Chelsea Olson, MD, DABS

Chelsea Olson, MD, DABS is a board-certified surgical oncologist with Regional One Health Cancer Care. She specializes in the treatment of melanoma, sarcoma, hepatobiliary and GI malignancies.

Dr. Olson earned her medical degree at Virginia Commonwealth University School of Medicine in Richmond. She completed her general surgery residency at University of South Alabama in Mobile, earning Intern of the Year and the Certificate of Outstanding Surgical Resident from the American College of Surgeons. She then completed a complex general surgical oncology fellowship at University of Tennessee Health Science Center in Memphis.

Dr. Olson is certified in robotic surgery, a minimally invasive approach that allows patients to have highly effective procedures with smaller incisions, leading to an easier recovery, less pain and scarring, and fewer complications.

Her research has been published in The American Surgeon, The Surgical Council On Resident Education, and Journal of Nanoparticle Research. She has authored book chapters and online publications and is a frequent presenter at professional conferences across the country.

Dr. Olson is a member of the Society of Surgical Oncology Women in Cancer Surgery, Cardiac Arrest Survivor Alliance (Sudden Cardiac Arrest Foundation), Society of Surgical Oncology, American College of Surgeons, Medicine Forward, and American Medical Association.

She is an avid volunteer, having served as a mentor for medical students, worked at food banks, and participated in mission trips to Mexico, Sierra Leone, Zimbabwe, Rwanda, and the Philippines.

Dr. Olson is a level-1 sommelier and earned an advanced Spanish Language Certificate from University of Salamanca in Spain. Her hobbies and interests include wine tasting, travel, narrative medicine, biking and hiking, playing piano, gardening, and painting.