Selina M. Luger, MD

she/her/hers
Hematology
Accepting new patients
Sees patients age 18 and up
Abramson Cancer Center Perelman 4th Floor West
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Penn Medicine Provider

About me

  • Professor of Medicine (Hematology-Oncology) at the Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania

My education and training

  • Medical School: McGill University
  • Residency: Penn Presbyterian Medical Center
  • Fellowship: University of Pennsylvania Health System

Spoken languages

English
English
Français
French

Reviews

Average Rating

540 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.

Anonymous
August 2026
i believe dr luger is one of the best in her field. after my appointment, i always feel i was given the best possible information about my condition. i am blessed to have her as my doctor .
Anonymous
August 2026
she listened well and answered my questions.
Anonymous
July 2026
i feel so lucky to have found a person like dr. luger to guide me through my mds. she has so much experience.
Anonymous
July 2026
wait time was excessive

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.
Dr. Luger is a Penn Medicine physician.

Qualifications and experience

Treatments and conditions

Research

Publications

Montesinos P, Altman JK, Bullinger L, Cheong JW, Fathi AT, Levis MJ, Luger S, Miyamoto T, Oliva EN, Perl AE, Récher C, Veiga RR, Wang J, Zeidan AM, Liu L, Duong Y, Rohrbach JEC, Inghirami G, Alexis K, Gosberg A, Nahar A, Burns K, Daver N, Erba HP. QuANTUM-Wild: a Phase III, randomized trial of quizartinib in newly diagnosed FLT3-ITD-negative acute myeloid leukemia. Future Oncol. 2026 Jul;22(16):1913-1924. doi: 10.1080/14796694.2026.2689464. Epub 2026 Jul 11. PMID: 42434847; PMCID: PMC13390524. QuANTUM-Wild: a Phase III, randomized trial of quizartinib in newly diagnosed FLT3-ITD-negative acute myeloid leukemia , Future Oncology, 22: 2026


Luger SM, Ciccarelli BT. A CHIP off the old (MDS) block , Haematologica, 110: 2025,1898-1899


Kalra LP, Zylyftari S, Blums K, Barthelmes S, Baum H, Meckel S, Heilgeist A, Luger S, Foerch C. Rapid Diagnosis of Intracerebral Hemorrhage in Patients With Acute Stroke by Measuring Prehospital GFAP Levels on a Point-of-Care Device (DETECT) , Neurology, 105: 2025,e213823


Natalie Wuliji, Salene M. W. Jones, Ted Gooley, Aaron T. Gerds, Bruno C. Medeiros, Paul J. Shami, John Galvin, Kehinde Adekola, Selina Luger, Maria R. Baer, David Rizzieri, Tanya M. Wildes, Eunice S. Wang, Mikkael A. Sekeres, Sudipto Mukherjee, Julie Smith, Mitchell Garrison, Kiarash Kojouri, Jacob Appelbaum, Mary-Elizabeth Percival, Brenda M. Sandmaier, Stephanie Lee, Frederick R. Appelbaum, Rayne Rouce, Mohamed L. Sorror; Social determinants of health and access to allogeneic hematopoietic cell transplantation for acute myeloid leukemia , Blood: 2025


Iacobucci I, Zeng AGX, Gao Q, Garcia-Prat L, Baviskar P, Shah S, Murison A, Voisin V, Chan-Seng-Yue M, Cheng C, Qu C, Bailey C, Lear M, Witkowski MT, Zhou X, Zaldivar Peraza A, Gangwani K, Advani AS, Luger SM, Litzow MR, Rowe JM, Paietta EM, Stock W, Dick JE, Mullighan CG Multipotent lineage potential in B cell acute lymphoblastic leukemia is associated with distinct cellular origins and clinical features. , Nat Cancer: 2025


Wolfson JA, Grimes AC, Nuño MM, Ramakrishnan S, Dickens DS, Roth ME, Woods W, Adams KS, Alabi T, Beauchemin M, Levine JM, Scialla M, Boayue KB, Kerber CL, Ponce O, Vargas S, Chang GJ, Stock W, Hershman D, Curran E, Advani A, O'Dwyer K, Luger S, Liu JJ, Freyer DR, Sung L, Parsons SK. Guideline-concordant treatment among adolescents and young adults with acute lymphoblastic leukemia , JNCI Cancer Spectr, 9: 2025,pkaf033


Talha Badar, Selina M. Luger, Mark R. Litzow Incorporation of immunotherapy into frontline treatment for adults with B-cell precursor acute lymphoblastic leukemia , Blood: 2025


Pagel JM, Othus M, Garcia-Manero G, Fang M, Radich JP, Rizzieri DA, Marcucci G, Strickland SA, Litzow MR, Savoie ML, Spellman SR, Confer DL, Chell JW, Brown M, Medeiros BC, Sekeres MA, Lin TL, Uy GL, Powell BL, Bayer RL, Larson RA, Stone RM, Claxton D, Essell J, Luger SM, Mohan SR, Moseley A, Erba HP, Appelbaum FR. Erratum: Rapid Donor Identification Improves Survival in High-Risk First-Remission Patients With Acute Myeloid Leukemia , JCO Oncol Pract: 2025


Chow RD, Velu P, Deihimi S, Belman JP, Youn A, Shah N, Luger SM, Carroll MP, Morrissette JJ, Bowman RL. Persistent post-remission clonal hematopoiesis shapes the relapse trajectories of acute myeloid leukemia , Blood Adv: 2025


Wang X, Gimotty PA, Matthews AH, Mamtani R, Luger SM, Hexner EO, Babushok DV, McCurdy SR, Frey NV, Bruno XJ, Gill S, Martin ME, Paralkar VR, Maillard I, Porter DL, Loren AW, Perl AE, Pratz KW, Getz KD, Lai C. Evolving racial/ethnic disparities in AML survival in the novel therapy era , Blood Adv, 9: 2025,533-544