Mitchell S. Cairo is a professor of pediatrics, medicine, pathology, microbiology and immunology and cell biology and anatomy, and associate chairman of the Department of Pediatrics at New York Medical College. He earned his medical degree at the the University of Wisconsin and University of California, San Francisco, and he completed a pediatric hematology/oncology fellowship at Indiana University. A researcher and a practicing physician, Dr. Cairo is also chief of pediatric hematology, oncology and stem cell transplantation, and director of the Children and Adolescent Cancer and Blood Diseases Center at Maria Fareri Children’s Hospital at Westchester Medical Center. His work focuses on cancer genetics, tumor immunology, transplantation biology, stem cell biology and regenerative medicine. 

Areas of Expertise

Pediatrics, genetics, stem cell biology, malignant and non-malignant hematology, oncology, immunology, hematopoietic stem cell transplantation, lymphoma and leukemia, cell biology, clinical research, and translational research

Education

• B.A., University of Wisconsin
• M.D., University of California, San Francisco (UCSF)
• Chief Resident, University of California, San Francisco (UCSF)
• Residency, Pediatrics, University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) Harbor General Hospital
• Fellowship, Pediatric Hematology/Oncology, Indiana University

Publications

• Luo, W., Hoang, H., Miller, K. E., Zhu, H., Xu, S., Mo, X., Garfinkle, E. A., Costello, H., Wijeratne, S., Chemnitz, W., Gandhi, R., Liao, Y., Ayello, J., Gardenswartz, A., Rosenblum, J. M., Cassady, K. A., Mardis, E. R., Lee, D. A., Cripe, T. P., & Cairo, M. S. (2024). Combinatorial Macrophage Induced Innate Immunotherapy Against Ewing Sarcoma: Turning "Two Keys" Simultaneously. Journal of Experimental & Clinical Cancer Research, 43 (1), 193. https://doi.org/10.1186/s13046-024-03093-w
• Finkel, D. A., Malfa, A., Liao, Y., Purohit, D., Hu, F., Sulaymankhil, D., Abhishek Narra, S., Hussein, K., Subbian, S., Cairo, M. S., Vinukonda, G., & La Gamma, E. F. (2023). Early Postnatal Expression of Tgfβ-1 and Fgf-2 Correlates With Regenerative Functions of Unrestricted Somatic Stem Cell Infusion After Rabbit Gmh-Ivh. Stem Cells Translational Medicine, 12 (12), 811-824. https://doi.org/10.1093/stcltm/szad064
• Perissinotti, A. J., Bishop, M. R., Bubalo, J., Geyer, M. B., Goodrich, A., Howard, S. C., Kula, J., Mandayam, S., Cairo, M. S., & Pui, C. (2023). Expert consensus guidelines for the prophylaxis and management of tumor lysis syndrome in the United States: Results of a modified Delphi panel. Cancer Treatment Reviews, 120, 102603. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ctrv.2023.102603
• Kann, R., Anderson-Crannage, M., Ascension, A. M., Ibanez-Sole, O., Zhu, H., Schaefer, E., Ottomanelli, D., Hochberg, B., Pan, J., Luo, W., Tian, M., Chu, Y., Cairo, M. S., Izeta, A., & Liao, Y. (2023). The Role of Interleukin-1 Driven Inflammation in Recessive Dystrophic Epidermolysis Bullosa. Journal of Investigative Dermatology, 143 (11), S350. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jid.2023.09.116
• Cairo, M. S., Gallagher, J. R., Drea, E. J., Barnes, Y. J., Clark, C., & Carroll, S. (2023). Mortality After Rasburicase vs. Allopurinol Anti-Hyperuricemia Monotherapy in Patients With Liquid Tumors. Annals of Oncology, 34 (Suppl.2), S551-S552. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.annonc.2023.09.711
• Kitko, C. L., Bollard, C. M., Cairo, M. S., Chewning, J., Fry, T. J., Pulsipher, M. A., Shenoy, S., Wall, D. A., & Levine, J. E. (2023). Children's Oncology Group's 2023 Blueprint for Research: Cellular Therapy and Stem Cell Transplantation. Pediatric Blood & Cancer, 70 Suppl 6 (Suppl 6), e30577. https://doi.org/10.1002/pbc.30577
• Aggarwal, P., Luo, W., Pehlivan, K., Hoang, H., & Cairo, M. S. (2023). Targeting Glioblastoma & Diffuse Intrinsic Pontine Glioma w/Anti-Gd2 CAR Modified NK Cells. Pediatric Blood & Cancer, 70 (3), S5-S6. Retrieved from https://touroscholar.touro.edu/nymc_fac_abstracts/822

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