ThomasOlsonMD

Pediatric Hematology & Oncology • Atlanta, GA

Pediatric Sarcoma Oncology, Pediatric Solid Tumor Oncology

Professor of Pediatrics, Emory University School of Medicine Program Director Solid Tumor, Aflac Cancer and Blood Disorders Center, Children's Healthcare of Atlanta

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Office
HRSB Room W360
1760 Haygood Drive, N.E.
Atlanta, GA 30322
Phone+1 404-785-1200

Fax+1 404-727-4455
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Education & Training

National Capital ConsortiumFellowship, Pediatric Hematology/Oncology, 1981 - 1983
National Capital ConsortiumResidency, Pediatrics, 1978 - 1981
Loyola University Chicago Stritch School of MedicineClass of 1978

Certifications & Licensure

GA State Medical License 1995 - 2025
OH State Medical License 1988 - 2002
IL State Medical License 1981 - 1990
American Board of Pediatrics Pediatrics
American Board of Pediatrics Pediatric Hematology-Oncology

Publications & Presentations

PubMed

6 citations
Addressing the diagnostic and therapeutic dilemmas of ovarian immature teratoma: Report from a clinicopathologic consensus conference.
Farzana Pashankar, Krisztina Hanley, Michelle Lockley, Sara Stoneham, Marisa R Nucci, Miguel Reyes-Múgica, Esther Elishaev, Russell Vang, Jennifer Veneris, Heather Ryt...> ;European Journal of Cancer. 2022 Sep 1
2 citations
Adjuvant chemoradiation for high-grade cardiac leiomyosarcoma in a child: Case report and review of literature.
James Janopaul-Naylor, Kirk R. Kanter, S. Flampouri, Vivi Nguyen, Thomas A. Olson, Bree R. Eaton> ;Pediatric Blood & Cancer. 2021 Jul 14
8 citations
Outcomes of adolescent males with extracranial metastatic germ cell tumors: A report from the Malignant Germ Cell Tumor International Consortium.
Furqan Shaikh, Dan Stark, Adriana Fonseca, Ha Dang, Caihong Xia, Mark Krailo, Farzana Pashankar, Carlos Rodriguez-Galindo, Thomas A. Olson, James Nicholson, Matthew J....> ;Cancer. 2021 Jan 15
18 citations
Pleuropulmonary blastoma-like peritoneal sarcoma: a newly described malignancy associated with biallelic DICER1 pathogenic variation.
Kris Ann P. Schultz, Alexander Nelson, Anne K. Harris, Mike Finch, Amanda Field, Jason A. Jarzembowski, Mercedes Wilhelm, William A. Mize, Portia A. Kreiger, Katrina C...> ;Modern Pathology. 2020 May 15
13 citations
Age-Dependent Presentation and Clinical Course of 1465 Patients Aged 0 to Less than 18 Years with Ovarian or Testicular Germ Cell Tumors; Data of the MAKEI 96 Protocol...
Gabriele Calaminus, Dominik Schneider, Dietrich von Schweinitz, Heribert Jürgens, Nacera Infed, Stefan Schönberger, Thomas A. Olson, Peter Albers, Christian Vokuhl, Ra...> ;Cancers. 2020 Mar 6
2 citations
Routine Surveillance Imaging Is Associated with Improved Postrelapse Survival in Patients with Ewing Sarcoma.
Thomas Cash, Erika L. Bettermann, Sarah Mitchell, Courtney McCracken, Muna Qayed, Danielle Wolfe, Adina Alazraki, Thomas A. Olson, Howard M. Katzenstein> ;Journal of Adolescent and Young Adult Oncology. 2020 Jan 9
9 citations
α‐Fetoprotein as a predictor of outcome for children with germ cell tumors: A report from the Malignant Germ Cell International Consortium
Allison F. O'Neill, Caihong Xia, Mark Krailo, Furqan Shaikh, Farzana Pashankar, Deborah F. Billmire, Thomas A. Olson, Jim F. Amatruda, Doojduen Villaluna, Li Huang, Ma...> ;Cancer. 2019 Oct 15
Adolescents and Cancer Clinical Trials: A MaGIC Mystery Tour.
Thomas A. Olson> ;Journal of Oncology Practice. 2019 Aug 12
7 citations
Vaginal Yolk Sac Tumor: A Case Series and Review of the Literature.
Allison C. Mayhew, Heather Rytting, Thomas A. Olson, Edwin A. Smith, Krista J. Childress> ;Journal of Pediatric and Adolescent Gynecology. 2019 Apr 1
15 citations
Ovarian cancer in adolescents and young adults
Michelle Lockley, Sara Stoneham, Thomas A. Olson> ;Pediatric Blood & Cancer. 2019 Mar 1
8 citations
Detection of Relapse by Tumor Markers Versus Imaging in Children and Adolescents With Nongerminomatous Malignant Germ Cell Tumors: A Report From the Children’s Oncolog...
Adriana Fonseca, Caihong Xia, Armando J. Lorenzo, Mark Krailo, Thomas A. Olson, Farzana Pashankar, Marcio H. Malogolowkin, James F. Amatruda, Deborah F. Billmire, Carl...> ;Journal of Clinical Oncology. 2019 Feb 10
1 citations
Ovarian Sertoli-Leydig tumor after bone marrow transplant for sickle cell disease.
Lia Neu Phillips, Lakshmanan Krishnamurti, Heather Rytting, Thomas A. Olson> ;Pediatric Blood & Cancer. 2018 Nov 1
7 citations
Gemcitabine/nab-paclitaxel for pediatric relapsed/refractory sarcomas.
Jonathan L. Metts, Adina Alazraki, Dana Clark, Ernest K. Amankwah, Karen Wasilewski-Masker, Bradley George, Thomas A. Olson, Thomas Cash> ;Pediatric Blood & Cancer. 2018 Sep 1
8 citations
Treatment of refractory germ cell tumors in children with paclitaxel, ifosfamide, and carboplatin: A report from the Children's Oncology Group AGCT0521 study
Farzana Pashankar, A. Lindsay Frazier, Mark Krailo, Caihong Xia, Alberto S. Pappo, Marcio H. Malogolowkin, Thomas A. Olson, Carlos Rodriguez-Galindo> ;Pediatric Blood & Cancer. 2018 Aug 1
17 citations
Is carboplatin-based chemotherapy as effective as cisplatin-based chemotherapy in the treatment of advanced-stage dysgerminoma in children, adolescents and young adults?
Rachana Shah, Caihong Xia, Mark Krailo, James F. Amatruda, Suren G. Arul, Deborah F. Billmire, William E. Brady, Allan Covens, David M. Gershenson, Juliet Hale, Jean A...> ;Gynecologic Oncology. 2018 Aug 1
32 citations
Comparison of carboplatin versus cisplatin in the treatment of paediatric extracranial malignant germ cell tumours: A report of the Malignant Germ Cell International C...
A. Lindsay Frazier, Sara Stoneham, Carlos Rodriguez-Galindo, Ha Dang, Caihong Xia, Thomas A. Olson, Matthew J. Murray, James F. Amatruda, Furqan Shaikh, Farzana Pashan...> ;European Journal of Cancer. 2018 Jul 1
14 citations
Gonadal dysgenesis is associated with worse outcomes in patients with ovarian nondysgerminomatous tumors: A report of the Children's Oncology Group AGCT 0132 study.
Bryan Dicken, Deborah F. Billmire, Mark Krailo, Caihong Xia, Furqan Shaikh, John W. Cullen, Thomas A. Olson, Farzana Pashankar, Marcio H. Malogolowkin, James F. Amatru...> ;Pediatric Blood & Cancer. 2018 Apr 1
10 citations
Erratum to: Adolescents and Young Adults With a “Rare” Cancer: Getting Past Semantics to Optimal Care for Patients With Germ Cell Tumors (The Oncologist, (2014), 19, 7...
Sara Stoneham, Juliet Hale, Carlos Rodriguez-Galindo, Ha Dang, Thomas A. Olson, Matthew J. Murray, James F. Amatruda, Claire M. Thornton, G. Suren Arul, Deborah F. Bil...> ;The Oncologist. 2018 Feb 1
19 citations
Reduced and Compressed Cisplatin-Based Chemotherapy in Children and Adolescents With Intermediate-Risk Extracranial Malignant Germ Cell Tumors: A Report From the Child...
Furqan Shaikh, John W. Cullen, Thomas A. Olson, Farzana Pashankar, Marcio H. Malogolowkin, James F. Amatruda, Doojduen Villaluna, Mark Krailo, Deborah F. Billmire, Fre...> ;Journal of Clinical Oncology. 2017 Apr 10
10 citations
A variant c-KIT mutation, D816H, fundamental to the sequential development of an ovarian mixed germ cell tumor and systemic mastocytosis with chronic myelomonocytic le...
Sarah Mitchell, Silvia T. Bunting, Debra Saxe, Thomas A. Olson, Frank G. Keller> ;Pediatric Blood & Cancer. 2017 Apr 1
3 citations
Correlation of Ezrin Expression Pattern and Clinical Outcomes in Ewing Sarcoma.
Thomas Cash, Hong Yin, Courtney McCracken, Zhi Geng, Steven G. DuBois, Bahig M. Shehata, Thomas A. Olson, Howard M. Katzenstein, Cynthia Wetmore> ;Sarcoma. 2017 Jan 26
Study of Infrequent Tumors: Sustained Commitment Necessary
Thomas A. Olson> ;Journal of Oncology Practice. 2016 Oct 23
8 citations
Care Partnerships: Toward Technology to Support Teens' Participation in Their Health Care
Matthew K. Hong, Lauren Wilcox, Daniel Machado, Thomas A. Olson, Stephen F. Simoneaux> ;Proceedings of the SIGCHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems. CHI Conference. 2016 May 7
47 citations
Paediatric extracranial germ-cell tumours
Furqan Shaikh, Matthew J. Murray, James F. Amatruda, Nicholas Coleman, James Nicholson, Juliet Hale, Farzana Pashankar, Sara Stoneham, Jenny N. Poynter, Thomas A. Olso...> ;The Lancet. Oncology. 2016 Apr 1
87 citations
Is adjuvant chemotherapy indicated in ovarian immature teratomas? A combined data analysis from the Malignant Germ Cell Tumor International Collaborative
Farzana Pashankar, Juliet Hale, Ha Dang, Mark Krailo, William E. Brady, Carlos Rodriguez-Galindo, James Nicholson, Matthew J. Murray, Deborah F. Bilmire, Sara Stoneham...> ;Cancer. 2016 Jan 15
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