MelissaS.PessinMDPhD

Pathology • New York, NY

Blood Banking & Transfusion Medicine, Transplantation Immunology, Anatomic Pathology, Clinical Pathology

Chair, Department of Laboratory Medicine, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center

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Office
327 E 64th St, 5th Floor
New York, NY 10065
Phone+1 646-608-1355
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Education & Training

New York Presbyterian Hospital (Columbia Campus)Residency, Pathology-Anatomic and Clinical, 1992 - 1995
Johns Hopkins University School of MedicineClass of 1991
Princeton UniversityBSE, Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, Summa Cum Laude, 1980 - 1984

Certifications & Licensure

NY State Medical License Active through 2026
IL State Medical License 2022 - 2026
NJ State Medical License 2001 - 2025
IN State Medical License 2023 - 2025
American Board of Pathology Clinical Pathology
American Board of Pathology Blood Banking/Transfusion Medicine
American Board of Pathology Clinical Informatics

Publications & Presentations

PubMed

Ellinor Peerschke, PhD (1954-2023).
Coller, B., Ghebrehiwet, B., Pessin, M.> ;Journal of Thrombosis and Haemostasis. 2024 Mar 1
5 citations
Analytical Validation and Performance Characteristics of Molecular Serum Biomarkers, miR-371a-3p and miR-372-3p, for Male Germ Cell Tumors, in a Clinical Laboratory Se...
Fei Ye, Darren R Feldman, Alisa Valentino, Rachel So, Maria Bromberg, Shah Khan, Samuel A Funt, Joel Sheinfeld, David B Solit, Melissa S Pessin, Ellinor I Peerschke> ;The Journal of Molecular Diagnostics. 2022 Aug 1
60 citations
Clonal hematopoiesis is associated with risk of severe Covid-19.
Kelly L. Bolton, Youngil Koh, Michael B. Foote, Hogune Im, Justin Jee, Choong Hyun Sun, Anton Safonov, Ryan Ptashkin, Joon Ho Moon, Ji Yeon Lee, Jongtak Jung, Chang Ky...> ;Nature Communications. 2021 Oct 13
39 citations
Disease- and Therapy-Specific Impact on Humoral Immune Responses to COVID-19 Vaccination in Hematologic Malignancies.
David J. Chung, Gunjan L. Shah, Sean M. Devlin, Lakshmi V. Ramanathan, Sital Doddi, Melissa S. Pessin, Elizabeth Hoover, Leeann Marcello, Jennifer C. Young, Sawsan R. ...> ;Blood Cancer Discovery. 2021 Sep 13
9 citations
Association of Antineoplastic Therapy With Decreased SARS-CoV-2 Infection Rates in Patients With Cancer.
Michael B. Foote, James R. White, Justin Jee, Guillem Argilés, Jonathan C M Wan, Benoit Rousseau, Melissa S. Pessin, Luis A. Diaz> ;JAMA Oncology. 2021 Nov 1
6 citations
The New York State SARS-CoV-2 Testing Consortium: Regional Communication in Response to the COVID-19 Pandemic
James M. Crawford, Maria E Aguero-Rosenfeld, Ioannis Aifantis, Evan M. Cadoff, Joan Cangiarella, Carlos Cordon-Cardo, Melissa M. Cushing, Aldolfo Firpo-Betancourt, Amy...> ;Academic Pathology. 2021 May 7
Correction to: Mast cell proliferation in the cerebrospinal fluid after intraventricular administration of anti‑B7H3 immunotherapy
Kim Kramer, Maria Donzelli, Melissa S. Pessin> ;Cancer Immunology, Immunotherapy. 2021 Apr 30
Mast cell proliferation in the cerebrospinal fluid after intraventricular administration of anti-B7H3 immunotherapy.
Kim Kramer, Maria Donzelli, Melissa S. Pessin> ;Cancer Immunology, Immunotherapy. 2021 Feb 3
42 citations
Predictors of Humoral Response to SARS-CoV-2 Vaccination after Hematopoietic Cell Transplantation and CAR T-cell Therapy.
Roni Tamari, Ioannis Politikos, David A. Knorr, Santosha A. Vardhana, Jennifer C. Young, Leeann Marcello, Sital Doddi, Sean M. Devlin, Lakshmi V. Ramanathan, Melissa S...> ;Blood Cancer Discovery. 2021 Sep 13
38 citations
Clonal hematopoiesis is associated with risk of severe Covid-19
Kelly L. Bolton, Youngil Koh, Michael B. Foote, Hogune Im, Justin Jee, Choong Hyun Sun, Anton Safonov, Ryan Ptashkin, Joon Ho Moon, Ji Yeon Lee, Jongtak Jung, Chang Ky...> ;Medrxiv. 2020 Nov 27
234 citations
The gut microbiota is associated with immune cell dynamics in humans.
Jonas Schluter, Jonathan U. Peled, Bradford P. Taylor, Kate A. Markey, Melody Smith, Ying Taur, Rene Niehus, Anna Staffas, Anqi Dai, Emily Fontana, Luigi A Amoretti, R...> ;Nature. 2020 Nov 25
1 citations
Comment on "Screening of Asymptomatic Surgical Patients for SARS-CoV-2: The Covid19 Subcommittee of the Operating Room Executive Committee"1.
Mini Kamboj, Melissa S. Pessin, Thomas Barber> ;Annals of Surgery. 2020 Sep 1
73 citations
Anti-SARS-CoV-2 antibody response in patients with chronic lymphocytic leukemia.
Lindsey E. Roeker, David A. Knorr, Melissa S. Pessin, Lakshmi V. Ramanathan, Meghan C. Thompson, Lori A. Leslie, Andrew D. Zelenetz, Anthony R. Mato> ;Leukemia. 2020 Aug 27
168 citations
Chemotherapy and COVID-19 Outcomes in Patients With Cancer.
Justin Jee, Michael B. Foote, Melissa Lumish, Aaron J. Stonestrom, Beatriz Wills, Varun Narendra, Viswatej Avutu, Yonina R. Murciano-Goroff, Jason E. Chan, Andriy Derk...> ;Journal of Clinical Oncology. 2020 Aug 14
6 citations
Developing Quality Programs for Cell-Free DNA (cfDNA) Extraction from Peripheral Blood.
Aliaksandra Samoila, Jose Sosa, Jessica Padilla, Michael Wutkowski, Katelynd Vanness, Agnes Viale, Michael F. Berger, Brian Houck-Loomis, Melissa S. Pessin, Ellinor I....> ;The Journal of Applied Laboratory Medicine. 2020 Jul 1
Confounding Hyponatremia and Hypochloremia in a Cancer Patient.
Patrick Erdman, Lakshmi V. Ramanathan, Martin Fleisher, Melissa S. Pessin> ;The Journal of Applied Laboratory Medicine. 2020 May 1
8 citations
Measurement of the DNA alkylating agents busulfan and melphalan in human plasma by mass spectrometry
Ryan Schofield, Heather Landau, Sergio Giralt, Gunjan L. Shah, Michael Scordo, Andrew Lin, Elaine Zanutto, Lakshmi V. Ramanathan, Melissa S. Pessin, Dean Carlow> ;Journal of Chromatography. B, Analytical Technologies in the Biomedical and Life Sciences. 2019 Sep 1
14 citations
Evaluation of peripheral blood mononuclear cell collection by leukapheresis.
Jian Chen, Cheryl Goss, Scott T. Avecilla, Hong Hong, Eileen M Walsh, David Wuest, Peter Maslak, Melissa S. Pessin> ;Transfusion. 2019 May 1
1 citations
Data to support a simultaneous testosterone and estradiol assay in serum by LC-MS/MS.
Ryan Schofield, Lakshmi V. Ramanathan, Melissa S. Pessin, Dean Carlow> ;Data in Brief. 2018 Aug 30
Elevated Alkaline Phosphatase in a Cancer Patient: Think You Know the Source?
Brittany Carroll, Martin Fleisher, Melissa S. Pessin, Lakshmi V. Ramanathan> ;The Journal of Applied Laboratory Medicine. 2017 Nov 1
4 citations
Two cases of spontaneous remission of non-parasitic chyluria.
Damodara Rao Mendu, Hillel Sternlicht, Lakshmi V. Ramanathan, Melissa S. Pessin, Martin Fleisher, Guido Dalbagni, Edgar A. Jaimes, Anna Kaltsas, Ilya G. Glezerman> ;Clinical Biochemistry. 2017 May 4
7 citations
Reducing False-Positive Pregnancy Test Results in Patients With Cancer.
Samuel I. McCash, Deborah J. Goldfrank, Melissa S. Pessin, Lakshmi V. Ramanathan> ;Obstetrics and Gynecology. 2017 Oct 1
19 citations
The Case for Laboratory Developed Procedures: Quality and Positive Impact on Patient Care
Karen L. Kaul, Linda Sabatini, Gregory J. Tsongalis, Angela M. Caliendo, Randall J. Olsen, Edward R. Ashwood, Sherri J. Bale, Robert Benirschke, Dean Carlow, Birgit Fu...> ;Academic Pathology. 2017 Jul 16
5 citations
Pseudohypocalcemia in Cancer Patients: A Recommendation for the Postanalytical Correction of Serum Calcium in Patients with Hypoalbuminemia.
Brittany Carroll, Martin Fleisher, Melissa S. Pessin, Shaun Richardson, Lakshmi V. Ramanathan> ;Clinical Chemistry. 2017 Jul 1
16 citations
Sensitive simultaneous quantitation of testosterone and estradiol in serum by LC–MS/MS without derivatization and comparison with the CDC HoSt program
Ryan Schofield, Damodara R. Mendu, Lakshmi V. Ramanathan, Melissa S. Pessin, Dean Carlow> ;Journal of Chromatography. B, Analytical Technologies in the Biomedical and Life Sciences. 2017 Mar 24
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Hospital Affiliations

Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer CenterNew York, New York
University of Chicago Medical CenterChicago, Illinois