5.0 with 244 ratings

Sees patients age 18 and up

Sandra P. Susanibar-Adaniya, MD

Hematology

5.0 with 244 ratings

Sees patients age 18 and up

Assistant Professor of Medicine (Hematology-Oncology) at the Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania
Dr. Susanibar-Adaniya is a Penn Medicine physician.

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Acute Lymphocytic Leukemia (ALL)
Acute Myeloid Leukemia (AML)
Acute Promyelocytic Leukemia
Adult T-Cell Leukemia
Adult T-Cell Lymphoma
AIDS Related Malignancies
Amyloidosis
Anaplastic Large Cell Lymphoma
Blood Cancer
Bone Marrow Biopsy
Bone Marrow Failure Syndromes
Burkitt Lymphoma
Cancer During Pregnancy
Castleman Disease
Chronic Lymphocytic Leukemia (CLL)
Chronic Myeloid Leukemia (CML)
Chronic Myelomonocytic Leukemia (CMML)
Cutaneous Lymphoma
Eosinophilic Granuloma
Erdheim-Chester Disease
Essential Thrombocytosis
Graft Versus Host Disease
Hairy Cell Leukemia
Hematologic Malignancies
Histiocytosis
HIV Lymphoma
HIV Related Cancers
Hodgkin Lymphoma
Intraocular Lymphoma
Large Granular Lymphocytic Leukemia
Leukemia
Light Chain Disorders
Lymphoma
Marginal Zone Lymphoma
Mediastinal Lymphoma
Monoclonal Gammopathy of Undetermined Significance (MGUS)
Mucosa-Associated Lymphoid Tissue Lymphoma
Multiple Myeloma
Myelodysplastic Syndromes (MDS)
Myeloproliferative Neoplasms (MPNs)
Non-Hodgkin Lymphoma
Pelvic Malignancy During Pregnancy
Peripheral T-Cell Lymphoma
Plasma Cell Dyscrasia
POEMS Syndrome
Polycythemia
Primary CNS Lymphoma
Primary Myelofibrosis
Prolymphocytic Leukemia
Refractory Anemia With Excess Blasts
Sezary Syndrome
Transformed Lymphoma
Waldenstrom Macroglobulinemia (WM)

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Programs and Centers

Penn Medicine's programs and centers combine doctors from many disciplines to coordinate care from start to finish. Dr. Susanibar-Adaniya is part of these programs:

Penn Cellular Therapy and Transplant Program
Penn Hematological Malignancies (Blood Cancer) Program
Penn Multiple Myeloma Program

Board Certification

Internal Medicine, 2014
Medical Oncology, 2021

Education and Training

Medical School: National University of San Marcos
Residency: Hospital Nacional Edgardo Rebagliati Martins; University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences
Fellowship: Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania

Primary Location

Abramson Cancer Center Perelman 4th Floor West

Perelman Center for Advanced Medicine
West Pavilion, 4th Floor
3400 Civic Center Boulevard
Philadelphia, PA 19104

A facility of the Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania

Map Call 215-615-5858

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Penn Medicine Hospital Privileges

Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania: Has privileges to treat patients in the hospital.

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Patient Rating

5.0out of 5

244 Ratings

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Feb 28, 2025

she's a great doctor

Feb 13, 2025

i have never met a dr who provides a more thorough exam. cares about her patients overall health, not just her own cancer specialty. she sees the inter working of the patient's complete health picture.

Feb 13, 2025

she was excellent and i learned a lot from her.

Feb 12, 2025

penn is the best!

Feb 7, 2025

i felt like an individual . even though it was our first meeting,she seemed to have my case and labs memorized- correctly. she shared science articles to confirm the plan.

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Aetna
Amerihealth Caritas (Transplant patients only)
Centivo Health Plan
Cigna
Cigna Medicare
Claim Watcher (Homestead/Index)
Clover Health Plan
Geisinger Health Plan
Geisinger Medicaid
Global Medical Management
HealthAmerica / HealthAssurance, a Coventry Plan
HealthPartners
HealthSmart
Highmark Blue Shield
Highmark Blue Shield Medicare
Highmark Wholecare
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey
Humana / Medicare
Imagine Health 360

Independence Blue Cross (Keystone East)
Jefferson Health Plans (fka Health Partners Plans)
Keystone First
Keystone First Medicare
NJ Medicaid
NJ Qualcare
Oscar Health Plan of PA
Oxford Health Plan
PA Health and Wellness (Centene) Medicare
PA Medicaid
PA Medicare
Provider Partners Health Plan
Rail Road Medicare / Palmetto GBA
Tricare
UnitedHealthcare Community Plan
UnitedHealthcare Community Plan PA
UPMC Health Plan
US Family Health Plan
Veterans Choice Program

Selected Publications

Matthew Ho, Luca Paruzzo, Janna Minehart, Teja Voruganti, Pooja Devi, Dan T. Vogl, Adam D. Cohen, Alfred L. Garfall, Adam J. Waxman, Shivani Kapur, Edward A. Stadtmauer, Sandra Susanibar Adaniya, Sarah Longworth: Nontuberculous mycobacterial infections following teclistamab in multiple myeloma Haematologica : 2025.

Guido Ghilardi, Zainul S. Hasanali, Sandra P. Susanibar-Adaniya, Lena E. Winestone, Marco Ruella and Alfred L. Garfall: Association of age, race, and ethnicity with access, response, and toxicities from CAR-T therapy in children and adults with B-cell malignancies: a review Journal for ImmunoTherapy of Cancer 13 : 2025.

Margaret Stalker, Alfred Garfall, Adam Cohen, Dan T. Vogl, Mia Djulbegovic, Sandra Susanibar-Adaniya, Edward Stadtmauer, Oxana Megherea, Adam J. Waxman: Safety and Efficacy of Teclistamab in Patients With Relapsed or Refractory AL Amyloidosis European Journal of Hematology : 2024.

Omar Elghawy, Saarang Deshpande, Jonathan Sussman, Alfred Garfall, Adam Cohen, Shivani Kapur, Sandra Susanibar-Adaniya, Dan Vogl, Adam Waxman, Edward Stadtmauer: Characteristics and outcomes of therapy-related acute leukemia following autologous transplant (Auto-HCT) for multiple myeloma. Bone Marrow Transplantation : 2024.

Zainul S Hasanali, Alfred L Garfall, Lisa Burzenski, Leonard D Shultz, Yan Tang, Siddhant Kadu, Neil C Sheppard, Derek Dopkin, Dan T Vogl, Adam D Cohen, Adam J Waxman, Sandra P Susanibar-Adaniya, Martin Carroll, Edward A Stadtmauer, David Allman: Human IL-6 fosters long-term engraftment of patient derived disease-driving myeloma cells in immunodeficient mice JCI Insight 10 : e177300,2024.

Ghilardi G, Fraietta JA, Gerson J, Caponetti GC, Paruzzo L, Harris JC, Susanibar S, Svoboda J, Chong EA, Nasta SD, Ugwuanyi O, Landsburg DJ, Fardella E, Waxman A, Patel V, Pajarillo R, Cohen AD, Levine BL, Stadtmauer EA, Frey NV, Vogl DT, Barta SK, Van Deerlin V, Morrissette JJD, Porter DL, Garfall AL, Schuster SJ, June CH, and Ruella M.: "T-cell Lymphoma and Secondary Malignancy Risk After Commercial Chimeric Antigen Receptor T-cell Immunotherapy: the Penn Experience" Nature Medicine : 2024.

Xinhe Shan, Edward A. Stadtmauer, Sandra Susanibar-Adaniya: Real-Word Analysis of Clinical Characteristics and Outcomes Among Elderly Patients with Multiple Myeloma American Society of Hematology. 65th Annual Meeting. Poster 3766 : 2023.

Zainul S. Hasanali, Beatrice Razzo, Sandra P. Susanibar-Adaniya, Alfred L. Garfall, Edward A. Stadtmauer, Adam D. Cohen.: Chimeric Antigen Receptor T Cells in the Treatment of Multiple Myeloma Hematology/Oncology Clinics of North America : 2023.

Xinhe Shan, Qi Long, Alfred L. Garfall & Sandra P. Susanibar-Adaniya: High SOX2 expression is associated with poor survival in patients with newly diagnosed multiple myeloma Blood Cancer Journal 13 (1): 86,2023.

Sandra Susanibar-Adaniya, MD, MS: Low-affinity bispecific antibody produces high response rates in advanced multiple myeloma Haelio. Hemonc today. : 2023.

Academic Contact Information

Perelman Center for Advanced Medicine
12 South Pavilion
3400 Civic Center Blvd
Philadelphia , PA 19104
Patient appointments: 800-789-7366

American College of Physicians, National
American Society of Clinical Oncology, National
American Society of Hematology, National
Peruvian College of Physicians, International