Rohini Khatri Olson, MD, FACS

Personal Statement

Dr. Rohini Olson is passionate about helping families explore the role of surgery in the well-being of their child. She believes in empowering the patients and care givers alike to be able to process the surgical experience with an informed understanding. Her clinical interests include hernia surgery, chest wall malformations (Nuss procedure), emergency general and thoracic surgery, neonatal surgery, and congenital malformations.

An active member of the Association for Surgical Education (ASE), Dr. Olson cares deeply about surgical education and coaching the next generation of providers. She is board certified in General Surgery and Pediatric Surgery by the American Board of Surgery.

Clinical Interests: hernia surgery, chest wall malformations (Nuss procedure), emergency general and thoracic surgery, neonatal surgery, congenital malformation, breast masses, undescended testicles 

Research Interests: curriculum development in surgical education 

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Koura S, Urbik V, Overman R, Olson R, Herco M, Longshore S. “Spontaneous perforation of Meckel’s diverticulum causing a partial small bowel obstruction: A Case report.” Journal of Neonatal Surgery. March 2023.

Sharma U, Olson RK, Erhart FN, Zhang L, Meng J, Segura B, Banerjee S, Sharma M, Saluja AK, Ramakrishnan S, Abreu MT, Roy S. “Prescription opioid induce gut dysbiosis and exacerbate colitis in a murine model of Inflammatory Bowel Disease.” Journal of Crohns Colitis. July, 2020. 801-817.

Arsoniadis EG, Olsen RK, Skube S, Marquard J, Melton GB. “Resident-Physician Preferences for Electronic handoff Note Content Implication for Implementation of a System-Wide Electronic Record-Integrated Handoff Tool.” Studies in Health Technology and Informatics. Vol 264. August, 2019. 2019. 1121-1125.

Li L, Sarver A, Khatri R, Hajeri P, Kamanev I, French A, Thibodeau S, Steer C, and Subramanian S. "Sequential expression of miR-182 and miR-503 cooperatively targets FBXW7 contributing to the malignant transformation of colon adenoma to adenocarcinoma.” Journal of Pathology. Vol 234. December, 2014. 488-501.

Khatri R and Subramanian, S. “MicroRNA 135b and its circuitry networks as potential therapeutic targets in colon cancer.” Frontiers in Oncology. Vol 3. October 22, 2013. 268.