Scholars@Duke

• Background
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  Education, Training, & Certifications

  • Fellow in Hematology and Oncology, Medicine, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai 2004 - 2007
  • Medical Resident, Medicine, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai 2001 - 2004
  • M.D., University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey 2001
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  Duke Appointment History

  • Assistant Professor of Medicine, Medicine, Medical Oncology, Medicine 2007 - 2013
  • Instructor, Temporary in the Department of Medicine, Medicine, Medical Oncology, Medicine 2007
• Research
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  Selected Grants

  • MOST awarded by Incyte Corporation 2017 - 2027
  • Protocol A5481082: POLARIS awarded by Pfizer, Inc. 2017 - 2022
  • REVEAL awarded by Incyte Corporation 2014 - 2020
• Publications & Artistic Works
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  Selected Publications

  • Academic Articles

    • Zullig, Leah L., Gretchen Kimmick, Valerie Smith, Katie Little, Hayden B. Bosworth, Sarah Gonzales, Megan M. Oakes, Rebecca A. Shelby, Lynda Owen, and Ivy P. Altomare. “Using a geriatric oncology assessment to link with services (GOAL)..” Journal of Geriatric Oncology 10, no. 1 (January 2019): 164–68. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jgo.2018.06.004.
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    • Chino, F, Peppercorn, JM, Rushing, C, Nicolla, J, Kamal, AH, Altomare, I, Samsa, G, and Zafar, SY. "Going for Broke: A Longitudinal Study of Patient-Reported Financial Sacrifice in Cancer Care." Journal of Oncology Practice 14, no. 9 (September 2018): e533-e546.  Full Text
    • Li, S, Molony, JT, Cetin, K, Wasser, JS, and Altomare, I. "Rate of bleeding-related episodes in elderly patients with primary immune thrombocytopenia: a retrospective cohort study." Current Medical Research and Opinion 34, no. 2 (February 2018): 209-216.  Full Text
    • Chino, F, Peppercorn, JM, Rushing, C, Kamal, AH, Altomare, I, Samsa, G, and Zafar, SY. "Out-of-Pocket Costs, Financial Distress, and Underinsurance in Cancer Care." Jama Oncology 3, no. 11 (November 2017): 1582-1584.  Full Text
    • Lin, Junji, Xinke Zhang, Xiaoyan Li, David Chandler, Ivy Altomare, Jeffrey S. Wasser, and Karynsa Cetin. “Cost of Bleeding-related Episodes in Adult Patients With Primary Immune Thrombocytopenia: A Population-based Retrospective Cohort Study of Administrative Claims Data for Commercial Payers in the United States..” Clinical Therapeutics 39, no. 3 (March 2017): 603-609.e1. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.clinthera.2017.01.023.
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    • Altomare, I., K. Cetin, S. Wetten, and J. S. Wasser. “Rate of bleeding-related episodes in adult patients with primary immune thrombocytopenia: A retrospective cohort study using a large administrative medical claims database in the US.” Clinical Epidemiology 8 (June 20, 2016): 231–39. https://doi.org/10.2147/CLEP.S105888.
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    • Altomare, Ivy, Blair Irwin, Syed Yousuf Zafar, Kevin Houck, Bailey Maloney, Rachel Greenup, and Jeffrey Peppercorn. “Physician Experience and Attitudes Toward Addressing the Cost of Cancer Care..” Journal of Oncology Practice 12, no. 3 (March 2016): e281-248. https://doi.org/10.1200/JOP.2015.007401.
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    • Cines, Douglas B., Terry Gernsheimer, Jeffrey Wasser, Bertrand Godeau, Drew Provan, Roger Lyons, Ivy Altomare, Xuena Wang, and Angela Lopez. “Integrated analysis of long-term safety in patients with chronic immune thrombocytopaenia (ITP) treated with the thrombopoietin (TPO) receptor agonist romiplostim..” International Journal of Hematology 102, no. 3 (September 2015): 259–70. https://doi.org/10.1007/s12185-015-1837-6.
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    • Zafar, S Yousuf, Fumiko Chino, Peter A. Ubel, Christel Rushing, Gregory Samsa, Ivy Altomare, Jonathan Nicolla, et al. “The utility of cost discussions between patients with cancer and oncologists..” The American Journal of Managed Care 21, no. 9 (September 2015): 607–15.
    • Liu, Yingmiao, Mark D. Starr, John C. Brady, Christel Rushing, Anuradha Bulusu, Herbert Pang, Wanda Honeycutt, et al. “Biomarker signatures correlate with clinical outcome in refractory metastatic colorectal cancer patients receiving bevacizumab and everolimus..” Molecular Cancer Therapeutics 14, no. 4 (April 2015): 1048–56. https://doi.org/10.1158/1535-7163.mct-14-0923-t.
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    • Nussbaum, Nathan, and Ivy Altomare. “The neoadjuvant treatment of rectal cancer: a review..” Current Oncology Reports 17, no. 3 (March 2015). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11912-014-0434-9.
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    • Selleslag, Dominik, Robert Bird, Ivy Altomare, Aristoteles Giagounidis, Ann Janssens, Ingrid Pabinger, Vinod Pullarkat, Helen Wei, and Georg Kreuzbauer. “Impact of self-administration of romiplostim by patients with chronic immune thrombocytopenia compared with administration by a healthcare provider..” European Journal of Haematology 94, no. 2 (February 2015): 169–76. https://doi.org/10.1111/ejh.12415.
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    • Bestvina, Christine M., Leah L. Zullig, Christel Rushing, Fumiko Chino, Gregory P. Samsa, Ivy Altomare, James Tulsky, et al. “Patient-oncologist cost communication, financial distress, and medication adherence..” Journal of Oncology Practice 10, no. 3 (May 2014): 162–67. https://doi.org/10.1200/jop.2014.001406.
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    • Showalter, K., J. Maize, I. Altomare, and G. Fisher. “Multiple myeloma diagnosed secondary to analysis of a lytic bone lesion encountered during mohs micrographic surgery.” Dermatology Online Journal 19, no. 8 (August 21, 2013).
    • Showalter, Kimberly, John Maize, Ivy Altomare, and Galen Fisher. “Multiple myeloma diagnosed secondary to analysis of a lytic bone lesion encountered during Mohs micrographic surgery..” Dermatology Online Journal 19, no. 8 (August 15, 2013).
    • Altomare, Ivy, and Herbert Hurwitz. “Everolimus in colorectal cancer..” Expert Opinion on Pharmacotherapy 14, no. 4 (March 2013): 505–13. https://doi.org/10.1517/14656566.2013.770473.
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    • Uronis, Hope E., Johanna C. Bendell, Ivy Altomare, Gerard C. Blobe, S David Hsu, Michael A. Morse, Herbert Pang, et al. “A phase II study of capecitabine, oxaliplatin, and bevacizumab in the treatment of metastatic esophagogastric adenocarcinomas..” The Oncologist 18, no. 3 (January 2013): 271–72. https://doi.org/10.1634/theoncologist.2012-0404.
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    • Altomare, Ivy, Jeffrey Wasser, and Vinod Pullarkat. “Bleeding and mortality outcomes in ITP clinical trials: a review of thrombopoietin mimetics data..” American Journal of Hematology 87, no. 10 (October 2012): 984–87. https://doi.org/10.1002/ajh.23275.
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    • Altomare, Ivy, Johanna C. Bendell, Karen E. Bullock, Hope E. Uronis, Michael A. Morse, S David Hsu, S Yousuf Zafar, et al. “A phase II trial of bevacizumab plus everolimus for patients with refractory metastatic colorectal cancer..” The Oncologist 16, no. 8 (January 2011): 1131–37. https://doi.org/10.1634/theoncologist.2011-0078.
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    • Hilari, Josep M., Cristina Mangas, Liqiang Xi, Cristina Paradelo, Carlos Ferrándiz, Steven J. Hughes, Cindy Yueh, Ivy Altomare, William E. Gooding, and Tony E. Godfrey. “Molecular staging of pathologically negative sentinel lymph nodes from melanoma patients using multimarker, quantitative real-time rt-PCR..” Annals of Surgical Oncology 16, no. 1 (January 2009): 177–85. https://doi.org/10.1245/s10434-008-0183-9.
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    • Altomare, I., A. Adler, and L. M. Aledort. “The 5, 10 methylenetetrahydrofolate reductase C677T mutation and risk of fetal loss: A case series and review of the literature.” Thrombosis Journal 5 (October 17, 2007). https://doi.org/10.1186/1477-9560-5-17.
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    • Altomare, Ivy, Garrett Desman, and Louis M. Aledort. “Echinocytosis--an unusual manifestation of hemangioma..” American Journal of Hematology 81, no. 7 (July 2006): 532–34. https://doi.org/10.1002/ajh.20558.
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    • Lapointe, R., R. E. Royal, M. E. Reeves, I. Altomare, P. F. Robbins, and P. Hwu. “Retrovirally transduced human dendritic cells can generate T cells recognizing multiple MHC class I and class II epitopes from the melanoma antigen glycoprotein 100..” Journal of Immunology (Baltimore, Md. : 1950) 167, no. 8 (October 2001): 4758–64. https://doi.org/10.4049/jimmunol.167.8.4758.
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  • Conference Papers

    • Irwin, Blair, Gretchen Kimmick, Ivy Altomare, P Kelly Marcom, Kevin Houck, S Yousuf Zafar, and Jeffrey Peppercorn. “Patient experience and attitudes toward addressing the cost of breast cancer care..” In The Oncologist, 19:1135–40, 2014. https://doi.org/10.1634/theoncologist.2014-0117.
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