Joseph Carlson
Affiliated to Research | Docent
E-mail: joseph.carlson@ki.se
Visiting address: Radiumhemmet;P:02, Klinisk Patologi KS, 17176 Solna
Postal address: K7 Onkologi-Patologi, K7 Forskning Carlson, 171 77 Stockholm
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About me
- I am a surgical pathologist and clinical scientist with a specific interest
in the diagnosis and treatment of cancers of the female genital tract. I
currently work at the Karolinska University Hospital in Stockholm, Sweden.
I am a research team leader in the Department of Oncology-Pathology
Link to Carlson Research Team [1]
I received a PhD in Biophysics and Computational Biology from the University
of Illinois - Urbana in 1999. I subsequently received my MD from the Harvard
Medical School / Massachusetts Institute of Technology combined Health
Science and Technology program.
I completed my postgraduate training at Brigham and Women's Hospital, a
Harvard Medical School hospital. I first completed my residency in Anatomic
Pathology, followed by a fellowship in Women's and Perinatal Pathology.
I became an Associate Professor (docent) in Clinical Pathology in 2013.
[1] https://ki.se/en/onkpat/research-team-joseph-carlson
Research
- Gynecologic cancers affect women of all ages. These tumors as a group present
unique challenges for diagnosis and treatment. Our research is focused on
identifying precursor lesions to these malignancies, especially the deadliest
form of ovarian cancer, as well as on developing new methods of molecular
diagnosis.
Our group has a number of ongoing lines of research within the Cancer Center
Karolinska and the Department of Pathology and Cytology at the Karolinska
University Hospital.
Tools and techniques used in our group include modern pathology techniques
such as microscopy, immunohistochemistry, quantitative PCR and FISH. Our
focus is the role of pathology in diagnosis and “personalized medicine”,
where tumor characteristics can be used to develop individual treatment
strategies.
Teaching
- I currently arrange two course at the Karolinska Insitutet. The first, The KI
Workshop in Gynecologic Pathology, is an annual two-day course for
experienced pathologists featuring three internationally renowned guest
lecturers. This course is currently (since 2016) organized via the KI
Department of Executive Education.
The second course is an annual three day resident course in gynecologic
pathology, currently with two parts. Part one (ovary, fallopian tube and
trophoblastic tumors) is offered on odd years and part two (vulva, vagina,
cervix and soft tissue tumors) is offered on even years. This course is
currently (since 2017) organized via Socialstyrelsen and application is made
there.
Articles
- Article: HISTOPATHOLOGY. 2021;79(4):533-543
- Article: GYNECOLOGIC ONCOLOGY. 2021;162(2):394-400
- Article: NATURE COMMUNICATIONS. 2021;12(1):3904
- Article: CANCER RESEARCH. 2021;81(11):3022-3035
- Article: MODERN PATHOLOGY. 2021;34(1):222-232
- Article: GYNECOLOGIC ONCOLOGY. 2020;159(3):860-868
- Article: EMBO MOLECULAR MEDICINE. 2020;12(4):e11177
- Article: JOURNAL OF PATHOLOGY. 2020;250(3):323-335
- Article: JOURNAL OF PATHOLOGY. 2020;250(3):312-322
- Article: PLOS ONE. 2020;15(7):e0236291
- Article: CELL BIOLOGY AND TRANSLATIONAL MEDICINE, VOL 14: STEM CELLS IN LINEAGE SPECIFIC DIFFERENTIATION AND DISEASE. 2020;1296:319-348
- Article: GYNECOLOGICAL ENDOCRINOLOGY. 2019;35(11):945-948
- Article: ACTA ONCOLOGICA. 2019;58(11):1628-1633
- Article: CLINICAL CANCER RESEARCH. 2019;25(7):2155-2165
- Article: ACTA OBSTETRICIA ET GYNECOLOGICA SCANDINAVICA. 2019;98(2):250-261
- Article: INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF GYNECOLOGICAL CANCER. 2019;29(1):119-125
- Article: INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF GYNECOLOGICAL PATHOLOGY. 2019;38(1):S40-S63
- Article: INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF GYNECOLOGICAL PATHOLOGY. 2019;38(1):S64-S74
- Article: SCANDINAVIAN JOURNAL OF GASTROENTEROLOGY. 2018;53(12):1535-1540
- Article: TRANSLATIONAL ONCOLOGY. 2018;11(6):1292-1300
- Article: AMERICAN JOURNAL OF SURGICAL PATHOLOGY. 2018;42(10):1370-1383
- Article: ULTRASOUND IN OBSTETRICS & GYNECOLOGY. 2018;51(6):818-828
- Article: MEDICINE. 2018;97(4):e9685
- Article: CLINICAL CANCER RESEARCH. 2017;23(24):7512-7520
- Article: CANCER RESEARCH. 2017;77(18):4985-4997
- Article: AMERICAN JOURNAL OF SURGICAL PATHOLOGY. 2017;41(9):1231-1237
- Article: EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF CANCER. 2017;79:81-89
- Article: INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF GYNECOLOGICAL PATHOLOGY. 2017;36(4):339-347
- Article: AMERICAN JOURNAL OF SURGICAL PATHOLOGY. 2017;41(5):622-632
- Article: ONCOTARGET. 2016;7(45):72431-72442
- Article: INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF GYNECOLOGICAL PATHOLOGY. 2016;35(5):430-441
- Article: VIRCHOWS ARCHIV. 2016;468(6):707-713
- Article: INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF GYNECOLOGICAL PATHOLOGY. 2016;35(3):256-263
- Article: ONCOIMMUNOLOGY. 2016;5(1):e1052213
- Article: INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF CANCER. 2015;136(7):1608-1618
- Article: INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF GYNECOLOGICAL PATHOLOGY. 2014;33(5):463-469
- Article: HISTOPATHOLOGY. 2014;64(7):1004-1013
- Article: MOLECULAR ONCOLOGY. 2014;8(3):741-752
- Article: INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF CANCER. 2014;134(5):1123-1131
- Article: AMERICAN JOURNAL OF CLINICAL PATHOLOGY. 2014;141(1):133-139
- Article: PLOS ONE. 2014;9(9):e107109
- Article: BMC CLINICAL PATHOLOGY. 2013;13(1):30
- Article: AMERICAN JOURNAL OF PATHOLOGY. 2013;182(6):2037-2047
- Article: INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF GYNECOLOGICAL CANCER. 2013;23(3):448-455
- Article: CANCER IMMUNOLOGY IMMUNOTHERAPY. 2012;61(8):1243-1253
- Article: ACTA ONCOLOGICA. 2011;50(8):1215-1219
- Article: INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF GYNECOLOGICAL PATHOLOGY. 2010;29(4):310-314
- Article: AMERICAN JOURNAL OF SURGICAL PATHOLOGY. 2010;34(1):118-123
- Article: INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF GYNECOLOGICAL PATHOLOGY. 2009;28(4):308-315
- Article: HISTOPATHOLOGY. 2008;53(3):325-332
- Article: JOURNAL OF CLINICAL ONCOLOGY. 2008;26(25):4160-4165
- Article: HUMAN PATHOLOGY. 2007;38(12):1754-1759
- Article: ANNALS OF SURGICAL ONCOLOGY. 2007;14(12):3352-3358
- Article: HISTOPATHOLOGY. 2007;51(4):509-514
- Article: HISTOPATHOLOGY. 2007;51(3):305-312
- Article: LANGMUIR. 2000;16(14):5993-5997
- Article: LANGMUIR. 2000;16(8):3927-3931
- Article: LANGMUIR. 1999;15(9):3086-3090
- Article: JOURNAL OF STRUCTURAL BIOLOGY. 1998;123(1):37-44
- Article: BIOPHYSICAL JOURNAL. 1997;73(3):1184-1189
- Article: OPTICS LETTERS. 1995;20(13):1474-1476
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All other publications
- Review: CELLS. 2019;8(9):E991-991
- Review: SURGICAL PATHOLOGY CLINICS. 2019;12(2):343-362
- Corrigendum: ULTRASOUND IN OBSTETRICS & GYNECOLOGY. 2018;52(5):684
- Corrigendum: NATURE BIOMEDICAL ENGINEERING. 2018;2(1):48
- Letter: LANCET. 2017;390(10110):2343-2345
- Review: LAKARTIDNINGEN. 2015;112:DIUR
- Corrigendum: MOLECULAR ONCOLOGY. 2014;8(6):1159
Employments
- Affiliated to Research, Department of Oncology-Pathology, Karolinska Institutet, 2023-2025
Degrees and Education
- Docent, Karolinska Institutet, 2013