- Breast cancer
- Inflammatory breast cancer
- Invasive breast cancer
- Invasive ductal carcinoma
- Invasive lobular carcinoma
- Local tumor recurrence
- Male breast cancer
- Triple negative breast cancer
- Triple positive breast cancer
Eleanor P. Taranto, MD
About me
- Assistant Professor of Medicine (Hematology-Oncology) at the Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania
I am a medical oncologist specializing in breast cancer. I provide compassionate care tailored to each patient’s unique journey. I take a collaborative approach, guiding patients through treatment with empathy and clarity. I help connect patients to innovative clinical trials, offering access to emerging therapies while advancing cancer research. It is a privilege to support patients throughout their course of treatment at Penn Medicine.
My education and training
- University of ChicagoMedical School
- Brigham and Women's Hospital - Massachusetts General HospitalResidency
- Hospital of the University of PennsylvaniaFellowship
Spoken languages
Insurance accepted
- Aetna Advantra Cares D-SNP
- Aetna Advantra Credit Value
- Aetna Advantra Eagle HMO
- Aetna Advantra Eagle POS
- Aetna Advantra Premier Plus PPO
- Aetna Advantra Value
- Aetna Advantra Value Plus
- Aetna APCN Plus (Multi-Tier)
- Aetna Better Health Kids (CHIP) - DH Only
- Aetna Flexible Five
- Aetna Freedom Core
- Aetna Gold
- Aetna HMO
- Aetna Philly Prime
- Aetna POS
- Aetna PPO APCN
- Aetna Premier
- Aetna Premier Plus
- Aetna Savings Plus
- Aetna Signature Administrators
- Aetna Student Health Plan PPO
- Aetna Upfront Advantage
- First Health HMO
- First Health POS
- First Health PPO
- Meritain - Aramark (Other)
- Meritain - Aramark (Pennsylvania Premier Medical Plan)
- Americhealth Caritas of PA VIP - LGH Only
- Amerihealth Caritas (Transplant patients only)
- Amerihealth Caritas of PA - LGH Only
- Centivo EPO
- Cigna Healthcare EPO
- Cigna Healthcare HMO
- Cigna Healthcare POS
- Cigna Healthcare PPO
- Claim Watcher (Homestead/ INDECs) Open Access
- Clover Health Choice
- Clover Health Choice Value PPO
- Clover Health Classic HMO
- Clover Health Value
Locations
Penn Medicine hospital privileges
- Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania: Has privileges to treat patients in the hospital.
Qualifications and experience
- Internal Medicine, 2022
- Alpha Omega Alpha Honor Society, National
- American College of Physicians, National
- American Medical Association, National
- American Society of Clinical Oncology, National
- American Society of Hematology, National
- Society for General Internal Medicine, National
- Breast cancer care
Treatments and conditions
Research
Publications
Jacob S, Li F, Sacksith K, Lee K, Chakrabarti R, Jankowitz R, Taranto E, Knollman H, Makhlin I, Clark AS, Shash PD, DeMichele A, Apostolidis S Early Peripheral CD8+ T-Cell Dynamics Associated With Immune-Related Toxicity: Interim Analysis From a Prospective Cohort of Locally Advanced TNBC Receiving Neoadjuvant Chemo-immunotherapy , 2026 San Antonio Breast Cancer Symposium: 2026
Jacob S, Li F, Sacksith K, Lee K, Chakrabarti R, Jankowitz R, Taranto E, Knollman H, Makhlin I, Clark AS, Shash PD, DeMichele A, Apostolidis S Changes in Patient Reported Outcomes Associated with Immune-related Toxicity: Interim Analysis from a Prospective Cohort of Locally Advanced TNBC Receiving Neoadjuvant Chemoimmunotherapy , 2026 San Antonio Breast Cancer Symposium: 2026
Taranto E, Walinsky E, White F, Chandran D, DeLuca S, Bayne L, Brensinger C, Wileyto EP, Shirali A, Abdou Y, Anampa J, Balic M, Canzoniero JV, Chen NC, Howard F, Huppert L, Kahn A, Mainor C, Mouabbi JA, Nair V, Rimm DL, DeMichele A Quantitative HER2/ERBB2 expression in QuantifyHER (TBCRC 066), a prospective cohort study of patients with metastatic HER2 low/ultralow breast cancer initiating Trastuzumab Deruxtecan: A Pre-Planned Interim Analysis , 2026 San Antonio Breast Cancer Symposium: 2026
Stuver R, Moore ZR, Barta SK, Bhansali RS, Choa R, Epstein-Peterson ZD, Ganesan N, Ghione P, Jain S, Jacobsen E, Johnson WT, Lukowski JD, Lunning M, McCabe S, Merrill M, Moskowitz AJ, Singh S, Taranto E, Yahalom J, Savage KJ, Imber BS, Horwitz SM Outcomes in early stage peripheral T-cell lymphoma by stage, histology, and treatment patterns , Haematologica: 2026
A. DeMichele, L. Bayne, E. Walinsky, L. Berry, S. Deluca, C. G. Smith, A. Chevalier, B. Ambasager, P. Sanchez, J. Heaven, E. Chislock, T. Pan, J. Graves, G. Belka, J. Wang, E. Taranto, A. Nayak, M. Feldman, A. Clark, L. Chodosh Abstract PD5-02: 5-year outcomes and ctdna findings in the clever trial targeting disseminated dormant tumor cells , Clin Cancer Res, 32(4_Supplement): 2026,PD5-02
E. P. Taranto , White, F , Chandran, D, E. Walinsky , S. Deluca , L. Bayne, E. P. Wileyto, A. Shirali, C. J. Robbins, Y. Abdou,J. Anampa, M. Balic, J. V. Canzoniero, N. C. Chen, F. Howard, L. Huppert, A. Kahn, C. Mainor, J. Mouabbi, V. Nair, T.Degeer, J. Weidler, T. McNicholas, C. Serway, J. Reischl, M. Bates, R. Monroe, D. L. Rimm, A. DeMichele Abstract PS4-03-12: Quantifyher (trial in progress): quantitative immunofluorescence and/or messenger rna to measure her2 expression in patients with metastatic breast cancer treated with trastuzumab deruxtecan (tbcrc066) , Clin Cancer Res, 32(4_Supplement): 2026,PS4-03-12
Taranto E, DeMichele A Evaluating the clinical utility of ctDNA testing to identify molecular cancer progression – lessons from SERENA-6 , NPJ Breast Cancer, 12(1): 2026,18
Taranto, E DIGEST , The Curbsiders Internal Medicine Podcast: 2026
Taranto E, Seewald NJ, Bayne LJ, Deluca S, Shih NC, Sanchez P, Nivar I, Ambasager B, Murray C, Chevalier A, Smith CG, Makhlin I, Rohn K, Goodspeed BL, Savage J, Wileyto P, Wang J, Belka G, Chislock E, Berry LR, Berry D, Nayak A, Feldman M, Clark AS, Chodosh LA, & DeMichele A. Abstract PS9-03: Circulating tumor DNA (ctDNA), dormant disseminated tumor cells (DTCs) and recurrence outcomes in breast cancer survivors on the SURMOUNT Study. , Clin Cancer Res, 31(12_Supplement): 2025,PS9-03
Taranto E, Barta S, Bhansali R. Central Nervous System Relapse in T and NK Cell Lymphomas , Curr Hematol Malig Rep, 18(6): 2023,243-251.