Caitlin Elgarten, M.D. M.S.C.E.

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Assistant Professor of Pediatrics (Oncology) at the Children's Hospital of Philadelphia
Attending Physician, Division of Oncology, Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia
Instructor A of Pediatrics, University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine
Department: Pediatrics

Contact information
Children's Hospital of Philadelphia
HUB Center for Clinical Collaboration; 3528
3500 Civic Center Blvd
Philadelphia, PA 19104
Office: (215) 807-9038
Education:
A.B. (Human Biology)
Brown University, 2006.
M.D.
Columbia University, 2011.
MSCE
University of Pennsylvania, 2018.
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Selected Publications

Priya Patel, Paula D. Robinson, Brian T. Fisher, Robert Phillips, Jessica E. Morgan, Thomas Lehrnbecher, Susan Kuczynski, Christa Koenig, Gabrielle M. Haeusler, Adam Esbenshade, Caitlin Elgarten, Nathan Duong, Caroline Diorio, Elio Castagnola, Melissa P. Beauchemin, Roland A. Ammann, L. Lee Dupuis, Lillian Sung,: Guideline for the management of Clostridioides difficile infection in pediatric patients with cancer and hematopoietic cell transplantation recipients: 2024 update. eClinicalMedicine 72, Apr 2024.

Newman H, Li Y, Huang YSV, Elgarten CW, Myers RM, Ruiz J, Zheng DJ, Barz Leahy A, Aftandilian C, Arnold SD, Bona K, Gramatges MM, Heneghan MB, Maloney KW, Modi AJ, Mody RJ, Morgan E, Rubnitz J, Winick N, Wilkes JJ, Seif AE, Fisher BT, Aplenc R, Getz KD: Household income and health-related quality of life in children receiving treatment for acute myeloid leukemia: Potential impact of selection bias in health equity research. Cancer Med. Apr 2024.

Elgarten CW, Margolis EB, Kelly MS.: The Microbiome and Pediatric Transplantation. J Pediatric Infect Dis Soc 13: S80-S89, Feb 2024.

Ruiz J, Aldewereld Z, Elgarten C.: Chemotherapy Delays Due to SARS-CoV-2 Infection in Children With Leukemia or Lymphoma. JAMA Netw Open 7: e2355679, Feb 2024.

Wolfset N, Pashmineh Azar AR, Phillips CA, Stein M, Rheingold SR, Heimall J, Elgarten CW: Coronavirus Disease 2019 mRNA Vaccination Appears Safe in Pediatric Patients With Hypersensitivity to Polyethylene Glycolated Escherichia Coli L-asparaginase. Journal of Pediatric Hematology/Oncology January 2024.

Zhao Z, Patel PA, Slatnick L, Sitthi-Amorn A, Bielamowicz KJ, Nunez FA, Walsh AM, Hess J, Rossoff J, Elgarten CW, Myers RM, Saab R, Basbous M, Mccormick M, Aftandilian C, Richards R, Nessle CN, Tribble AC, Sheth Bhutada JK, Coven SL, Runco D, Wilkes J, Gurunathan A, Guinipero T, Belsky JA, Lee K, Wong V, Malhotra M, Amy Armstrong A, Jerkins LP, Cross SJ, Fisher L, Stein MT, Wu NL, Yi T, Orgel E, Haeusler GM, Wolf J, Demedis JM, Miller TP, Esbenshade AJ: Prospective External Validation of the Esbenshade Vanderbilt Models Accurately Predicts Bloodstream Infection Risk in Febrile Non-Neutropenic Children With Cancer. J Clin Oncol. Dec 2023.

Yun Li1, Dan Vader, Arman Oganisian, Craig LK Boge, Molly Hayes, Anders Newman, Tim Olson, Jason Freedman, Caitlin Elgarten, Brian T Fisher: Effect of Cytomegalovirus Infection on Post-Transplant Hospitalization Days among Children Undergoing Allogeneic Hematopoietic Cell Transplantation: A Marginal Structural Model Approach. Pediatric Transplantation August 2023.

Elgarten CW, Wohlschlaeger A, Levy EA, Tadley K, Wang L, Atkinson M, Roberson H, Olson TS, Bunin NJ, Heimall J, Fisher BT, Grupp SJ, Freedman JL.: Quality Improvement Initiative to Improve Time and Adherence to Revaccination after Hematopoietic Cell Transplantation: Implementation of a Revaccination Clinic within the HCT program. Transplant Cell Ther Jul 2023.

Kotch C, Elgarten CW, McWhorter J, Schmus C, Wilhelm D, Li Y, Minturn JE.: The Impact of Proactive Gastrostomy Tube Placement on Treatment-related Outcomes in Young Children With High-grade Central Nervous System Tumors. J Pediatr Hematol Oncol Jun 2023.

Elgarten CW, Kairalla JA, Thompson JC, Miller TP, Wang C, Conway S, Loh ML, Raetz EA, Gupta S, Rau RE, Angiolillo A, Rabin KR, Alexander S: SARS-CoV-2 infections in patients enrolled on the Children's Oncology Group standard-risk B-cell acute lymphoblastic leukemia trial, AALL1731. eJHaem May 2023.

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