
Frank C. Passero, M.D.
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About Me
I obtained my medical degree from Jefferson Medical College in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania and went on to complete internship, residency, and a chief medical residency in Internal Medicine at Scripps Mercy Hospital in San Diego. I pursued my Hematology and Oncology fellowship training at Tufts Medical Center in Boston, Massachusetts where I carried out laboratory research studying the effects of proteasome and HDAC inhibitors in lymphoma.
I have a special interest in plasma cell disorders including myeloma and amyloidosis, and would like to provide patients with the opportunity to participate in well-designed clinical trials for these and other related diseases.
Faculty Appointments
Assistant Professor - Department of Medicine, Hematology/Oncology (SMD)
Credentials
Residency & Fellowship
Fellowship, Hematology & Oncology, Tufts Medical Center. 2014 - 2017
Residency, Internal Medicine, Mercy Hospital & Medical Center-San Diego (GME). 2011 - 2014
Internship, Internal Medicine, Mercy Hospital & Medical Center-San Diego (GME). 2010 - 2011
Education
MD | Thomas Jefferson University Hospital. 2010
Research
Clinical Trials
Lead Researcher: Frank C Passero
The purpose of this study is to determine the effects of daratumumab and lenalidomide without steroids for treating patients with multiple myeloma.
Lead Researcher: Frank C Passero
All participants will receive the same study drug. If you decide to participate, you will receive up to 24 cycles (1 cycles = 28 days) of the study drug, isatuximab, as an outpatient (meaning you will not be admitted to the hospital to receive study ...
Lead Researcher: Frank C Passero
There are two treatment groups in this study. The study medication will be given in treatment cycles, and each cycle is 28 days long. Group A: Cyclophosphamide, bortezomib (VELCADE®) and dexamethasone (CyBorD). Group B: Daratumumab plus cyclophospham...
Publications
Journal Articles
Komisarof J, Forman J, Goldman B, Syposs C, Passero F, Garbade E
Case reports in hematology.. 2023 2023 :7803704. Epub 02/18/2023.
Alom MS, Grewal R, Passero FC, Goldman B, Choung HYG
CEN case reports.. 2022 March 22 Epub 03/22/2022.
Komisarof J, Lipof J, DiTursi J, Chowdhry A, Grace Choung HY, Burack WR, Constine L, Passero F
Case reports in hematology.. 2022 2022 :7531142. Epub 02/21/2022.
Kastritis E, Palladini G, Minnema MC, Wechalekar AD, Jaccard A, Lee HC, Sanchorawala V, Gibbs S, Mollee P, Venner CP, Lu J, Schönland S, Gatt ME, Suzuki K, Kim K, Cibeira MT, Beksac M, Libby E, Valent J, Hungria V, Wong SW, Rosenzweig M, Bumma N, Huart A, Dimopoulos MA, Bhutani D, Waxman AJ, Goodman SA, Zonder JA, Lam S, Song K, Hansen T, Manier S, Roeloffzen W, Jamroziak K, Kwok F, Shimazaki C, Kim JS, Crusoe E, Ahmadi T, Tran N, Qin X, Vasey SY, Tromp B, Schecter JM, Weiss BM, Zhuang SH, Vermeulen J, Merlini G, Comenzo RL,
The New England journal of medicine.. 2021 July 1385 (1):46-58. Epub 1900 01 01.
Ravi D, Beheshti A, Abermil N, Lansigan F, Kinlaw W, Matthan NR, Mokhtar M, Passero FC, Puliti P, David KA, Dolnikowski GG, Su X, Chen Y, Bijan M, Varshney RR, Kim B, Dave SS, Rudolph MC, Evens AM
Frontiers in oncology.. 2021 11 :725137. Epub 10/26/2021.
Evens AM, Konry T, David K, Mokhtar M, Chen Y, Beheshti A, Passero F, Purvey S, Sarkar S, Ravi D
Leukemia.. 2019 November 26 Epub 11/26/2019.
Evens AM, David KA, Beheshti A, McDonald JT, Ravi D, Passero FC
British journal of haematology.. 2019 August 26 Epub 08/26/2019.
Lipe B, Passero FC, Gleber C, Portuguese AJ
Leukemia research.. 2019 July 2985 :106195. Epub 07/29/2019.
Saif MW, Passero FC
Expert opinion on pharmacotherapy.. 2017 October 18 (15):1607-1617. Epub 10/06/2017.
Passero FC, Grapsa D, Syrigos KN, Saif MW
Expert review of anticancer therapy.. 2016 July 16 (7):697-703. Epub 06/03/2016.
Ravi D, Beheshti A, Abermil N, Passero F, Sharma J, Coyle M, Kritharis A, Kandela I, Hlatky L, Sitkovsky MV, Mazar A, Gartenhaus RB, Evens AM
Cancer research.. 2016 June 176 (11):3319-31. Epub 03/17/2016.
Abrams MJ, Rakszawski K, Vasekar M, Passero F, Abbas A, Jia Y, Saif MW
Therapeutic advances in gastroenterology.. 2016 March 9 (2):141-51. Epub 1900 01 01.
Passero FC, Saif MW
JOP : Journal of the pancreas.. 2015 March 2016 (2):99-103. Epub 03/20/2015.
Ahn KJ, Passero F, Crenshaw EB
Genesis : the journal of genetics and development.. 2009 March 47 (3):137-41. Epub 1900 01 01.
Marmura MJ, Passero FC, Young WB
Headache.. 2008 48 (10):1506-10. Epub 09/12/2008.