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Joseph G. Pressey, MD


  • Director, Musculoskeletal Tumor Center
  • Co-Director, Young Adult Oncology Program
  • Co-Director, Research Solid Tumor Program
  • Professor, UC Department of Pediatrics

About

Biography

Dr. Pressey graduated from the University of Georgia and the Medical College of Georgia before pursuing pediatrics residency training at Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center. He trained in pediatric hematology-oncology at the Children's Hospital of Philadelphia where he developed a keen interest in the biology and therapy of pediatric sarcomas. He spent 11 years at the University of Alabama at Birmingham School of Medicine and Children's Hospital of Alabama where he functioned as the principal investigator (PI) for the Children's Oncology Group (COG) Phase 1 and Pilot Consortium and the Sarcoma Alliance for Research through Collaboration (SARC).

Dr. Pressey joined the Cancer and Blood Diseases Institute at Cincinnati Children's to direct the Sarcoma and Young Adult Oncology Programs in 2014. He is appointed Professor of Clinical Pediatrics at the University of Cincinnati College of Medicine and functions as the Cincinnati Children's Institutional PI for the COG Pediatric Early Phase Clinical Trials Network (PEP-CTN) and SARC, as well as, for many industry-sponsored trials.

MD: Medical College of Georgia, Augusta, GA, 1995.

Residency: Pediatrics, Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center, Cincinnati, OH, 1998.

Fellowship: Pediatric Hematology-Oncology, Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, PA, 2001.

Certification: Pediatric Hematology-Oncology, 2002.

Interests

Pediatric and young adult patients with musculoskeletal tumors including rhabdomyosarcoma and other soft-tissue sarcomas; desmoid tumors; Ewing sarcoma; osteosarcoma; pediatric solid tumors; rare tumors including small cell carcinoma of the ovary

Services and Specialties

Cancer and Blood Diseases, Sarcoma, Young Adult Cancer, Neurofibromatosis

Interests

The development of novel therapies for pediatric sarcomas and rare tumors.

Research Areas

Oncology, Cancer and Blood Diseases

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Publications

Selected

Challenges in the Treatment of Sarcomas of Adolescents and Young Adults. Rotz, SJ; Nagarajan, R; Sorger, JI; Pressey, JG. Journal of Adolescent and Young Adult Oncology. 2017; 6:406-413.

Fluorescent-guided surgery and the use of indocyanine green sentinel lymph node mapping in the pediatric and young adult oncology population. Johnston, ME; Farooqui, ZA; Nagarajan, R; Pressey, JG; Turpin, B; Dasgupta, R. Cancer. 2023; 129:3962-3970.

Atypical Presentation of Granulosa Cell Tumor in an Adolescent: A Case Report. Morrison, A; Pressey, JG; VandenHeuvel, K; Streich-Tilles, T. Journal of Pediatric and Adolescent Gynecology. 2023; 36:553-555.

Reducing Unnecessary Oophorectomies for Benign Ovarian Neoplasms in Pediatric Patients. Minneci, PC; Bergus, KC; Lutz, C; Aldrink, J; Bence, C; Breech, L; Dillon, PA; Downard, C; Ehrlich, PF; Fallat, M; et al. Journal of the American Medical Association. 2023; 330:1247-1254.

Strategies for the Treatment of Infantile Soft Tissue Sarcomas With BCOR Alterations. Merjaneh, N; Kim, H; Escoto, H; Metts, J; Ray, A; Bukowinski, A; Leblanc, Z; Fair, D; Watanbe, M; Alva, E; et al. Journal of Pediatric Hematology/Oncology. 2023; 45:315-321.

ASO Author Reflections: Minimizing Time in Hospital via Bone Biopsy or Other Means. Cooke-Barber, J; Brungardt, JG; Sorger, M; Pressey, JG; Turpin, B; Nagarajan, R; Szabo, S; Sorger, J; Johnson, N; Dasgupta, R. Annals of Surgical Oncology. 2023; 30:3666.

ASO Visual Abstract: Pediatric and Young Adult Image-Guided Percutaneous Bone Biopsy-A New Standard of Care?. Cooke-Barber, J; Brungardt, JG; Sorger, M; Pressey, JG; Turpin, B; Nagarajan, R; Szabo, S; Sorger, J; Johnson, N; Dasgupta, R. Annals of Surgical Oncology. 2023; 30:3667.

Pediatric and Young Adult Image-Guided Percutaneous Bone Biopsy-A New Standard of Care?. Cooke-Barber, J; Brungardt, JG; Sorger, M; Pressey, JG; Turpin, B; Nagarajan, R; Szabo, S; Sorger, J; Johnson, N; Dasgupta, R. Annals of Surgical Oncology. 2023; 30:3658-3665.

34. Atypical Presentation of Granulosa Cell Tumor in an Adolescent: A Case Report. Morrison, A; Pressey, J; Roth, LP; Tulchinskaya, V; Strieich-TIlles, T. Journal of Pediatric and Adolescent Gynecology. 2023; 36:187.

Comorbidity Burden in a Cohort of Adolescent and Young Adult Patients Diagnosed with Central Nervous System Tumors and Sarcomas. Lazow, MA; Salloum, R; Pressey, JG. Journal of Adolescent and Young Adult Oncology. 2023; 12:215-223.

From the Blog

The Challenges of Cancer Therapy in Adolescents and Young Adults
Blog Cancer and Blood Diseases

The Challenges of Cancer Therapy in Adolescents and Young Adults

By Joseph Pressey, MD3/29/2018

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