Catherine E Lai, MD, MPH

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Associate Professor of Clinical Medicine (Hematology-Oncology)
Department: Medicine

Contact information
Abramson Cancer Center
Perelman Center for Advanced Medicine
3400 Civic Center Blvd
12 South Pavillion
Philadelphia, PA 19104
Office: 215-349-8940
Education:
BS (Biochemistry )
California Polytechnic State University San Luis Obispo, 2002.
MPH (Epidemiology )
George Washington University School of Medicine , 2004.
MD (Medicine)
George Washington University School of Medicine, 2008.
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Selected Publications

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.

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.

Meghann Cody, Dr. Heather E. Stefanski, Jason Oakes, Sam Sharf, Ruth Bakken, Anna M. DeSalvo, John P. Miller, Steven M. Devine, Lucy A. Godley, Catherine E. Lai, Lacey Williams: Implementation and Early Insights of NMDP's New Post-Transplant Genetic Findings Management Process. Transplantation and Cellular Therapy 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.

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.

Jessica M. Stempel, Geoffrey L. Uy, Shira N. Dinner, Ivana Gojo, Daniel R Reed, Rupali Roy, Kenneth P Byrd, Swaroopa Yerrabothala, Catherine E. Lai, Kimberley Doucette, Anne Caldwell, Ondrej Blaha, Nikolai A. Podoltsev, Lourdes M Mendez, Jan Philipp Bewersdorf, Tariq Kewan, Ignacio Wistuba, Gheath Alatrash, Cara L Haymaker, Howard Streicher, Elad Sharon, Richard F. Little, Steven D. Gore, Jerald P. Radich, Brent L. Wood, Amer M. Zeidan, Rory M. Shallis: Efficacy and Safety of Pembrolizumab Added to Azacitidine Plus Venetoclax for Patients with Acute Myeloid Leukemia: Results from an Investigator-Initiated, Multi-Center, CTEP-Sponsored Randomized, Phase II Trial (BLAST AML-2). Blood Dec 2024.

Catherine Lai, David Statman: Study examines FLT-3 inhibitors in leukemia treatment. HemOnc Today, Virtual Interview Dec 2024.

Catherine Lai, David Statman: Menin inhibitors could significantly change leukemia treatment. HemOnc Today; Virtual Interview Dec 2024.

Mark Roschewski, Christopher Melani, Rahul Lakhotia, Tatyana Gavrilova, Jagan R. Muppidi, James D. Phelan, Michail S. Lionakis, Kieron Dunleavy, Lode J. Swinnen, Matthias Holdhoff, Catherine E. Lai, Sami Ibrahimi, Michael Glantz, Jan Drappatz, John A. Butman, Stefania Pittaluga, Kim Johnson, Candis Morrison, Nick Micheletti, John D. Heiss, William D. Figg, Elaine S. Jaffe, S. Percy Ivy, Richard F. Little, Louis M. Staudt, Wyndham H. Wilson: Phase 1 Study of Escalating Doses of Ibrutinib in Teddi-R with Isavuconazole for Relapsed and Refractory Primary DLBCL of the CNS. Blood Dec 2024.

Jayakumar Vadakekolathu, Sarah Skuli, David J Boocock, Clare Coveney, Eruchi G Ikpo, Bofei Wang, Elena M Fenu, Hussein A. Abbas, MD, Catherine E. Lai, Martin P Carroll, Sergio Rutella: Multi-Omic Analyses of TP53-Mutated Acute Myeloid Leukemia Identify Prognostic Metabolic Signatures. Blood Dec 2024.

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