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Stephen J. Schuster, M.D.

Associate Professor of Medicine at the Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania
Attending Physician, Department of Medicine, Division of Hematology-Oncology
Director, Lymphoma Program
Director, Lymphoma Translational Research
Department: Medicine

Contact information
Perelman Center for Advanced Medicine
2 West Pavilion, Room 2-393S
3400 Civic Center Blvd
Philadelphia, PA 19104
Office: (215) 614-1846
Fax: (215) 662-4064
Education:
B.S. (Psychology)
Saint Joseph's University, Philadelphia, PA, 1976.

Laboratory Research Technician, Division of Rheumatology, Hahnemann Medical College and Hospital, Philadelphia, PA, 1977.
M.D.
Jefferson Medical College, Philadelphia, PA, 1981.
Post-Graduate Training
Medical Internship, Pennsylvania Hospital, Philadelphia, PA., 1981-1982.
Resident in Medicine, Pennsylvania Hospital, Philadelphia, PA, 1982-1984.
Cardeza Clinical and Research Fellow in Medicine (Hematology), Jefferson Medical College, Philadelphia, PA, 1984-1988.
Postdoctoral Research Fellowship (NIH Sponsored Individual NRSA), Cardeza Foundation for Hematologic Research, Jefferson Medical College, Philadelphia, PA, 1986-1988.
Medical Oncology Fellowship, Pennsylvania Hospital, Philadelphia, PA, 1988-1989.
Certifications
Diplomate, National Board of Medical Examiners, 1982.
Diplomate, American Board of Internal Medicine, 1984.
Diplomate, American Board of Hematology, 1986.
Diplomate, American Board of Medical Oncology, 1989.
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Selected Publications

Shrikanthan, S., Kim, H., Elstrom, R., Kumar, R., Schuster, S.J., Zhuang, H.M., Alavi, A. : FDG-PET imaging of lymphoma: importance of WHO classification. The Society of Nuclear Medicine 51th Annual Meeting. Journal of Nuclear Medicine 45(5S): 93P, 2004.

Shrikanthan, S., Zhuang, H.M., Schuster, S.J., Alavi, A. : FDG-PET imaging in diagnosis of mantle cell lymphoma. The Society of Nuclear Medicine 51th Annual Meeting. Journal of Nuclear Medicine 45(5S): 93P, 2004.

Kumar, R., Bozkurt, M.F., Maillard, I., Shrikanthan, S., Zhuang, H.M., Newberg, A., Schuster, S.J., Xiu, Y., Alavi, A. : Positive FDG-PET scans after a few cycles of chemotherapy is predictive of poor prognosis in patients with aggressive lymphoma and Hodgkin’s disease. The Society of Nuclear Medicine 51th Annual Meeting. Journal of Nuclear Medicine 45(5S): 316P, 2004.

Kumar, R., Bozkurt, M.F., Maillard, I., Srikanthan, S., Zhuang, H.M., Newberg, A., Schuster, S.J., Alavi, A. : Comparison of whole-body F18-FDG-PET and CT scans for restaging malignant lymphoma. The Society of Nuclear Medicine 51th Annual Meeting. Journal of Nuclear Medicine 45S(5S): 317P, 2004.

Bozkurt, M.F., Kumar, R., Maillard, I., Shrikanthan, S., Bural, G., Wintering, N., Schuster, S.J., Elstrom, R., Zhuang, H.M., Alavi, A. : Lesion by lesion, region by region, and patient by patient comparison of FDG-PET and CT/MRI findings in Hodgkin’s disease and non-Hodgkin’s lymphoma. The Society of Nuclear Medicine 51th Annual Meeting. Journal of Nuclear Medicine 45(5S): 317P, 2004.

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