Stephen J. Schuster, M.D.
Robert and Margarita Louis-Dreyfus Professor in Chronic Lymphocytic Leukemia and Lymphoma Clinical Care and Research
Department: Medicine
Contact information
Division of Hematology Oncology
Perelman Center for Advanced Medicine
12th Floor, South Pavilion
Office #12-178
3400 Civic Center Blvd
Philadelphia, PA 19104
Perelman Center for Advanced Medicine
12th Floor, South Pavilion
Office #12-178
3400 Civic Center Blvd
Philadelphia, PA 19104
Office: (215) 349-5330
Fax: 215-615-5888
Fax: 215-615-5888
Publications
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.
Permanent linkB.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.
Selected Publications
Fleury, Isabelle. Hill, Brian T. Eyre, Toby A. Ujjani, Chaitra. Manzoor, Beenish S. Brown, Jennifer R. Tuncer, Hande H. Lamanna, Nicole. Coombs, Catherine C. Ghosh, Nilanjan. Leslie, Lori A. Roeker, Lindsey E. Martinez-Calle, Nicolas. Barr, Paul M. Davids, Matthew S. Emechebe, Nnadozie. Rhodes, Joanna M. Skarbnik, Alan P. Sinai, Wendy. Pearson, Laurie. Lansigan, Frederick. Choi, Yun. Jensen, Christopher E. Fakhri, Bita. Thompson, Meghan C. Stephens, Deborah M. Schuster, Stephen J. Coyle, Michael. Chang, Andres. Kaddis, Nancy. Pivneva, Irina. Guerin, Annie. Shadman, Mazyar.: Fixed-treatment duration venetoclax following covalent BTKi progression in chronic lymphocytic leukemia. Blood Neoplasia. 3(4): 100277, Jul 28 2026 Notes: eCollection 2026.Paruzzo, Luca. Chong, Emeline R. Chong, Elise A. Zheng, Zhixuan. Guruprasad, Puneeth. Landsburg, Daniel J. Nasta, Sunita D. Stella, Federico. Ramasubramanian, Ranjani. de Souza, Vitor B. Alkhatib, Mohannad H. Ho, Matthew. Imparato, Antonio. Chen, Gregory M. Siegel, Don L. Plesa, Gabriela. Dai, Anlan. Mackey, Shane. Das, Priyamvada. Michener, Peter. Jadlowsky, Julie. Bushman, Frederic D. Patel, Vrutti. Carturan, Alberto. Napier, Ellen B. Gonzalez, Vanessa E. Jarocha, Danuta. Xu, Rong. Levine, Bruce L. Porazzi, Patrizia. Frey, Noelle. Porter, David L. Svoboda, Jakub. Fraietta, Joseph A. June, Carl H. Schuster, Stephen J. Ruella, Marco.: Decade-long persistence of CD19 CAR T cells in B cell lymphomas. Nat Med. 32(9): 3276-3287, Sep 2026.
Wudhikarn, Kitsada. Bromberg, Maria. Brower, Jamie. Seshan, Venkatraman. Bachanova, Veronika. Ahmed, Sairah. McGuirk, Joseph P. Manu, Gurusidda. Maziarz, Richard T. Oluwole, Olalekan O. Schuster, Stephen J. Porter, David L. Bishop, Michael R. Riedell, Peter A. Perales, Miguel-Angel. Dahi, Parastoo B.: Late cytopenia after CD19 chimeric antigen receptor T-cell therapy in large B-cell lymphoma: a Cell Therapy Consortium analysis. Blood Adv. 10(18): 6188-6197, Sep 22 2026.
Noll, Julia Han. Dersh, Devin. Li, Jiang Yuan. Hemani, Humza. Lavorando, Maya. Bartoszek, Robert. Amses, Kevin R. Jain, Ankita. Minehart, Janna. Ho, Matthew. Ramirez-Fernandez, Angel. Paruzzo, Luca. Shestov, Max A. Camerini, Elena. Peters, Fleur S. Huang, Xiao. Loren, Alison W. Woyach, Jennifer A. Goronzy, Jorg Josef. Kater, Arnon P. Ruella, Marco. Byrd, John C. Powell, Daniel J., Jr. Gill, Saar I. Porter, David L. Schuster, Stephen J. Bushman, Frederic D. Siegel, Donald L. Levine, Bruce L. June, Carl H. Frey, Noelle V. Cohen, Adam D. Garfall, Alfred L. Long, Meixiao. Maus, Marcela V. Weng, Nan-Ping. Diorio, Caroline. Fraietta, Joseph A.: T-cell immunosenescence limits CD19 CAR T-cell function in chronic lymphocytic leukemia. Blood. Aug 24 2026 Notes: Online ahead of print.
Ma, Nian. Bose, Dipayan. Svoboda, Jakob. Chong, Elise A. Schuster, Stephen J. Robertson, Erle S.: FGFR2 is an oncogenic driver critical for successful human gammaherpesvirus latent infection and oncogenesis. Proc Natl Acad Sci USA. 123(30), Jul 28 2026.
Woyach, Jennifer A. Popovic, Relja. Rossi, Emily L. Singh, Sanjana. Oki, Toshihiko. Rosenberg, Tanya S. Qian, Chen. Moran, Michael. Liu, Zihuan. Boyer, Michelle. Jones, Jeffrey. Furman, Richard R. Wierda, William. Gotlib, Jason. Schuster, Stephen J. Chyla, Brenda. Davids, Matthew S.: Recurrent Genomic Alterations in BCRi-Experienced CLL Patients Treated With Venetoclax: Extended Phase 2 Follow-Up. Am J Hematol. 101(7): 1516-1521, Jul 2026.
Baron, Jonathan A. Chelius, Monica. Singh, Gurbani. Schad, Michael D. Berger, Melanie. Chong, Emeline R. Thomas, Colin J. Carter, Jordan S. Cook, Michael R. Nasta, Sunita D. Landsburg, Daniel J. Barta, Stefan K. Svoboda, Jakub. Schuster, Stephen J. Yegya-Raman, Nikhil. LaRiviere, Michael J. Plastaras, John P. Chong, Elise A. Hubbeling, Harper.: Safe Integration of Radiation Therapy With Bispecific Antibodies in Relapsed/Refractory B-cell Lymphomas. Clin Lymphoma Myeloma Leuk. Jul 13 2026 Notes: Online ahead of print.
Wierda, William G. Dorritie, Kathleen A. Gauthier, Jordan. Nath, Rajneesh. Kipps, Thomas J. Riedell, Peter A. Eradat, Herbert A. Kenderian, Saad S. Kharfan-Dabaja, Mohamed A. Shah, Nirav N. Solomon, Scott R. Stephens, Deborah M. Ermann, Daniel A. Arnason, Jon E. Deol, Abhinav. Feldman, Tatyana A. Babis Andreadis, Charalambos. Ghosh, Monalisa. Ma, Shuo. Schuster, Stephen J. Gergis, Usama. Vose, Julie M. Soumerai, Jacob D. van Besien, Koen. Tuazon, Sherilyn A. Perna, Serena K. Ou, San-San. Ananthakrishnan, Revathi. Rane, Neha. Papp, Eniko. Ansari, Sahar. Thompson, Ethan G. Okal, Abood. Peiser, Leanne. Chen, Yizhe. Sengupta, Sanhita. Ray, Pradipta Ranjan. Wang, Jixian. Siddiqi, Tanya.: Lisocabtagene maraleucel combined with ibrutinib in R/R CLL or SLL: primary results from TRANSCEND CLL 004. Blood. Jul 28 2026 Notes: Online ahead of print.
Ruella, Marco. Paruzzo, Luca. Chong, Emeline R. Chong, Elise A. Landsburg, Daniel J. Nasta, Sunita D. Devi, Pooja. Michener, Peter. Stella, Federico. Carturan, Alberto. Napier, Ellen B. Van Deerlin, Vivianna M. Porazzi, Patrizia. Levine, Bruce L. Frey, Noelle. Porter, David L. Fraietta, Joseph A. Svoboda, Jakub. June, Carl H. Schuster, Stephen J.: Ten-Year Outcomes after CAR T-Cell Therapy for B-Cell Lymphomas. N Engl J Med. 394(24): 2440-2448, Jun 25 2026.
Schneider, Michael. Paruzzo, Luca. Stella, Federico. Noll, Julia Han. Ho, Matthew. Babatunde, Victor. Ho, Bianca. Devi, Pooja. Chong, Elise A. Barta, Stefan K. Nasta, Sunita D. Svoboda, Jakub. Carter, Jordan. Cook, Michael R. Hossain, Nasheed M. Thomas, Colin J. Patel, Vrutti. de Souza, Vitor B. Alkhatib, Mohannad H. Li, Ziyu. Tan, Melody. Michener, Peter. Guruprasad, Puneeth. Imparato, Antonio. Carturan, Alberto. Porazzi, Patrizia. Fraietta, Joseph A. Schuster, Stephen J. Maillard, Ivan. Ruella, Marco. Landsburg, Daniel J.: Naïve CD4+ T-cells and disease status at CART infusion correlate with clinical outcomes in real-world large B-cell lymphoma patients receiving second-line CAR T therapy. Nat Commun. 17(1): 6486, May 15 2026.