Kerry Thomas, MD

Dr. Thomas is a diagnostic radiologist in the Body Imaging division of Diagnostic Imaging at Moffitt Cancer Center. Dr. Thomas has expertise in interpreting imaging studies of the chest, abdomen and pelvis across multiple modalities, including CT scan, ultrasound, and MRI. Dr. Thomas completed undergraduate training at the Florida State University, followed by medical training at the University of South Florida Morsani College of Medicine. Dr. Thomas continued at USF Morsani College of Medicine for Diagnostic Radiology residency training, where she served as chief resident. She also completed her fellowship training in body imaging at USF and joined Moffitt following fellowship in 2014. Dr. Thomas previously served at the Chair of Graduate Medical Education at Moffitt Cancer Center until 2022, where she was recruited to the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. While at UNC, Dr. Thomas served as Abdominal Imaging division chief and then the Sr. Associate Dean of Graduate Medical Education/Chief Graduate Medical Education Officer/ACGME Designated Institutional Official for UNC School of Medicine and UNC Hospitals.  She returned to the Department of Diagnostic Imaging at Moffitt in 2024 as a Senior member radiologist and the department’s Director of Education and site director for the USF MCOM Diagnostic and Interventional Radiology residency programs.  Dr. Thomas is an active member of several professional radiology organizations, including: The Radiologic Society of North America, The American College of Radiology, and the Society of Abdominal Radiology.

Education & Training

Fellowship:

• University of South Florida Morisani College of Medicine - Body Imaging

Residency:

• University of South Florida Morisani College of Medicine - Diagnostic Radiology

Medical School:

• University of South Florida Morisani College of Medicine - MD

• Jeong D, Richards AR, Jean-Baptiste E, Gomez MF, Thomas KL, Mo Q, Gigic B, Figueiredo JC, Li CI, Shibata D, Toriola AT, Byrd DA, Ulrich CM, Stewart PA, Siegel EM, Kresovich JK. Comparison of volumetric and single-slice computed tomography body composition metrics for colorectal cancer survival. Eur J Radiol. 2025 Sep.190:112241. Pubmedid: 40532592.
• Kadom N, Goldberg JE, Cham MD, Wyatt RE, Thomas KL, Gerlach KE, Gomez E, Vincoff NS. Patient decision aids (PDA): An opportunity in radiology. Curr Probl Diagn Radiol. 2025 Oct. Pubmedid: 41242919.
• Thomas KL. Does Office-Based Imaging Present a Health Care Disparity?. AJR Am J Roentgenol. 2025 Jun.224(6):e2533065. Pubmedid: 40237435.
• Garcia-Recio S, Zagami P, Felsheim BM, Wheless A, Thomas K, Trimarchi R, Carey LA, Perou CM. Understanding metastasis mixed-treatment responses through genomic analyses. NPJ Breast Cancer. 2025 Jan.11(1):9. Pubmedid: 39885167. Pmcid: PMC11782668.
• Asch D, Callahan MJ, Thomas KL, Desai S, Pahade JK. Management of Severe Allergic-Like Contrast Media Reactions: Pitfalls and Strategies, From the AJR Special Series on Contrast Media. AJR Am J Roentgenol. 2024 Aug.223(2):e2330044. Pubmedid: 37818959.
• Mervak B, Asch D, Thomas K, Weinstein S. Chapter 12: Chapter Update: Gastrointestinal (GI) Contrast Media in Adults: Indications and Guidelines. ACR Manual on Contrast Media. American College of Radiology. 2024. p. 61-69.
• McGettigan M, Thomas K, Kamath A. Cancer in pregnancy: treatment effects. Abdom Radiol (NY). 2023 May.48(5):1774-1783. Pubmedid: 36639533.
• Lester DK, Burton C, Gardner A, Innamarato P, Kodumudi K, Liu Q, Adhikari E, Ming Q, Williamson DB, Frederick DT, Sharova T, White MG, Markowitz J, Cao B, Nguyen J, Johnson J, Beatty M, Mockabee-Macias A, Mercurio M, Watson G, Chen PL, McCarthy S, MoranSegura C, Messina J, Thomas KL, Darville L, Izumi V, Koomen JM, Pilon-Thomas SA, Ruffell B, Luca VC, Haltiwanger RS, Wang X, Wargo JA, Boland GM, Lau EK. Fucosylation of HLA-DRB1 regulates CD4+ T cell-mediated anti-melanoma immunity and enhances immunotherapy efficacy. Nat Cancer. 2023 Feb.4(2):222-239. Pubmedid: 36690875. Pmcid: PMC9970875.
• Anaya DA, Dogra P, Wang Z, Haider M, Ehab J, Jeong DK, Ghayouri M, Lauwers GY, Thomas K, Kim R, Butner JD, Nizzero S, Ramírez JR, Plodinec M, Sidman RL, Cavenee WK, Pasqualini R, Arap W, Fleming JB, Cristini V. A Mathematical Model to Estimate Chemotherapy Concentration at the Tumor-Site and Predict Therapy Response in Colorectal Cancer Patients with Liver Metastases. Cancers (Basel). 2021 Jan.13(3). Pubmedid: 33503971. Pmcid: PMC7866038.
• Thomas KL, Zafar H, Parikh P, Korngold E, Canon CL, Sadowski E. Representation of women among leadership and honorees within the Society of Abdominal Radiology, past and present. Abdom Radiol (NY). 2021 Dec.46(12):5758-5762. Pubmedid: 33452899.
• Parsee AA, Thomas KL, Ghayouri M, Mehta R, Latifi K, Sweeney J, Jeong D, Ahmed A. Rare Abdominal Wall Metastasis following Curative Resection of Gastric Cancer: What Can Be Learned from the Use of Percutaneous Catheters?. Case Rep Oncol Med. 2020 May.2020:3738798. Pubmedid: 32509367. Pmcid: PMC7244962.
• Thomas KL, Jeong D, Montilla-Soler J, Feuerlein S. The role of diagnostic imaging in the primary testicular cancer: initial staging, response assessment and surveillance. Transl Androl Urol. 2020 Jan.9(Suppl 1):S3-S13. Pubmedid: 32055480. Pmcid: PMC6995841.
• Mishra A, Bigam KD, Extermann M, Faramand R, Thomas K, Pidala JA, Baracos VE. Sarcopenia and low muscle radiodensity associate with impaired FEV1 in allogeneic haematopoietic stem cell transplant recipients. J Cachexia Sarcopenia Muscle. 2020 Dec.11(6):1570-1579. Pubmedid: 32729255. Pmcid: PMC7749567.
• Sephien A, Mousa MS, Bui MM, Kedar R, Thomas K. Leiomyosarcoma of the Inferior Vena Cava with Hepatic and Pulmonary Metastases: Case Report. J Radiol Case Rep. 2019 May.13(5):30-40. Pubmedid: 31558957. Pmcid: PMC6742446.
• Luu C, Thapa R, Rose T, Woo K, Jeong D, Thomas K, Chen DT, Friedman M, Malafa MP, Hodul PJ. Identification of nonalcoholic fatty liver disease following pancreatectomy for noninvasive intraductal papillary mucinous neoplasm. Int J Surg. 2018 Oct.58:46-49. Pubmedid: 30218781. Pmcid: PMC7771269.
• Karydis I, Gangi A, Wheater MJ, Choi J, Wilson I, Thomas K, Pearce N, Takhar A, Gupta S, Hardman D, Sileno S, Stedman B, Zager JS, Ottensmeier C. Percutaneous hepatic perfusion with melphalan in uveal melanoma: A safe and effective treatment modality in an orphan disease. J Surg Oncol. 2018 May.117(6):1170-1178. Pubmedid: 29284076. Pmcid: PMC6033148.
• Thomas KL, Gonzalez RJ, Henderson-Jackson E, Caracciolo JT. Paratesticular Liposarcoma Masquerading as an Inguinal Hernia. Urology. 2018 Mar.113:e5-e6. Pubmedid: 29203187.
• Abbott AM, Doepker MP, Kim Y, Perez MC, Gandle C, Thomas KL, Choi J, Shridhar R, Zager JS. Hepatic Progression-free and Overall Survival After Regional Therapy to the Liver for Metastatic Melanoma. Am J Clin Oncol. 2018 Aug.41(8):747-753. Pubmedid: 28059929. Pmcid: PMC7771287.
• Morse B, Jeong D, Thomas K, Diallo D, Strosberg JR. Magnetic Resonance Imaging of Neuroendocrine Tumor Hepatic Metastases: Does Hepatobiliary Phase Imaging Improve Lesion Conspicuity and Interobserver Agreement of Lesion Measurements?. Pancreas. 2017 Oct.46(9):1219-1224. Pubmedid: 28902795.
• Thomas K, Spiess P, Caracciolo JT. A report of two deep-seated noncutaneous penile tumors: more than meets the eye. Radiol Case Rep. 2017 Dec.12(4):726-730. Pubmedid: 29484058. Pmcid: PMC5823293.
• Gage KL, Thomas K, Jeong D, Stallworth DG, Arrington JA. Multimodal Imaging of Head and Neck Squamous Cell Carcinoma. Cancer Control. 2017 Apr.24(2):172-179. Pubmedid: 28441371.
• Thomas KL, Henderson-Jackson E, Caracciolo JT. Test yourself: answer - deep benign fibrous histiocytoma. Skeletal Radiol. 2015 Aug.44(8):1151-2, 1209. Pubmedid: 25680331.
• Thomas KL, Henderson-Jackson E, Caracciolo JT. Test yourself: right thigh mass. Skeletal Radiol. 2015 Aug.44(8):1151-1152. Pubmedid: 25669940.
• Creelan B, Thomas K, Massis K, Davis RM. Splenic arterial embolization for idiopathic warm auto-immune haemolytic anaemia. Brit J Haematol. 2013 Apr.161(1):2. Pubmedid: 23294152.