Penn State Milton S. Hershey Medical Center

Location Info

Penn State Milton S. Hershey Medical Center
Division of Hematology/Oncology
500 University Dr. CH-35,
Hershey, PA 17033
Phone number: (717) 531-6585

Background data

Program type: Adult Program
FACT Approved: Yes
Year CAR T-cell Therapy Program Opened: 2018

CAR T-cell therapies performed

Year 2020 2021 2022 2023
Number Performed 12 17 18 18

Program Director

Name Phone
Suchi Patel, MHA, MSN, RN, CCRN (717) 801-5383

Medical Director

Name Phone
Robert Greiner, MD
Shin Mineishi, MD

Physician

Name Phone
Joseph Cioccio, DO
W Christopher Ehmann, MD
Robert Greiner, MD
Raymond Hohl, MD, PhD
Kentaro Minagawa, MD, PhD
Seema Naik, MD
Myles Nickolich, MD
Kevin Rakszawski, MD
Natthapol Songdej, MD, MPH
Hong Zheng, MD, PhD

Coordinator

Name Phone
Michelle Bernas-Peterson, BSN, RN
Paige Erbach,
Melora Hartman, RN, BSN, CCM
Nathan Myers, BSN, RN
Jessica Valentin, (717) 531-1658

Social Worker

Name Phone
Beth Harvey, LCSW

Diseases treated by CAR T-cell therapy

  • Leukemia, acute lymphoblastic
  • Lymphoma
  • Mantle Cell Lymphoma

CAR T-Cell products

  • Kymriah (tisagenlecleucel, tisa-cel)
  • Tecartus (brexucabtagene autoleucel, brexu-cel)
  • Yescarta (axicabtagene ciloleucel, axi-cel)