Melanie Comito, MD
CURRENT APPOINTMENTS
Professor of Pediatrics
Division Chief of Hematology and Oncology
Division Chief of Waters Center for Children's Cancer and Blood Disorders
Division Chief of Pediatrics
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 LOCATIONS
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