Jason Fangusaro, MD
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Jason Fangusaro, MD, is director of Developmental Therapeutics at the Aflac Cancer and Blood Disorders Center of Children's Healthcare of Atlanta. Dr. Fangusaro is also Professor of Pediatrics at the Emory University School of Medicine and the Carter S. Martin Endowed Chair. As a clinical member of the pediatric neuro-oncology team, he specializes in treating children with central nervous system malignancies, including brain and spinal cord tumors. He is a is a member of the Discovery and Developmental Therapeutics Research Program at Winship Cancer Institute of Emory University in Atlanta, Georgia.
Dr. Fangusaro received his MD from Loyola University Stritch School of Medicine in Chicago, Illinois. He did his residency at Lutheran General Children's Hospital in Chicago, Illinois. He completed a Pediatric Hematology/Oncology Fellowship at Nationwide Children's Hospital in Columbus, Ohio, and a Pediatric Neuro-Oncology Fellowship at Children's Hospital of Los Angeles in California.
Dr. Fangusaro is a member of the Children's Oncology Group Brain Tumor Steering Committee, serves as the vice chair of the Pediatric Brain Tumor Consortium and partners with the pharmaceutical industry on investigator-initiated trials. He holds professional memberships with American Society of Clinical Oncology, Society for Neuro-Oncology and Children's Oncology Group.
Dr. Fangusaro's primary area of research is the development of early phase clinical trials, novel therapeutics and relevant biologic correlates in an effort to improve survival outcomes and minimize toxicities. Within pediatric brain tumors, his research has focused on two main areas: low grade gliomas (LGG) and central nervous system (CNS) germ cell tumors (GCTs).
He is a member of both the LGG and CNS GCT international consensus panels, and also serves as the principal investigator and co-investigator on numerous national trials.
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Title/Journal | Authors | Publication Date |
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Pediatric neuro-oncology: Highlights of the last quarter-century. Neoplasia (New York, N.Y.) |
P Power, JP Straehla, J Fangusaro, P Bandopadhayay, N Manoharan | 01/01/2025 |
Neuro-oncology |
MJ Lim-Fat, J Bennett, Q Ostrom, M Touat, E Franceschi, J Schulte, RS Bindra, J Fangusaro, G Dhall, J Nicholson, S Jackson, TB Davidson, G Calaminus, G Robinson, JR Whittle, P Hau, V Ramaswamy, KW Pajtler, R Rudà, NK Foreman, SL Hervey-Jumper, S Das, P Dirks, WL Bi, A Huang, TE Merchant, M Fouladi, K Aldape, MJ Van den Bent, RJ Packer, JJ Miller, DA Reardon, SM Chang, D Haas-Kogan, U Tabori, C Hawkins, M Monje, PY Wen, E Bouffet, KK Yeo | 10/23/2024 |
Neuro-oncology |
AM Familiar, A Fathi Kazerooni, A Vossough, JB Ware, S Bagheri, N Khalili, H Anderson, D Haldar, PB Storm, AC Resnick, BH Kann, M Aboian, C Kline, M Weller, RY Huang, SM Chang, JR Fangusaro, LM Hoffman, S Mueller, M Prados, A Nabavizadeh | 09/05/2024 |
Neuro-oncology |
P O'Hare, T Cooney, P de Blank, DH Gutmann, M Kieran, T Milde, J Fangusaro, M Fisher, S Avula, R Packer, K Fukuoka, K Mankad, S Mueller, AJ Waanders, E Opocher, E Bouffet, E Raabe, NE Werle, AA Azizi, NJ Robison, P Hernáiz Driever, M Russo, N Schouten, CM van Tilburg, A Sehested, J Grill, P Bandopadhayay, JP Kilday, O Witt, DM Ashley, BB Ertl-Wagner, U Tabori, DR Hargrave | 08/05/2024 |
Clinical cancer research : an official journal of the American Association for Cancer Research |
J Fangusaro, RA Avery, MJ Fisher, RJ Packer, KS Walsh, A Schouten-van Meeteren, D Karres, D Bradford, V Bhatnagar, H Singh, PG Kluetz, M Donoghue, ES Duke | 06/03/2024 |
Neuro-oncology |
S Mueller, J Fangusaro, AO Thomas, TS Jacques, P Bandopadhayay, P de Blank, RJ Packer, M Fouladi, AS van Meeteren, D Jones, A Perry, Y Nakano, D Hargrave, D Riedl, NJ Robison, M Partanen, MJ Fisher, O Witt | 03/04/2024 |
Indoximod-based chemo-immunotherapy for pediatric brain tumors: A first-in-children phase I trial. Neuro-oncology |
TS Johnson, TJ MacDonald, R Pacholczyk, D Aguilera, A Al-Basheer, M Bajaj, P Bandopadhayay, Z Berrong, E Bouffet, RC Castellino, K Dorris, BR Eaton, N Esiashvili, JR Fangusaro, N Foreman, D Fridlyand, C Giller, IM Heger, C Huang, N Kadom, EP Kennedy, N Manoharan, W Martin, C McDonough, RS Parker, V Ramaswamy, E Ring, A Rojiani, RF Sadek, S Satpathy, M Schniederjan, A Smith, C Smith, BE Thomas, R Vaizer, KK Yeo, MK Bhasin, DH Munn | 02/02/2024 |
Primary Diffuse Leptomeningeal Melanomatosis in a Child with Extracranial Metastasis: Case Report. Current oncology (Toronto, Ont.) |
SW Shahab, P Patil, JR Fangusaro, B Patteson, A Goldman-Yassen, BR Eaton, W Boydston, M Schniederjan, D Aguilera | 01/20/2024 |
Pediatric low-grade glioma: State-of-the-art and ongoing challenges. Neuro-oncology |
J Fangusaro, DT Jones, RJ Packer, DH Gutmann, T Milde, O Witt, S Mueller, MJ Fisher, JR Hansford, U Tabori, D Hargrave, P Bandopadhayay | 01/05/2024 |
Neuro-oncology |
M Monje, T Cooney, J Glod, J Huang, CJ Peer, D Faury, P Baxter, K Kramer, A Lenzen, NJ Robison, L Kilburn, A Vinitsky, WD Figg, N Jabado, M Fouladi, J Fangusaro, A Onar-Thomas, IJ Dunkel, KE Warren | 12/08/2023 |
Optimizing preclinical pediatric low-grade glioma models for meaningful clinical translation. Neuro-oncology |
T Milde, J Fangusaro, MJ Fisher, C Hawkins, FJ Rodriguez, U Tabori, O Witt, Y Zhu, DH Gutmann | 11/02/2023 |
Children's Oncology Group's 2023 blueprint for research: Central nervous system tumors. Pediatric blood & cancer |
SES Leary, A Onar-Thomas, J Fangusaro, NG Gottardo, K Cohen, A Smith, A Huang, D Haas-Kogan, M Fouladi | 09/01/2023 |
Cancers |
N Pillay-Smiley, J Leach, A Lane, T Hummel, J Fangusaro, P de Blank | 03/31/2023 |
Neoplasia (New York, N.Y.) |
JV Lilly, JL Rokita, JL Mason, T Patton, S Stefankiewiz, D Higgins, G Trooskin, CA Larouci, K Arya, E Appert, AP Heath, Y Zhu, MA Brown, B Zhang, BK Farrow, S Robins, AM Morgan, TQ Nguyen, E Frenkel, K Lehmann, E Drake, C Sullivan, A Plisiewicz, N Coleman, L Patterson, M Koptyra, Z Helili, N Van Kuren, N Young, MC Kim, C Friedman, A Lubneuski, C Blackden, M Williams, V Baubet, L Tauhid, J Galanaugh, K Boucher, H Ijaz, KA Cole, N Choudhari, M Santi, RW Moulder, J Waller, W Rife, SJ Diskin, M Mateos, DW Parsons, IF Pollack, S Goldman, S Leary, C Caporalini, AM Buccoliero, M Scagnet, D Haussler, D Hanson, R Firestein, J Cain, JJ Phillips, N Gupta, S Mueller, G Grant, M Monje-Deisseroth, S Partap, JP Greenfield, R Hashizume, A Smith, S Zhu, JM Johnston, JR Fangusaro, M Miller, MD Wood, S Gardner, CL Carter, LM Prolo, J Pisapia, K Pehlivan, A Franson, T Niazi, J Rubin, M Abdelbaki, DS Ziegler, HB Lindsay, AG Stucklin, N Gerber, OM Vaske, C Quinsey, BR Rood, J Nazarian, E Raabe, EM Jackson, S Stapleton, RM Lober, DE Kram, C Koschmann, PB Storm, RR Lulla, M Prados, AC Resnick, AJ Waanders | 01/01/2023 |
European journal of cancer (Oxford, England : 1990) |
AD Pearson, C Allen, J Fangusaro, C Hutter, O Witt, S Weiner, G Reaman, M Russo, P Bandopadhayay, S Ahsan, A Barone, E Barry, T de Rojas, M Fisher, E Fox, JG Bender, L Gore, D Hargrave, D Hawkins, B Kreider, AJ Langseth, G Lesa, F Ligas, M Marotti, LV Marshall, K Nasri, K Norga, K Nysom, A Pappo, G Rossato, N Scobie, M Smith, E Stieglitz, B Weigel, A Weinstein, R Viana, D Karres, G Vassal | 12/01/2022 |
MEK inhibitors for neurofibromatosis type 1 manifestations: Clinical evidence and consensus. Neuro-oncology |
PMK de Blank, AM Gross, S Akshintala, JO Blakeley, G Bollag, A Cannon, E Dombi, J Fangusaro, BD Gelb, D Hargrave, A Kim, LJ Klesse, M Loh, S Martin, C Moertel, R Packer, JM Payne, KA Rauen, JJ Rios, N Robison, EK Schorry, K Shannon, DA Stevenson, E Stieglitz, NJ Ullrich, KS Walsh, BD Weiss, PL Wolters, K Yohay, ME Yohe, BC Widemann, MJ Fisher | 11/02/2022 |
Neuro-oncology |
A Fonseca, C Faure-Conter, MJ Murray, J Fangusaro, S Bailey, S Goldman, S Khatua, D Frappaz, G Calaminus, G Dhall, JC Nicholson, E Bouffet, U Bartels | 11/02/2022 |
Nervous system (NS) Tumors in Cancer Predisposition Syndromes. Neurotherapeutics : the journal of the American Society for Experimental NeuroTherapeutics |
P Patil, BB Pencheva, VM Patil, J Fangusaro | 10/01/2022 |
JCO precision oncology |
M Dankner, Y Wang, R Fazelzad, B Johnson, CA Nebhan, I Dagogo-Jack, NJ Myall, G Richtig, JWP Bracht, M Gerlinger, E Shinozaki, T Yoshino, D Kotani, JR Fangusaro, O Gautschi, J Mazieres, JA Sosman, S Kopetz, V Subbiah, MA Davies, AL Groover, RJ Sullivan, KT Flaherty, DB Johnson, A Benedetti, DW Cescon, A Spreafico, G Zogopoulos, AAN Rose | 08/01/2022 |
Neuro-oncology |
JR Fangusaro, A Onar-Thomas, TY Poussaint, S Wu, AH Ligon, NI Lindeman, A Banerjee, R Packer, LB Kilburn, IF Pollack, IA Qaddoumi, PG Fisher, G Dhall, PA Baxter, SG Kreissman, LA Doyle, MA Smith, M Fouladi, IJ Dunkel | 08/01/2022 |
Neuro-oncology |
U Bartels, A Onar-Thomas, SK Patel, D Shaw, J Fangusaro, G Dhall, M Souweidane, A Bhatia, L Embry, CL Trask, ES Murphy, S MacDonald, S Wu, JM Boyett, S Leary, M Fouladi, A Gajjar, S Khatua | 06/01/2022 |
International journal of radiation oncology, biology, physics |
ES Murphy, G Dhall, J Fangusaro, U Bartels, M Fouladi, D Shaw, S Khatua, CW Hughes, A Panigraphy, M Ioakeim-Ioannidou, M Souweidane, D Morris, A Gajjar, S Wu, A Onar-Thomas, DA Haas-Kogan, SM MacDonald | 05/01/2022 |
The Lancet. Oncology |
G Morana, D Shaw, SM MacDonald, C Alapetite, T Ajithkumar, A Bhatia, H Brisse, C Jaimes, T Czech, G Dhall, J Fangusaro, C Faure-Conter, M Fouladi, D Hargrave, JH Harreld, D Mitra, JC Nicholson, M Souweidane, B Timmermann, G Calaminus, U Bartels, B Bison, MJ Murray | 05/01/2022 |
JCO precision oncology |
RJ Summers, SM Castellino, CC Porter, TJ MacDonald, GD Basu, S Szelinger, MK Bhasin, T Cash, AB Carter, RC Castellino, JR Fangusaro, SG Mitchell, MG Pauly, B Pencheva, DS Wechsler, DK Graham, KC Goldsmith | 04/01/2022 |
Multicenter Analysis of Genomically Targeted Single Patient Use Requests for Pediatric Neoplasms. Journal of clinical oncology : official journal of the American Society of Clinical Oncology |
HS Sabnis, DS Shulman, B Mizukawa, N Bouvier, A Zehir, J Fangusaro, VA Fabrizio, C Whitlow, M Winchester, L Agresta, B Turpin, DS Wechsler, SG DuBois, J Glade-Bender, SM Castellino, N Shukla | 12/01/2021 |
Neuro-oncology |
J Fangusaro, A Onar-Thomas, TY Poussaint, S Wu, AH Ligon, N Lindeman, O Campagne, A Banerjee, S Gururangan, LB Kilburn, S Goldman, I Qaddoumi, P Baxter, G Vezina, C Bregman, Z Patay, JY Jones, CF Stewart, MJ Fisher, LA Doyle, M Smith, IJ Dunkel, M Fouladi | 10/01/2021 |
Clinical Pharmacokinetics and Pharmacodynamics of Selumetinib. Clinical pharmacokinetics |
O Campagne, KK Yeo, J Fangusaro, CF Stewart | 03/01/2021 |
Neonatal Central Nervous System Tumors. Clinics in perinatology |
S Shahab, J Fangusaro | 03/01/2021 |
Advances in the classification and treatment of pediatric brain tumors. Current opinion in pediatrics |
J Fangusaro, P Bandopadhayay | 02/01/2021 |
Pediatric blood & cancer |
J Fangusaro, DA Mitchell, M Kocak, GW Robinson, PA Baxter, EI Hwang, J Huang, A Onar-Thomas, IJ Dunkel, M Fouladi, KE Warren | 02/01/2021 |
Frontiers in oncology |
J Fangusaro, MG Cefalo, ML Garré, LV Marshall, M Massimino, B Benettaib, N Biserna, J Poon, J Quan, E Conlin, J Lewandowski, M Simcock, N Jeste, DR Hargrave, F Doz, KE Warren | 01/01/2021 |
Neuro-oncology |
RJ Packer, A Iavarone, DTW Jones, JO Blakeley, E Bouffet, MJ Fisher, E Hwang, C Hawkins, L Kilburn, T MacDonald, SM Pfister, B Rood, FJ Rodriguez, U Tabori, V Ramaswamy, Y Zhu, J Fangusaro, SA Johnston, DH Gutmann | 06/09/2020 |
Pineoblastoma in children less than six years of age: The Head Start I, II, and III experience. Pediatric blood & cancer |
MS Abdelbaki, MH Abu-Arja, TB Davidson, JR Fangusaro, JR Stanek, IJ Dunkel, G Dhall, SL Gardner, JL Finlay | 06/01/2020 |
The Lancet. Oncology |
J Fangusaro, O Witt, P Hernáiz Driever, AK Bag, P de Blank, N Kadom, L Kilburn, RM Lober, NJ Robison, MJ Fisher, RJ Packer, T Young Poussaint, L Papusha, S Avula, AA Brandes, E Bouffet, D Bowers, A Artemov, M Chintagumpala, D Zurakowski, M van den Bent, B Bison, KW Yeom, W Taal, KE Warren | 06/01/2020 |
The "Risk" in Pediatric Low-Grade Glioma. Cancer cell |
J Fangusaro, P Bandopadhayay | 04/13/2020 |
Acta neuropathologica |
BK Li, A Vasiljevic, C Dufour, F Yao, BLB Ho, M Lu, EI Hwang, S Gururangan, JR Hansford, M Fouladi, S Nobusawa, A Laquerriere, MB Delisle, J Fangusaro, F Forest, H Toledano, P Solano-Paez, S Leary, D Birks, LM Hoffman, A Szathmari, C Faure-Conter, X Fan, D Catchpoole, L Zhou, KAP Schultz, K Ichimura, G Gauchotte, N Jabado, C Jones, D Loussouarn, K Mokhtari, A Rousseau, DS Ziegler, S Tanaka, SL Pomeroy, A Gajjar, V Ramaswamy, C Hawkins, RG Grundy, DA Hill, E Bouffet, A Huang, A Jouvet | 02/01/2020 |
Journal of clinical oncology : official journal of the American Society of Clinical Oncology |
J Fangusaro, S Wu, S MacDonald, E Murphy, D Shaw, U Bartels, S Khatua, M Souweidane, HM Lu, D Morris, A Panigrahy, A Onar-Thomas, M Fouladi, A Gajjar, G Dhall | 12/01/2019 |
Neuro-oncology |
JP Gross, S Powell, F Zelko, W Hartsell, S Goldman, J Fangusaro, RR Lulla, NP Smiley, JH Chang, V Gondi | 07/11/2019 |
Cancer cell |
P Sin-Chan, I Mumal, T Suwal, B Ho, X Fan, I Singh, Y Du, M Lu, N Patel, J Torchia, D Popovski, M Fouladi, P Guilhamon, JR Hansford, S Leary, LM Hoffman, JM Mulcahy Levy, A Lassaletta, P Solano-Paez, E Rivas, A Reddy, GY Gillespie, N Gupta, TE Van Meter, H Nakamura, TT Wong, YS Ra, SK Kim, L Massimi, RG Grundy, J Fangusaro, D Johnston, J Chan, L Lafay-Cousin, EI Hwang, Y Wang, D Catchpoole, J Michaud, B Ellezam, R Ramanujachar, H Lindsay, MD Taylor, CE Hawkins, E Bouffet, N Jabado, SK Singh, CL Kleinman, D Barsyte-Lovejoy, XN Li, PB Dirks, CY Lin, SC Mack, JN Rich, A Huang | 07/08/2019 |
The Lancet. Oncology |
J Fangusaro, A Onar-Thomas, T Young Poussaint, S Wu, AH Ligon, N Lindeman, A Banerjee, RJ Packer, LB Kilburn, S Goldman, IF Pollack, I Qaddoumi, RI Jakacki, PG Fisher, G Dhall, P Baxter, SG Kreissman, CF Stewart, DTW Jones, SM Pfister, G Vezina, JS Stern, A Panigrahy, Z Patay, B Tamrazi, JY Jones, SS Haque, DS Enterline, S Cha, MJ Fisher, LA Doyle, M Smith, IJ Dunkel, M Fouladi | 07/01/2019 |
Science signaling |
THW Dobson, RH Tao, J Swaminathan, S Maegawa, S Shaik, J Bravo-Alegria, A Sharma, B Kennis, Y Yang, K Callegari, AR Haltom, P Taylor, M Kogiso, L Qi, S Khatua, S Goldman, RR Lulla, J Fangusaro, TJ MacDonald, XN Li, C Hawkins, V Rajaram, V Gopalakrishnan | 01/22/2019 |