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Terrah Paul Olson

  • Department of Surgery
    Assistant Professor
  • terrah.paul.olson@emoryhealthcare.org
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Overview

Terrah J. Paul Olson, MD, is an assistant professor of surgery in the Division of Colorectal Surgery of the Department of Surgery at Emory University School of Medicine. She is a board certified general surgeon, having completed her general surgery training at the University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health in Madison, WI. She is a board-certified colorectal surgeon and finished her colorectal surgery fellowship at the University of Chicago Medical Center in Chicago. Her research interests include inflammatory bowel disease, quality improvement, robotics education and objective performance metrics, and enhanced recovery after surgery in the IBD population.

Academic Appointment

  • Assistant Professor of Surgery, Division of Surgical Oncology & Division of Colorectal Surgery, Department of Surgery, Emory University School of Medicine

Education

Degrees

  • MD from University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health

Research

Publications

  • Objective performance indicators differ in obese and nonobese patients during robotic proctectomy.
    Surgery Volume: 176 Page(s): 1591 - 1597
    12/01/2024 Authors: Gillani M; Rupji M; Paul Olson TJ; Sullivan P; Shaffer VO; Balch GC; Shields MC; Liu Y; Rosen SA
  • John Donne or James Hetfield? Cost analysis of failure to rescue after elective colorectal surgery.
    J Gastrointest Surg Volume: 28 Page(s): 2154
    12/01/2024 Authors: Olson TP; Devin C
  • Objective performance indicators during specific steps of robotic right colectomy can differentiate surgeon expertise.
    Surgery Volume: 176 Page(s): 1036 - 1043
    10/01/2024 Authors: Gillani M; Rupji M; Paul Olson TJ; Balch GC; Shields MC; Liu Y; Rosen SA
  • Objective Performance Indicators During Robotic Right Colectomy Differ According to Surgeon Skill.
    J Surg Res Volume: 302 Page(s): 836 - 844
    10/01/2024 Authors: Gillani M; Rupji M; Paul Olson TJ; Sullivan P; Shaffer VO; Balch GC; Shields MC; Liu Y; Rosen SA
  • Quantification of surgical workflow during robotic proctectomy.
    Int J Med Robot Volume: 20 Page(s): e2625
    04/01/2024 Authors: Gillani M; Rupji M; Devin CL; Purvis LA; Paul Olson TJ; Jarc A; Shields MC; Liu Y; Rosen SA
  • Robotic Proctectomy: Beyond the Initial Learning Curve.
    Am Surg Volume: 89 Page(s): 5332 - 5339
    12/01/2023 Authors: Rosen SA; Rupji M; Liu Y; Paul Olson TJ
  • Quantification of Surgical Workflow during Robotic Proctectomy.
    Res Sq
    10/20/2023 Authors: Gillani M; Rupji M; Devin C; Purvis L; Olson TP; Jarc A; Shields M; Liu Y; Rosen S
  • Ratio of Economy of Motion: A New Objective Performance Indicator to Assign Consoles During Dual-Console Robotic Proctectomy.
    Am Surg Volume: 89 Page(s): 3416 - 3422
    08/01/2023 Authors: Devin CL; Gillani M; Shields MC; Eldredge K; Kucera W; Rupji M; Purvis LA; Paul Olson TJ; Liu Y; Jarc A
  • Patient Nutrition Status and Operative Complexity Are More Predictive of Postoperative Course After Bowel Resection Than Diagnosis.
    J Gastrointest Surg Volume: 26 Page(s): 1503 - 1505
    07/01/2022 Authors: Hutchison CE; Shaffer VO; Olson TJP; Emani S; Sharma J; Srinivasan JK
  • Seeing green: Lighting up the ureters in minimally invasive colorectal surgery.
    Am J Surg Volume: 223 Page(s): 12 - 13
    01/01/2022 Authors: Burke JF; Olson TP
  • Comparison of preoperative versus postoperative transversus abdominis plane and rectus sheath block in patients undergoing minimally invasive colorectal surgery.
    Colorectal Dis Volume: 22 Page(s): 569 - 580
    05/01/2020 Authors: Xia J; Paul Olson TJ; Tritt S; Liu Y; Rosen SA
  • Robotic-assisted surgery for complicated and non-complicated diverticulitis: a single-surgeon case series.
    J Robot Surg Volume: 13 Page(s): 765 - 772
    12/01/2019 Authors: Xia J; Paul Olson TJ; Rosen SA
  • Robotic-assisted subtotal colectomy for synchronous colon cancers in a patient with indeterminate colitis - a video vignette.
    Colorectal Dis Volume: 20 Page(s): 1153 - 1154
    12/01/2018 Authors: Rosen SA; Olson TJP; Peter SD; Ilyas S; Tripathi S
  • An Update on Colorectal Cancer.
    Curr Probl Surg Volume: 55 Page(s): 76 - 116
    03/01/2018 Authors: Xue L; Williamson A; Gaines S; Andolfi C; Paul-Olson T; Neerukonda A; Steinhagen E; Smith R; Cannon LM; Polite B
  • Advanced Intestinal Cancers often Maintain a Multi-Ancestral Architecture.
    PLoS One Volume: 11 Page(s): e0150170
    01/01/2016 Authors: Zahm CD; Szulczewski JM; Leystra AA; Paul Olson TJ; Clipson L; Albrecht DM; Middlebrooks M; Thliveris AT; Matkowskyj KA; Washington MK
  • Colon Tumors with the Simultaneous Induction of Driver Mutations in APC, KRAS, and PIK3CA Still Progress through the Adenoma-to-carcinoma Sequence.
    Cancer Prev Res (Phila) Volume: 8 Page(s): 952 - 961
    10/01/2015 Authors: Hadac JN; Leystra AA; Paul Olson TJ; Maher ME; Payne SN; Yueh AE; Schwartz AR; Albrecht DM; Clipson L; Pasch CA
  • Failure-to-pursue Rescue: Truly a Failure?
    Ann Surg Volume: 262 Page(s): e43 - e44
    08/01/2015 Authors: Paul Olson TJ; Schwarze ML
  • Palliative surgery for malignant bowel obstruction from carcinomatosis: a systematic review.
    JAMA Surg Volume: 149 Page(s): 383 - 392
    04/01/2014 Authors: Paul Olson TJ; Pinkerton C; Brasel KJ; Schwarze ML
  • Dynamic tumor growth patterns in a novel murine model of colorectal cancer.
    Cancer Prev Res (Phila) Volume: 7 Page(s): 105 - 113
    01/01/2014 Authors: Paul Olson TJ; Hadac JN; Sievers CK; Leystra AA; Deming DA; Zahm CD; Albrecht DM; Nomura A; Nettekoven LA; Plesh LK
  • Surgeon-reported conflict with intensivists about postoperative goals of care.
    JAMA Surg Volume: 148 Page(s): 29 - 35
    01/01/2013 Authors: Paul Olson TJ; Brasel KJ; Redmann AJ; Alexander GC; Schwarze ML
  • Mice expressing activated PI3K rapidly develop advanced colon cancer.
    Cancer Res Volume: 72 Page(s): 2931 - 2936
    06/15/2012 Authors: Leystra AA; Deming DA; Zahm CD; Farhoud M; Olson TJP; Hadac JN; Nettekoven LA; Albrecht DM; Clipson L; Sullivan R
  • A simulation-based curriculum can be used to teach open intestinal anastomosis.
    J Surg Res Volume: 172 Page(s): 53 - 58
    01/01/2012 Authors: Olson TP; Becker YT; McDonald R; Gould J
  • Endoscopic changes in the upper airway after mandibular distraction osteogenesis.
    J Craniofac Surg Volume: 22 Page(s): 105 - 109
    01/01/2011 Authors: Olson TP; McMurray JS; Mount DL
  • Frozen section analysis for intraoperative margin assessment during breast-conserving surgery results in low rates of re-excision and local recurrence.
    Ann Surg Oncol Volume: 14 Page(s): 2953 - 2960
    10/01/2007 Authors: Olson TP; Harter J; Muoz A; Mahvi DM; Breslin T
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