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Charles R Thomas Jr, MD

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Professional Interests

Area(s) of Research/Scholarly Interest:

CLINICAL & TRANSLATIONAL CANCER RESEARCH INTERESTS
1) Protocol development of translational research-based national cooperative group combined modality therapeutic clinical trials for GI and thoracic solid tumors
2) Development of strategies to address barriers to participation in cancer clinical trials amongst minority and ethnic populations in the U.S.
3) Mediastinal tumors
4) SMMART (Serial Measurements of Molecular Architecture Responses to Therapy) trials, including radiomics as a tool to increase the therapeutic ratio in radiation oncology
5) Pre-clinical & clinical characterization of the interaction between novel systemic therapeutics and ionizing radiation
6) Cancer emergency medicine; https://link.springer.com/book/10.1007/978-3-030-67123-5

HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH INTERESTS
1) Mentorship in Academic Radiation Oncology
http://www.ohsu.edu/xd/education/schools/school-of-medicine/departments/clinical-departments/radiation-medicine/about/training-mentoring.cfm

https://cancer.dartmouth.edu/stories/article/building-culture-mentorship-dartmouth-cancer-center

2) Development of pipeline strategies to increase URM investigators into radiologic sciences and cancer medicine
http://www.ohsu.edu/xd/education/schools/school-of-medicine/departments/clinical-departments/radiation-medicine/about/diversity.cfm
3) Patient-Provider Communication
4) Burnout Assessment & Management in Academic Leaders
5) Interaction of Mentoring and Academic Productivity; https://cancer.dartmouth.edu/stories/article/building-culture-mentorship-dartmouth-cancer-center

Rotations and Thesis Projects

Pending update

Grant Information

Pending update

Courses Taught

Geisel Elective-248, Topics in Radiation Oncology (Fall, 2022)

ENG 56, Introduction to Biomedical Engineering (Spring, 2022, Spring 2023, Spring 2024)

MEDI-522, Introduction to Radiation Oncology

MEDI-555, Advanced Clerkship in Radiation Oncology

Mentoring Information

https://connection.asco.org/tec/career/how-i-became-professor-and-chief-radiation-oncology

https://cancer.dartmouth.edu/stories/article/building-culture-mentorship-dartmouth-cancer-center

CAREER DEVELOPMENT IN ACADEMIC RADIATION ONCOLOGY (Springer)
https://link.springer.com/book/10.1007/978-3-030-71855-8
GENDER EQUITY TOOLBOX
https://cancer.dartmouth.edu/radiation-oncology/professionals#genderequity
MENTORSHIP & SPONSORSHIP FACULTY DEVELOPMENT TOOLBOX
https://cancer.dartmouth.edu/radiation-oncology/professionals#mentorship
https://www.ohsu.edu/school-of-medicine/radiation-medicine/mentorship-and-sponsorship

Biography

Charles R. Thomas, Jr., M.D., is Professor and Founding Chair, Dept. of Radiation Oncology & Applied Sciences (July 2024) at the Geisel School of Medicine and Dartmouth Cancer Center. He previously served as Prof. & Chair of the Dept. of Radiation Medicine @ the Knight Cancer Institute/Oregon Health & Science University. Dr. Thomas has received triple-board certification in Radiation Oncology (American Board of Radiology), Medical Oncology and Internal Medicine (American Board of Internal Medicine). He attended the 1998 Vail course as a student and later taught @ the Vail Workshop from 2009-12, as well as the Flims/Zeist clinical trials workshop from 2012-2017. Dr. Thomas has served on the NCI Rectal-Anal Cancer Task Force. He is also active in protocol development either as chair or co-chair, within the U.S. cooperative group mechanism, with a focus on novel therapeutic translational clinical research on GI and thoracic malignancies that have tested incorporation of novel antiproliferative systemic agents with radiotherapy. Dr. Thomas has served as the chair of the Radiation Oncology Committee of the American College of Surgeons Oncology Group (ACOSOG). He is currently Deputy Editor of JAMA Oncology and has served as Editor-in-Chief of Radiation Medicine Rounds (Demos Medical Publishing), as well as on the Editorial Boards of the Seminars in Radiation Oncology, Advances in Radiation Oncology, Journal of Clinical Oncology, Journal of Gastrointestinal Oncology, Diseases of the Esophagus, Radiographics, and CA: A Cancer Journal for Clinicians. Dr. Thomas has served as an oral and written examiner for the GI section of The American Board of Radiology Certification Examination, as well as on multiple committees within ASCO (Grants Selection Committee, Membership Committee past-chair, Scientific Program Committee), RSNA (past chair, Radiation Oncology Study Section), and ASTRO (Nominating Committee, Science Council Steering Committee, Bylaws & Constitution Committee, Membership Committee, Scientific Program Committee & GI Abstract Review Committee). Dr. Thomas has served as chair of the Grant Writing Workshop for the 2017-2020 annual ASCO meeting. He is the author or co-author of over 360 journal articles & editorials and is a co-editor of multiple textbooks including Oncologic Emergency Medicine: Principles & Practice (Springer, 2nd ed), Career Development in Academic Radiation Oncology (Springer, 2021), Absolute Therapeutic Medical Physics Review (Springer, 2022), Mediastinal Tumors (Springer), Biliary Tract & Gallbladder Cancers: Diagnosis and Therapy (2 editions, Springer & Demos Medical Publishing), and Esophagus Cancers: Practice and Principles (1st ed 2009, 2nd ed 2021). Dr. Thomas has received funding from the NIH, NSF, foundations, & industry. In 2022, he was a recipient of the ASTRO Mentoring Award.