Stephen E. Sallan
Professor
Pediatric Hematologic MalignanciesÂ
Dana-Farber Cancer Institute
United States of America
Biography
Dr. Sallan received his MD from Wayne State University School of Medicine in 1967. He completed residencies in pediatrics at the Boston Floating Hospital (1968), Children's Hospital of Philadelphia (1969), and the Hospital for Sick Children, London (1970). In 1972, he served as a fellow in pediatric oncology at Children's Hospital and DFCI, where he joined the staff in 1975. He was named chief of staff and chairman of the Medical Staff Executive Committee in 1995, and chief of staff emeritus in 2012.
Research Interest
Acute lymphoblastic leukemia
Publications
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Kahn JM, Athale UH, Clavell LA, Cole PD, Leclerc JM, Laverdiere C, Michon B, Schorin MA, Welch JJ, Sallan SE, Silverman LB, Kelly KM. How Variable Is Our Delivery of Information? Approaches to Patient Education About Oral Chemotherapy in the Pediatric Oncology Clinic. J Pediatr Health Care 2016.
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Chau NG, Hurwitz S, Mitchell CM, Aserlind A, Grunfeld N, Kaplan L, Hsi P, Bauer DE, Lathan CS, Rodriguez-Galindo C, Tishler RB, Haddad RI, Sallan SE, Bradner JE, French CA. Intensive treatment and survival outcomes in NUT midline carcinoma of the head and neck. Cancer 2016.Â
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Finkelstein Y, Blonquist TM, Vijayanathan V, Stevenson KE, Neuberg DS, Silverman LB, Vrooman LM, Sallan SE, Cole PD. A thymidylate synthase polymorphism is associated with increased risk for bone toxicity among children treated for acute lymphoblastic leukemia. Pediatr Blood Cancer 2016.
