J Phillips, James P Grenert, Boris C Bastian, David A Solomon, Nicholas Butowski, Sabine Mueller, Cassie Kline, Manish A..., Acta Neuropathologica

Hospital Affiliations

Banner - University Medical Center TucsonTucson, Arizona