Mike Olson is a native of the Northeast having grown up in Connecticut, New York and Rhode Island.  He earned a B.S. in Chemistry with highest honors from Harvey Mudd College in Claremont, California and proceeded to a National Science Foundation Fellowship at the California Institute of Technology (CalTech).  Mike then accepted a National Institute of Health scholarship at Duke University, where he took a position in Duke’s Medical Scientist Training Program.  He obtained his M.D. and Ph.D. in Pharmacology and Cancer Biology, researching processes of cellular death critical to the treatment of human cancers.  Having experienced the rewards and satisfactions gained by helping patients every day, Mike decided to hang up his lab coat and pursue a career in clinical medicine.  While at Duke, Mike was delighted to discover Radiation Oncology which allowed him to utilize his prior background in physical sciences while pursuing his career in clinical Oncology.

After completing his internship in Medicine at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Mike joined the prestigious Department of Radiation Oncology at Stanford University Medical Center for his residency in Radiation Oncology.   While at Stanford Mike pursued research interests in Lung cancer and Hodgkin’s disease, and developed his interests in Stereotactic Body/Cyberknife Radiotherapy for Lung, Gastrointestinal and Prostate cancers.  He served as Chief Resident and became a member of the American Society for Therapeutic Radiology and Oncology, the American Society of Clinical Oncology and the American College of Radiology.

Seeking to return to the Southeast, Mike was delighted to accept a position with FROG to continue development of their Stereotactic Body radiotherapy program in Jacksonville. 

In his spare time Mike likes to play volleyball and tennis and see new parts of Florida with his wife and daughter.