Alissa J. Huston, M.D.

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University of Rochester
School of Medicine and Dentistry
601 Elmwood Ave, Box 704
Rochester, New York 14642

Office: 585 275-5863

Fax: 585 273-1051

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Current Appointments

Education
MD Medicine Univ at Buffalo SUNY School of Medicine & Biomedical Sciences 2000
BS Biology Wheaton College 1995
Post-Doctoral Training & Residency
Research Experience: Department of Hematology Pittsburgh Cancer Institute Pittsburgh, PA. Development of novel cell line to study and characterize the bone marrow microenvironment in multiple myeloma. Research Mentor: G. David Roodman MD, PhD; Combination of the Akt Inhibitor Perifosine and the HSP-90 Inhibitor 17-DMAG (17-dimethylaminoethylamino-17-demethoxygeldanamycin) in multiple myeloma. Research Mentor: Irene Ghobrial MD; Cytokine expression profiles from the bone marrow of patients with multiple myeloma correlated with clinical characteristics. Research Mentor: Suzanne Lentzsch MD, PhD. 2004 - 2006
Fellowship in Hematology/Oncology Pittsburgh Cancer Institute, Pittsburgh, PA Fellow in Hematolog/Oncology 2003 - 2006
Residency in Internal Medicine Strong Memorial Hospital, Rochester, NY Intern and Resident in Internal Medicine 2000 - 2003
Department of Family Medicine, SUNY at Buffalo School of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences Buffalo, NY. Prevalence of domestic violence and its impact among an urban, urgent care population. Research Mentor: Martin Mahoney MD, PhD. 1997 - 1998
Department of Biochemistry, University of Rochester Rochester, NY. Research Assistant. Rho factor and its role in transcription termination in E. coli. Research Mentor: Terry Platt, PhD. 1995 - 1996
Board Certifications
ABIM, Diplomate in Medical Oncology 2007 - 2017
ABIM, Diplomate in Hematology 2006 - 2016
ABIM, Diplomate in Internal Medicine 2003 - 2013
Recent Journal Articles
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Huston A; Leleu X; Jia X; Moreau AS; Ngo HT; Runnels J; Anderson J; Alsayed Y; Roccaro A; Vallet S; Hatjiharissi E; Tai YT; Sportelli P; Munshi N; Richardson P; Hideshima T; Roodman DG; Anderson KC; Ghobrial IM. "Targeting Akt and heat shock protein 90 produces synergistic multiple myeloma cell cytotoxicity in the bone marrow microenvironment." Clinical cancer research : an official journal of the American Association for Cancer Research. 2008; 14(3):865-74.
Sharma S; Nemeth E; Chen YH; Goodnough J; Huston A; Roodman GD; Ganz T; Lichtenstein A. "Involvement of hepcidin in the anemia of multiple myeloma." Clinical cancer research : an official journal of the American Association for Cancer Research. 2008; 14(11):3262-7.
Holland ML; Huston A; Noyes K. "Cost-Effectiveness of Testing for Breast Cancer Susceptibility Genes." Value in health : the journal of the International Society for Pharmacoeconomics and Outcomes Research. 2008; Epub 2008 Jul 18.
Aslam N; Pesacreta M; Bastacky SI; McHale T; Huston A; Palevsky PM; Weisbord SD. "Light chain-associated Fanconi syndrome with nephrotic-range proteinuria." American journal of kidney diseases : the official journal of the National Kidney Foundation. 2006; 47(4):A57, e43-5.
Huston A; Roodman GD. "Role of the microenvironment in multiple myeloma bone disease." Future oncology (London, England). 2006; 2(3):371-8.