- Burkitt's lymphoma
- Chronic lymphocytic lymphoma
- Cutaneous T-cell lymphoma
- Erdheim-Chester disease (ECD)
- Hodgkin's lymphoma
- Langerhans cell histiocytosis
- Mantle cell lymphoma
- Marginal zone lymphoma
- Peripheral T-cell lymphoma
- Primary central nervous system lymphoma
- Waldenstrom macroglobulinemia
Stephen J. Schuster, MD
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
- Medical School: Thomas Jefferson University
- Residency: Pennsylvania Hospital
- Fellowship: Thomas Jefferson University Hospital
- Fellowship: Pennsylvania Hospital
Spoken languages
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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.
Qualifications and experience
- Medical Oncology, 1989
- Hematology, 1986
- Internal Medicine, 1984
- American Association for Cancer Research, National
- American Society of Clinical Oncology, National
- American Society of Hematology, National
- Eastern Cooperative Oncology Group (ECOG), National
- Penn Bone Marrow Transplant and Stem Cell Transplant Program
- Penn Cellular Therapy and Transplant Program
- Penn Hematological Malignancies (Blood Cancer) Program
- Penn Lymphoma Program
- Recognized annually in Philadelphia Magazine's Top Docs issue from 2010 through 2025
Treatments and conditions
Research
Publications
Furqan, Fateeha. Ahn, Kwang W. Kaur, Manmeet. Patel, Jinalben. Ansell, Stephen. Awan, Farrukh T. Baird, John. Bezerra, Evandro. Farooq, Umar. Fung, Henry. Khurana, Arushi. Lekakis, Lazaros. Lutfi, Forat. McCarty, John. Mukherjee, Akash. Nath, Rajneesh. Romancik, Jason. Schuster, Stephen J. Smith, Melody. Winter, Allison. Turtle, Cameron. Sauter, Craig. Shadman, Mazyar. Herrar, Alex. Hamadani, Mehdi. Autologous Transplant or CAR-T as Consolidation Options in MYC Rearranged Large B-Cell Lymphoma Patients in Remission After Salvage Treatments. , Am J Hematol., 100(7): 2025,1152-1162
Yegya-Raman, Nikhil. Plastaras, John P. Wright, Christopher M. Chelius, Monica R. Zhang, Siqi. Baron, Jonathan A. Hubbeling, Harper. Sim, Austin J. Robinson, Timothy J. Jain, Michael D. Imber, Brandon S. Fregonese, Beatrice. Yahalom, Joachim. Ladbury, Colton. Dandapani, Savita. Pinnix, Chelsea C. Gunther, Jillian R. Fang, Penny Q. Wu, Susan Y. Dabaja, Bouthaina S. Yang, Joanna C. Chew, Jessica. Braunstein, Steve. Sinha, Sumi. Denlinger, Nathan. Sun, Susan. Terezakis, Stephanie A. Sakthivel, Gukan. Constine, Louis S. Chowdhry, Amit K. Reagan, Patrick M. Burke, Skyler. Tseng, Yolanda D. LaRiviere, Michael J. Maity, Amit. Schuster, Stephen J. Chong, Elise A. Figura, Nicholas B. Bridging Radiotherapy Prior to Chimeric Antigen Receptor T-Cells for B-Cell Lymphomas: An ILROG Multicenter Study. , Blood Adv., 9(13): 2025,3293-3303
Elghawy, Omar. Wang, Julia. Leung, Olivia J. Swami, Nishwant. Carvajal, Veronica. Yang, Guang. Landsburg, Daniel J. Svoboda, Jakub. Nasta, Sunita D. Chong, Elise A. Schuster, Stephen J. Thomas, Colin J. Carter, Jordan S. Bagg, Adam. Barta, Stefan K. Clinical Impact of Next-Generation Sequencing of T-Cell Lymphomas: A Single Institution Experience. , Clin Lymphoma Myeloma Leuk., 25(7): 2025,505-511
Elghawy, Omar. Sussman, Jonathan H. Yang, Austin G. Thomas, Colin J. Carter, Jordan S. Landsburg, Daniel J. Svoboda, Jakub. Kim, Ellen. Rook, Alain H. Chung, Jina. Plastaras, John P. LaRiviere, Michael. Hubbeling, Harper. Chelius, Monica. Nasta, Sunita D. Chong, Elise A. Schuster, Stephen J. Barta, Stefan K. Pembrolizumab in Relapsed or Refractory Mycosis Fungoides or Sézary Syndrome. , JAMA Dermatol., 161(6): 2025,656-658
Lϋӧnd, Fabiana. Whalen, Jeanne. Song, Youngchul. Schriefer, Kalyn. Newcombe, Rick. Orlando, Elena J. Choi, Sarah M. Ruella, Marco. Fraietta, Joseph A. Schuster, Stephen J. Brogdon, Jennifer L. Niederst, Matthew J. Treanor, Louise M. DLBCL cells emerge post CD19 CAR-T with cross-antigen resistance and a gene signature predictive of clinical CAR-T response. , Blood Cancer Discov.: 2025
Awasthi, Rakesh. Grupp, Stephan A. Waldron, Edward. Yanik, Gregory A. Tam, Constantine S. Rives, Susana. McGuirk, Joseph P. Pulsipher, Michael A. Jaeger, Ulrich. Myers, Gary Douglas. Borchmann, Peter. Schuster, Stephen J. Stefanski, Heather E. Bishop, Michael R. Chakraborty, Abhijit. Masood, Aisha. Baruchel, André. Waller, Edmund K. Evaluation of In vivo CAR Transgene Levels in Tisagenlecleucel-Treated Patients with Relapsed/Refractory B-ALL and DLBCL. , Blood Adv.: 2025
Svoboda, Jakub. Landsburg, Daniel J. Gerson, James. Nasta, Sunita D. Barta, Stefan K. Chong, Elise A. Cook, Michael. Frey, Noelle V. Shea, Joanne. Cervini, Amanda. Marshall, Amy. Four, Megan. Davis, Megan M. Jadlowsky, Julie K. Chew, Anne. Pequignot, Edward. Gonzalez, Vanessa. Noll, Julia Han. Paruzzo, Luca. Rojas-Levine, Juliana. Plesa, Gabriela. Scholler, John. Siegel, Donald L. Levine, Bruce L. Porter, David L. Ghassemi, Saba. Ruella, Marco. Rech, Andrew. Leskowitz, Rachel M. Fraietta, Joseph A. Hwang, Wei-Ting. Hexner, Elizabeth. Schuster, Stephen J. June, Carl H. Enhanced CAR T-Cell Therapy for Lymphoma after Previous Failure. , N Engl J Med., 392(18): 2025,1824-1835
Jadlowsky, Julie K. Hexner, Elizabeth O. Marshall, Amy. Grupp, Stephan A. Frey, Noelle V. Riley, James L. Veloso, Elizabeth. McConville, Holly. Rogal, Walter. Czuczman, Cory. Hwang, Wei-Ting. Li, Yimei. Leskowitz, Rachel M. Farrelly, Olivia. Karar, Jayashree. Christensen, Shannon. Barber-Rotenberg, Julie. Gaymon, Avery. Aronson, Naomi. Bernstein, Wendy. Melenhorst, Jan Joseph. Roche, Aoife M. Everett, John K. Zolnoski, Sonja A. McFarland, Alexander G. Reddy, Shantan. Petrichenko, Angelina. Cook, Emma J. Lee, Carole. Gonzalez, Vanessa E. Alexander, Kathleen. Kulikovskaya, Irina. Ramírez-Fernández, Ángel. Minehart, Janna C. Ruella, Marco. Gill, Saar I. Schuster, Stephen J. Cohen, Adam D. Garfall, Alfred L. Shah, Payal D. Porter, David L. Maude, Shannon L. Levine, Bruce L. Siegel, Donald L. Chew, Anne. McKenna, Stephen. Lledo, Lester. Davis, Megan M. Plesa, Gabriela. Herbst, Friederike. Stadtmauer, Edward A. Tebas, Pablo. DiNofia, Amanda. Haas, Andrew. Haas, Naomi B. Myers, Regina. O'Rourke, Donald M. Svoboda, Jakub. Tanyi, Janos L. Aplenc, Richard. Jacobson, Jeffrey M. Ko, Andrew H. Cohen, Roger B. June, Carl H. Bushman, Frederic D. Fraietta, Joseph A. Long-term safety of lentiviral or gammaretroviral gene-modified T cell therapies. , Nat Med., 31(4): 2025,1134-1144
Ni, Vincent. Nasta, Sunita D. Barta, Stefan K. Schuster, Stephen J. Chong, Elise A. Svoboda, Jakub. Morrissette, Jennifer J D. Barlev, Ashley. Bagg, Adam. Priore, Salvatore F. Landsburg, Daniel J. Identification of a clinicopathologic prognostic index for newly diagnosed large B-cell lymphoma patients treated with R-CHOP. , Haematologica., 110(4): 2025,1023-1027
Maillie, Luke. Nasta, Sunita D. Svoboda, Jakub. Barta, Stefan K. Chong, Elise A. Garfall, Alfred L. Gill, Saar I. Porter, David L. Schuster, Stephen J. Catania, Christopher. Frey, Noelle V. Landsburg, Daniel J. Prolonged Neurologic Symptoms Following Immune Effector Cell-Associated Neurotoxicity Syndrome in Patients With Large B-cell Lymphoma Treated With Chimeric Antigen Receptor-Modified T Cell Therapy. , Transplant Cell Ther., 31(4): 2025,228-235
