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Melissa Perrino, MD
Assistant Member, St. Jude Faculty
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Melissa Perrino, MD
Cancer Predisposition
MS 1170, Room I3312
St. Jude Children's Research Hospital
262 Danny Thomas Place
Memphis, TN 38105-3678
Affiliations
Education
BS (Microbiology; Philosophy) – The Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio MD – Wright State University Boonshoft School of Medicine, Dayton, Ohio Residency (Pediatrics) – University of Tennessee Health Sciences, Memphis, Tennessee Fellowship (Pediatric Hematology/Oncology) – Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical Center, Cincinnati, Ohio
Research Interests
- Identification of germline variants and their role in driving tumor formation
- Refining surveillance guidelines for patients with underlying germline predisposition
- Targetability of tumor and germline variants in cancer therapy and prevention
- Effects of tumor and germline genomic variants on treatment outcome