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Member, Division of Oncology
Instructor, UC Department of Pediatrics
melissa.perrino@cchmc.org
513-517-2234
Board Certified
Pediatric hematology/oncology; solid tumor and leukemia/lymphoma
Using a new mouse model to better characterize the progression of plexiform neurofibromas to malignant peripheral nerve sheath tumors in patients/mice with NF1; combining a Mek-inhibitor and CDK4/6 inhibitor for a new therapeutic study in this mouse model; will be studying the immune micro-environment of these tumors and how they change with malignant transformation as well as correlate response to drug therapy
Undergraduate: Ohio State University, Columbus, OH.
MD: Wright State University, Dayton, OH.
Residency: Pediatrics, University of Tennessee Health Science Center, Memphis, TN.