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Office
10 Center Dr
Room 4-5150
Bethesda, MD 20892Phone+1 301-385-6079
Summary
- I am a board-certified hematologist-oncologist with experience in clinical research and bioinformatics. I completed a combined MD/PhD at University of Washington in the Medical Scientist Training Program (MSTP). For my PhD, I studied population genetics of human copy-number variation, generating three first author publications and multiple middle author publications. I developed an interest in hematology-oncology because of the translational potential of basic research to therapeutics in the field. I completed my internal medicine residency at University of Washington followed by clinical fellowship in hematology/oncology at the National Institutes of Health. For my fellowship research, I studied alternative splicing in diffuse large B-cell lymphoma using a combined bioinformatic and bench experiment approach, resulting in a poster presented at American Society of Hematology (ASH) 2022. I am presently a staff clinician at NIH working in CLL clinical trials.
Education & Training
National Institutes of Health Clinical CenterFellowship, Hematology and Medical Oncology, 2017 - 2021
University of WashingtonResidency, Internal Medicine, 2013 - 2016- University of Washington School of MedicineClass of 2013
Harvard UniversityBA, Chemistry & Physics and Mathematics, Summa Cum Laude, 2001 - 2005
Certifications & Licensure
MD State Medical License 2019 - 2026
DC State Medical License 2018 - 2020
WA State Medical License 2015 - 2019- American Board of Internal Medicine Internal Medicine
- American Board of Internal Medicine Hematology
- American Board of Internal Medicine Medical Oncology
Awards, Honors, & Recognition
- Abstract Achievement Award American Society of Hematology, 2015
- Poncin Fellowship University of Washington, 2011-2013
- Phi Beta Kappa Harvard University, 2005
Publications & Presentations
PubMed
- 459 citationsA recurrent 16p12.1 microdeletion supports a two-hit model for severe developmental delaySanthosh Girirajan, Jill A. Rosenfeld, Gregory M. Cooper, Francesca Antonacci, Priscillia Siswara
Nature Genetics. 2010-03-01 - 276 citationsActionable exomic incidental findings in 6503 participants: challenges of variant classificationLaura M. Amendola, Michael O. Dorschner, Peggy D. Robertson, Joseph Salama, Ragan Hart
Genome Research. 2015-03-01 - 546 citationsRecurrent Rearrangements of Chromosome 1q21.1 and Variable Pediatric PhenotypesHeather C Mefford, Andrew J. Sharp, Carl Baker, Andy Itsara, Zhaoshi Jiang
The New England Journal of Medicine. 2008-10-16
Journal Articles
- Hall of mirrors scattering from an impurity in a quantum wireVaishnav JY, Itsara A, Heller EJ, Physics Review B, 3/24/2006
Books/Book Chapters
Abstracts/Posters
- Comprehensive Cardiac Testing in Asymptomatic Chronic Lymphocytic Leukemia (CLL) Patients on IbrutinibItsara A, Sun C, Ahn IE, Soto S, Rosing DR, Haigney M, Wiestner A, American Society of Hematology, New Orleans, 12/2022
- Alternative Splicing of BCAP (PIK3AP1) Enhances Oncogenic Signaling in Subsets of Activated B-Cell Diffuse Large B-cell LymphomaItsara A, Scheich S, Haupl B, Yu X, Oellerich T, Staudt LM, American Society of Hematology, New Orleans, 12/2022
- Complex Relationship of Blood Group H, ABO Glycans, and Von Willebrand Factor LevelsItsara A, Lannert KW, Walsh T, Odem-Davis K, Ozel AB, Desch KC, Johnsen JM, American Society of Hematology, Orlando, 12/2015
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