Smita Chandrashekhar Dandekar MD
Associate Professor of Pediatrics
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500 University DrDepartment Of PediatricsHershey, PA 17033
Phone+1 717-531-6012
Fax+1 717-531-4789
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Summary
- Director, Childhood Cancer Survivorship Clinic
Education & Training
Penn State UniversityMS, Clinical Research , 2021
NYU Grossman School of MedicineFellowship, Pediatric Hematology/Oncology, 2010 - 2013
Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai (NYC Health and Hospitals: Elmhurst)Chief Residency, Pediatrics, 2006 - 2007- Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai (NYC Health and Hospitals: Elmhurst)Residency, Pediatrics, 2003 - 2006
Grant Medical CollegeClass of 2001
Certifications & Licensure
PA State Medical License 2013 - 2026
NY State Medical License 2007 - 2015
American Board of Pediatrics Pediatrics- American Board of Pediatrics Pediatric Hematology-Oncology
Awards, Honors, & Recognition
- CUBBY Care Award Patient and Family Centered Care Advisory Council, Department of Patient Experience, Milton S. Hershey Medical Center, 2024
- 2018 Top Educator in Pediatrics Penn State Hershey Children's Hospital, 2018
- Child Inpatient Dean's List for Extraordinary Patient Satisfaction HCAHPS, 2016-2018
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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
- A Unique Presentation of Early-Onset Colon Cancer in the Setting of Helicobacter pylori Positivity, IgA Deficiency, and a Germline 18p Deletion.Kelsey Gay, Smita Dandekar
Pediatric Blood & Cancer. 2025-09-01 - The impact of a personal cancer diagnosis on adolescent and young adult cancer survivors' social connectedness: A qualitative analysis.Pooja Rao, Joel E Segel, Kristin Bingen, Katie A Devine, Allison M Scott
Journal of Health Psychology. 2025-01-31 - Uncovering possible silent acquired long QT syndrome using exercise stress testing in long-term pediatric acute lymphoblastic leukemia survivors.Audrey Harvey, Maxime Caru, Cecilia Gonzalez Corcia, Émilie Bertrand, Vincent Gagné
International Journal of Cancer. 2025-01-15
Other Languages
- Hindi, Marathi, Spanish, Urdu
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