Marco Ruella, MD
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Marco Ruella, MD

Headshot of 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

  • Universita Degli Studi di TorinoMedical School
  • University of TurinResidency
  • University Surgical AssociatesFellowship

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.

Penn Medicine hospital privileges

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

Qualifications and experience

Treatments and conditions

Research

Publications

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


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


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


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


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


Maillie L, Barta S, Carter J, Cook M, Hughes M, Landsburg D, Nasta SD, Ruella M, Schuster S, Svoboda J, Thomas C, Tomasulo E, Chong E. Frontline experience with second generation covalent Bruton tyrosine kinase inhibitors for mantle cell lymphoma: A single center experience. , In Proceedings of 67th American Society of Hematology Annual Meeting 2025: 2025


Paruzzo L, Ho M, Han Noll J, Stella F, Cohen I, Ramirez-Fernandez A, Waxman A, Kapur S, Chen F, Huff A, Jarocha D, Koucky O, Hopkins C, Dimitri A, Lavorando M, Vogl D, Scholler J, Doto A, Everett J, Bushman F, Nathanson K, Porazzi P, Stadtmauer E, Susanibar-Adaniya S, Garfall A, Cohen A, Fraietta J, Ruella M. CCR5 blockade: A therapeutic approach to uncouple CART-BCMA expansion from CARTmediated immune toxicities. , In Proceedings of 67th American Society of Hematology Annual Meeting 2025: 2025


Lemoine J, Ghilardi G, Lee Y, Paruzzo L, Morena F, Perriello V, Li Z, Cohen I, Ugwuanyi O, Pajarillo R, Zhang Y, Guruprasad P, Patel R, Chong E, Nasta SD, Barta S, Garfall A, Landsburg D, Svoboda J, Sadigh S, Wasik M, Bhattacharyya, Porazzi P, Schsuter S, Falini B, Ruella M. Identification and functional characterization of a novel best-in-class anti-CD79b CAR T cell immunotherapy using a multidimensional screening strategy. , In Proceedings of 67th American Society of Hematology Annual Meeting 2025: 2025


Liu S, Guruprasad P, Ramasubramanian R, Madhu B, Paruzzo L, Han K, Shestov A, Zhou C, Lin J, Carturan A, Porazzi P, Chong E, Schuster S, Milone M, Thaiss C, Levy M, Ruella M. β‑hydroxybutyrate metabolism enhances CAR T cell function via transcriptional and epigenetic reprogramming. , In Proceedings of 67th American Society of Hematology Annual Meeting 2025: 2025


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