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Pediatric Services

Aflac Cancer Center and Blood Disorders Service

Tobey J. MacDonald, M.D.

Pediatric Hematology/Oncology
Aflac Cancer Center and Blood Disorder Service
Children’s Healthcare of Atlanta at Egleston
1405 Clifton Road NE
Atlanta, GA 30322

Associate Professor of Pediatrics
Emory University School of Medicine

Education/Training

  • Medical Degree: Cornell University Medical College, New York City, NY, 1991
  • Internship and Residency: Pediatrics, Children’s Hospital Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA, 1991-1994
  • Fellowship: Pediatric Hematology/Oncology; Children’s Hospital Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA, 1994-1997
  • Fellowship: Pediatric Neuro-Oncology; Children’s Hospital Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA, 1997-1998

Certifications

  • American Board of Pediatrics, Pediatric Hematology/Oncology, 1998-2013
  • American Board of Pediatrics, 1994-2014
  • National Board of Medical Examiners, 1992

Professional and Scientific Societies 

  • American Association for Cancer Research, Member
  • Society for Neuro-Oncology, Member
  • Society for Pediatric Research, Member
  • Children’s Oncology Group, Committee Member
  • Pediatric Oncology Experimental Therapeutics Investigators Consortium (POETIC), Member
  • Childhood Brain Tumor Foundation, Scientific Advisory Committee Member and Scientific Review Committee Member

Areas of Interest/Research

Basic and translational research of childhood brain tumors with primary research focus on the role of platelet-derived growth factor receptor (PDGFR) signaling in medulloblastoma  

Publications/Presentations/Other

  • Selected journal articles authored/co-authored by this physician are available at http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed
  • Authored/co-authored more than 60 publications and abstracts
  • Authored/co-authored 7 book chapters
  • Invited lecturer at local, regional, national and international conferences
  • Manuscript reviewer for
    • Cancer Research
    • Clinical Cancer Research
    • Neuro-Oncology

Honors/Awards

  • Elaine H. Snyder Cancer Research Award, George Washington University, 2008
  • Children’s National Medical Center, Basic Research Award, Junior Faculty, 2001
  • Children’s Hospital Los Angeles Research Institute Basic Science Research Award, 1998
  • AACR Fellowship, Molecular Biology in Clinical Oncology, 1996
  • NIH Clinical Fellowship, Children’s Hospital Los Angeles, 1995-1996
  • American Cancer Society Clinical Oncology Fellowship, 1994-1995
  • David P. Barr Fellowship, Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center, 1988
  • NIH Fellowship, New York Hospital-Cornell Medical Center, 1987-1989