Emory University, Children's Healthcare of Atlanta and the Aflac cancer Center, Georgia, United States
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 of Developmental Therapeutics. 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.
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 co-leads the RAPNO initiative as well as the International Coalition for Pediatric Low-Grade Glioma.
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).
H serves as the principal investigator and Vice Chair on numerous national clinical trials.
