Ronald R Louie MD

Pediatric Hematology & Oncology•Tacoma, WA

Clinical Professor of Pediatrics, University Washington

315 Martin Luther King Jr WayTacoma, WA 98405
Phone+1 253-403-7215
Fax+1 253-403-4979

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Education & Training

University of WashingtonFellowship, Pediatric Hematology/Oncology, 1984 - 1987
University of ChicagoResidency, Pediatrics, 1983 - 1984
University of Wisconsin Hospitals and ClinicsResidency, Pediatrics, 1982 - 1983
University of Wisconsin Hospitals and ClinicsResidency, Pathology-Anatomic and Clinical, 1981 - 1982
University of ChicagoInternship, Pediatrics, 1980 - 1981

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Certifications & Licensure

WA State Medical License 1984 - 2020
American Board of Pediatrics Pediatrics

Awards, Honors, & Recognition

Regional Top Doctor Castle Connolly, 2014
US News & World Report Top Doctors List 2012
Best Doctors List Washington Magazine, 2011

Clinical Trials

Combination Chemotherapy, PEG-Interferon Alfa-2b, and Surgery in Treating Patients With Osteosarcoma Start of enrollment: 2005 Nov 14
COMPLETED
PHASE3
Combination Chemotherapy, Radiation Therapy, and/or Surgery in Treating Patients With High-Risk Kidney Tumors
COMPLETED
PHASE2
Vincristine, Dactinomycin, and Doxorubicin With or Without Radiation Therapy or Observation Only in Treating Younger Patients Who Are Undergoing Surgery for Newly Diagnosed Stage I, Stage II, or Stage III Wilms' Tumor Start of enrollment: 2006 Nov 06
COMPLETED
PHASE3

Publications & Presentations

PubMed

1 citations
Comments on the "nexus" meeting report regarding dementia and cancer.
Ron Louie
Alzheimer's & Dementia. 2017-06-01
1 citations
Survival With Persistent Metastatic Alveolar Rhabdomyosarcoma.
Ron Louie, Michael Harris, Kathleen Shields
Journal of Oncology Practice. 2017-02-14

Journal Articles

Virtuoso compares her Alzheimer's to cancer
Ron Louie, J Alz Dis, 7/9/2020
Survival With Persistent Metastatic Alveolar Rhabdomyosarcoma
Louie RR, Harris M, and Shields, K, J Onc Practice, 5/1/2017
Azithromycin and the Risk of Cardiovascular Death
Louie R, N Engl J Med, 1/1/2012

Abstracts/Posters

Clinical utility of molecular marker analysis in relapsed pediatric tumors (+ poster)
Louie R, Irwin R and Thomas W, T-Gen Pediatric Cancer Translational Genomics meeting, Phoenix, AZ, 1/1/2012
Successful implementation of a comprehensive electronic medical record in pediatric oncology
Irwin R, Louie RR, Veal K, Thomas W, J Clin Oncol, 1/1/2010
Improving leukemia care documentation with the electronic medical record
Irwin R, Louie R, Veal K, Thomas W, ASPHO Abstracts, 1/1/2010

Other

OpEd: Appoint an Alzheimer Czar and treat it like AIDS or Cancer
Louie, R
http://www.seattletimes.com/opinion/appoint-an-alzheimers-czar-and-treat-it-like-aids-or-cancer/
Seattle Times
Telling Time (poem)
Louie, R
http://hosppeds.aappublications.org/content/5/1/42
Hospital Pediatrics 2015;5;43 - 1/15/2015
Couplets to a Pre-Existing Condition (poem)
Louie, R
http://pediatrics.aappublications.org/content/95/3/330
Pediatrics - 3/1/1995

Authored Content

Chief Complaint: “He Predicts Earthquakes”November 2018
Chief Complaint: “He Predicts Earthquakes”November 2018
“He Spied the Box of Silly, Tattered Toys”October 2018

Research History

Institutional Principal Investigator, COGMary Bridge Children's Hospital2003 - 2012
Post-doc, lab of JA Cooper, FHCRCtyrosine kinases in cancer cell biology1985 - 1987
Institutional Principal Investigator, bleeding disordersNYBC, SD FFP; Novo Nordisk