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Allyson Flower, MD

  • Assistant Professor of Pediatrics and Microbiology and Immunology
    Co-director of the Adolescent and Young Adult Oncology Program
    Associate Director, Histiocytic Disorders
    Associate Director, Cellular and Tissue Engineering Laboratory
    Associate Director, Hematological Malignancy Program

Education/Training

Graduate: St George’s University School of Medicine
Residency: Westchester Medical Center, Pediatrics
Fellowship: Westchester Medical Center, Pediatric Hematology/Oncology

Areas of Interest and Expertise

Dr. Flower joined the faculty at New York Medical College in 2016 and is presently an Assistant Professor of Pediatrics within the division of Hematology, Oncology, and SCT and the division of Microbiology and Immunology. Clinical interests include Hematologic Malignancy, Hematopoietic Stem Cell Transplantation, and Adolescent and Young Adult Oncology. Translational research interests include Cellular Immunotherapy. Dr. Flower is the recipient of the 2017 Hyundai Hope on Wheels Young Investigator Award for ongoing research entitled “Overcoming Natural Killer (NK) Cell Resistance in Poor-Risk Neuroblastoma (NB).”

Office Locations:

Bradhurst

 

Board Certifications

Pediatrics
Pediatric Hematology/Oncology

 

Select Publications

NHL in adolescents and young adults: A unique population. Hochberg J, Flower A, Brugieres L, Cairo MS.Pediatr Blood Cancer. 2018 Aug;65(8):e27073

Mature (non-anaplastic, non-cutaneous) T-/NK-cell lymphomas in children, adolescents and young adults: state of the science. Flower A, Xavier AC, Cairo MS.Br J Haematol. 2019 May;185(3):418-435

Neurocognitive outcome in children with sickle cell disease after myeloimmunoablative conditioning and haploidentical hematopoietic stem cell transplantation: a non-randomized clinical trial. Braniecki S, Vichinsky E, Walters MC, Shenoy S, Shi Q, Moore TB, Talano JA, Parsons SK, Flower A, Panarella A, Fabricatore S, Morris E, Mahanti H, Milner J, McKinstry RC, Duncan CN, van de Ven C, Cairo MS.Front Neurol. 2024 May 22;15:1263373

Levocarnitine for asparaginase-induced hepatic injury: a multi-institutional case series and review of the literature. Schulte RR, Madiwale MV, Flower A, Hochberg J, Burke MJ, McNeer JL, DuVall A, Bleyer A.Leuk Lymphoma. 2018 Oct;59(10):2360-2368

Risk-adapted chemoimmunotherapy using brentuximab vedotin and rituximab in children, adolescents, and young adults with newly diagnosed Hodgkin’s lymphoma: a phase II, non-randomized controlled trial. Hochberg J, Basso J, Shi Q, Klejmont L, Flower A, Bortfeld K, Harrison L, van de Ven C, Moorthy C, Islam H, Gerard P, Voss S, Cairo MS.J Immunother Cancer. 2022 May;10(5):e004445

 

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