Kathleen (Katie) Dorris, MD
Associate Professor, Pediatrics-Heme/Onc and Bone Marrow Transplantation

Professional Titles

• Associate Professor of Pediatrics

Teaching

Publications

• Johnson TS, MacDonald TJ, Pacholczyk R, Aguilera D, Al-Basheer A, Bajaj M, Bandopadhayay P, Berrong Z, Bouffet E, Castellino RC, Dorris K, Eaton BR, Esiashvili N, Fangusaro JR, Foreman N, Fridlyand D, Giller C, Heger IM, Huang C, Kadom N, Kennedy EP, Manoharan N, Martin W, McDonough C, Parker RS, Ramaswamy V, Ring E, Rojiani A, Sadek RF, Satpathy S, Schniederjan M, Smith A, Smith C, Thomas BE, Vaizer R, Yeo KK, Bhasin MK, Munn DH. Indoximod-based chemo-immunotherapy for pediatric brain tumors: a first-in-children phase 1 trial. Neuro Oncol. 2023 Sep 16. [Epub ahead of print] PubMed PMID: 37715730
• Knox AJ, Van Court B, Oweida A, Barsh E, DeSisto J, Flannery P, Lemma R, Chatwin H, Vibhakar R, Dorris K, Serkova NJ, Karam SD, Gilani A, Green AL. A novel preclinical model of craniospinal irradiation in pediatric diffuse midline glioma demonstrates decreased metastatic disease. Front Oncol. 2023;13:1105395. PubMed PMID: 37124531
• Erker C, Mynarek M, Bailey S, Mazewski CM, Baroni L, Massimino M, Hukin J, Aguilera D, Cappellano AM, Ramaswamy V, Lassaletta A, Perreault S, Kline CN, Rajagopal R, Michaiel G, Zapotocky M, Santa-Maria Lopez V, La Madrid AM, Cacciotti C, Sandler ES, Hoffman LM, Klawinski D, Khan S, Salloum R, Hoppmann AL, Larouche V, Dorris K, Toledano H, Gilheeney SW, Abdelbaki MS, Wilson B, Tsang DS, Knipstein J, Oren MY, Shah S, Murray JC, Ginn KF, Wang ZJ, Fleischhack G, Obrecht D, Tonn S, Harrod VL, Matheson K, Crooks B, Strother DR, Cohen KJ, Hansford JR, Mueller S, Margol A, Gajjar A, Dhall G, Finlay JL, Northcott PA, Rutkowski S, Clifford SC, Robinson G, Bouffet E, Lafay-Cousin L. Outcomes of Infants and Young Children With Relapsed Medulloblastoma After Initial Craniospinal Irradiation-Sparing Approaches: An International Cohort Study. J Clin Oncol. 2023 Apr 1;41(10):1921-1932. PubMed PMID: 36548930
• Messinger D, Harris MK, Cummings JR, Thomas C, Yang T, Sweha SR, Woo R, Siddaway R, Burkert M, Stallard S, Qin T, Mullan B, Siada R, Ravindran R, Niculcea M, Dowling AR, Bradin J, Ginn KF, Gener MAH, Dorris K, Vitanza NA, Schmidt SV, Spitzer J, Li J, Filbin MG, Cao X, Castro MG, Lowenstein PR, Mody R, Chinnaiyan A, Desprez PY, McAllister S, Dun MD, Hawkins C, Waszak SM, Venneti S, Koschmann C, Yadav VN. Therapeutic targeting of prenatal pontine ID1 signaling in diffuse midline glioma. Neuro Oncol. 2023 Jan 5;25(1):54-67. PubMed PMID: 35605606
• Malik N, Samples DC, Finneran MM, Graber S, Dorris K, Norris G, Foreman NK, Hankinson TC, Handler MH. Pediatric pineal region masses: a single-center experience over 25 years. Childs Nerv Syst. 2022 Jul 14. [Epub ahead of print] PubMed PMID: 35831712
• Gajjar A, Mahajan A, Abdelbaki M, Anderson C, Antony R, Bale T, Bindra R, Bowers DC, Cohen K, Cole B, Dorris K, Ermoian R, Franson A, Helgager J, Landi D, Lin C, Metrock L, Nanda R, Palmer J, Partap S, Plant A, Pruthi S, Reynolds R, Ruggieri P, Stearns D, Storm P, Wang A, Warren K, Whipple N, Zaky W, McMillian NR, Pluchino LA. Pediatric Central Nervous System Cancers, Version 2.2023, NCCN Clinical Practice Guidelines in Oncology. J Natl Compr Canc Netw. 2022 Dec;20(12):1339-1362. PubMed PMID: 36509072
• Milgrom SA, Koo J, Foreman N, Liu AK, Campbell K, Dorris K, Green AL, Dahl N, Donson AM, Vibhakar R, Levy JMM. Radiation Therapy for Young Children Treated With High-Dose Chemotherapy and Autologous Stem Cell Transplant for Primary Brain Tumors. Adv Radiat Oncol. 2022 Jul-Aug;7(4):100945. PubMed PMID: 35814855
• Messinger D, Harris MK, Cummings JR, Thomas C, Yang T, Sweha SR, Woo R, Siddaway R, Burkert M, Stallard S, Qin T, Mullan B, Siada R, Ravindran R, Niculcea M, Dowling A, Bradin J, Ginn KF, Gener MAH, Dorris K, Vitanza NA, Schmidt SV, Spitzer J, Jiang L, Filbin MG, Cao X, Castro MG, Lowenstein PR, Mody R, Chinnaiyan A, Desprez PY, McAllister S, Dun MD, Hawkins C, Waszak SM, Venneti S, Koschmann C, Yadav VN. Therapeutic targeting of prenatal pontine ID1 signaling in diffuse midline glioma. Neuro Oncol. 2022 May 23. [Epub ahead of print] PubMed PMID: 35605606
• Erker C, Lane A, Chaney B, Leary S, Minturn JE, Bartels U, Packer RJ, Dorris K, Gottardo NG, Warren KE, Broniscer A, Kieran MW, Zhu X, White P, Dexheimer PJ, Black K, Asher A, DeWire M, Hansford JR, Gururangan S, Nazarian J, Ziegler DS, Sandler E, Bartlett A, Goldman S, Shih CS, Hassall T, Dholaria H, Bandopadhayay P, Samson Y, Monje M, Fisher PG, Dodgshun A, Parkin S, Chintagumpala M, Tsui K, Gass D, Larouche V, Broxson E, Garcia Lombardi M, Wang SS, Ma J, Hawkins C, Hamideh D, Wagner L, Koschmann C, Fuller C, Drissi R, Jones BV, Leach J, Fouladi M. Characteristics of patients =10 years of age with diffuse intrinsic pontine glioma: a report from the International DIPG/DMG Registry. Neuro Oncol. 2022 Jan 5;24(1):141-152. PubMed PMID: 34114629
• Lazow MA, Fuller C, DeWire M, Lane A, Bandopadhayay P, Bartels U, Bouffet E, Cheng S, Cohen KJ, Cooney TM, Coven SL, Dholaria H, Diez B, Dorris K, El-Ayadi M, El-Sheikh A, Fisher PG, Fonseca A, Garcia Lombardi M, Greiner RJ, Goldman S, Gottardo N, Gururangan S, Hansford JR, Hassall T, Hawkins C, Kilburn L, Koschmann C, Leary SE, Ma J, Minturn JE, Monje-Deisseroth M, Packer R, Samson Y, Sandler ES, Sevlever G, Tinkle CL, Tsui K, Wagner LM, Zaghloul M, Ziegler DS, Chaney B, Black K, Asher A, Drissi R, Fouladi M, Jones BV, Leach JL. Accuracy of central neuro-imaging review of DIPG compared with histopathology in the International DIPG Registry. Neuro Oncol. 2022 May 4;24(5):821-833. PubMed PMID: 34668975
• Rydin AA, Severn C, Pyle L, Dorris K, Chambers C, Stiller D, Hankinson TC, Inge T, Haemer MA, Mirsky DM, Moore J, Kelsey MM. Novel clinical algorithm for hypothalamic obesity in youth with brain tumours and factors associated with excess weight gain. Pediatr Obes. 2022 Jul;17(7):e12903. PubMed PMID: 35224874
• Bartlett A, Lane A, Chaney B, Escorza NY, Black K, Cochrane A, Minturn J, Bartels U, Warren K, Hansford J, Ziegler D, Diez B, Goldman S, Packer R, Kieran M, DeWire-Schottmiller M, Erker C, Monje-Deisseroth M, Wagner L, Koschmann C, Dorris K, Shih CS, Hassall T, Samson Y, Fisher P, Wang SS, Tsui K, Sevlever G, Zhu X, Dexheimer P, Asher A, Fuller C, Drissi R, Jones B, Leach J, Fouladi M. Characteristics of Children =36 Months of Age with Diffuse Intrinsic Pontine Glioma (DIPG): A Report from the International DIPG Registry. Neuro Oncol. 2022 May 12. [Epub ahead of print] PubMed PMID: 35552452
• DeWire MD, Fuller C, Campagne O, Lin T, Pan H, Young Poussaint T, Baxter PA, Hwang EI, Bukowinski A, Dorris K, Hoffman L, Waanders AJ, Karajannis MA, Stewart CF, Onar-Thomas A, Fouladi M, Dunkel IJ. A Phase I and Surgical Study of Ribociclib and Everolimus in Children with Recurrent or Refractory Malignant Brain Tumors: A Pediatric Brain Tumor Consortium Study. Clin Cancer Res. 2021 May 1;27(9):2442-2451. PubMed PMID: 33547201
• Lazow MA, Fuller C, DeWire M, Lane A, Bandopadhayay P, Bartels U, Bouffet E, Cheng S, Cohen KJ, Cooney TM, Coven SL, Dholaria H, Diez B, Dorris K, El-Ayadi M, El-Sheikh A, Fisher PG, Fonseca A, Lombardi MG, Greiner RJ, Goldman S, Gottardo N, Gururangan S, Hansford JR, Hassall T, Hawkins C, Kilburn L, Koschmann C, Leary SE, Ma J, Minturn JE, Monje-Deisseroth M, Packer R, Samson Y, Sandler ES, Sevlever G, Tinkle CL, Tsui K, Wagner LM, Zaghloul M, Ziegler DS, Chaney B, Black K, Asher A, Drissi R, Fouladi M, Jones BV, Leach JL. Accuracy of Central Neuro-Imaging Review of DIPG Compared with Histopathology in the International DIPG Registry. Neuro Oncol. 2021 Oct 20. [Epub ahead of print] PubMed PMID: 34668975
• DeSisto J, Lucas JT Jr, Xu K, Donson A, Lin T, Sanford B, Wu G, Tran QT, Hedges D, Hsu CY, Armstrong GT, Arnold M, Bhatia S, Flannery P, Lemma R, Hardie L, Schüller U, Venkataraman S, Hoffman LM, Dorris K, Mulcahy Levy JM, Hankinson TC, Handler M, Liu AK, Foreman N, Vibhakar R, Jones K, Allen S, Zhang J, Baker SJ, Merchant TE, Orr BA, Green AL. Comprehensive molecular characterization of pediatric radiation-induced high-grade glioma. Nat Commun. 2021 Sep 20;12(1):5531. PubMed PMID: 34545084
• Erker C, Lane A, Chaney B, Leary S, Minturn JE, Bartels U, Packer RJ, Dorris K, Gottardo NG, Warren KE, Broniscer A, Mark WK, Zhu X, White P, Dexheimer P, Black K, Asher A, DeWire-Shottmiller M, Hansford JR, Gururangan S, Nazarian J, Ziegler DS, Sandler E, Wagner L, Koschmann C, Fuller C, Drissi R, Jones BV, Leach J, Fouladi M. Characteristics of Patients = 10 Years of Age with Diffuse Intrinsic Pontine Glioma: A Report from the International DIPG Registry. Neuro Oncol. 2021 Jun 11. [Epub ahead of print] PubMed PMID: 34114629
• DeWire MD, Fuller C, Campagne O, Lin T, Pan H, Young Poussaint T, Baxter PA, Hwang EI, Bukowinski A, Dorris K, Hoffman L, Waanders AJ, Karajannis MA, Stewart CF, Onar-Thomas A, Fouladi M, Dunkel IJ. A Phase I and Surgical Study of Ribociclib and Everolimus in Children with Recurrent or Refractory Malignant Brain Tumors: A Pediatric Brain Tumor Consortium Study. Clin Cancer Res. 2021 May 1;27(9):2442-2451. PubMed PMID: 33547201
• Green AL, Flannery P, Hankinson TC, O'Neill B, Amani V, DeSisto J, Knox A, Chatwin H, Lemma R, Hoffman LM, Mulcahy Levy J, Raybin J, Hemenway M, Gilani A, Koschmann C, Dahl N, Handler M, Pierce A, Venkataraman S, Foreman N, Vibhakar R, Wempe MF, Dorris K. Preclinical and clinical investigation of intratumoral chemotherapy pharmacokinetics in DIPG using gemcitabine. Neurooncol Adv. 2020 Jan-Dec;2(1):vdaa021. PubMed PMID: 32642682
• Nellan A, Wright E, Campbell K, Davies KD, Donson AM, Amani V, Judd A, Hemenway MS, Raybin J, Foreman NK, Rush S, Dorris K. Retrospective analysis of combination carboplatin and vinblastine for pediatric low-grade glioma. J Neurooncol. 2020 Jul;148(3):569-575. PubMed PMID: 32506370
• Lake JA, Donson AM, Prince E, Davies KD, Nellan A, Green AL, Mulcahy Levy J, Dorris K, Vibhakar R, Hankinson TC, Foreman NK, Ewalt MD, Kleinschmidt-DeMasters BK, Hoffman LM, Gilani A. Targeted fusion analysis can aid in the classification and treatment of pediatric glioma, ependymoma, and glioneuronal tumors. Pediatr Blood Cancer. 2020 Jan;67(1):e28028. PubMed PMID: 31595628
• Green AL, Flannery P, Hankinson TC, O'Neill B, Amani V, DeSisto J, Knox A, Chatwin H, Lemma R, Hoffman LM, Mulcahy Levy J, Raybin J, Hemenway M, Gilani A, Koschmann C, Dahl N, Handler M, Pierce A, Venkataraman S, Foreman N, Vibhakar R, Wempe MF, Dorris K. Preclinical and clinical investigation of intratumoral chemotherapy pharmacokinetics in DIPG using gemcitabine. Neurooncol Adv. 2020 Jan-Dec;2(1):vdaa021. PubMed PMID: 32642682
• Nellan A, Wright E, Campbell K, Davies KD, Donson AM, Amani V, Judd A, Hemenway MS, Raybin J, Foreman NK, Rush S, Dorris K. Retrospective analysis of combination carboplatin and vinblastine for pediatric low-grade glioma. J Neurooncol. 2020 Jul;148(3):569-575. PubMed PMID: 32506370
• Lake JA, Donson AM, Prince E, Davies KD, Nellan A, Green AL, Mulcahy Levy J, Dorris K, Vibhakar R, Hankinson TC, Foreman NK, Ewalt MD, Kleinschmidt-DeMasters BK, Hoffman LM, Gilani A. Targeted fusion analysis can aid in the classification and treatment of pediatric glioma, ependymoma, and glioneuronal tumors. Pediatr Blood Cancer. 2020 Jan;67(1):e28028. PubMed PMID: 31595628
• Pierce AM, Witt DA, Donson AM, Gilani A, Sanford B, Sill M, Van Court B, Oweida A, Prince EW, Steiner J, Danis E, Dorris K, Hankinson T, Handler MH, Jones KL, Karam SD, Serkova NJ, Vibhakar R, Foreman NK, Griesinger AM. Establishment of patient-derived orthotopic xenograft model of 1q posterior fossa group A ependymoma. Neuro Oncol. 2019 Dec 17;21(12):1540-1551. PubMed PMID: 31276586
• Norris GA, Garcia J, Hankinson TC, Handler M, Foreman N, Mirsky D, Stence N, Dorris K, Green AL. Diagnostic accuracy of neuroimaging in pediatric optic chiasm/sellar/suprasellar tumors. Pediatr Blood Cancer. 2019 Jun;66(6):e27680. PubMed PMID: 30848081
• Whelan RJ, Saccomano B, King R, Dorris K, Hemenway M, Hankinson TC, Liu AK. Radiation-induced Cataracts in Children With Brain Tumors Receiving Craniospinal Irradiation. J Pediatr Hematol Oncol. 2018 May;40(4):304-305. PubMed PMID: 29621062
• Gupta N, Goumnerova LC, Manley P, Chi SN, Neuberg D, Puligandla M, Fangusaro J, Goldman S, Tomita T, Alden T, DiPatri A, Rubin JB, Gauvain K, Limbrick D, Leonard J, Geyer JR, Leary S, Browd S, Wang Z, Sood S, Bendel A, Nagib M, Gardner S, Karajannis MA, Harter D, Ayyanar K, Gump W, Bowers DC, Weprin B, MacDonald TJ, Aguilera D, Brahma B, Robison NJ, Kiehna E, Krieger M, Sandler E, Aldana P, Khatib Z, Ragheb J, Bhatia S, Mueller S, Banerjee A, Bredlau AL, Gururangan S, Fuchs H, Cohen KJ, Jallo G, Dorris K, Handler M, Comito M, Dias M, Nazemi K, Baird L, Murray J, Lindeman N, Hornick JL, Malkin H, Sinai C, Greenspan L, Wright KD, Prados M, Bandopadhayay P, Ligon KL, Kieran MW. Prospective feasibility and safety assessment of surgical biopsy for patients with newly diagnosed diffuse intrinsic pontine glioma. Neuro Oncol. 2018 Oct 9;20(11):1547-1555. PubMed PMID: 29741745
• Donson AM, Amani V, Warner EA, Griesinger AM, Witt DA, Levy JMM, Hoffman LM, Hankinson TC, Handler MH, Vibhakar R, Dorris K, Foreman NK. Identification of FDA-Approved Oncology Drugs with Selective Potency in High-Risk Childhood Ependymoma. Mol Cancer Ther. 2018 Sep;17(9):1984-1994. PubMed PMID: 29925527
• Amani V, Donson AM, Lummus SC, Prince EW, Griesinger AM, Witt DA, Hankinson TC, Handler MH, Dorris K, Vibhakar R, Foreman NK, Hoffman LM. Characterization of 2 Novel Ependymoma Cell Lines With Chromosome 1q Gain Derived From Posterior Fossa Tumors of Childhood. J Neuropathol Exp Neurol. 2017 Jul 1;76(7):595-604. PubMed PMID: 28863455
• Dorris K, Liu C, Li D, Hummel TR, Wang X, Perentesis J, Kim MO, Fouladi M. A comparison of safety and efficacy of cytotoxic versus molecularly targeted drugs in pediatric phase I solid tumor oncology trials. Pediatr Blood Cancer. 2017 Mar;64(3). PubMed PMID: 27654490
• Marini BL, Benitez LL, Zureick AH, Salloum R, Gauthier AC, Brown J, Wu YM, Robinson DR, Kumar C, Lonigro R, Vats P, Cao X, Kasaian K, Anderson B, Mullan B, Chandler B, Linzey JR, Camelo-Piragua SI, Venneti S, McKeever PE, McFadden KA, Lieberman AP, Brown N, Shao L, Leonard MAS, Junck L, McKean E, Maher CO, Garton HJL, Muraszko KM, Hervey-Jumper S, Mulcahy-Levy JM, Green A, Hoffman LM, Dorris K, Vitanza NA, Wang J, Schwartz J, Lulla R, Smiley NP, Bornhorst M, Haas-Kogan DA, Robertson PL, Chinnaiyan AM, Mody R, Koschmann C. Blood-brain barrier-adapted precision medicine therapy for pediatric brain tumors. Transl Res. 2017 Oct;188:27.e1-27.e14. PubMed PMID: 28860053
• Marini BL, Benitez LL, Zureick AH, Salloum R, Gauthier AC, Brown J, Wu YM, Robinson DR, Kumar C, Lonigro R, Vats P, Cao X, Kasaian K, Anderson B, Mullan B, Chandler B, Linzey JR, Camelo-Piragua SI, Venneti S, McKeever PE, McFadden KA, Lieberman AP, Brown N, Shao L, Leonard MAS, Junck L, McKean E, Maher CO, Garton HJL, Muraszko KM, Hervey-Jumper S, Mulcahy-Levy JM, Green A, Hoffman LM, Dorris K, Vitanza NA, Wang J, Schwartz J, Lulla R, Smiley NP, Bornhorst M, Haas-Kogan DA, Robertson PL, Chinnaiyan AM, Mody R, Koschmann C. Blood-brain barrier-adapted precision medicine therapy for pediatric brain tumors. Transl Res. 2017 Oct;188:27.e1-27.e14. PubMed PMID: 28860053
• Green AL, Mulcahy Levy JM, Vibhakar R, Hemenway M, Madden J, Foreman N, Dorris K. Tumor treating fields in pediatric high-grade glioma. Childs Nerv Syst. 2017 Jul;33(7):1043-1045. PubMed PMID: 28470383
• Kleinschmidt-DeMasters BK, Donson A, Foreman NK, Dorris K. H3 K27M Mutation in Gangliogliomas can be Associated with Poor Prognosis. Brain Pathol. 2017 Nov;27(6):846-850. PubMed PMID: 28378357
• Kim MO, Wang X, Liu C, Dorris K, Fouladi M, Song S. Random-effects meta-analysis for systematic reviews of phase I clinical trials: Rare events and missing data. Res Synth Methods. 2017 Jun;8(2):124-135. PubMed PMID: 27285532
• Kim MO, Wang X, Liu C, Dorris K, Fouladi M, Song S. Random-effects meta-analysis for systematic reviews of phase I clinical trials: Rare events and missing data. Res Synth Methods. 2016 Jun 10. [Epub ahead of print] PubMed PMID: 27285532
• Patibandla MR, Ridder T, Dorris K, Torok MR, Liu AK, Handler MH, Stence NV, Fenton LZ, Hankinson TC. Atypical pediatric ganglioglioma is common and associated with a less favorable clinical course. J Neurosurg Pediatr. 2016 Jan;17(1):41-8. PubMed PMID: 26431248
• Hankinson TC, Dudley RW, Torok MR, Patibandla MR, Dorris K, Poonia S, Wilkinson CC, Bruny JL, Handler MH, Liu AK. Short-term mortality following surgical procedures for the diagnosis of pediatric brain tumors: outcome analysis in 5533 children from SEER, 2004-2011. J Neurosurg Pediatr. 2016 Mar;17(3):289-97. PubMed PMID: 26588456
• Salloum R, Hummel TR, Kumar SS, Dorris K, Li S, Lin T, Daryani VM, Stewart CF, Miles L, Poussaint TY, Stevenson C, Goldman S, Dhall G, Packer R, Fisher P, Pollack IF, Fouladi M, Boyett J, Drissi R. A molecular biology and phase II study of imetelstat (GRN163L) in children with recurrent or refractory central nervous system malignancies: a pediatric brain tumor consortium study. J Neurooncol. 2016 Sep;129(3):443-451. PubMed PMID: 27350411
• Dorris K, Sobo M, Onar-Thomas A, Panditharatna E, Stevenson CB, Gardner SL, Dewire MD, Pierson CR, Olshefski R, Rempel SA, Goldman S, Miles L, Fouladi M, Drissi R. Prognostic significance of telomere maintenance mechanisms in pediatric high-grade gliomas. J Neurooncol. 2014 Mar;117(1):67-76. PubMed PMID: 24477622

Professional Memberships

• American Society of Clinical Oncology, Member
• Society of Neuro-Oncology, Member
• Pediatric Brain Tumor Consortium, Site Principal Investigator
• Pediatric Brain Tumor Consortium, Member, Scientific and Toxicity Committees
• Alpha Omega Alpha Honor Society, Member
• Rocky Mountain Oncology Society, Member
• International Society of Pediatric Neuro-Oncology (ISPNO), Member, 2018 Local ISPNO Planning Committee
• Children's Oncology Group, Member