Christopher Dittus, DO, MPH
Associate Professor of Medicine
Areas of Interest
HIV-Associated Lymphoma; Viral-Associated Lymphoma; CNS Lymphoma; Waldenstrom鈥檚 Macroglobulinemia.
About
Christopher Dittus, DO, MPH, specializes in the diagnosis and management of all types of lymphoma, including B-cell non-Hodgkin lymphoma (NHL), T-cell NHL, Hodgkin lymphoma, central nervous system (CNS) lymphoma, and virus-associated lymphoma. Dittus is particularly interested in rare lymphomas, including adult T-cell leukemia/lymphoma (ATLL), extranodal NK/T-cell lymphoma (ENKTCL), plasmablastic lymphoma, and lymphoplasmacytic lymphoma (Waldenstrom鈥檚). Given the biological heterogeneity of lymphoma, Dittus works closely with the 黑料网 hematopathologists to ensure each patient has an accurate diagnosis. Dittus also understands the importance of subtype-specific lymphoma treatment, and is interested in using novel immunotherapy, traditional chemotherapy, and combination regimens to target these specific subtypes.
Dittus is the primary investigator for many lymphoma trials that are open at 黑料网. He works closely with lymphoma advocacy groups, cancer research consortiums, industry, and the 黑料网 clinical research department, to ensure our patients have access to novel treatments for all types of lymphoma. His primary research interest is to find effective treatments for rare or underserved lymphomas. He is the 黑料网 site PI for the AIDS Malignancy Consortium and serves as the PI on several studies that are evaluating novel therapies in HIV-associated malignancies. Dittus is also interested in writing investigator-initiated trials (IITs) that target underserved lymphoma subtypes. LCCC1637 is an IIT evaluating a novel frontline regimen (brentuximab vedotin with cyclophosphamide, doxorubicin, etoposide, and prednisone; BV-CHEP) for ATLL. Another IIT, LCCC1841, is evaluating a novel BTK inhibitor in relapsed CNS lymphoma. Dittus also serves as a co-investigator on multiple lymphoma trials evaluating chimeric antigen receptor (CAR) T-cell therapy. Dittus has been the editor, and contributor, for a book entitled 鈥淣ovel Therapeutics for Rare Lymphomas.鈥
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Undergraduate
Binghamton University
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Masters Of Public Health
George Washington University
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Medical School
New York College of Osteopathic Medicine
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Residency
Lenox Hill Hospital
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Fellowship
Boston Medical Center