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Office
500 University Dr
Department Of Pediatrics
Hershey, PA 17033Phone+1 717-531-6012Fax+1 717-531-4789- Is this information wrong?
Summary
- Director, Childhood Cancer Survivorship Clinic
Education & Training
- NYU Grossman School of MedicineFellowship, Pediatric Hematology/Oncology, 2010 - 2013
- Grant Medical CollegeClass of 2001
Certifications & Licensure
- PA State Medical License 2013 - 2024
- NY State Medical License 2007 - 2015
- American Board of Pediatrics Pediatrics
- American Board of Pediatrics Pediatric Hematology-Oncology
Awards, Honors, & Recognition
- 2018 Top Educator in Pediatrics Penn State Hershey Children's Hospital, 2018
- Child Inpatient Dean's List for Extraordinary Patient Satisfaction HCAHPS, 2016-2018
- Medical Group Dean's List for Extraordinary Patient Satisfaction 2017
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Clinical Trials
- SurvivorLink: Scalability of an Electronic Personal Health Record Start of enrollment: 2021 Jun 14
Roles: Contact
- Exercise and Pain in AYACS Start of enrollment: 2022 Oct 10
Roles: Contact, Principal Investigator
- Exercise and Pain in CCS Start of enrollment: 2022 Sep 30
Roles: Principal Investigator, Contact
Publications & Presentations
PubMed
- Delayed serum sickness reaction after initial hypersensitivity reaction to calaspargase during treatment for B-cell acute lymphoblastic leukemia.Kelsey Gay, Gayle Smink, Kevin Mulieri, Smita Dandekar> ;Pediatric Blood & Cancer. 2024 May 1
- Assessment on the use of allopurinol to improve safety and efficacy of mercaptopurine in pediatric patients with Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia and Lymphoma during maint...Barone, T., Mulieri, K., Dandekar, S., McKeone, D.> ;Cancer Reports. 2024 Feb 1
- Behavioral physical activity intervention coupled with standard post-cancer directed treatment care to mitigate chronic pain in childhood cancer survivors: A protocol ...Smita Dandekar, Maxime Caru, Kathryn H Schmitz> ;Contemporary Clinical Trials Communications. 2023 Dec 1
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Books/Book Chapters
Abstracts/Posters
- Retention of Vaccine-Mediated Humoral Immunity in the Post-Therapy Pediatric Oncology PopulationCashell J, Doug L, Levine M, Brown A, Comito M, Schmid S, Dandekar S, Graduate Medical education Resident Research Day, Children�s Oncology Group (COG) Fall Meeting, 30th American Society of Pediatric Hematology Oncology (ASPHO) meeting, Penn State Hershey Medical Center, 2017; Atlanta, GA, 2017; Pittsburgh, PA, 2018, 1/1/2018
- Treatment of relapsed Acute Myeloid Leukemia presenting as intracranial myeloid sarcoma: A Case SeriesBujold K, Dandekar S, Barbour M, 30th American Society of Pediatric Hematology Oncology (ASPHO) meeting, Pittsburgh, PA, 1/1/2018
- Recognizing clinical manifestations of vitamin c deficiency and need for supplementation in patients with restricted intakeHackett G, Dandekar S, Disori K, Kapadia M, Nelson A, O�Hara C, Graduate Medical education Resident Research Day, Pediatric Research Day, Penn State Hershey Medical Center, 1/1/2018
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Lectures
- Childhood Cancer Survivorship- A lifelong AffairPenn State Hershey Children's Hospital, Hershey, PA - 11/27/2018
- Childhood Cancer SurvivorshipPenn State Hershey Children's Hospital, Hershey, PA - 1/1/2018
- Pediatric Cancer Survivorship ProgramPenn State Hershey Children's Hospital, Hershey, PA - 2/1/2015
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Other
- MINITHON special dedicated towards how money raised from Mini Thons help fund Childhood Cancer Survivorship Clinic at Penn State Children's HospitalDandekar S, Good Day PA, ABC27
1/19/2018 - Life After Childhood CancerDandekar S, �Ask Us Anything About� Facebook Live interview
1/17/2017 - Childhood cancer survivorshipDandekar S, Good Day PA, ABC27
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Press Mentions
- The Medical Minute: Helping Children Thrive After CancerSeptember 6th, 2017
Professional Memberships
- Member
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Other Languages
- Hindi, Marathi, Spanish, Urdu
Hospital Affiliations
- Penn State Milton S. Hershey Medical CenterHershey, Pennsylvania
- Penn State Hershey Childrens HospitalHershey, Pennsylvania
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