Christine A. Ciunci, MD, MSCE
Medical Oncology
Accepting new patients
Sees patients age 18 and up
Abramson Cancer Center Penn Presbyterian
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About me

  • Vice Chief, Clinical Affairs and Quality, Division of Hematology Oncology
  • Co-Director, Cancer Diagnostics Clinic
  • Associate Professor of Clinical Medicine (Hematology-Oncology)

Education and training

  • Medical School: Temple University School of Medicine
  • Residency: University of Pennsylvania Health System
  • Fellowship: University of Pennsylvania Health System

What my patients think about me

Average Rating

343 reviews

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November 2025
she's very thorough.
November 2025
i just think there good at what they do
November 2025
professional friendly.
November 2025
i would recommend the doctor my friends and relatives if the needed a hematologist doctor.

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My Locations

Penn Medicine hospital privileges

  • Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania: Has privileges to treat patients in the hospital.
  • Penn Presbyterian Medical Center: Has privileges to treat patients in the hospital.
Dr. Ciunci is a Penn Medicine physician.

Qualifications and experience

Treatments and Conditions

My research

Elghawy O, Barsouk A, Sussman JH, Bleiberg BA, Reed-Guy L, D'Avella C, Singh A, Ciunci C, Robinson K, Kosteva J, Langer C, Cohen RB, Aggarwal C, Marmarelis M, Sun L. Late Immune-Related Adverse Events After At Least Two Years of Immune Checkpoint Inhibitor Therapy: Incidence and Association With Survival in Patients With Advanced NSCLC , JTO Clin Res Rep, 6(9): 2025,100851


Elghawy O, Barsouk A, Reed-Guy L, Stalker M, Sussman J, Robinson K, Kosteva J, Singh A, Cohen RB, Langer C, Ciunci C, D'Avella C, Sun L, Marmarelis ME, Aggarwal C. Brief Report: Osimertinib Plus Capmatinib for Patients With MET-Altered EGFR-Mutant NSCLC Following Progression on Front Line Therapy , Clin Lung Cancer, 26(2): 2025,158-163.e2.


Barsouk A, Friedes C, Iocolano M, Doucette A, Cohen RB, Robinson KW, D'Avella CA, Marmarelis ME, Kosteva JA, Singh AP, Ciunci CA, Levin WP, Cengel KA, Bradley JD, Feigenberg SJ, Sun L, Aggarwal C, Langer CJ, Yegya-Raman N. Plunging Into the PACIFIC: Outcomes of Patients With Unresectable KRAS-Mutated Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer Following Definitive Chemoradiation and Durvalumab Consolidation , Clin Lung Cancer, 25(3): 2024,e161-e171.


Cantor DJ, Davis C, Ciunci C, Aggarwal C, Evans T, Cohen RB, Bauml JM, Langer CJ. Brief Report: Long-Term Follow-Up of Adjuvant Pembrolizumab After Locally Ablative Therapy for Oligometastatic NSCLC , JTO Clin Res Rep, 5(6): 2024,100667


Ugarte S, D'Avella C, Gabriel P, Ciunci C, Roy M, Schwartz A, Boyk K, Walker S, Tindall J, Dougherty D The cancer diagnostic clinic: A rapid access clinic to improve outcomes for patients with a suspected cancer diagnosis. , American Society of Clinical Oncology Quality Care Symposium, San Francisco, CA.: 2024


Friedes C, Yegya-Raman N, Zhang S, Iocolano M, Cohen RB, Aggarwal C, Thompson JC, Marmarelis ME, Levin WP, Cengel KA, Ciunci CA, Singh AP, D'Avella C, Davis CW, Langer CJ, Feigenberg SJ. Patterns of Failure in Metastatic NSCLC Treated With First Line Pembrolizumab and Use of Local Therapy in Patients With Oligoprogression , Clin Lung Cancer, 25(1): 2024,50-60.e6.


Davis D, Jarrar S, Ciunci C Synchronous Primary Lung Cancers Containing Discrete Driver Mutations in a Never-Smoker: Case Report , Case Reports Oncology, 16(1): 2023,1384-1389


Tompkins WP, Hwang WT, Yang YX, Singh A, Ciunci C, D'Avella C, Aggarwal C, Cohen RB, Langer CJ, Mamtani R, Marmarelis ME. Brief Report: Second-line treatment outcomes in patients with advanced NSCLC previously treated with first-line immunotherapy regimens , Clin Lung Cancer, 24(6): 2023,558-562.e2.


Yegya-Raman N, Berman AT, Ciunci CA, Friedes C, Berlin E, Iocolano M, Wang X, Lai C, Levin WP, Cengel KA, O'Reilly SE, Cohen RB, Aggarwal C, Marmarelis ME, Singh AP, Sun L, Bradley JD, Plastaras JP, Simone CB 2nd, Langer CJ, Feigenberg SJ. Phase 2 Trial of Consolidation Pembrolizumab After Proton Reirradiation for Thoracic Recurrences of Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer , Int J Radiat Oncol Biol Phys, 119(23): 2023,56-65


Yegya-Raman N, Friedes C, Sun L, Iocolano M, Kim KN, Doucette A, Cohen RB, Robinson KW, Levin WP, Cengel KA, Lally B, Agarwal M, D'Avella CA, Marmarelis ME, Kosteva JA, Singh AP, Ciunci CA, Aggarwal C, Berman AT, Langer CJ, Feigenberg SJ. Utilization and Factors Precluding Receipt of Checkpoint Inhibitor Consolidation for Stage III NSCLC in a Large US Academic Health System , Clin Lung Cancer, 24(5): 2023,474-482.