Overview
Updated 14 Jul 2026
Stephen Schuster, MD, is Robert and Margarita Louis-Dreyfus Professor in Chronic Lymphocytic Leukemia and Lymphoma Clinical Care and Research at Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania / Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania, Department of Medicine, Division of Hematology-Oncology; Abramson Cancer Center. The public record shows 804 publications with 33,743 citations (h-index 77), centered on Lymphoma Diagnosis and Treatment, CAR-T cell therapy research, Chronic Lymphocytic Leukemia Research. It also documents an investigator role on 11 registered clinical trials, industry payments reported by 25 companies, 3 NIH-funded awards (1986–2024).
- Most recent indexed publication: 2026 · Blood advances
- Top research focus: Lymphoma Diagnosis and Treatment
- 11 registered trials on ClinicalTrials.gov
- Open Payments reporting from 25 companies
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Drugs & moleculesacross trials, industry payments and publications
Works withtrial sponsors and companies reporting payments
Scholarshipindexed output and impact (OpenAlex)
View publications ↓Distinct works indexed by OpenAlex, matched via ORCID; 32 in PubMed.
Total citations across indexed works.
Hirsch index (OpenAlex). i10-index 290.
Clinical & industrytrials, payments and federal funding
Clinical trials
Updated 14 Jul 2026
Listed as an investigator on 11 registered studies on ClinicalTrials.gov. The most recent:
- huCART19-IL18-eDHFR Cells in Relapsed/Refractory Follicular Lymphoma
Sponsor: University of Pennsylvania
InvestigatorPhase 1RecruitingNCT07343934 - SynKIR-310 for Relapsed/Refractory B-NHL
Sponsor: Verismo Therapeutics
InvestigatorPhase 1RecruitingNCT06544265 - CAR-T Followed by Bispecific Antibodies
Sponsor: Abramson Cancer Center at Penn Medicine
InvestigatorPhase 2RecruitingNCT04889716
Industry payments
Updated 14 Jul 2026
25 companies reported payments to CMS in program years 2021–2025. These are public disclosures, not judgments. The latest:
- AstraZeneca Pharmaceuticals LPProgram year20254 payments
- ABBVIE INC.Program year20254 payments
- Chugai Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd.Program year20253 payments
NIH funding
Updated 14 Jul 2026
3 NIH research awards on record, funded 1986–2024 per NIH RePORTER. The latest:
- Models and methods for automatically measuring disease body-wide and staging disease via FDG-PET/CT in Lymphoma
University of Pennsylvania
FY2024$545,026R01CA255748 - Models and methods for automatically measuring disease body-wide and staging disease via FDG-PET/CT in Lymphoma
University of Pennsylvania
FY2023$547,725R01CA255748 - Models and methods for automatically measuring disease body-wide and staging disease via FDG-PET/CT in Lymphoma
University of Pennsylvania
FY2022$599,500R01CA255748
Congress activity
Updated 14 Jul 2026
224 congress contributions (2006–2025) across AACR, ASCO, ASH, ASTRO per OpenAlex. The most recent:
Published abstracts are attributed via the same ORCID-disambiguated authorship as publications, so each is DOI-verified. Podium roles (invited talks, session chairs) and oral/poster type are added as program data is confirmed.
Publications
Updated 14 Jul 2026
Their five most recent publications, matched to their ORCID record and linked to PubMed.
Most-cited worksby citation count (OpenAlex)
- 01
- 02PD-1 Blockade with Nivolumab in Relapsed or Refractory Hodgkin's Lymphoma3,550 citations2014
- 03Chimeric Antigen Receptor T Cells in Refractory B-Cell Lymphomas1,857 citations2017
- 04Ibrutinib versus Ofatumumab in Previously Treated Chronic Lymphoid Leukemia1,620 citations2014
- 05PI3Kδ Inhibition by Idelalisib in Patients with Relapsed Indolent Lymphoma1,062 citations2014
Contact
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Office address
Perelman Center for Advanced Medicine, 12th Floor South Pavilion, Office #12-178, 3400 Civic Center Blvd, Philadelphia, PA 19104
Network
Updated 14 Jul 2026
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Background & recognition
Updated 14 Jul 2026
Credentials, appointments and honors, newest first, each linked to the public source it came from.
Educationdegrees and training on record
- verifiedCorroborated by findmyKOL. We matched this record across two or more independent public sources (or a verified ORCID / NPI identifier bridge) before attributing it to this person.How we verify →pennmedicine.org ↗
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Editorial & leadership rolesjournal and society appointments
- Director
Lymphoma Translational Research, Abramson Cancer Center of the University of Pennsylvania
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- Member
American Society of Hematology; American Society of Clinical Oncology; American Association for Cancer Research; Eastern Cooperative Oncology Group (ECOG)
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Awards & honorshonors on the public record
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Secondary affiliationsappointments beyond the home institution
- provisionalFound in a cited public source but not yet independently corroborated. Published as a labeled candidate and queued for verification.How we verify →emedevents.com ↗
- Member
Scientific Advisory Board, Biovest International Inc.
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Scientific Advisory Board, Caribou Biosciences, Inc.
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Media & interviewspress, podcasts and appearances
- ImmunoLogic
Episode 1: "Chemo-Free Lymphoma? Seriously?", video podcast interview with Stephen J. Schuster, MD, hosted by Joseph Fraietta, PhD (CGTLive)
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- provisionalFound in a cited public source but not yet independently corroborated. Published as a labeled candidate and queued for verification.How we verify →cgtlive.com ↗
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Online presence
Updated 14 Jul 2026
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- Doximity
doximity.com/pub/stephen-schuster-md-604259e3
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researchgate.net/profile/Stephen-Schuster-2
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linkedin.com/in/stephen-schuster-93a29114b
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Mentions by otherswhere others cite or feature them
- Other
investor.cariboubio.com/news-releases/news-release-details/caribou-biosciences-announces-appointment-stephen-j-schuster-md
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youtube.com/watch
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