Joseph Sciasci, PharmD, BCPS, BCOP

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Joseph Sciasci, PharmD, BCPS, BCOP, is a clinical pharmacy specialist with the Cancer Center and the Blood and Marrow Transplant Program at Children's Hospital of Philadelphia.

Areas of Expertise: Pediatric oncology, Blood/Marrow Transplant
Appointments and Referrals: 1-800-TRY-CHOP (1-800-879-2467)

Education and Training

Residency

Pharmacy Practice (PGY 1) - Children’s Hospital of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, WI 

Pharmacy Practice (PGY 2) - St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital, Memphis, TN

Graduate Degree

PharmD - Philadelphia College of Pharmacy at the University of the Sciences, Philadelphia, PA

Titles and Academic Titles

Clinical Pharmacy Specialist

Research Interests

Implementation of pharmacogenetics into clinical practice

Discharge medication counseling

Publications

Papers

2018

Quinn M, Fannin JT, Sciasci J, Bragg A, Campbell PK, Carias D, Crews KR, Gregornik D, Jeha S, Maron G, Pauley JL, Swanson HD, Wolf J, Greene W. 2018. Pentamidine for prophylaxis against Pneumocystis jirovecii pneumonia in pediatric oncology patients receiving immunosuppressive chemotherapy. Antimicrob Agents Chemother 62:e00173-18.

Hill DA, Leahy AB, Sciasci JN, O’Neill SP, Reilly A, Balamuth N, Seeholzer SH, Spergel JM, Brown-Whitehorn TF. Medication contaminants as a potential cause of anaphylaxis to vincristine. J Pediatr Blood Cancer. 2018 Jan;65(1).

2017

Hill DA, Leahy AB, Sciasci J, et. al. Medication contaminants as a potential cause of anaphylaxis to vincristine. Pediatr Blood Cancer. 2017;00:e26761.

2016

Watts CS, Sciasci JN, Pauley JL, Panetta JC, PeiDE, Cheng CH, Christensen CM, Mikkelsen TS, Pui CH, Jeha SI, Relling MV. Prophylactic trimethoprim-sulfamethoxazole does not affect pharmacokinetics or pharmacodynamics of methotrexate. J Pediatr Hematol Oncol 2016 Aug;38(6):449-52. 

Leadership and Memberships

Memberships in professional organizations

Pediatric Pharmacy Advocacy Group (PPAG)

Children’s Oncology Group (COG)

American Society of Health-System Pharmacy (ASHP)

American College of Clinical Pharmacy (ACCP)