Karolyn Oetjen, MD, PhD

Karolyn Oetjen, MD, PhD

Medical Oncologist

Primary Academic Title

Assistant Professor of Medicine, Division of Oncology, Washington University School of Medicine

Clinical Expertise

Leukemia, myeloid malignancies

Research Interest

Pathogenesis of myeloid malignancies

Education

  • 2011: MD, PhD, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor

Training

  • 2011 - 2014: Resident, internal medicine, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor
  • 2015 - 2018: Fellow, hematology and oncology, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Md.

Board Certification

  • 2014: American Board of Internal Medicine
  • 2018: American Board of Internal Medicine - hematology and oncology

Selected Research Publications

ATM-dependent DNA damage response constrains cell growth and drives clonal hematopoiesis in telomere biology disorders.
  • Sande CM, Chen S, Mitchell DV, [...] Oetjen KA, [...] Babushok DV
  • J Clin Invest 2025
IMC-Denoise: a content aware denoising pipeline to enhance Imaging Mass Cytometry.
  • Lu P, Oetjen KA, Bender DE, [...] Thorek DLJ
  • Nat Commun 2023

Contact Information

  • Washington University Medical Campus

    Gary C. Werths Building at Siteman Cancer Center
    4500 Forest Park Avenue
    Saint Louis, MO 63108

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

    Parkview Tower
    1 Parkview Place
    Saint Louis, MO 63110

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

    Siteman Kids at St. Louis Children’s Hospital
    1 Children's Place
    St. Louis, MO 63110

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