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

Plasma Proteomic Signature Predicts Myeloid Neoplasm Risk.
  • Tran D, Beeler JS, Liu J, [...] Bolton KL
  • Clin Cancer Res 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
Bone Marrow Surveillance of Pediatric Cancer Survivors Identifies Clones that Predict Therapy-Related Leukemia.
  • Spitzer B, Rutherford KD, Gundem G, [...] Bolton KL, [...] Papaemmanuil E
  • Clin Cancer Res 2022
Association of clonal hematopoiesis mutations with clinical outcomes: A systematic review and meta-analysis.
  • Nowakowska MK, Kim T, Thompson MT, Bolton KL, [...] Nead KT
  • Am J Hematol 2022
What Clonal Hematopoiesis Can Teach Us About MDS.
  • Chan ICC, Wiley BJ, Bolton KL
  • Front Oncol 2022
Clonal hematopoiesis is associated with risk of severe Covid-19.
  • Bolton KL, Koh Y, Foote MB, [...] Zehir A
  • Nat Commun 2021

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Contact Information

  • Washington University Medical Campus

    4921 Parkview Place
    Saint Louis, MO 63110

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