Anna Janss, MD, PhD

Research Program

Discovery and Developmental Therapeutics
Phone Number

404-785-1200
Email Address

ajanss@emory.edu

Biography

Anna Janss, MD, PhD is a professor in the Department of Pediatrics at Emory University School of Medicine. Dr. Janss is a neuro-oncologist at Children's Healthcare of Atlanta. She is a member of the Discovery and Developmental Therapeutics Research Program at Winship.

Education

Dr. Janss earned her MD and PhD in Pharmacology from the University of Iowa. After obtaining her MD, Dr. Janss completed her residency in Neurology at the Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania and fellowship in Neuro-oncology at The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia.

Titles & Roles

Professor, Department of Pediatrics

Emory University School of Medicine
Pediatric Neuro-oncologist

Children's Healthcare of Atlanta

Title/Journal	Authors	Publication Date
Vision-related quality-of-life in pediatric primary brain tumor patients. Journal of neuro-oncology	JH Peragallo, BB Bruce, C Vasseneix, S Jariyakosol, AJ Janss, NJ Newman, V Biousse	01/09/2021
Children's Oncology Group Phase III Trial of Reduced-Dose and Reduced-Volume Radiotherapy With Chemotherapy for Newly Diagnosed Average-Risk Medulloblastoma. Journal of clinical oncology : official journal of the American Society of Clinical Oncology	JM Michalski, AJ Janss, LG Vezina, KS Smith, CA Billups, PC Burger, LM Embry, PL Cullen, KK Hardy, SL Pomeroy, JK Bass, SM Perkins, TE Merchant, PD Colte, TJ Fitzgerald, TN Booth, JM Cherlow, KM Muraszko, J Hadley, R Kumar, Y Han, NJ Tarbell, M Fouladi, IF Pollack, RJ Packer, Y Li, A Gajjar, PA Northcott	20/08/2021
Impact of executive functioning on health-related quality of life of pediatric brain tumor survivors. Pediatric blood & cancer	C Murphy, NC Upshaw, AS Thomas, G Fong, A Janss, C Mazewski, LM Ingerski	01/08/2021
A Pilot Study of Low-Dose Craniospinal Irradiation in Patients With Newly Diagnosed Average-Risk Medulloblastoma. Frontiers in oncology	JE Minturn, AY Mochizuki, S Partap, JB Belasco, BJ Lange, Y Li, PC Phillips, IC Gibbs, PG Fisher, MJ Fisher, AJ Janss	01/01/2021
Guidelines for Treatment and Monitoring of Adult Survivors of Pediatric Brain Tumors. Current treatment options in oncology	AJ Janss, C Mazewski, B Patterson	09/02/2019
Clinical responses of patients with diffuse leptomeningeal glioneuronal tumors to chemotherapy. Child's nervous system : ChNS : official journal of the International Society for Pediatric Neurosurgery	D Aguilera, RC Castellino, A Janss, M Schniederjan, R McNall, T MacDonald, C Mazewski	01/02/2018
Successful Retreatment of a Child with a Refractory Brainstem Ganglioglioma with Vemurafenib. Pediatric blood & cancer	D Aguilera, A Janss, C Mazewski, RC Castellino, M Schniederjan, L Hayes, B Brahma, L Fogelgren, TJ MacDonald	01/03/2016
Headache, elevated tumor markers, and pituitary mass. Clinical pediatrics	K Shanker, AJ Janss, BC Patterson	01/05/2015
The feasibility of frameless stereotactic radiosurgery in the management of pediatric central nervous system tumors. Journal of neuro-oncology	R Nanda, A Dhabbaan, A Janss, HK Shu, N Esiashvili	01/04/2014
Diffuse leptomeningeal neuroepithelial tumor: 9 pediatric cases with chromosome 1p/19q deletion status and IDH1 (R132H) immunohistochemistry. The American journal of surgical pathology	MJ Schniederjan, S Alghamdi, A Castellano-Sanchez, C Mazewski, B Brahma, DJ Brat, CD Brathwaite, AJ Janss	01/05/2013
Prolonged survival after treatment of diffuse intrinsic pontine glioma with radiation, temozolamide, and bevacizumab: report of 2 cases. Journal of pediatric hematology/oncology	DG Aguilera, C Mazewski, L Hayes, C Jordan, N Esiashivilli, A Janns, TJ Macdonald	01/01/2013
Transient enlargement of craniopharyngioma after radiation therapy: pattern of magnetic resonance imaging response following radiation. Journal of neuro-oncology	Z Shi, N Esiashvili, AJ Janss, CM Mazewski, TJ MacDonald, DM Wrubel, B Brahma, FP Schwaibold, RB Marcus, IR Crocker, HK Shu	01/09/2012
Seventeen-year-old adolescent with pituitary abscess. Journal of pediatric endocrinology & metabolism : JPEM	MI Lin, AJ Janss, D Wrubel, LR Meacham	01/01/2011
Incidence, risks, and sequelae of posterior fossa syndrome in pediatric medulloblastoma. International journal of radiation oncology, biology, physics	MP Korah, N Esiashvili, CM Mazewski, RJ Hudgins, M Tighiouart, AJ Janss, FP Schwaibold, IR Crocker, WJ Curran, RB Marcus	01/05/2010
De novo germline TP53 mutation presenting with synchronous malignancies of the central nervous system. Pediatric blood & cancer	MJ Schniederjan, B Shehata, DJ Brat, N Esiashvili, AJ Janss	15/12/2009
Intensive multimodality treatment for children with newly diagnosed CNS atypical teratoid rhabdoid tumor. Journal of clinical oncology : official journal of the American Society of Clinical Oncology	SN Chi, MA Zimmerman, X Yao, KJ Cohen, P Burger, JA Biegel, LB Rorke-Adams, MJ Fisher, A Janss, C Mazewski, S Goldman, PE Manley, DC Bowers, A Bendel, J Rubin, CD Turner, KJ Marcus, L Goumnerova, NJ Ullrich, MW Kieran	20/01/2009

Awards

Dr. Janss has received the following awards and honors:

Atlanta Magazine "Top Doctors," 2017-2020
Fellows Teaching Award, 2014
Attending Honor Roll (resident award for teaching), Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia, 1999-2003
Florence R. C. Murray Fellowship, 1996-97
American Brain Tumor Association Fellowship, 1994-96