Stephen J. Schuster, MD

Hematology
Sees patients age 15 to 65
Abramson Cancer Center Perelman 4th Floor West
Penn Medicine Provider

About me

  • Director, Lymphoma Program
  • Director, Lymphoma Translational Research
  • Robert and Margarita Louis-Dreyfus Professor in Chronic Lymphocytic Leukemia and Lymphoma Clinical Care and Research

My education and training

  • Residency: Pennsylvania Hospital
  • Fellowship: Thomas Jefferson University Hospital
  • Fellowship: Pennsylvania Hospital
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Spoken languages

English
English

Reviews

Average Rating

828 reviews

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Anonymous
August 2026
dr. shuster is very knowledgeable and remembers my case from 16 years ago
Anonymous
August 2026
he's knowledgeable, listens to what the patient says, answers the patients questions, examines the patient (which not all doctors do) resulting in the patient having a very calm experience.
Anonymous
August 2026
he provides excellent care
Anonymous
August 2026
dr.schuster is so knowledgeable and exacting in my care!

Insurance accepted

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Locations

Penn Medicine hospital privileges

  • Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania: Has privileges to treat patients in the hospital.
  • Penn Presbyterian Medical Center: On the medical staff, but does not have privileges to treat patients in the hospital.
Dr. Schuster is a Penn Medicine physician.

Qualifications and experience

Treatments and conditions

Research

Publications

Wudhikarn, Kitsada. Bromberg, Maria. Brower, Jamie. Seshan, Venkatraman. Bachanova, Veronika. Ahmed, Sairah. McGuirk, Joseph P. Manu, Gurusidda. Maziarz, Richard T. Oluwole, Olalekan O. Schuster, Stephen J. Porter, David L. Bishop, Michael R. Riedell, Peter A. Perales, Miguel-Angel. Dahi, Parastoo B. Late cytopenia after CD19 chimeric antigen receptor T-cell therapy in large B-cell lymphoma: a Cell Therapy Consortium analysis. , Blood Adv., 10(18): 2026,6188-6197


Paruzzo, Luca. Chong, Emeline R. Chong, Elise A. Zheng, Zhixuan. Guruprasad, Puneeth. Landsburg, Daniel J. Nasta, Sunita D. Stella, Federico. Ramasubramanian, Ranjani. de Souza, Vitor B. Alkhatib, Mohannad H. Ho, Matthew. Imparato, Antonio. Chen, Gregory M. Siegel, Don L. Plesa, Gabriela. Dai, Anlan. Mackey, Shane. Das, Priyamvada. Michener, Peter. Jadlowsky, Julie. Bushman, Frederic D. Patel, Vrutti. Carturan, Alberto. Napier, Ellen B. Gonzalez, Vanessa E. Jarocha, Danuta. Xu, Rong. Levine, Bruce L. Porazzi, Patrizia. Frey, Noelle. Porter, David L. Svoboda, Jakub. Fraietta, Joseph A. June, Carl H. Schuster, Stephen J. Ruella, Marco. Decade-long persistence of CD19 CAR T cells in B cell lymphomas. , Nat Med., 32(9): 2026,3276-3287


Noll, Julia Han. Dersh, Devin. Li, Jiang Yuan. Hemani, Humza. Lavorando, Maya. Bartoszek, Robert. Amses, Kevin R. Jain, Ankita. Minehart, Janna. Ho, Matthew. Ramirez-Fernandez, Angel. Paruzzo, Luca. Shestov, Max A. Camerini, Elena. Peters, Fleur S. Huang, Xiao. Loren, Alison W. Woyach, Jennifer A. Goronzy, Jorg Josef. Kater, Arnon P. Ruella, Marco. Byrd, John C. Powell, Daniel J., Jr. Gill, Saar I. Porter, David L. Schuster, Stephen J. Bushman, Frederic D. Siegel, Donald L. Levine, Bruce L. June, Carl H. Frey, Noelle V. Cohen, Adam D. Garfall, Alfred L. Long, Meixiao. Maus, Marcela V. Weng, Nan-Ping. Diorio, Caroline. Fraietta, Joseph A. T-cell immunosenescence limits CD19 CAR T-cell function in chronic lymphocytic leukemia. , Blood.: 2026


Woyach, Jennifer A. Popovic, Relja. Rossi, Emily L. Singh, Sanjana. Oki, Toshihiko. Rosenberg, Tanya S. Qian, Chen. Moran, Michael. Liu, Zihuan. Boyer, Michelle. Jones, Jeffrey. Furman, Richard R. Wierda, William. Gotlib, Jason. Schuster, Stephen J. Chyla, Brenda. Davids, Matthew S. Recurrent Genomic Alterations in BCRi-Experienced CLL Patients Treated With Venetoclax: Extended Phase 2 Follow-Up. , Am J Hematol., 101(7): 2026,1516-1521


Ma, Nian. Bose, Dipayan. Svoboda, Jakob. Chong, Elise A. Schuster, Stephen J. Robertson, Erle S. FGFR2 is an oncogenic driver critical for successful human gammaherpesvirus latent infection and oncogenesis. , Proc Natl Acad Sci USA., 123(30): 2026


Wierda, William G. Dorritie, Kathleen A. Gauthier, Jordan. Nath, Rajneesh. Kipps, Thomas J. Riedell, Peter A. Eradat, Herbert A. Kenderian, Saad S. Kharfan-Dabaja, Mohamed A. Shah, Nirav N. Solomon, Scott R. Stephens, Deborah M. Ermann, Daniel A. Arnason, Jon E. Deol, Abhinav. Feldman, Tatyana A. Babis Andreadis, Charalambos. Ghosh, Monalisa. Ma, Shuo. Schuster, Stephen J. Gergis, Usama. Vose, Julie M. Soumerai, Jacob D. van Besien, Koen. Tuazon, Sherilyn A. Perna, Serena K. Ou, San-San. Ananthakrishnan, Revathi. Rane, Neha. Papp, Eniko. Ansari, Sahar. Thompson, Ethan G. Okal, Abood. Peiser, Leanne. Chen, Yizhe. Sengupta, Sanhita. Ray, Pradipta Ranjan. Wang, Jixian. Siddiqi, Tanya. Lisocabtagene maraleucel combined with ibrutinib in R/R CLL or SLL: primary results from TRANSCEND CLL 004. , Blood.: 2026


Baron, Jonathan A. Chelius, Monica. Singh, Gurbani. Schad, Michael D. Berger, Melanie. Chong, Emeline R. Thomas, Colin J. Carter, Jordan S. Cook, Michael R. Nasta, Sunita D. Landsburg, Daniel J. Barta, Stefan K. Svoboda, Jakub. Schuster, Stephen J. Yegya-Raman, Nikhil. LaRiviere, Michael J. Plastaras, John P. Chong, Elise A. Hubbeling, Harper. Safe Integration of Radiation Therapy With Bispecific Antibodies in Relapsed/Refractory B-cell Lymphomas. , Clin Lymphoma Myeloma Leuk.: 2026


Ruella, Marco. Paruzzo, Luca. Chong, Emeline R. Chong, Elise A. Landsburg, Daniel J. Nasta, Sunita D. Devi, Pooja. Michener, Peter. Stella, Federico. Carturan, Alberto. Napier, Ellen B. Van Deerlin, Vivianna M. Porazzi, Patrizia. Levine, Bruce L. Frey, Noelle. Porter, David L. Fraietta, Joseph A. Svoboda, Jakub. June, Carl H. Schuster, Stephen J. Ten-Year Outcomes after CAR T-Cell Therapy for B-Cell Lymphomas. , N Engl J Med., 394(24): 2026,2440-2448


Bartlett, Nancy L. Sehn, Laurie H. Assouline, Sarit. Giri, Pratyush. Kuruvilla, John. Schuster, Stephen J. Yoon, Sung-Soo. Fay, Keith. Hess, Georg. Dreyling, Martin. Gutierrez, Norma C. Cybulski, Eva. Sabalvaro, Fidelis. Penuel, Elicia. Teodoro, Vanda. Tracy, Samuel. Kuruvilla, Denison. Chen, Joseph. Wiebking, Volker. Wei, Michael C. Budde, L Elizabeth. Fixed-Duration Subcutaneous Mosunetuzumab in Relapsed/Refractory Follicular Lymphoma: Pivotal Phase 2 Primary Analysis. , Am J Hematol., 101(5): 2026,986-997


Schneider, Michael. Paruzzo, Luca. Stella, Federico. Noll, Julia Han. Ho, Matthew. Babatunde, Victor. Ho, Bianca. Devi, Pooja. Chong, Elise A. Barta, Stefan K. Nasta, Sunita D. Svoboda, Jakub. Carter, Jordan. Cook, Michael R. Hossain, Nasheed M. Thomas, Colin J. Patel, Vrutti. de Souza, Vitor B. Alkhatib, Mohannad H. Li, Ziyu. Tan, Melody. Michener, Peter. Guruprasad, Puneeth. Imparato, Antonio. Carturan, Alberto. Porazzi, Patrizia. Fraietta, Joseph A. Schuster, Stephen J. Maillard, Ivan. Ruella, Marco. Landsburg, Daniel J. Naïve CD4+ T-cells and disease status at CART infusion correlate with clinical outcomes in real-world large B-cell lymphoma patients receiving second-line CAR T therapy. , Nat Commun., 17(1): 2026,6486


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