Penn Medicine Provider
Hematology
David L. Porter, MD
5.0
(219)
Accepting new patients
Sees patients age 18 and up
Abramson Cancer Center Perelman 4th Floor West

About me

  • Director, Cell Therapy and Transplant
  • Jodi Fisher Horowitz Professor in Leukemia Care Excellence

Education and training

  • Medical School: Brown University
  • Residency: Boston University Hospital
  • Fellowship: Massachusetts General Hospital/Brigham and Women’s Hospital

What my patients think about me

Average Rating
5.0

219 reviews

Comments are submitted by patients and reflect their views and opinions. The comments are not endorsed by and do not necessarily reflect the views of Penn Medicine.

April 2025
5.0
5.0
best hematologist. extremely knowledgeable and very approachable
April 2025
5.0
5.0
knowledgeable, professional, easy to talk to
March 2025
5.0
5.0
10 across the board
March 2025
5.0
5.0
knowledgeable and informative

Insurance accepted

My Locations

Penn Medicine hospital privileges

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

Qualifications and experience

My research

Porter DL, Levine BL, Kalos M, Bagg A, June CH Delayed tumor lysis and CLL remission from chimeric antigen receptor modified T cells , New England Journal of Medicine, 365: 2011,725-733


Reshef R, Luger S, Hexner EO, Loren AW, Frey NV, Nasta SD, Goldstein SC, Stadmauer EA, Smith J, Bailey S, Mick R, Heitjan DF, Emerson SG, Hoxie JA, Vonderheide RH, Porter DL. Blockade of Lymphocyte Chemotaxis in Visceral Graft-versus-Host Disease , New England Journal of Medicine, 367: 2012,135-145


Kalos M, Levine BL, Porter DL, Katz S, Grupp SA, Bagg A, June CH. T cells expressing chimeric receptors establish memory and potent antitumor effects in patients with advanced leukemia , Science Translational Medicine, 3: 2011,95ra73


Anasetti C, Logan BR, Lee SJ, Waller EK, Weisdorf DJ, Wingard JR, Cutler CS, Westervelt P, Woolfrey A, Couban S, Ehninger G, Johnston L, Maziarz RT, Pulsipher MA, Porter DL, Mineishi S, McCarty JM, Khan SP, Anderlini P, Bensinger WI, Leitman SF, Rowley SD, Bredeson C, Carter SL, Horowitz MM, Confer DL. Peripheral blood stem cells versus bone marrow from unrelated donors: results of Blood and Marrow Transplant Clinical Trials Network protocol 0201, a phase III, prospective, randomized trial. , New England Journal of Medicine, 367: 2012,1487-1496


Porter DL, Alyea EP, Antin JH, DeLima M, Estey, E, Falkenburg JHF, Hardy N, Kroeger N, Leis J, Levine J, Maloney DG, Peggs K, Rowe JM, Wayne AS, Giralt S, Bishop MR, van Besien K. NCI First International Workshop on the Biology, Prevention, and Treatment of Relapse after Allogeneic Hematopoietic Stem Cell Transplantation: Report from the Committee on Treatment of Relapse after Allogeneic Hematopoietic Stem Cell Transplantation. , Biol Blood and Marrow Transplant, 16: 2010,1467-1503


Tizon R, Frey N, Heitjan DF, Tan KS, Goldstein SC, Hexner EO, Loren A, Luger SM, Reshef R, Tsai D, Vogl D, Davis J, Vozniak M, Fuchs B, Stadtmauer EA, Porter DL. High dose corticosteroids with or without etanercept for the treatment of idiopathic pneumonia syndrome after allogeneic SCT. , Bone Marrow Transplant, 47: 2011,1332-1337


Rager A, Frey N, Goldstein SC, Reshef R, Hexner EO, Loren A, Luger SM, Perl, A, Tsai D, Davis J, Vozniak M, Smith J, Stadtmauer EA, Porter DL. Inflammatory Cytokine Inhibition with Combination Daclizumab and Infliximab for Steroid Refractory Acute Graft-Versus-Host Disease , Bone Marrow Transplantation, epub: 2010


Paralkar VR, Nasta SD, Morrissey K, Smith J, Vassilev P, Martin ME, Goldstein SC, Loren A, Rook AH, Kim EJ, Porter DL. Allogeneic hematopoietic stem cell transplantation for primary cutaneous T cell lymphomas , Bone Marrow Transplantation, 47: 2012,940-945


Rager A, Porter DL Cellular therapy following allogeneic stem cell transplantation , Therapeutic Advances in Hematology, 2(6): 2011,416 - 435.


Goldstein SC, Porter DL Allogeneic immunotherapy to optimize the graft-versus tumor effect: concepts and controversies. , Expert Review of Hematology, 3(3): 2010,301-314