Kelly Bolton, MD, PhD

Kelly Bolton, MD, PhD

Medical Oncologist

Primary Academic Title

Assistant Professor of Medicine, Division of Oncology Section of Bone Marrow Transplantation & Leukemia, Washington University School of Medicine

Clinical Expertise

Leukemia

Research Interest

The interplay between inherited genetic variation, environmental factors and acquired mutations in shaping earliest carcinogenesis and cancer

Education

  • 2011: PhD, public health and primary care, University of Cambridge, United Kingdom
  • 2013: MD, University of California, Los Angeles

Training

  • 2015 - 2018: Fellow, medical oncology/internal medicine, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, New York

Board Certification

  • 2015: American Board of Medicine
  • 2018: American Board of Oncology

Selected Research Publications

The Space Omics and Medical Atlas (SOMA) and international astronaut biobank.
  • Overbey EG, Kim J, Tierney BT, [...] Bolton KL, [...] Mason CE
  • Nature 2024
Plasma Proteomic Signature Predicts Myeloid Neoplasm Risk.
  • Tran D, Beeler JS, Liu J, [...] Bolton KL
  • Clin Cancer Res 2024
Clinical and Therapeutic Implications of Clonal Hematopoiesis.
  • Petrone G, Turker I, Natarajan P, Bolton KL
  • Annu Rev Genomics Hum Genet 2024
Integrative multi-omics analyses to identify the genetic and functional mechanisms underlying ovarian cancer risk regions.
  • Dareng EO, Coetzee SG, Tyrer JP, [...] Bolton KL, [...] Gayther SA
  • Am J Hum Genet 2024
Germline Predisposition in Hematologic Malignancies: Testing, Management, and Implications.
  • Godley LA, DiNardo CD, Bolton K
  • Am Soc Clin Oncol Educ Book 2024
ArCH: improving the performance of clonal hematopoiesis variant calling and interpretation.
  • Chan ICC, Panchot A, Schmidt E, [...] Bolton KL
  • Bioinformatics 2024
Clonal hematopoiesis in survivors of childhood cancer.
  • Novetsky Friedman D, Chan ICC, Moskowitz CS, [...] Bolton KL
  • Blood Adv 2023
Tracking the evolution of therapy-related myeloid neoplasms using chemotherapy signatures.
  • Diamond B, Ziccheddu B, Maclachlan K, [...] Bolton K, [...] Maura F
  • Blood 2023
Clonal Hematopoiesis and Risk of Incident Lung Cancer.
  • Tian R, Wiley B, Liu J, [...] Bolton KL, Cao Y
  • J Clin Oncol 2023
Clinical Importance of Clonal Hematopoiesis in Metastatic Gastrointestinal Tract Cancers.
  • Diplas BH, Ptashkin R, Chou JF, [...] Bolton K, [...] Maron SB
  • JAMA Netw Open 2023
Molecular Subclasses of Clear Cell Ovarian Carcinoma and Their Impact on Disease Behavior and Outcomes.
  • Bolton KL, Chen D, Corona de la Fuente R, [...] Papaemmanuil E
  • Clin Cancer Res 2022

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Contact Information

  • Washington University Medical Campus

    S. Lee Kling Proton Therapy Center
    224 Euclid Ave.
    Saint Louis, MO 63110

    Gary C. Werths Building at Siteman Cancer Center
    4500 Forest Park Avenue
    Saint Louis, MO 63110

    Parkview Tower
    1 Parkview Place
    Saint Louis, MO 63110

    Center for Advanced Medicine at Siteman Cancer Center
    4921 Parkview Place
    Saint Louis, MO 63110

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