Elizabeth Olson Hexner, MD, MSTR

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Associate Professor of Medicine (Hematology-Oncology) at the Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania
Department: Medicine

Contact information
Division of Hematology Oncology
Perelman Center for Advanced Medicine
12th Floor, South Pavilion
Office #12-151
3400 Civic Center Boulevard
Philadelphia, PA 19104
Office: 215-614-1847
Fax: 215-615-5888
Education:
A.B. (French/Comparative Area Studies)
Duke University, 1992.
(Premedical Studies)
Harvard University Extension School, 1994.
M.D. (Medicine)
Columbia College of Physicians and Surgeons, 1999.
M.S.T.R. (Translational Research)
University of Pennsylvania, 2009.
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Description of Research Expertise

Genetically modified T Cell Therapies
CAR T cells
Cellular therapy
Blood and Marrow Transplantation
Myeloproliferative Neoplasms
Umbilical Cord Blood Transplantation

Selected Publications

Bagley SJ, Desai AS, Fraietta JA, Silverbush D, Chafamo D, Freeburg NF, Gopikrishna GK, Rech AJ, Nabavizadeh A, Bagley LJ, Park J, Jarocha D, Martins R, Sarmiento N, Maloney E, Lledo L, Stein C, Marshall A, Leskowitz RM, Jadlowsky JK, Mackey S, Christensen S, Oner BS, Plesa G, Brennan A, Gonzalez V, Chen F, Barrett D, Colbourn R, Nasrallah MP, Mourelatos Z, Hwang WT, Alanio C, Siegel DL, June CH, Hexner EO, Binder ZA, O'Rourke DM.: Author Correction: Intracerebroventricular bivalent CAR T cells targeting EGFR and IL-13Rα2 in recurrent glioblastoma: a phase 1 trial. Nat Med Jun 2025.

Verschraegen CF, Hashibe M, Neill US, Pirl W, Hexner EO, O'Connell A; NASDC Consortium.: NCI Awardee Skills Development Consortium (NASDC): a Successful Novel Educational Effort to Maintain Early Academic Competitiveness: PART 1-Overview of the NASDC Coordinating Center. J Cancer Educ Jun 2025.

Myers RM, DiNofia AM, Li Y, Diorio C, Liu H, Wertheim G, Fraietta JA, Gonzalez V, Plesa G, Siegel DL, Iannone E, Shinehouse L, Brogdon JL, Taylor C, Jadlowsky JK, Hexner EO, Engels B, Baniewicz D, Callahan C, Ruella M, Aplenc R, Barz Leahy A, McClory SE, Rheingold SR, Wray L, June CH, Maude SL, Frey NV, Grupp SA.: CD22-targeted chimeric antigen receptor-modified T cells for children and adults with relapse of B-cell acute lymphoblastic leukemia after CD19-directed immunotherapy. J Immunother Cancer 13: e011549, Apr 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 Feb 2025.

Shannon R. McCurdy, Anthony D Sung, Rebecca T. Brown, Marni Kessler, Nelson J. Chao, Thuy T. Koll, Alfred Fisher, Ernaya Johnson, Meagan Lew, Lauren Bohannon, Sanghee Hong, Pashna Munshi, Saar I. Gill, Nasheed M. Hossain, Sarah Skuli, Noelle V. Frey, Elizabeth O Hexner, Ximena Jordan Bruno, Daria Babushock, Catherine E. Lai, Mary Ellen Martin, Selina M. Luger, David L Porter, Alison W. Loren, Vijaya Raj Bhatt, Phyllis Gimotty: Machine Learning Models Demonstrate Gait Speed As the Best Predictor of Survival and Relapse-Free Survival in Older Adults Undergoing Allogeneic Hematopoietic Cell Transplantation. Transplantation and Cellular Therapy Feb 2025.

Alison Carulli, Brendan L. Mangan, Rachel Hartman, Mrs. Lindsey MacDonald, Mr. Christopher J. Catania, Noelle V. Frey, Saar Gill, Elizabeth O Hexner, Mary Ellen Martin, Nasheed M. Hossain, Alison W. Loren, Selina M. Luger, Shannon R. McCurdy, David L Porter, Keith W. Pratz, Jacqueline Smith, Pashna Munshi: Early Mixed Chimerism and Relapse Rates for Acute Myeloid Leukemia/Myelodysplastic Syndrome after Allogeneic Hematopoietic Stem Cell Transplantation. Transplantation and Cellular Therapy Feb 2025.

Ashley D. Hadjis, Honghong Sun, Yangzhu Du, Rebecca T. Brown, Pashna Munshi, Saar I. Gill, Nasheed M. Hossain, Sarah Skuli, Noelle V. Frey, Elizabeth O Hexner, Ximena Jordan Bruno, Catherine E. Lai, Mary Ellen Martin, Selina M. Luger, David L Porter, Alison W. Loren, Shannon R. McCurdy: Graft-Versus-Host Disease (GVHD) and Senescence-Associated Biomarkers Correlate with Frailty and Survival in Older Adults Undergoing Hematopoietic Cell Transplantation (HCT) Transplantation and Cellular Therapy Feb 2025.

Nasheed M. Hossain, Mr. Christopher J. Catania, Stefan K. Barta, Noelle V. Frey, Saar I. Gill, Elizabeth O Hexner, Mary Ellen Martin, Shannon R. McCurdy, Pashna Munshi, Jacqueline Smith, Vikram R Paralkar, Ellen Kim, Alain Rook, Alison W. Loren, David L Porter: Leveraging Radiation and Graft Versus Lymphoma Effect for the Management of Relapsed/Refractory Cutaneous T-Cell Lymphoma. Transplantation and Cellular Therapy Feb 2025.

Jadlowsky JK, Hexner EO, Marshall A, Grupp SA, Frey NV, Riley JL, Veloso E, McConville H, Rogal W, Czuczman C, Hwang WT, Li Y, Leskowitz RM, Farrelly O, Karar J, Christensen S, Barber-Rotenberg J, Gaymon A, Aronson N, Bernstein W, Melenhorst JJ, Roche AM, Everett JK, Zolnoski SA, McFarland AG, Reddy S, Petrichenko A, Cook EJ, Lee C, Gonzalez VE, Alexander K, Kulikovskaya I, Ramírez-Fernández Á, Minehart JC, Ruella M, Gill SI, Schuster SJ, Cohen AD, Garfall AL, Shah PD, Porter DL, Maude SL, Levine BL, Siegel DL, Chew A, McKenna S, Lledo L, Davis MM, Plesa G, Herbst F, Stadtmauer EA, Tebas P, DiNofia A, Haas A, Haas NB, Myers R, O'Rourke DM, Svoboda J, Tanyi JL, Aplenc R, Jacobson JM, Ko AH, Cohen RB, June CH, Bushman FD, Fraietta JA: Long-term safety of lentiviral or gammaretroviral gene-modified T cell therapies. Nat Med Jan 2025 Notes: Co-1st Author.

Rowe, M., Babushok, D., Carroll, M., Carulli, A., Frey, N., Gill, S., Hexner, E., Hirsh, R., Hossain, N., Lai, C., Loren, A., Luger, S., Maillard, I., McCurdy, S., Matthews, A., Martin, M.E., Paralkar, V.R., Perl, A., Porter, D., Pratz, K., Stadtmauer, E. and Bruno, X.J. : Tumor Lysis Syndrome in Acute Myeloid Leukemia Patients Treated With a Venetoclax Based Regimen. Eur J Haematol 2025.

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Last updated: 07/15/2025
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