SalvatoreJ.BertoloneJr.MD

Pediatric Hematology & Oncology • Louisville, KY

Professor of Pediatrics, University Louisville School of Medicine

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Office
210 E Gray St
Ste 601
Louisville, KY 40202
Phone+1 502-629-7750

Fax+1 502-629-5780
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Education & Training

Fitzsimons Army Medical CenterResidency, Pediatrics, 1972 - 1974
University of ColoradoFellowship, Pediatric Hematology/Oncology, 1971 - 1974
University of Louisville School of MedicineResidency, Pediatrics, 1970 - 1972
University of Louisville School of MedicineClass of 1970

Certifications & Licensure

KY State Medical License 1971 - 2025
American Board of Pediatrics Pediatrics
American Board of Pediatrics Pediatric Hematology-Oncology

Awards, Honors, & Recognition

America's Top Doctors Castle Connolly, 2009-2014
America's Top Doctors for Cancer Castle Connolly, 2005-2013
Top MD Consumers Checkbook
Whos Who in Medicine and Healthcare Marquis Whos Who
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Clinical Trials

Long-Term Follow-Up of Patients Who Have Participated in Children's Oncology Group Studies Start of enrollment: 2008 Jul 17
Recruiting
Study of Kidney Tumors in Younger Patients Start of enrollment: 2006 Feb 27
Recruiting
Collecting and Storing Biological Samples From Patients With Ewing Sarcoma Start of enrollment: 2008 Feb 04
Completed
Biomarkers in Tumor Tissue Samples From Patients With Newly Diagnosed Neuroblastoma or Ganglioneuroblastoma Start of enrollment: 2000 Nov 06
Recruiting
Collecting and Storing Tissue, Blood, and Bone Marrow Samples From Patients With Rhabdomyosarcoma or Other Soft Tissue Sarcoma Start of enrollment: 1999 Mar 15
Completed
Collecting and Storing Blood and Brain Tumor Tissue Samples From Children With Brain Tumors Start of enrollment: 2004 Feb 16
Completed
Combination Chemotherapy and Surgery in Treating Young Patients With Wilms Tumor Start of enrollment: 2009 Jul 13
Active, not recruiting
Phase 3
Risk-Based Therapy in Treating Younger Patients With Newly Diagnosed Liver Cancer Start of enrollment: 2009 Sep 14
Active, not recruiting
Phase 3
Maintenance Chemotherapy or Observation Following Induction Chemotherapy and Radiation Therapy in Treating Patients With Newly Diagnosed Ependymoma Start of enrollment: 2010 May 07
Active, not recruiting
Phase 3
Risk-Based Classification System of Patients With Newly Diagnosed Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia Start of enrollment: 2010 Aug 09
Completed
Risk-Adapted Chemotherapy in Treating Younger Patients With Newly Diagnosed Standard-Risk Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia or Localized B-Lineage Lymphoblastic Lymphoma Start of enrollment: 2010 Aug 09
Active, not recruiting
Phase 3
Combination Chemotherapy in Treating Patients With Non-Metastatic Extracranial Ewing Sarcoma Start of enrollment: 2010 Nov 22
Active, not recruiting
Phase 3
A Phase III Randomized Trial for Newly Diagnosed High Risk B-precursor Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia (ALL) Testing Clofarabine (IND# 73789, NSC# 606869) in the Very High Risk Stratum Start of enrollment: 2012 Feb 01
Chemotherapy Followed by Radiation Therapy in Treating Younger Patients With Newly Diagnosed Localized Central Nervous System Germ Cell Tumors Start of enrollment: 2012 Jun 27
Active, not recruiting
Phase 2
Open Label, Phase II Study to Evaluate Efficacy and Safety of Oral Nilotinib in Philadelphia Positive (Ph+) Chronic Myelogenous Leukemia (CML) Pediatric Patients. Start of enrollment: 2013 Aug 20
Completed
Phase 2
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Publications & Presentations

PubMed

2 citations
Middle Cerebral Artery Stroke as Amusement Park Injury: Case Report and Review of the Literature
Abby Baumgartle, Laura Wolfe, Vinay Puri, Karen Moeller, Salvatore Bertolone, Ashok Raj> ;Children. 2017 Jul 31
6 citations
Spinal Cord Infarction in Hemoglobin SC Disease as an Amusement Park Accident
Ryan Eid, Ashok Raj, Darren Farber, Vinay Puri, Salvatore Bertolone> ;Pediatrics. 2016 Sep 1
2 citations
Long-term Erythrocytapheresis Is Associated With Reduced Liver Iron Concentration in Sickle Cell Disease.
Scott N. Myers, Ryan Eid, John Myers, Salvatore Bertolone, Arun R Panigrahi, Jennifer Mullinax, Ashok Raj> ;Journal of Pediatric Hematology/oncology. 2016 Jan 1
5 citations
Distinctive Acellular Lipid Emboli in Hemoglobin SC Disease following Bone Marrow Infarction with Parvovirus Infection.
Danielle M. Graff, Erin B. Owen, Robert Bendon, Salvatore Bertolone, Ashok Raj> ;Case Reports in Hematology. 2015 Aug 27
18 citations
The evaluation of a new apheresis device for automated red blood cell exchange procedures in patients with sickle cell disease.
Keith Quirolo, Salvatore Bertolone, Kathryn L. Hassell, Thomas Howard, Karen E. King, Diane K. Rhodes, Jerry Bill> ;Transfusion. 2015 Apr 1
9 citations
Impact of long-term erythrocytapheresis on growth and peak height velocity of children with sickle cell disease.
Abhishek Bavle, Ashok Raj, Maiying Kong, Salvatore Bertolone> ;Pediatric Blood & Cancer. 2014 Nov 1
61 citations
Intensive induction chemotherapy followed by myeloablative chemotherapy with autologous hematopoietic progenitor cell rescue for young children newly-diagnosed with ce...
Wafik Zaky, Girish Dhall, Lingyun Ji, Kelley Haley, Jeffrey C. Allen, Mark Atlas, Salvatore Bertolone, Albert Cornelius, Sharon Gardner, Ramesh Patel, Kamnesh R. Pradh...> ;Pediatric Blood & Cancer. 2014 Jan 1
12 citations
Absolute lymphocyte counts as prognostic indicators for immune thrombocytopenia outcomes in children
Michael D. Deel, Maiying Kong, Keith P. Cross, Salvatore Bertolone> ;Pediatric Blood & Cancer. 2013 Dec 1
3 citations
Extracorporeal photopheresis for the treatment of severe, refractory steroid dependent pediatric Crohn's Disease
Alexandra Cheerva, Robert Dillard, Salvatore Bertolone> ;Journal of Clinical Apheresis. 2013 Oct 1
14 citations
Cerebral toxoplasmosis after tandem high-dose chemotherapy and autologous hematopoietic cell transplant for neuroblastoma.
Laura Voegele, Alexandra Cheerva, Salvatore Bertolone> ;Journal of Pediatric Hematology/oncology. 2013 Mar 1
2 citations
Recurrent neutropenic enterocolitis in a pediatric patient.
Alexandra C. Maki, Salvatore Bertolone, Jordan M. Bond, Sheldon J. Bond> ;Journal of Pediatric Hematology/oncology. 2013 Mar 1
2 citations
Utility of impedance cardiography for the detection of hemodynamic changes in stable patients with sickle cell disease
Bibhuti B. Das, Ashok Raj, Michael R. Recto, Maiying Kong, Salvatore Bertolone> ;Journal of Pediatric Hematology/oncology. 2012 Jul 1
32 citations
Antibody development in pediatric sickle cell patients undergoing erythrocytapheresis.
Gwendolyn J Godfrey, William B Lockwood, Maiying Kong, Salvatore Bertolone, Ashok Raj> ;Pediatric Blood & Cancer. 2010 Dec 1
21 citations
Pediatric dosing of rituximab revisited: serum concentrations in opsoclonus-myoclonus syndrome.
Michael R. Pranzatelli, Elizabeth D. Tate, Steven Verhulst, Salvatore Bertolone, Deepika Bhatla, J Meaghan Granger, Joseph Lebowizc, Sharon K. Lockhart, Joseph M. Wiley> ;Journal of Pediatric Hematology/oncology. 2010 Jan 1
3 citations
Neonatal alloimmune thrombocytopenia due to HPA‐9b incompatibility
Ashok Raj, Vasundhara P. Kailasnath, Salvatore Bertolone, Janice G. McFarland> ;Pediatric Blood & Cancer. 2009 Sep 1
4 citations
Clinical application of microfluidic leukocyte enrichment protocol in mild phenotype sickle cell disease (SCD)
William N. White, Ashok Raj, Mai-Dung Nguyen, Salvatore Bertolone, Palaniappan Sethu> ;Biomedical Microdevices. 2009 Apr 1
6 citations
Cardiopulmonary stress testing in children with sickle cell disease who are on long-term erythrocytapheresis.
Bibhuti B. Das, Walter L. Sobczyk, Salvatore Bertolone, Ashok Raj> ;Journal of Pediatric Hematology/oncology. 2008 May 1
63 citations
Mutations in Growth Factor Independent-1 Associated with Human Neutropenia Block Murine Granulopoiesis through Colony Stimulating Factor-1
Adrian P. Zarebski, Chinavenmeni S. Velu, Avinash M. Baktula, Tristan Bourdeau, Shane R. Horman, Sudeep Basu, Salvatore Bertolone, Marshal Horwitz, David A. Hildeman, ...> ;Immunity. 2008 Mar 14
Re: Interleukin-11 attenuates ifosfamide-induced hemorrhagic cystitis.
Ashok Raj, Alexandra Cheerva, Salvatore Bertolone> ;International Braz j Urol. 2007 Nov 1
13 citations
BK virus-associated hemorrhagic cystitis in pediatric cancer patients receiving high-dose cyclophosphamide.
Alexandra Cheerva, Ashok Raj, Salvatore Bertolone, Kathy Bertolone, Craig L. Silverman> ;Journal of Pediatric Hematology/oncology. 2007 Sep 1
11 citations
Pre-stem cell transplantation enzyme replacement therapy in Hurler syndrome does not lead to significant antibody formation or delayed recovery of the endogenous enzym...
Sandeep Soni, Monica Hente, Nancy Breslin, Joseph H. Hersh, Chester B. Whitley, Alexandra Cheerva, Salvatore Bertolone> ;Pediatric Transplantation. 2007 Aug 1
16 citations
Successful combination therapy of a proximal haemophilic pseudotumour with surgery, radiation and embolization in a child with mild haemophilia A.
Sanjay Purshotam Ahuja, Robert F. Sidonio, Ashok Raj, Salvatore Bertolone, C. Silverman, D. P. Antekeier, M. E. Fallat> ;Haemophilia. 2007 Mar 1
81 citations
Leukemia inhibitory factor : A newly identified metastatic factor in rhabdomyosarcomas
Marcin Wysoczynski, Katarzyna Miekus, Kacper Jankowski, Jens Wanzeck, Salvatore Bertolone, Anna Janowska-Wieczorek, Janina Ratajczak, Mariusz Z. Ratajczak> ;Cancer Research. 2007 Mar 1
10 citations
Cerebral Oximetry Improves Detection of Sickle Cell Patients at Risk for Nocturnal Cerebral Hypoxia
Ashok Raj, Louise M. O'Brien, Salvatore Bertolone, David Gozal, Harvey L. Edmonds> ;Pediatric Pulmonology. 2006 Nov 1
78 citations
Single dose of anti-D immune globulin at 75μg/kg is as effective as intravenous immune globulin at rapidly raising the platelet count in newly diagnosed immune thrombo...
Michael D. Tarantino, Guy Young, Salvatore Bertolone, Karen Kalinyak, Frank E. Shafer, Roshni Kulkarni, Lisa C. Weber, Mary L. Davis, Henry Lynn, Diane J. Nugent> ;The Journal of Pediatrics. 2006 Apr 1
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Press Mentions

Hope Is a Beautiful ThingSeptember 26th, 2019

Professional Memberships

American Society of Clinical Oncology - ASCO
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