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Jonathan Kolitz, MD, Hematology, Lake Success, NY

JonathanKolitzMD

Hematology Lake Success, NY

Hematologic Oncology

Professor of Medicine Zucker School of Medicine at Hofstra/Northwell System Head, Leukemia R.J. Zuckerberg Cancer Institute Northwell Health System

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  • Office

    450 Lakeville Road
    Lake Success, NY 11042
    Phone+1 516-734-8970

Summary

  • Dr. Jonathan Kolitz is an oncologist in Lake Success, NY and is affiliated with multiple hospitals in the area, including Long Island Jewish Medical Center and North Shore University Hospital. He received his medical degree from Yale University School of Medicine and has been in practice 38 years. He specializes in hematologic oncology and is experienced in hematologic oncology, myeloproliferative disease, acute and chronic leukemias, and plasma cell dyscrasias.

Education & Training

  • Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center
    Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer CenterFellowship, Hematology and Medical Oncology, 1982 - 1985
  • Zucker School of Medicine at Hofstra/Northwell
    Zucker School of Medicine at Hofstra/NorthwellResidency, Internal Medicine, 1980 - 1982
  • Yale School of Medicine
    Yale School of MedicineClass of 1979
  • Columbia University
    Columbia UniversityBA, Summa cum Laude, 1975

Certifications & Licensure

  • NY State Medical License
    NY State Medical License 1980 - 2025
  • American Board of Internal Medicine Internal Medicine
  • American Board of Internal Medicine Hematology
  • American Board of Internal Medicine Medical Oncology

Awards, Honors, & Recognition

  • Top Doctors: New York Metro Area Castle Connolly, 2006-2018
  • Newsday - Top Doctors on Long Island Castle Connolly, 2008, 2010-2014
  • New York Magazine: Top Doctors Castle Connolly, 2013
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Clinical Trials

Publications & Presentations

PubMed

Journal Articles

  • NF1 Mutations Are Recurrent in Adult Acute Myeloid Leukemia and Confer Poor Outcome  
    Eunice S Wang, Bayard L Powell, Richard M Stone, John C Byrd, Clara D Bloomfield, Alice Mims, Andrew J Carroll, Jonathan E Kolitz, James S Blachly, Nature
  • A complex variant Philadelphia chromosome translocation involving chromosomes no. 11, 14, and 22 in a case of chronic myelogenous leukemia.  
    Kolitz, J.E., Schulman, P., Kardon, N., Budman, D.R., Vinciguerra, V.P., Broekman, A. and Degnan, T.J, Cancer Genetics and Cytogenetics 1981; 4:185-188
  • Human Interleukin 2 gene is located on chromosome 4.  
    Sykora, K.W., Kolitz, J., Szabo, P., Grzeschik, K.H., Moore, M.A.S. and Mertelsmann, R, Cancer Investigation 1984; 2:261-265
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Books/Book Chapters

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Abstracts/Posters

  • Distinct Gene Expression Profiles and Mutations Associate with Outcome in Younger Adults with De Novo Cytogenetically Normal Acute Myeloid Leukemia (CN-AML) (Alliance)
    Jonathan E. Kolitz, 61st Annual American Society of Hematology Meeting, Orlando, FL, 12/7/2019
  • CLL B Cells Develop Resistance to Ibrutinib By Reinvigorating the IL-4R - IL-4 Axis Blocked By BrutonÍs Tyrosine Kinase Inhibitors Including Acalabrutinib and Zanubrut...
    Jonathan E. Kolitz, 61st Annual American Society of Hematology Meeting, Orlando, FL, 12/8/2019
  • Next-Generation RNA Sequencing-Based Analysis Identifies a Novel Set of Prognostic Micrornas (miRs) in Cytogenetically Normal Acute Myeloid Leukemia (CN-AML)
    Jonathan E. Kolitz, 61st Annual American Society of Hematology Meeting, Orlando, FL, 12/8/2019
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Lectures

  • Phase 3 Exploratory Analysis of Outcomes in Patients with Acute Myeloid Leukemia with Myelodysplasia-Related Changes (AML-MRC) Who Received Consolidation with CPX-351 ... 
    61st Annual American Society of Hematology Meeting - Orlando, FL - 12/7/2019
  • Mutations in Genes Associated with Familial Predisposition to Myeloid Neoplasms: Their Frequency and Associations with Pretreatment Characteristics in Adult Patients (... 
    2018 ASH Annual Meeting - San Diego, CA - 12/1/2018
  • Musashi 2 Is Overexpressed in Poor Outcome CLL Patients and Their Proliferative Fraction and Silencing This Gene Induces Apoptosis and Increases Cell Adhesion and Move... 
    2018 ASH Annual Meeting - San Diego, CA - 12/1/2018
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Other

  • Interleukin 2 - Basic and Clinical Studies. 
    Kolitz, J.E., Mertelsmann, R., Welte, K, Cancer Bulletin (M.D. Anderson Hospital) 1987; 39:13-18
  • Acute leukemia in adults. 
    Kolitz, J.E, Dis. Month 2008: 54:226-241

Press Mentions

  • New Drug May Help Keep Hodgkin Lymphoma at Bay - US News
    New Drug May Help Keep Hodgkin Lymphoma at Bay - US NewsMarch 18th, 2015

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