Marco Ruella, MD
Penn Medicine Provider
About me
- Scientific Director of the Lymphoma Program
- Associate Professor of Medicine (Hematology-Oncology)
- Assistant Professor of Medicine in Pathology and Laboratory Medicine
My education and training
- Medical School: Universita Degli Studi di Torino
- Residency: University of Turin
Spoken languages
English
English
Italiano
Italian
Insurance accepted
Please contact the practice and/or the member services department of your insurance company for specific details before receiving services. Providers may participate in some, but not all, products offered by a health plan; providers may also accept plans at some practice locations but not others.
- 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
- AbClon Inc., International
- American Association for Cancer Research, International
- American Society for Clinical Investigation, International
- American Society for Clinical Investigation (ASCI), International
- American Society of Clinical Oncology (ASCO), International
- American Society of Hematology (ASH), International
- ASH Scholar Award, Research Foundation, International
- European Hematology Association, International
- International Society of Cell Therapy (ISCT), International
- Italian Lymphoma Foundation, International
- Italian Society of Hematology (SIE), International
- NanoString Technologies, National
- Panel of Scientific Advisors, Lymphoma Research Foundation, National
- Society for Immunotherapy of Cancer (SITC), International
- Subcommittee on Emerging Gene and Cell Therapies, American Society of Hematology (ASH), International
- viTToria Biotherapeutics, Local
Treatments and conditions
Research
Publications
Liu S, Guruprasad P, Ramasubramanian R, Madhu B, Paruzzo L, Han K, Kelly A, Shestov A, Xu HN, Carturan A, Zhou C, Amses KR, Afriat A, Litichevskiy L, Lin J, Dubowitz E, Tangal N, Zhang J, McSween A, Tan M, Stella F, Lee A, Nason S, Hua X, Schneider M, Sleeman M, Zhang Y, Gabrielli G, Yang Z, Pajarillo R, Patel R, Ghilardi G, Patel V, Joshi A, Jiang S, Jiang Y, Porazzi P, Tchou JC, Keith B, Li M, Chong E, Schuster SJ, Milone M, Rabinowitz J, O'Connor RS, Thaiss CA, Levy M, Ruella M. β-hydroxybutyrate enhances the metabolic fitness of CAR T cells in cancer. , Cell, 189(6): 2026,1701-1716
Chen GM, Jain A, Gering DT, Satulovsky J, Datta S, Lai P, Karar J, Gonzalez VE, Alexander K, Chew A, Jadlowsky JK, Ruella M, Paruzzo L, Amses KR, Rech AJ, Stadtmauer EA, Frey NV, Hexner EO, Porter DL, Cohen AD, Gill SI, Garfall AL, Schuster SJ, Mo KC, Liang SI, Spasic M, Levine BL, Siegel DL, Ramírez-Fernández A, Cabanski CR, Yang E, Mackall CL, Bushman FD, Good Z, John Wherry E, June CH, Fraietta JA. Predictive biomarkers of response to chimeric antigen receptor (CAR) T-cell therapy for pan-haematologic cancer. , Nat Biomed Eng: 2026
Ho M, Paruzzo L, Noll JH, Stella F, Devi P, Ndeupen S, Day YA, Chen GM, Cohen IJ, Ramirez-Fernandez A, Waxman A, Kapur S, Chen F, Xu R, Huff A, Jarocha D, Patel V, Bochi-Layec AC, Ramasubramanian R, Liu S, Bouvier R, de Souza VB, Patel H, Li Z, Carturan A, Michener P, Hopkins CR, Koucky O, Minehart J, Dimitri A, Nabar NR, Hasanali ZS, Ciccarelli BT, Hung P, Williams E, Bartoszek R, Lavorando M, Mohan S, Gonzalez VE, Porazzi P, Bhoj VG, Apostolidis SA, Vogl DT, Porter DL, Scholler J, Diorio C, Roche AM, Everett JK, Bushman FD, Nathanson KL, Stadtmauer EA, Susanibar-Adaniya SP, Garfall AL, Ruella M, Cohen AD, Fraietta JA. CD4(+) T cells mediate CAR-T cell-associated immune-related adverse events after BCMA CAR-T cell therapy. , Nat Med., 32(2): 2026,702-716
Cohen IJ, Bochi-Layec AC, Lemoine J, Jenks S, Bayat P, Kim KH, Zhao H, Ugwuanyi O, Stella F, Ghilardi G, Gabrielli G, McCuaig S, Iatrou A, Vlachonikola E, Karipidou M, Bouziani E, Espie D, Ramasubramanian R, Agathangelidis A, Bhosale A, Paruzzo L, Medico G, Kolar B, Bugrovsky R, Guruprasad P, Wang LP, Harris J, Arons E, Zhang Y, Pajarillo R, Kreiger PA, Day CP, Sahinalp SC, Wu CH, Santi A, Fulmer B, Cases M, Palmer MB, Porazzi P, Wherry EJ, Kreitman RJ, Tiacci E, Apostolidis SA, Behrens EM, Bhoj V, Sanz I, Inghirami G, Schuster SJ, Ghia P, Stamatopoulos K, Ruella M. Chimeric antigen receptor T cells against the IGHV4-34 B cell receptor specifically eliminate neoplastic and autoimmune B cells. , Sci Transl Med, 4(18): 2026,835
Carturan A, Angelos MG, Guruprasad P, Patel RP, Pajarillo R, Lee AE, Espie D, Zhang Y, Chiang YH, Xie W, Rodriguez JL, Harris J, Devi P, Afolayan-Oloye OI, Xu J, Sussman JH, Elghawy O, Yang AG, Barsouk A, Cho JH, Shaw CE, Singh EB, Ugwuanyi O, Paruzzo L, Stella F MD, Liu S, Nason S, Imparato A, Rotolo A, Lemoine J, Barrett DM, Posey AD Jr, Rook AH, Pillai V, Bagg A, Pileri SA, Liu D, Tan K, Schuster SJ, Teachey DT, Porazzi P, Ruella M. Harnessing the CD2 axis to broaden and enhance the efficacy of CAR T-cell therapies. , Blood.: 2026
Ang Z, Castro A, Paruzzo L, Schimdt C, Hasanali ZS, Hayer KE, Stella F, Soldan SS, Torres-Diz M, Kwok C, Sainos PK, Ji K, Krohl PJ, Fine J, Sehgal P, Martinez D, Spangler JB, Riley JL, Vogl DT, Porazzi P, Pillai V, Lieberman PM, Allman D, Ruella M, Thomas-Tikhonenko A. The ancestral haplotype of P2RX5 yields a B-cell surface marker and a multi-lineage immunotherapy target. , bioRxiv : 2026
Thomas C, Chung J, Landsburg D, Nasta SD, Svoboda J, Chong E, Schuster S, Carter J, Cook M, Tomasulo E, Elghway O, Lariviere M, Hubbeling H, Plastaras J, Villasenor-Park J, Myers C, Ruella M, Rook A, Kim E, Barta S. Clinical features and outcomes of patients with non-erythrodermic mycosis fungoides with high blood tumor burden. , In Proceedings of 67th American Society of Hematology Annual Meeting 2025: 2025
Knoedler L, Herfeld K, Schaefer DA, Diatta F, Clune J, Evans B, Seu M, Kim BS, Alfertshofer M, Schaschinger T, Iske J, Knoedler S, Lellouch AG, Jeljeli M, Carturan A, Ruella M, Heiland M, Poeck H, Perl M, Pomahac B, Kauke-Navarro M. CAR-T cell therapy and reconstructive oncologic surgery in peripheral solid tumors-A narrative review. , Cell Rep Med, 6(8): 2025
Bochi-Layec A, Cohen I, Lemoine J, Jenks S, Bayat P, Kim KH, Zhao H, Ugwuanyi O, Stella F, Ghilardi G, Gabrielli G, McCuaig S, Iatrou A, Vlachonikola E, Karypidou M, Bouziani E, Ramasubramanian R, Agathangelidis A, Paruzzo L, Bugrovsky R, Guruprasad P, Wang LP, Harris Jaryse, Zhang Y, Pajarillo R, Kreiger P, Fulmer B, Cases M, Porazzi P, Wherry JE, Apostolidis S, Bhoj V, Schuster SJ, Ghia P, Stamatopoulos K, Behrens E, Sanz I, Ruella M. Precision targeting of pathogenic B cells and autoantibodies in systemic lupus erythematosus using CAR T cells against the IGHV4-34 B cell receptor. , In Proceedings of 67th American Society of Hematology Annual Meeting 2025: 2025
Paruzzo L, Mantione A, Chong E, Nasta SD, Landsburg D, Carter J, Cook M, Fardella E, Bigdeli A, Patel V, Imparato A, Thomas C, Souza V, Carturan A, Stella F, Pucillo M, Pooja D, Tomasulo E, Barta S, Schuster S, Halper-Stromberg E, Ruella M, Svoboda J. Large B-cell lymphoma following CD19-directed CART-cell therapy failure: Impact of CAR construct on disease features and outcomes of subsequent therapies. , In Proceedings of 67th American Society of Hematology Annual Meeting 2025: 2025