Rebecca Citrin, MD, MSCE
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Education and Training
Medical School
MD - SUNY Downstate College of Medicine, Brooklyn, NY
Residency
Pediatrics - Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, PA
Fellowship
Pediatric Hematology/Oncology - Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, PA
Board Certification
Pediatric Hematology-Oncology – American Board of Pediatrics
Graduate Degree
MSCE - University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA
Titles and Academic Titles
Attending Physician
Assistant Professor of Clinical Pediatrics, Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania
Conditions Treated
Departments and Services
Research Interests
- Hematology – Sickle cell disease, bleeding disorders, cytopenias
- Oncology – Leukemia, lymphoma
Publications
Papers
2019
Citrin Rebecca, Getz Kelly D, Li Yimei, Huang Yuan-Shung, Horowitz Joseph P, Seif Alix E, Fisher Brian T, Aplenc Richard: The epidemiology of rasburicase use in paediatric patients with acute lymphoblastic leukaemia and non-Hodgkin lymphoma. British journal of haematology 184(4): 684-688, Feb 2019.
2017
Citrin R, Horowitz JP, Reilly AF, Li Y, Huang Y-S, Getz KD, Seif A, Fisher B, Aplenc R. : Creation of a pediatric mature B-cell non-Hodgkin lymphoma cohort within the Pediatric Health Information System Database. PLOS ONE 12(10): e0186960, October 2017.
Abstracts
2018
Regina M Myers, Kelly D Getz, Yimei Li, Yuan-Shung V. Huang, Rebecca Citrin, Caitlin W Elgarten, Benjamin L Laskin, Joseph P. Horowitz, Brian T. Fisher and Richard Aplenc: Comparative Effectiveness of Rasburicase and Allopurinol in Children with Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia: An Emulated Pragmatic Trial Using Observational Data. Blood 132: 830, 2018.
Posters and Presentations
2017
Lena E. Winestone, Kelly D Getz, Yimei Li, Rebecca Citrin, Yuan-Shung V. Huang, Kira Bona, Emily DePaul, Alix E. Seif, Julie C Fitzgerald, Brian T Fisher and Richard Aplenc: Recession Increases Need for Intensive Care in Pediatric Hematologic Malignancy Presentation. Blood 130: 612, 2017.
Awards and Honors
2015-2017, Eagles Fly for Leukemia Scholar
2010, Gold Humanism Honor Society
2010, Summa Cum Laude, SUNY Downstate College of Medicine
2009, Alpha Omega Alpha Medical Honor Society (Junior Member and Secretary)
2005, Distinction within the Biological Basis of Behavior major, University of Pennsylvania