Biography
Carolyn J. Presley, MD MHS is an Associate Professor with Tenure in the Division of Medical Oncology/Department of Internal Medicine at The Ohio State University (OSU), Comprehensive Cancer Center and The James Cancer Hospital/Solove Research Institute. She is the section chief of Thoracic Medical Oncology. She earned her undergraduate degree from the University of Minnesota, Twin Cities and her medical degree from Dartmouth Medical School. She completed residency in Internal Medicine and a combined fellowship in Geriatric Oncology and Hematology at Yale University. She completed a Masters in Health Sciences, also at Yale, within the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation Clinical Scholars Program sponsored by the VA Connecticut Healthcare System. She is an active member of the Ohio State University Comprehensive Cancer Control Program, The International Association for the Study of Lung Cancer, and the American Society of Clinical Oncology. She has been a long-time member of the International Cancer and Aging Research Group (CARG), the International Society of Geriatric Oncology (SIOG), the American Society of Clinical Oncology (ASCO), and the International Association for the Study of Lung Cancer (IASLC).
Dr. Presley currently leads studies focused on maintaining functional independence and improving fatigue, quality of life, and survivorship care among older adults with lung cancer. These studies incorporate geriatric assessment, embedded palliative care, and interventions to improve risk factors for treatment toxicity and functional decline. She has been funded by the National Institute of Aging, the BMS Foundation, the Rising Tide Foundation, and is one of the first two women at OSU to ever receive the preeminent Paul Beeson Emerging Leaders in Aging Career Development Award from the National Institute on Aging. She has also received the National LEAD Rising Star Award for Women in hematology and oncology, and the Alliance Jimmie Holland Invited Lectureship for Psycho-Oncology among others.
Her favorite hobbies are spending time with her husband, two daughters, and rescue dog, playing tennis, and gardening.