
Carolyn Russo, MD
Huntsville Affiliate Clinic
Director
Contact Information
St. Jude Affiliate at Huntsville Hospital
910 Adams Street, Suite 310
Huntsville, Alabama 35801
Phone: (256) 265-5833
Fax: (256) 265-5834
Department
Domestic Affiliate Program
Certification
- General Pediatrics - Board Certified, 1988
- Pediatric Hematology and Oncology - Board Certified, 1990; Recertified 1997, 2005
- American Board of Hospice and Palliative Medicine – 2003
Education
- Pediatric Hematology and Oncology Fellowship, Stanford University
- Pediatric Internship and Residency, Harbor-UCLA School of Medicine
- Medical Degree, UCLA School of Medicine
- Bachelor of Science, University of California, Riverside
Professional Memberships
- American Society of Hematology
- American Society of Clinical Oncology
- American Society of Pediatric Hematology and Oncology
- American Association of Hospice and Palliative Medicine
Clinical/Research Interests
- Childhood Leukemia and Lymphoma
- Brain Tumors
- Childhood Hematology including sickle cell disease, hemophilia
- Palliative Care
Selected Publications
Russo C, Fischbein N, Grant E, Prados, MD. Late radiation injury following hyperfractionated craniospinal radiotherapy for primitive neuroectodermal tumor. IJROBP 44(1):85-90, 1999.
Russo C, Pellarin G, Tingby O, Bollen A, Lamborn K, Mohapatra G, Collins VP, Feuerstein B. Comparative genomic hybridization in supratentorial and infratentorial primitive neuroectodermal tumors. Cancer 86:330-338, 1999.
Smyth MD, Horn BN, Russo C, Berger MS. Intracranial ependymomas of childhood: Current Management Strategies. Pediatric Neurosurg 33(3): 138-150, September 2001.
Ma X, Does MB, Metayer C, Russo C, Wong A, Buffler PA. Vaccination history and the risk of Childhood Leukemia. Int J Epidemiol 34(5): 1100-1109, October, 2005.
Russo C, Wong A. The Bereaved Parent. J Clin Oncol 23(31): 8109-8111, November 2005.
Chang JS, Metayer C, Fear NT, Reinier K, Yin X, Urayama K, Russo C, Jolly KW, Buffler PA. Parental social contact in the work place and the risk of childhood acute lymphoblastic leukemia. British J Cancer 97(9): 1315-1321, October 2007.