Karolyn A. Oetjen, MD, PhD

Karolyn A. Oetjen, MD, PhD

Assistant Professor

Address:
Division of Oncology
Mail Stop 8007-0057-07
Washington University
660 South Euclid Avenue
St. Louis, MO 63110

Room 724 Southwest Tower (lab)

Admin:
Gina Gentilini
ggentilini@wustl.edu

Clinical Interests
  • Myelodysplastic syndromes
  • Acute myeloid leukemia
Research Interests
  • Malignant clonal evolution
Research

My clinical interest is myelodysplastic syndromes and acute myeloid leukemia, with particular interest in therapy-related myeloid neoplasms and inherited predisposition to myeloid malignancies. The poor prognosis of relapsed, refractory and therapy-related myeloid neoplasms is an unmet clinical need for the development of novel therapeutics and cellular therapies. A primary focus of my research is applying single-cell genomic techniques to understand malignant clonal evolution within the bone marrow following chemotherapy treatment or hematopoietic stem cell transplantation, specifically in the setting of pre-existing mutations in DNA-damage repair genes.

Profiles (publications)

Biosketch

Education

  • 2011-2002: MD, PhD, University of Michigan Medical School, Ann Arbor, Ml
  • 2001-1997: BS, Mathematics, Chemistry and Biochemistry, Honors in Liberal Arts and Major, University of Wisconsin, Madison, WI

Post-Graduate Training

  • 2018-2015: Clinical Fellow, Hematology/Oncology, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD
  • 2014-2011: House Officer, Internal Medicine, University of Michigan Health System, Ann Arbor, MI

Academic Positions & Employment

  • present-2019: Instructor, Internal Medicine, Washington University, St. Louis, MO
  • 2015-2014: Clinical Lecturer, Internal Medicine, University of Michigan Health System, Ann Arbor, Ml
  • 2002-2001: Research Technician, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, Boston, MA

University & Hospital Appointments & Committees

  • 2018-2017: ICU Patient Admission Review ”Trigger Tool” Team, National Institutes of Health Clinical Center
  • 2017: Moonlighting Coordinator, National Heart, Lung and Blood Institute
  • 2017-2016: Clinical Quality Committee, National Institutes of Health Clinical Center
  • 2017-2016: Clinical Fellows Committee, National Institutes of Health Clinical Center
  • 2015: Volunteer Physician, University of Michigan Medical Student Run Free Clinic
  • 2015-2014: Ebola Inpatient Response Team, University of Michigan Health System
  • 2014: Residency Program Interviews, Department of Internal Medicine, University of Michigan
  • 2010-2004: MSTP Scientific Retreat Committee, University of Michigan

Board Certification

  • present-2018: American Board of Internal Medicine, Certification in Hematology
  • present-2018: American Board of Internal Medicine, Certification in Oncology
  • present-2014: American Board of Internal Medicine, Certification in Internal Medicine

Honors & Awards

  • 2011: Department of Internal Medicine Senior Scholarship, University of Michigan
  • 2011: Graduation with Distinction in Research, University of Michigan Medical School
  • 2010: AOA Honor Society, University of Michigan Medical School
  • 2002: Merit Scholarship, University of Michigan Medical School
  • 2000: Phi Beta Kappa Honor Society, University of Wisconsin
  • 2000: Trewartha Senior Honors Undergraduate Thesis Award, University of Wisconsin

Professional Societies & Organizations

  • 2017: Society for Immunotherapy of Cancer
  • 2016: American Association of Immunologists
  • 2015: American Society of Clinical Oncology
  • 2015: American Society of Hematology
  • 2004: American Medical Student Association
  • 2003: American Medical Women’s Association, University of Michigan Executive Committee