Associate Professor, Department of Pediatrics Penn State Health, Milton S. Hershey Medical Center
Contact Information
Business Address: Penn State Children’s Hospital and Penn State Health Milton S. Hershey Medical Center
500 University Drive P.O Box 850 MC H085 Hershey, PA 17033-0850 Business Phone Number: 717-531-6012
Fax: 717-531-4789
Email: sdandekar@pennstatehealth.psu.edu Education
08/1995- MBBS (Bachelor of Medicine, Bachelor of Surgery), Grant Medical College, 01/2001 University of Mumbai, India
Postgraduate Training and Fellowship Appointments
07/2003- Residency, Pediatrics, Mount Sinai Services-Elmhurst Hospital Center, 06/2006 Elmhurst, New York
07/2006- Chief Resident, Pediatrics, Mount Sinai Services-Elmhurst Hospital Center, 06/2007 Elmhurst, New York
07/2010- Fellowship, Pediatric Hematology-Oncology, New York University School of 06/2013 Medicine, New York, New York (Research Mentor: William Carroll, MD; Clinical Mentor: Elizabeth Raetz, MD)
Professional Development Training
09/2014- Junior Faculty Development Program, Penn State College of Medicine 05/2015
09/2019 Penn State Health Leadership Academy Program
2006 Board Certification in General Pediatrics
2015 Board Certification in Pediatric Hematology-Oncology 2016 Board Certification in General Pediatrics
Licensure
Inactive New York (2006 – 2013) Active Pennsylvania (2013 – Present) Employment History
Academic Appointments
07/2007- Clinical Instructor, Pediatrics, Mount Sinai School of Medicine, New York, 06/2010 New York
09/2013- Assistant Professor, Pediatric Hematology-Oncology, Penn State 05/ 2020 Children’s Hospital, Hershey, PA
06/2020- Associate Professor, Pediatric Hematology Oncology, Penn State Children’s Present Hospital, Hershey, PA
Professional Society Memberships
2003 – Present American Academy of Pediatrics, Fellow 2010 – 2013 Children’s Oncology Group, Fellow Member
2011 – Present Member, American Society of Pediatric Hematology-Oncology 2011 – Present Member, American Society of Hematology
2013 – Present Children’s Oncology Group, Associate Member
2013 – Present Beat Childhood Cancer Consortium (Formerly Neuroblastoma and Medulloblastoma Translational Research Consortium), Member Honors and Awards
1993 National Scholarship, India, for academic excellence in the high school Matriculation exam
1998 Outstanding Achievement Award in Pharmacology, Microbiology and Immunology from the state medical board for scoring in the top 10% in The state
2015 Junior Faculty Development Program Project Support Grant, Penn State College of Medicine
2016 Dean’s Award for being a finalist in an institution wide contest celebrating the Institution’s values of Respect, Integrity, Teamwork and Excellence towards patients, families and each other based on nominations from colleagues 2016 HCAHPS Inpatient Dean’s list for Extraordinary Patient Satisfaction for scoring in the 99th percentile among providers nationwide
2016, 2017 Child HCAHPS Inpatient Dean’s List for Extraordinary Patient Satisfaction for 2018 scoring in the 99th percentile among providers nationwide
2017 Medical Group Dean’s List for Extraordinary Patient Satisfaction for scoring in the 99th percentile among providers
2018 2018 Top Educator in Pediatrics Award, Penn State Children’s Hospital, Hershey, PA
Clinical activities
2002 Medical Officer, Intensive Care Unit, Sanjeevani Hospital, Mumbai, India 2007 – 2010 Attending Physician, Pediatric Emergency Room, Mount Sinai Services- Elmhurst Hospital Center, Elmhurst, New York. 2 attending physicians, 4-6 pediatric residents, 1-2 medical students; 12 hours/day, 3-4 shifts a week 2013 – Present Attending Physician In-patient, Hematopoietic Stem Cell Transplantation Service, Penn State Children’s Hospital, Hershey, PA. 1 nurse practitioner, 1 pediatric hematology-oncology fellow, 2 pediatric residents, 0-1 medical student; 6 hours/day, 4 weeks per year
2013 – Present Attending Physician In-patient, Pediatric Hematology-Oncology and Consultation Service, Penn State Children’s Hospital, Hershey, PA. 1 nurse practitioner, 1 pediatric hematology-oncology fellow, 2 pediatric residents, 0- 1 medical student; 10 hours/day, 8 weeks per year
2013 – Present Attending Physician Out-patient, Pediatric Hematology-Oncology, Penn State Children’s Hospital, Hershey, PA. 1 pediatric hematology-oncology fellow, 1 nurse coordinator, 8 hours/day clinic, weekly clinic
2013 – Present Attending Physician Out-patient, Childhood Cancer Survivorship Clinic, Penn State Children’s Hospital, Hershey, PA. 1 nurse practitioner, 1 nurse
coordinator, 1 neuropsychologist, 1 pediatric cancer genetic counsellor, 1 pediatric hematology-oncology fellow, 1 social worker; 5 hours/day clinic, weekly clinic
Development of Clinical Programs
2013 – Present Director, Childhood Cancer Survivorship Program. Since taking over the clinic leadership in 2013, the clinic volume has increased from 60 patients to > 400 patients. Responsible for establishing an infrastructure for clinic referral, identified the need to build a transition program and started the transition program in partnership with local primary care physicians. Developed a multidisciplinary clinic by recruiting a certified registered nurse practitioner, a neuropsychologist and a cancer genetic counsellor in addition to a clinical nurse coordinator. The clinic is focused on educating patients and families about their therapy related late effects and provide screening
recommendations according the Children’s Oncology Group (COG) Long term follow up guidelines. The clinic is held weekly and we see 2 new patients and 6 patients for yearly follow ups every week. Developed a survivorship website as an online resource for patients learn about the clinic, read stories of
survivors, access custom podcasts and explore support opportunities Administrative Service
Institutional Service
2013 – Present Director, Childhood Cancer Survivorship program, Penn State Children’s Hospital, Hershey, PA
2014 – 2019 Pediatric Hematology-Oncology Fellowship Program Evaluation Committee, Penn State Children’s Hospital and Medical Center, Hershey, PA, Chair 2014 – Present Pediatric Hematology-Oncology Fellowship Clinical Competency Committee, Penn State Children’s Hospital and Medical Center, Hershey, PA, Member 2014 – Present Pediatric Hematology-Oncology Experimental Therapeutics Program, Penn State Children’s Hospital and Medical Center, Hershey, PA, Member
2014 – Present Penn State Children’s Hospital Central Line Associated Blood Stream Infections (CLABSI) Committee, Hershey, PA, Member
2014 – 2016 Scholarly Oversight Committee, Dr. Shabnam Arsiwala, Pediatric
Hematology/Oncology Fellow, Class of 2016, Penn State Children’s Hospital and Medical Center, Hershey, PA, Member
2015 – 2019 Pediatric Hematology Oncology Academic Conference Curriculum Director Penn State Children’s Hospital, Hershey, PA
2016 – 2018 Pediatric Hematology-Oncology Fellow Education Task force, Penn State Children’s Hospital and Medical Center, Hershey, PA, Chair
2016 –2018 Scholarly Oversight Committee, Dr. Jamie Cashell, Pediatric
Hematology-Oncology Fellow, Class of 2018, Penn State Children’s Hospital and Medical Center, Hershey, PA, Member
2016 – 2020 Penn State Children’s Hospital Mortality Review Committee, Penn State Children’s Hospital and Medical Center
Hershey, PA, Member
2017 – Present Pediatric Hematology-Oncology LEAN taskforce to enhance and refine division and clinic process and workflow, Penn State Children’s Hospital and Medical Center, Hershey, PA, Member
2017 – Present Central Line Associated Blood Stream Infections (CLABSI) Oversight Committee, Hershey Medical Center and Penn State Children’s Hospital – Institution wide initiative
2017 – Present Penn State Children’s Hospital Pediatric Subcommittee of Pharmacy and Therapeutics, Hershey, PA, Member
2018 – 2020 Scholarly Oversight Committee, Dr. Jennifer Kovatch, Pediatric
Hematology-Oncology Fellow, Class of 2020, Penn State Children’s Hospital and Medical Center, Hershey, PA, Member
2018 – 2020 Scholarly Oversight Committee, Dr. Yevgeniya Bamme, Pediatric
Hematology-Oncology Fellow, Class of 2020, Penn State Children’s Hospital and Medical Center, Hershey, PA, Member
2019 – Present Divisional Quality Physician Lead, Pediatric Hematology-Oncology, Penn State Children’s Hospital and Medical Center
2020 – Present Scholarly Oversight Committee, Dr. Kaydee Kaiser, Pediatric
Hematology-Oncology Fellow, Class of 2022, Penn State Children’s Hospital and Medical Center, Hershey, PA, Member
2021 – Present Pediatric Chair Search Committee, Member, Penn State Children’s Hospital and Medical Center, Hershey, PA
Local and National Service Local Service
2013 – Present Ad Hoc Reviewer- Clinical Case Reports (1/year)
2020 – Present Journal of Adolescent and Young Adult Oncology (JAYAO)
2017 – Present Member, Penn State College of Medicine's Group on Women in Medicine and Science (GWIMS) chapter
Network Group Community Service Activities Community events
2014 "Childhood Cancer Survivors Day at Hershey Park". I organized the event along 2015 with our clinic coordinator and social worker
2019 "Living with AVN (Avascular Necrosis)” – Facilitator for an AYA (Adolescent and Young Adult) Podcast- "Life on Pause"
Television Interviews
Feb 17, 2017 Live television appearance on local news magazine program, Good Day PA, ABC27. I was interviewed live because of my expertise in childhood cancer survivorship. I also participated in a live webchat during and after the live show during which I answered pediatric-cancer related questions from the
viewing audience
Feb 14, 2018 Live television appearance on local news magazine program, Good Day PA, ABC27 to showcase our institution’s Experimental Therapeutics Program and our Pediatric Cancer Genetics Program. I was interviewed as the primary oncologist for a patient with refractory disease who received molecular-
guided therapy on a Phase I clinical trial and is thriving due to the success of the therapy and also as the primary oncologist for another patient who was
identified to have a germline mutation known to predispose people to have certain cancers which guided us to identify the same mutation in other members of his family as part of this cancer predisposition syndrome and provide them with appropriate screening recommendations
Sept 19, 2018 Live television appearance on local news magazine program, Good Day PA, ABC27. The show was a MINITHON special which showcased how the money raised from MINITHONs across schools in Pennsylvania helps fund Childhood Cancer Survivorship Clinic at Penn State Children’s Hospital. I was interviewed as the Director of the clinic and the oncologist for the 2 patients interviewed for the special
Facebook Interview
Sept 17, 2017 "Ask Us Anything About" Facebook Live interview about "Life After Childhood Cancer". I was interviewed live because of my position as Director of the Childhood Cancer Survivorship Program
2017 "Help Your Child Thrive After Cancer", an article in Cub Chat, a quarterly newsletter of the Penn State Children’s Hospital for the community 2017 Survivorship Clinic featured in the "The Medical Minute", a weekly health news feature produced by Penn State Health Milton S. Hershey Medical Center.
2017 Survivorship Program featured in the Children’s Hospital Report, titled "Survivorship Program Caters To Long Term Pediatric Cancer Survivors
2020 Article on the Survivorship Program published in LNP, the Lancaster Newspaper, titled "Childhood cancer survivors find support at Penn State Children’s Hospital"
National Service
2019 – Present Children’s Oncology Group (COG) Long Term Follow Up Endocrine – Reproductive Task Force, Member
Teaching Activities
Medical Student Teaching MS-1
2010-2012 Facilitator, Small Group Sessions for First Year Medical Students (MS1) on Red Cell Membrane physiology, NYU School of Medicine, New York, NY (4 contact hours/year)
Medical Student Teaching MS-2
2019 Facilitator, IPE (Interprofessional Education) SIM events. SIM sessions with a team of students from the disciplines of Medicine, Nursing, Occupational therapy and Physical therapy, Penn State College of Medicine
Medical Student Teaching MS-3
07/2006- Facilitator, Small Group Sessions for Third Year Medical Students (MS3 06/2007 during their Pediatrics rotation as a Pediatric Chief Resident, 1/week for 1 hour, Mount Sinai Services- Elmhurst, Elmhurst, NY
2016 Facilitator, Underserved Medicine & Domestic Health Clerkship (UMDH 700) 2017 for Third year Medical Students, Penn State College of Medicine, Hershey, 2018 PA. (8 contact hours/academic year)
07/2006- Pediatric Chief Resident, Responsible for educational oversight of 42
06/2007 residents at the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai (Elmhurst) Program 07/2006- Organizer, Weekly Academic Conference for Pediatric Residents addressing 06/2007 educational content outlined by the American Board of Pediatrics, Mount Sinai Services, Elmhurst, NY
07/2006- Facilitator, "Mock Code" drills for the pediatric residents. As the Pediatric 06/2007 Chief Resident, I chose the cases and conducted the surprise drills, Mount Sinai Services-Elmhurst, NY
2010-2013 Lecturer, Residency Education in Pediatric Hematology-Oncology, NYU School of Medicine, New York, NY, 2/year (2 contact hours/year)
2013-Present Lecturer, Residency Education in Oncology, Penn State Children’s Hospital, 1/year (1 contact hour/year)
2013-Present Lecturer, Pediatric Hematology-Oncology Academic Conference, Penn State Children’s Hospital, 2/year (2 contact hours/year)
2013-2015 Organizer Pediatric Hematology-Oncology monthly board review series, Penn State Children’s Hospital, Hershey, PA
2015-2019 Director, Didactic Curriculum for Pediatric Hematology-Oncology, Penn State Children’s Hospital, Hershey, PA. Arrange for speakers for the division’s weekly academic conference. Attendees: Pediatric hematology oncology fellows, residents, faculty
Selected Lectures/Talks:
April 10, 2014 Lecturer, "Survivorship Update", Four Diamonds Advisory Board Meeting, Penn State Children’s Hospital, Hershey, PA
April 24, 2014 Lecturer, "Pediatric Oncology Survivorship Issues for the Pediatrician" Pediatric Hematology-Oncology Academic Conference, Penn State Children’s Hospital, Hershey, PA
Aug 8, 2014 Lecturer, "Pediatric Oncology Survivorship Clinic: An Introduction", Pediatric Hematology-Oncology Academic Conference, Penn State Children’s Hospital, Hershey, PA
July 10, 2015 Lecturer, "Oncologic Emergencies", Pediatric Hematology-Oncology Academic Conference, Penn State Children’s Hospital, Hershey, PA
2016, 2017, Lecturer, "Childhood Cancer Survivorship", THON Organizing Committee, 2018 Penn State Children’s Hospital, Hershey, PA.
July 8, 2016 Lecturer, "Fever and Oncologic Emergencies", Pediatric Hematology-
July 7, 2017 Oncology Academic Conference, Penn State Children’s Hospital, Hershey, PA July 12 2019
July 28, 2016 Lecturer, "Febrile Neutropenia", Pediatric Core Clerkship, Penn State Aug 10 2017 College of Medicine, Hershey, PA
July 29, 2016 Lecturer, "Leukemia, Initial Management and Stabilization", Pediatric
Hematology-Oncology Academic Conference, Penn State Children’s Hospital, Hershey, PA
Aug 9 2018 Lecturer, "Oncologic Emergencies", Pediatric Core Clerkship, Penn State Aug 29 2019 College of Medicine, Hershey, PA
Mentorship Activities
2012 – 2013 Benjamin Lu, Medical Student (MS2) at the NYU School of Medicine. Research Mentee. We completed a research project analyzing infectious complications in children with high risk leukemia.
2012 – 2013 Wallace Bourgeois, Medical student (MS3) at NYU School of Medicine. Research Mentee. We worked on a laboratory project looking at the role of over expression of the transcriptional regulator FoxM1 in relapsed acute lymphoblastic leukemia
2013 – 2014 Shivani Shah, MD, Pediatric Hematology/Oncology Fellow, Penn State Children’s Hospital. Clinical Mentee, 10 hours/week. Current status: Pediatrician, Metropolitan Hospital, New York, NY
2014 – 2017 Neema Bhat, MD, Pediatric Hematology-Oncology Fellow, Penn State
Children’s Hospital. Clinical mentee, 10 hours/week. Current status: Pediatric Hematology-Oncology Consultant, Gleneagles Global Hospital, Bangalore, India
2016 –2018 Jamie Cashell, DO. Clinical Research Mentee, 8 hours per week. Current Status: Pediatric Hospitalist, Crozer Chester Medical Center, Chester, PA 2017 – Present Yevgeniya Bamme, MD, Pediatric Hematology/Oncology Fellow, Penn State Children’s Hospital. Clinical Mentee, 10 hours/week
2018 Katie Sneeringer, MPH. Research Mentee, Advanced Field Experience (PHS 895B) course for her PhD. Project: Reproductive concerns after cancer for pediatric and young adult cancer survivors
2020 – Present Raisha Ismail. Mentee, The Diverse Student Champion Mentor Program. Program pairs under-represented in medicine and other diverse students
with faculty members to provide support for their academic and career success
Grant Support Active Grants
10/06/15- Institutional PI (PI: Goldenberg)
06/30/21 Prospective Multi-Center Evaluation of the Duration of Therapy for Thrombosis in Children ("Kids DOTT" Trial)
The primary goal of the study is to evaluate non inferiority of shortened duration (6weeks) vs conventional duration (12weeks) of anticoagulation in children with first episode of acute venous thrombosis
U01HL130048 (PI: Goldenberg) NHLBI
Annual Direct Costs: $17,788 Total Direct Costs: $27,518
07/05/18- Institutional PI (PI: Henderson and Diller)
02/28/21 LEAHRN (Late Effects After High Risk Neuroblastoma) Study
The goal study is to gather data about the therapy related late effects in long- term survivors of high-risk neuroblastoma
St Baldrick’s Foundation
Annual Direct Costs: $11,666
07/01/20- Co-Investigator (PI: Kathyrn Schmitz)
06/30/21 Exercise Rehabilitation after Treatment for Pediatric Cancer
The goal of the study is to carry out a hybrid effectiveness/implementation pilot RCT among 10-18 yr old patients 5+ years post cancer treatment that will evaluate referrals into an intervention, effectiveness of the intervention to improve patient reported outcomes, and cost of the intervention.
Four Diamonds Fund
Total Direct Costs: $40,000 Completed Research Support
04/08/15- PI
03/31/17 Role of Body Mass Index (BMI) in Progression of Cardiac Dysfunction in Survivors of Childhood Cancer
The goal of this project was to identify a subset of patients from a large group of children exposed to cardiotoxic therapy (chemotherapy and/or chest radiation) who are more likely to develop cardiac dysfunction
Junior Faculty Development Program Project Support Grant Penn State College Of Medicine
Total Direct Costs: $3000
07/01/11 – Pediatric Cancer Foundation 06/30/13 Fellowship Training Grant
Publications
Peer reviewed journal articles
1. Meyer J, Wang J, Hogan L, Yang J, Dandekar S, Patel J, Tang Z, Zumbo P, Li S, Zavadil J, Levine R, Cardozo T, Hunger S, Raetz E, Evans W, Morrison D, Mason C, Carroll W: Relapse Specific mutations in NT5C2 in childhood acute lymphoblastic leukemia. Nature Genetics 2013 Mar; 45(3):290-4.doi:10.1038/ng.2558.Epub 2013 Feb 3. PMID:
23377183.
2. Saha A*, Dandekar S *, Milla S, Roman E, Bhatla T: Bilateral parotid gland enlargement and palpable nephromegaly in infant acute lymphoblastic leukemia: Case report and review of the literature. J Pediatr Hematol Oncol 2014 Apr; 36(3):246-8
Doi:10.1097/MPH.0000000000000076. PMID: 24309613
3. Dandekar S, Romanos-Sirakis E, Pais F, Bhatla T, Jones C, Bourgeois W, Hunger S, Raetz E, Hermiston M, Dasgupta R, Morrison D, Carroll W: Wnt inhibition leads to improved chemo sensitivity in paediatric acute lymphoblastic leukemia. British Journal of Haematology 2014 Jul 4. Doi: 10.1111/bjh.13011. Epub 2014 Jul 4. PMID: 24995804. 4. Sampat H, Brandão L, Tamburro R, Kees-Folts D, Dandekar S: HIT or miss: The sequential
diagnostic approach to heparin induced thrombocytopenia illustrated in a child with acute post-streptococcal glomerulonephritis. Clinical pediatrics 2016 Mar; 55(3):294-7. doi: 10.1177/0009922815586055. Epub 2015 May 11. PMID: 25963179
5. Jones C, Gearheart C,Fosmire S,Delgado-Martin C, Evensen N, Bride K, Waanders A, Pais F, Wang J, Bhatla T, Bitterman D, deRijk S, Bourgeois W, Dandekar S, Park E, Burleson T, Madhusoodhan P, Teachey D, Raetz E, Hermiston M, Muschen M, Loh M, Hunger S, Zhang J, Garabedian M, Porter C, Carroll W: MAPK signaling cascades mediate distinct glucocorticoid resistance mechanisms in pediatric leukemia. BLOOD 2015 Nov 5; 126(19):2202-12. doi: 10.1182/blood-2015-04-639138. Epub 2015 Aug 31. PMID:
26324703
6. Bhatla T, Dandekar S, Lu B, Wang J, Han E, Bitterman D, Jones C, Evensen N, Magid M, Meyer J, Carroll W: Genomic characterization of poorly differentiated neuroendocrine
carcinoma in a pediatric patient. J Pediatr Hematol Oncol 2016 Jan; 38(1):e21-5. doi: 10.1097/MPH.0000000000000463. PMID: 26558807
7. Barbour B, Dandekar S, Bujold K: Successful treatment of relapsed pediatric acute myeloid leukemia presenting as central nervous system myeloid sarcoma: A single institution case series. J Pediatr Hematol Oncol 2018 Dec 12. doi:
10.1097/MPH.0000000000001383. [Epub ahead of print] PMID:30543582
8. Winkels R, Artrip R, Tupinio M, Veldheer S, Dandekar S, George D: Opportunities for growth: Evaluating the feasibility of a community gardening intervention pairing adolescent and young adult cancer survivors with master gardeners. [Published online ahead of print, 2019 Oct 3]. J Adolesc Young Adult Oncol.
2019;10.1089/jayao.2019.0035. doi:10.1089/jayao.2019.0035. PMID 31580754 9. Horn S, Stoltzfus C, Mackely H, Lehrer E, Zhou S, Dandekar S, Fox E, Rizk E, Trifiletti D,
Rao P, Zaorsky N: Long term causes of death among pediatric cancer patients. Cancer. 2020 Jul 1;126(13):3102-3113. doi: 10.1002/cncr.32885. Epub 2020 Apr 16.Cancer. 2020. PMID: 32298481
Submitted or In-Revision Peer reviewed journal articles Book Chapters
1. Dandekar S. Life after HSCT: Survivorship andLong-Term Issues. In Hematopoietic Stem Cell Transplantation for the Pediatric Hematologist/Oncologist. Valerie I. Brown (ed). Springer, New York, NY, 2018. ISBN:978-3-319-63144-8
Invited Lectures
May 2013 Invited Speaker, "Inhibition of the Wnt pathway leads to improved chemo sensitivity in pediatric acute lymphoblastic leukemia, Mount Sinai Hospital, Pediatric Research Seminar, New York, NY
Oct 2 2014 Invited Speaker, "Pediatric Cancer Survivorship Program", Medical Group Symposium, Penn State Hershey Medical Center, Hershey, PA
Feb 2015 Invited Speaker, "Pediatric Cancer Survivorship Program", lecture, APON monthly meeting, local chapter, Penn State Children’s Hospital, Hershey, PA Nov 27, 2018 Invited Speaker, "Childhood Cancer Survivorship- A lifelong Affair", Pediatric Grand Rounds, Penn State Children’s Hospital, Hershey, PA
Aug 7, 2019 Invited Speaker, "Bridging the Gap-Transitioning Cancer Survivorship Care to the PCP", WellSpan Health/York Hospital Pediatric Grand Rounds, York, PA
Abstract Presentations National
1. Dandekar S, Sirakis E, Pais F, Bhatla T, Jones C, Bourgeois W, Raetz E, Hermiston M, Dasgupta R, Morrison D, Carroll W: Inhibition of the Wnt pathway leads to improved chemo sensitivity in pediatric acute lymphoblastic leukemia. 55th American Society of Hematology (ASH) meeting, New Orleans, LA, December 2013. Blood 122 (Abstract # 1428)
2. Jones C, Gearheart C,Fosmire S, Delgado-Martin C, Pais F, Wang J, Bhatla T, Bitterman D, de Rijk S, Bourgeois W, Dandekar S, Raetz E, Hermiston M, Garabedian M, Porter C, Carroll W: MAPK Signaling Cascades Mediate Distinct Prednisolone Resistance
Mechanisms in Pediatric B precursor ALL. 56th American Society of Hematology (ASH) meeting, San Francisco, CA, December 2014
**Accepted for Platform Session Presentation.
3. Sampat H, Brandão L, Lucking S, Kees-Folts D, Wassner S, Arsiwala S, Dandekar S, McGregor L: Heparin-induced thrombocytopenia in a child with post-infectious glomerulonephritis. 44th Critical Care Congress, Phoenix , AZ, January 2015
4. Kapadia M, Thompson K, Dandekar S: An unusual case of Epstein - Barr virus (EBV) masquerading as lymphoma in a 16 year old young man: a case report. 28th American Society of Pediatric Hematology Oncology (ASPHO) meeting, Phoenix, AZ, May 2015 (Abstract # 677)
5. Kapadia M, Dandekar S, Beck M, Comito M: Malignancy vs. Scurvy; Similar manifestations different pathophysiology - Case Series. 29th American Society of
Pediatric Hematology Oncology (ASPHO) meeting, Minneapolis, MN, May 2016 (Abstract # 785)
6. Cashell J,Brown A, Levine M, Schmid S, Comito M, Dandekar S:Retention of Vaccine-Mediated Humoral Immunity in the Post-Therapy Pediatric Oncology Population. Children’s Oncology Group (COG) Fall Meeting, Atlanta, GA, September 2017 **Accepted for Platform Session Presentation.
7. Cashell J,Doug L, Levine M, Brown A, Comito M, Schmid S, Dandekar S:Retention of Vaccine-Mediated Humoral Immunity in the Post-Therapy Pediatric Oncology
Population. 30th American Society of Pediatric Hematology Oncology (ASPHO) meeting, Pittsburgh, PA, May 2018 (Abstract # 643)
8. Bujold K, Dandekar S, Barbour M: Treatment of relapsed Acute Myeloid Leukemia presenting as intracranial myeloid sarcoma: A Case Series. 30th American Society of Pediatric Hematology Oncology (ASPHO) meeting, Pittsburgh, PA, May 2018 (Abstract # 067)
9. Bamme Y, Dandekar S. Successful treatment of disseminated high grade neuroendocrine carcinoma of presumed pulmonary origin in a child. 31st American Society of Pediatric Hematology Oncology (ASPHO) meeting, New Orleans, LA, May 2019 (Abstract # 279) 10.Bamme Y, Dandekar S. A Rare case of Extra Nodal Marginal Zone Lymphoma in a child
successfully treated with Rituximab. 32nd American Society of Pediatric Hematology Oncology (ASPHO) meeting, Fort Worth, TX, May 2020 (Abstract # 757)
Regional
1. Dandekar S, Sirakis S, Morrison D,Raetz E, Dasgupta R, Carroll W: Inhibition of the Wnt pathway leads to improved chemo sensitivity in pediatric acute lymphoblastic leukemia. 9th Annual Joseph Dancis Pediatric Research Day, New York, May 2013.
**Accepted for Platform Session Presentation
2. Lu B, Dandekar S, Hochman T, Raetz E: Rates and causes of treatment related infections in pediatric patients with high-risk leukemias. 9th Annual Joseph Dancis Pediatric Research Day, New York, May 2013
3. Cashell J,Brown A, Levine M, Schmid S, Comito M, Brown A, Dandekar S:Retention of Vaccine-Mediated Humoral Immunity in the Post-Therapy Pediatric Oncology Population. Graduate Medical education Resident Research Day, Penn State Hershey Medical Center, May 2017
4. Hackett G, Dandekar S, Disori K, Kapadia M, Nelson A, O’Hara C: Recognizing clinical manifestations of vitamin c deficiency and need for supplementation in patients with restricted intake. Graduate Medical education Resident Research Day, Penn State Hershey Medical Center, May 2018
5. Hackett G, Dandekar S, Disori K, Kapadia M, Nelson A, O’Hara C: Recognizing clinical manifestations of vitamin c deficiency and need for supplementation in patients with restricted intake. Pediatric Research Day, Penn State Hershey Medical Center, May 2018 6. Bujold K, Dandekar S, Barbour M: Treatment of relapsed Acute Myeloid Leukemia
presenting as intracranial myeloid sarcoma: A Case Series. Pediatric Research Day, Penn State Hershey Medical Center, May 2018
7. Cashell J,Doug L, Levine M, Brown A, Schmid S, Comito M, Dandekar S:Retention of Vaccine- Mediated Humoral Immunity in the Post-Therapy Pediatric Oncology Population. Pediatric Research Day, Penn State Hershey Medical Center, May 2018 8. Hackett G, Nelson A, Dandekar S, Disori K, Kapadia M, O’Hara C: Recognizing clinical
manifestations of vitamin c deficiency and need for supplementation in patients with restricted intake. 2019 Pediatric Conference Presented by Pennsylvania Chapter, American Academy of Pediatrics Conference, Grantville, PA, May 2019
