Alissa Huston Porter, M.D.

Contact Information

Phone Numbers

Appointment: (585) 487-1700

Fax: (585) 321-1724

A member of the University of Rochester Medical Faculty Group

An Accountable Health Partner

Accepting New Patients

Locations

601 Elmwood Ave, Floor 1, Ste 0737
Wilmot Cancer Center
Rochester, NY 14642-0001

Oncology: (585) 486-0630

Faculty Appointments

Associate Professor - Department of Medicine , Hematology/Oncology (SMD)

Patient Care Setting

Cancer

Biography

Alissa Huston is a Rochester native who received her medical degree at the University of Buffalo, and went on to complete an Internal Medicine residency at Strong Memorial Hospital. She then attended the University of Pittsburgh for her Hematology/Oncology fellowship, during which time she was involved in research involving bone metastasis in cancer. Currently, she is an Associate Professor of Medicine at the Wilmot Cancer Institute at the University of Rochester, where her clinical efforts are focused on breast cancer. She is also the Co-Medical Director of the Pluta Integrative Oncology & Wellness Center. Her research efforts focus on understanding the effects of treatment for breast cancer upon bone health and how integrative modalities can help mitigate symptoms for cancer patients as they undergo treatment. She is a member of the American Society of Clinical Oncology and the Society for Integrative Oncology. Her philosophy is that there is no singular approach to patient care. Even though many patients may carry the same diagnosis, each individual is affected by that illness in a different way. Patients are not perceived as just a number, but instead approached and treated as the unique individuals they represent.

Credentials

Specialties

Education

2000
MD | SUNY at Buffalo-School of Medicine & Biomedical Sciences (USA)

Post-doctoral Training & Residency

07/01/2003 - 06/30/2006
Fellowship in Hematology & Oncology at University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine-GME

07/01/2001 - 06/30/2003
Residency in Internal Medicine at University of Rochester Medical Center

06/30/2000 - 06/30/2001
Internship in Internal Medicine at University of Rochester Medical Center

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Awards

2014
Jacob Gitelman Award
Sponsor: Gilda's Club of Rochester

2009 - 2011
Lawrence A. Kohn Senior Teaching Fellowship Award
Location: Department of Medicine, Strong Memorial Hospital

2005
ASH Clinical Research Training Institute (ASH-CRTI) Award. Phase I Trial of Perifosine and 17-DMAG in Patients with Relapsed/Ref

2005
ASCO/AACR Workshop Methods in Clinical Cancer Research Award. A Phase II Study Evaluating the Effects of COX-2 Inhibition on Lev

2004
Cancer Education Consortium Workshop Award: Clinical Pharmacology of Anticancer Agents

2000
AMWA Janet M. Glasgow Memorial Achievement Citation

1999
Induction into Alpha Omega Alpha Society

1997
James A. Gibson Anatomical Society Award

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Publications

Journal Articles

3/25/2022
Noyes K, Zapf AL, Depner RM, Flores T, Huston A, Rashid HH, McNeal D, Constine LS, Fleming FJ, Wilding GE, Sahler OJZ. "Problem-solving skills training in adult cancer survivors: Bright IDEAS-AC pilot study." Cancer treatment and research communications.. 2022 Mar 25; 31:100552. Epub 2022 Mar 25.

3/24/2022
Cortés J, Kim SB, Chung WP, Im SA, Park YH, Hegg R, Kim MH, Tseng LM, Petry V, Chung CF, Iwata H, Hamilton E, Curigliano G, Xu B, Huang CS, Kim JH, Chiu JWY, Pedrini JL, Lee C, Liu Y, Cathcart J, Bako E, Verma S, Hurvitz SA, . "Trastuzumab Deruxtecan versus Trastuzumab Emtansine for Breast Cancer." The New England journal of medicine.. 2022 Mar 24; 386(12):1143-1154.

2021
Komisarof J, McGann K, Huston A, Katerji H, Morgan MA. "An Atypical Presentation of Hemophagocytic Lymphohistiocytosis (HLH) Secondary to Occult Hodgkin Lymphoma." Case reports in hematology.. 2021 2021:6672257. Epub 2021 Jul 24.

Books & Chapters

2007
Chapter Title: Skeletal Complications: Bone Metabolism and Novel Targeted Agents
Book Title: Cancer Supportive Care: Advances in Therapeutic Strategies
Author List: A. Huston
Edited By: G. H. Lyman and J. Crawford
Published By: Informa healthcare, Inc. 2007

2007
Chapter Title: Myeloma Bone Disease
Book Title: Translational Therapeutic Strategies in Multiple Myeloma
Author List: A. Huston and G. D. Roodman
Edited By: I. M. Ghobrial and K. Anderson
Published By: Informa Healthcare, Inc. 2007

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Videos

Dr. Alissa Huston | Advancing Breast Care

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