Dr. Charles R. Thomas, Jr., MD

Fellowship:
Rush University (Medical Oncology) Board

Dr. Thomas joined the OHSU faculty in November 2005 as Professor and Chair of the department. Dr. Thomas is an active member on multiple committees, including the ACR, AJCO, RTOG, ASTRO, and the JCO. He was recently named amongst the "Best Doctors in America" and has served as Chair or Co-Chair in SWOG, ACOSOG, and NSABP protocols. His primary areas of interest are GI and Thoracic malignancies, Translational Research, and Outcomes Research.

Department chair, Dr. CR Thomas, is flanked (left to right) by Drs. Steven Stain (Journal of National Medical Association & Albany Medical Center), Donn Spight, & Stephen Noble. 

Dr. Stain, the Neil Lempert professor & chair of the department of surgery at Albany Medical College and immediate past-chair of the Am Board of Surgery board of directors, visited OHSU as the 4th annual William Krippaehne Lecture in Surgical Education presenter on Monday, September 20th, 2010.

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• Dr. Thomas co-presented on "Cancer Emergencies" at the OHSU Department of Surgery Grand Rounds, on January 23, 2012
  
• OHSU Knight Cancer Institute Dept chair, Dr. Thomas, serves as judge for 2011 Annual Biomedical Research Conference for Minority Students (ABRCMS)
  
• Drs. Tanyi and Thomas were interviewed at the 2011 RSNA meeting during filming of a promotional video
  
• Department faculty co-authors special editorial
  
• Dr. CR Thomas receives congratulations at the ASTRO 2011 annual meeting
  
• Dr. Thomas selected to serve on the Management Committee of the Faculty Practice Plan
  
• Dr. Thomas visits the Vrije Universiteit (VU) Medical Center in Amsterdam
  
• Dr. CR Thomas, Jr. was a visiting professor at College of Medicine at Howard University
  
• Faculty member named recipient of 2011 Dean’s Award
  
• Department chair serves as visiting faculty scholar at Mayo Clinic department of radiation oncology
  
• OSU - Oregon Medical Physics Program
  
• OHSU - Oregon Medical Physics graduate program
• Dr. Thomas selected to serve on the Initial Certification Advisory Committee
  
• Dr. CR Thomas. Jr., has been selected to serve on Expert Panel
  
• Dr. Thomas selected to join the editorial board of the Journal of Gastrointestinal Cancer
  
• Dr. Thomas presents on “Pancoast Tumors: Update from Prospective Clinical Trials & New Directions”
  
• Department chair is keynote speaker at the Penn State University College of Medicine
  
• Faculty member named to Radiation Oncology Study Section of RSNA
  
• Department chair appointed to serve on the AACR-MICR Minority Scholar in Cancer Research Awards Committee for 2009-2010
  
• Faculty member to present at Pacific University’s School of Physician Assistant Studies
  
• Dr. Charles R. Thomas, Jr. was an invited speaker for the 1st International Conference on Thymic Malignancies
  
• Department chair is co-editor of new definitive textbook on cancers of the esophagus
• Dr. CR Thomas, Jr., named chair of the radiation oncology committee of the American College of Surgeons Oncology Group
• Dr. CR Thomas, Jr. will be giving the invited Lambert Oncology Visiting Professor Lectureship at the University of Tennessee Cancer Institute
• Department chair, Dr. CR Thomas, Jr., visit the legendary Howard University Hospital in October
• Dr. Thomas has been invited to serve on the select faculty of the 14th annual ASCO/AACR Workshop
  
• Dr. Thomas presents report of the Bylaws & Constitution Committee at the 50th Annual ASTRO Business Meeting Luncheon at the Waterfront Westin Hotel in Boston, MA
• Department chair invited to serve as a Visiting Professor at the University of California Irvine School of Medicine
• Dr. Thomas named an ASCO Statesman for the 2008 Class