Mercedes Porosnicu, MD
- Professor, Hematology and Oncology

Mercedes Porosnicu, MD
- Education
- MD, Institute of Medicine Iasi - Romania , 1987
- Residency
- GR.T. Popa University of Medicine, 1996
- Internal Medicine, State University of New York at Brooklyn Downstate Medical Center, 1998
- Fellowship
- Hematology / Oncology, Jackson Memorial Hospital, 2001
- Research Fellowship, Jackson Memorial Hospital, 2002
- Memberships
- American Society of Clinical Oncology
- American Association of Cancer Research
- Positions
- Professor, Hematology and Oncology
- Departments and Affiliations
- Hematology and Oncology
- Comprehensive Cancer Center
- Center for Redox Biology and Medicine
Research
- Editor's Note: Cotreatment with STI-571 Enhances Tumor Necrosis Factor a-related Apoptosis-inducing Ligand (TRAIL or Apo-2L)-induced Apoptosis of Bcr-Abl-positive Human Acute Leukemia Cells. Nimmanapalli R, Porosnicu M, Nguyen D, Worthington E, O'Bryan E, Perkins C, Bhalla K. Clin. Cancer Res. 2019 Jul; 25(13):4195.
- Retrospective Analysis of Cisplatin Nephrotoxicity in Patients With Head and Neck Cancer Receiving Outpatient Treatment With Concurrent High-dose Cisplatin and Radiotherapy. Faig J, Haughton M, Taylor RC, D'Agostino RB, Whelen MJ, Porosnicu Rodriguez KA, Bonomi M, Murea M, Porosnicu M. Am. J. Clin. Oncol. 2018 05; 41(5):432-440.
- Modulators of Redox Metabolism in Head and Neck Cancer. Chen X, Mims J, Huang X, Singh N, Motea E, Planchon SM, Beg M, Tsang AW, Porosnicu M, Kemp ML, Boothman DA, Furdui CM. Antioxid Redox Signal. 2018 12; 29(16):1660-1690.
- Circulating mutational portrait of cancer: manifestation of aggressive clonal events in both early and late stages. Yang M, Topaloglu U, Petty WJ, Pagni M, Foley KL, Grant SC, Robinson M, Bitting RL, Thomas A, Alistar AT, Desnoyers RJ, Goodman M, Albright C, Porosnicu M, Vatca M, Qasem SA, DeYoung B, Kytola V, Nykter M, Chen K, Levine EA, Staren ED, D'Agostino RB, Petro RM, Blackstock W, Powell BL, Abraham E, Pasche B, Zhang W. J Hematol Oncol. 2017 05; 10(1):100.
- Human papillomavirus-related small cell carcinoma of the oropharynx: a case report and literature review. Bonomi M, Ahmed T, Warner D, Waltonen J, Sullivan C, Porosnicu M, Batt K, Ruiz J, Cappellari J. . 2017; 2:3.
- Study of the Drug Cetuximab for Treatment of Head and Neck Cancer
- Study of Quad-Shot Radiotherapy in Combination with Immune Checkpoint Inhibition for Advanced/Recurrent Head and Neck Cancer
- Trial of Radiation with High-Dose Cisplatin Every Three Weeks versus Radiation with Low-Dose Weekly Cisplatin for Patients with certain types of Head and Neck cancer