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Melanie Comito, MD

CURRENT APPOINTMENTS

Professor of Pediatrics
Division Chief of Hematology and Oncology
Division Chief of Pediatrics
Paige Yeomans Arnold Endowed Professor in Pediatric Oncology

SPECIALTIES

Pediatrics
Pediatric Hematology/Oncology

LANGUAGES

English

PATIENT TYPE

Children

CLINICAL BACKGROUND AND MY APPROACH TO CARE

Brain and Spinal Cord tumors in Children/Adolescents

CLINICAL TRIALS

HEAD START 4 PROTOCOL: Newly Diagnosed Children (Less than 10 Years Old) With Medulloblastoma and Other Central Nervous System Embryonal Tumors. Clinical and Molecular Risk-Tailored Intensive and Compressed Induction Chemotherapy Followed by Consolidation with Randomization to either Single-Cycle or to Three Sequential Cycles of Marrow-Ablative Chemotherapy with Autologous Hematopoietic Progenitor Cell Rescue
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LCH-IV International Collaborative Treatment Protocol for Children and Adolescents with Langerhans Cell Histiocytosis
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International Registry for Severe Chronic Neutropenia
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DISEASES & CONDITIONS TREATED

Brain Cancer
Brain Tumor
Childhood Cancers
Langerhans Cell Histiocytosis (LCH)

TREATMENTS / SERVICES

Blood Transfusion
Bone Marrow Aspiration
Bone Marrow Biopsy
Chemotherapy
Clinical Trials
Genetic Testing
Infusional Therapies
Lumbar Puncture
Radiation Therapy
Stem Cell Transplantation

CLINICAL AFFILIATIONS

Upstate Cancer Center
750 East Adams Street
Syracuse, NY 13210
315 464-5294

CLINICAL SECTION AFFILIATIONS

Pediatrics
Hematology and Oncology

CURRENT HOSPITAL PRIVILEGES

Upstate University Hospital
Crouse Hospital

PREVIOUS APPOINTMENTS

Penn State University College of Medicine, 1999-2016