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  • Gail Tomlinson

Gail Tomlinson, M.D.

Practice Locations

  • Pediatric Hematology/Oncology - University Hospital
    210-743-2300
tomlinsong@uthscsa.edu

Specialties

    • Pediatric Hematology/Oncology
    • Pediatrics
Dr. Gail Tomlinson

Dr. Tomlinson serves as the Division Chief of Pediatric Hematology-Oncology and currently also is the co-Director of the Population Science and Prevention Program at the Mays Cancer Center and part of the high-risk Genetic High-Risk Cancer Screening team. Since her arrival in 2007, she has also served as Interim Director of the GCCRI and Interim Chair of the Department of Pediatrics. She currently is the holder of the Greehey Distinguished Chair in Cancer and Genetics.

Dr. Tomlinson is board certified in pediatrics and pediatric hematology-oncology. Her clinical interests are in guiding individuals and families who may be at risk for cancer because of genetic predisposition and leads a multi-site program working with individuals and families throughout South Texas. Her research background is in the genetics and biology of liver tumors in children. She has recently initiated an investigation of predisposing factors underlying the increased incidence of leukemia in children of Hispanic background in South Texas and maintains a growing registry and biobank for children and adolescents with cancer. She has served on multiple national and state committees focusing on advancing research, education, and advocacy in childhood cancer and has published over 180 scientific papers. She currently is a member of the National Cancer Institute’s Board of Scientific Counselors.

Dr. Tomlinson received her M.D. from George Washington University School of Medicine and her Ph.D. in Biochemistry from Duke University. She completed an internship and residency at the Children’s National Medical Center in Washington, D.C. She did a research fellowship in cancer genetics at the University of Texas M.D. Anderson Cancer Center in Houston, followed by a formal fellowship in pediatric hematology-oncology at the University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center in Dallas. She was a faculty member at the University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center from 1992 to 2006, where she was a tenured Associate Professor and held the Children’s Cancer Fund Distinguished Professorship in Pediatric Oncology Research.

Education

Medical School: 
George Washington University School of Medicine
Internship: 
Children's Hospital National Medical Center, Washington, D.C.
Residency: 
Childrens Hospital National Medical Center - DC
University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center
Fellowship: 
University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center
University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center

Qualifications

Board Certification:
  • American Board of Pediatrics/Hematology-Oncology
  • American Board of Pediatrics

Research Interests

Genetics of Cancer, Pediatric Cancer

Co-Leader, Population Science and Prevention Program 

Dr. Gail Tomlinson's research profile
More about this provider

  • Click to Watch Video; Dr.Gail Tomlinson on Cancer Genetics: How Family History Affects Your Cancer Risk
  • UT Medicine San Antonio places faculty on top doctors lists
  • UT Medicine physicians recognized as Best Doctors in America®
  • UT Health Science Center to lead regional children’s cancer research group with $3.7 million grant
  • Research teams present findings at Breast Cancer Symposium
  • Noted childhood cancer researchers to meet in San Antonio
  • JAMA study shows importance of updating family cancer history in adult patients
  • HSC awarded $5.7 million for cancer research, prevention
  • Genetic counseling for cancer risk now available in the Rio Grande Valley
  • For some women, preventive mastectomies pay off
  • CPRIT gives Health Science Center researchers $1.8 million
  • CPRIT awards $4.7 million to Health Science Center
  • CPRIT awards $28.2 million to programs involving Health Science Center
  • University cancer, diabetes experts to speak at 29th Annual Update in Medicine Conference
  • Health Science Center pediatric oncologist appointed to national advocacy board


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