Elise A Chong, MD

Assistant Professor of Medicine (Hematology-Oncology) at the Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania
Department: Medicine
Contact information
Perelman Center for Advanced Medicine
3400 Civic Center Blvd
12th Floor, South Pavilion
Philadelphia, PA 19104
3400 Civic Center Blvd
12th Floor, South Pavilion
Philadelphia, PA 19104
Education:
AB (Ecology and Evolutionary Biology )
Princeton University, 2007.
Non-degree (Graduate courses )
University of Pennsylvania, 2009.
MD (Medical Degree)
Perelman School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania , 2013.
Permanent linkAB (Ecology and Evolutionary Biology )
Princeton University, 2007.
Non-degree (Graduate courses )
University of Pennsylvania, 2009.
MD (Medical Degree)
Perelman School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania , 2013.
Selected Publications
Schneider M, Nasta SD, Barta SK, Chong EA, Svoboda J, Schuster SJ, Landsburg DJ.: Analysis of Histologic, Immunohistochemical and Genomic Features of Large B Cell Lymphoma Tumors May Predict Response to Polatuzumab Vedotin Based Therapy in Patients With Relapsed/Refractory Disease. Clinical Lymphoma Myeloma & Leukemia 25(1): 45-51, Sep 2025.Chong EA, Penuel E, Napier EB, Lundberg RK, Budde LE, Shadman M, Matasar MJ, Bartlett NL, Flinn IW, Bosch F, Fay K, Goy A, Kumar A, Nastoupil LJ, Wei MC, Wu M, Yin S, Fraietta JA, Chong ER, Schuster SJ: Impact of prior CAR-T cell therapy on mosunetuzumab efficacy in patients with relapsed or refractory B-cell lymphomas. Blood Advances 9(4): 696-703, Feb 2025.
Yegya-Raman N, Plastaras JP, Wright CM, Chelius M, Zhang S, Baron JA, Hubbeling H, Sim AJ, Robinson TJ, Jain MD, Imber B, Fregonese B, Yahalom J, Ladbury C, Dandapani S, Pinnix CC, Gunther JR, Fang PQ, Wu SY, Dabaja BS, Yang JC, Chew J, Braunstein S, Sinha S, Delinger NM, Sun S, Terezakis SA, Sakthivel G, Constine LS, Chowdhry AK, Reagan PM, Burke S, Tseng YD, LaRiviere MJ, Maity A, Schuster SJ, Chong EA,** Figura NB**: Bridging Radiotherapy Prior to Chimeric Antigen Receptor T-Cells for B-Cell Lymphomas: An ILROG Multicenter Study. Blood Advances 2025 Notes: **co-corresponding author accepted for publication.
Maillie L, Nasta SD, Svoboda J, Barta SK, Chong EA, Garfall AL, Gill SI, Porter DL, Schuster SJ, Catania C, Frey NV, Landsburg DJ: Prolonged Neurologic Symptoms Following Immune Effector Cell-Associated Neurotoxicity Syndrome in Patients With Large B-cell Lymphoma Treated With Chimeric Antigen Receptor-Modified T Cell Therapy. Transplantation and Cellular Therapy Page: Online ahead of print, 2025.
Kostopoulos N, Costabile F, Krimitza E, Beghi S, Goia D, Perales-Linares R, Thyfronitis G, LaRiviere MJ, Chong EA, Schuster SJ, Maity A, Koumenis C, Plastaras JP, Facciabene A.: Local Radiation Enhances Systemic CAR T Cell Efficacy by Augmenting Antigen Cross-Presentation and T-cell Infiltration. Blood Advances 8(24): 6308-6320, Dec 2024.
Landsburg DJ, Morrissette JJD, Nasta SD, Barta SK, Schuster SJ, Chong EA, Svoboda J, Barlev A, Bagg A, Priore SF.: Genomic features of newly diagnosed large B cell lymphoma with or without subsequent disease progression. Cancer Res Commun 4(11): 2947-2954, Nov 2024.
Baron JA, Wright CM, Dreyfuss AD, Chong EA, Svoboda J, LaRiviere MJ, Jones JA, Maity A, Plastaras JP, Paydar I, Maxwell R.: Radiation Therapy Dose Response in Bulky Relapsed/Refractory Large B-Cell Lymphoma. Pract Radiat Oncol 14(5): e362-e372, Sep-Oct 2024.
Chong EA*, Kumashie KG, Chong ER, Fabrizio J, Gupta A, Svoboda J, Barta SK, Walsh KM, Napier EB, Lundberg RK, Nasta SD, Gerson JN, Landsburg DJ, Gonzalez J, Gaano A, Weirick ME, McAllister CM, Awofolaju M, John GN, Kammerman SC, Novacek J, Pajarillo R, Lundgreen KA, Tanenbaum N, Gouma S, Drapeau EM, Adamski S, D'Andrea K, Pattekar A, Hicks A, Korte S, Sharma H, Herring S, Williams JC, Hamilton JT, Bates P, Hensley SE, Prak ETL, Greenplate AR, Wherry EJ, Schuster SJ, Ruella M, Vella LA*: Immunologic predictors of vaccine responsiveness in patients with lymphoma and CLL. The Journal of Infectious Diseases 230(1): 15-27, Jul 2024 Notes: *co-corresponding author.
Chong EA, Chong ER, Therwhanger D, Nasta SD, Landsburg DJ, Barta SK, Svoboda J, Gerson JN, Ghilardi G, Paruzzo L, Fraietta JA, Weber E, Stefano N, Porter DL, Frey NV, Garfall AL, Ruella M, Schuster SJ.: Bendamustine as lymphodepletion for brexucabtagene autoleucel therapy of mantle cell lymphoma. Transplantation and Cellular Therapy 30(7): 726.e1-726.e8, Jul 2024.
Bhansali RS, Ellin F, Relander T, Cao M, Li W, Long Q, Ganesan N, Stuver R, Horwitz SM, Wudhikarn K, Hwang SR, Bennani NN, Chavez J, Sokol L, Saeed H, Duan F, Porcu P, Pullarkat P, Mehta-Shah N, Zain JM, Ruiz M, Brammer JE, Prakash R, Iyer SP, Olszewski AJ, Major A, Riedell PA, Smith SM, Goldin C, Haverkos B, Hu B, Zhuang TZ, Allen PB, Toama W, Janakiram M, Brooks TR, Jagadeesh D, Hariharan N, Goodman AM, Hartman G, Ghione P, Fayyaz F, Rhodes JM, Chong EA, Gerson JN, Landsburg DJ, Nasta SD, Schuster SJ, Svoboda J, Jerkeman M, Barta SK: The CNS relapse in T-cell lymphoma index predicts CNS relapse in patients with T- and NK-cell lymphomas Blood Advances 8(13): 3507-3518, Jul 2024.