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Jessica Sassic, MD, Oncology, San Diego, CA

JessicaSassicMD(She/Her)

Oncology San Diego, CA

Chief Resident

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  • Office

    4077 5th Ave
    # MER35
    San Diego, CA 92103
    Phone+1 619-260-7220

Summary

  • I am a chief medical resident and internal medicine attending at Scripps Mercy Hospital, and a rising hematology and oncology fellow starting in 2025 at Scripps Clinic. My research efforts have primarily focused on how to use EHR tools to improve awareness, diagnosis, and treatment of immune checkpoint inhibitor toxicities.

Education & Training

  • Western Michigan University Homer Stryker M.D. School of Medicine
    Western Michigan University Homer Stryker M.D. School of MedicineClass of 2021
  • Pennsylvania State University
    Pennsylvania State UniversityBS, General Biology, 2008 - 2012

Certifications & Licensure

  • CA State Medical License
    CA State Medical License 2021 - 2027
  • American Board of Internal Medicine Internal Medicine

Awards, Honors, & Recognition

  • Research Day Committee Appointment Western Michigan Homer Stryker MD School of Medicine, 2018-2019
  • Award in Teaching Excellence Pennsylvania State University, 2012
  • Undergraduate Research Grant Pennsylvania State University, 2011
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Publications & Presentations

PubMed

Journal Articles

  • High-dose palliative radiation therapy for solitary recurrence of ovarian cancer in the brain: A case report  
    Alex Chen, Jessica Sassic, Mazen Mislmani, MD, Anna V Hoekstra, MD, Journal of Reproductive Medicine, 2020
  • Route of immunization defines multiple mechanisms of vaccine-mediated protection against SIV  
    Margaret E Ackerman, Jishnu Das, Srivamshi Pittala, Tom Broge, Caitlyn Linde, Todd J Suscovich, Eric P Brown, Todd Bradley, Harini Natarajan, Shu Lin, Jessica K Sassic..., Nature Medicine, 10/24/2018
  • Bimodal Regulation of an Elk subfamily K+ channel by phosphatidylinositol-4,5-bisphosphate  
    Xiofan Li, Andriy Anishkin, Hansi Liu, Damian B van Rossum, Sree V Chintapalli, Jessica K Sassic, David Gallegos, Kendra Pivaroff-Ward, and Timothy Jegla, Journal of General Physiology, 11/2015
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Abstracts/Posters

  • Impact of immunotherapy Best Practice Alert on physician awareness of immune-related adverse events and patient outcomes in the urgent and emergent care setting
    Jessica Sassic, MD, Aren Ebrahimi, DO, Kathryn Bollin Blount, MD, Journal of Clinical Oncology, 2022
  • Do perceptions of group dynamics in team-based learning vary by gender?
    Marie Tysman, Kristina Byers-Spencer, Emma Swayze, Jessica Sassic, Jan Werbinski, Centennial Congress of the Medical Women's International Association, Brooklyn, NY, 7/2019
  • Regulation of steroidogenic acute regulatory protein expression by metformin
    Jessica Sassic, Jill Hadley, Ramesh Ramachandran, Gamma Sigma Delta Research Exposition, Pennsylvania State University, 4/2012

Lectures

  • Challenges of irAE Management in Community Oncology Settings 
    Cleveland Clinic - 3/2024

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