Medical Oncology

Ivy Paige Altomare, MD

Associate Professor of Medicine
Campus mail 3100 Tower Blvd, Box 3395, Durham, NC 27710
Phone (919) 419-5002
Email address ivy.altomare@duke.edu

Education and Training

  • Fellow in Hematology and Oncology, Medicine, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, 2004 - 2007
  • Medical Resident, Medicine, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, 2001 - 2004
  • M.D., University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey, 2001

Grants

Publications

Zullig, Leah L., Gretchen Kimmick, Valerie Smith, Katie Little, Hayden B. Bosworth, Sarah Gonzales, Megan M. Oakes, Rebecca A. Shelby, Lynda Owen, and Ivy P. Altomare. “Using a geriatric oncology assessment to link with services (GOAL)..” J Geriatr Oncol 10, no. 1 (January 2019): 164–68. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jgo.2018.06.004.

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29958815
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Chino, Fumiko, Jeffrey M. Peppercorn, Christel Rushing, Jonathan Nicolla, Arif H. Kamal, Ivy Altomare, Greg Samsa, and S Yousuf Zafar. “Going for Broke: A Longitudinal Study of Patient-Reported Financial Sacrifice in Cancer Care..” J Oncol Pract 14, no. 9 (September 2018): e533–46. https://doi.org/10.1200/JOP.18.00112.

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30138052
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Li, Shuling, Julia T. Molony, Karynsa Cetin, Jeffrey S. Wasser, and Ivy Altomare. “Rate of bleeding-related episodes in elderly patients with primary immune thrombocytopenia: a retrospective cohort study..” Curr Med Res Opin 34, no. 2 (February 2018): 209–16. https://doi.org/10.1080/03007995.2017.1360852.

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28748715
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Chino, Fumiko, Jeffrey M. Peppercorn, Christel Rushing, Arif H. Kamal, Ivy Altomare, Greg Samsa, and S Yousuf Zafar. “Out-of-Pocket Costs, Financial Distress, and Underinsurance in Cancer Care..” Jama Oncol 3, no. 11 (November 1, 2017): 1582–84. https://doi.org/10.1001/jamaoncol.2017.2148.

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28796862
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Lin, Junji, Xinke Zhang, Xiaoyan Li, David Chandler, Ivy Altomare, Jeffrey S. Wasser, and Karynsa Cetin. “Cost of Bleeding-related Episodes in Adult Patients With Primary Immune Thrombocytopenia: A Population-based Retrospective Cohort Study of Administrative Claims Data for Commercial Payers in the United States..” Clin Ther 39, no. 3 (March 2017): 603-609.e1. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.clinthera.2017.01.023.

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28190600
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Altomare, I., K. Cetin, S. Wetten, and J. S. Wasser. “Rate of bleeding-related episodes in adult patients with primary immune thrombocytopenia: A retrospective cohort study using a large administrative medical claims database in the US.” Clinical Epidemiology 8 (June 20, 2016): 231–39. https://doi.org/10.2147/CLEP.S105888.

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Altomare, Ivy, Blair Irwin, Syed Yousuf Zafar, Kevin Houck, Bailey Maloney, Rachel Greenup, and Jeffrey Peppercorn. “Physician Experience and Attitudes Toward Addressing the Cost of Cancer Care..” J Oncol Pract 12, no. 3 (March 2016): e281-248. https://doi.org/10.1200/JOP.2015.007401.

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26883407
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Zafar, S Yousuf, Fumiko Chino, Peter A. Ubel, Christel Rushing, Gregory Samsa, Ivy Altomare, Jonathan Nicolla, et al. “The utility of cost discussions between patients with cancer and oncologists..” Am J Manag Care 21, no. 9 (September 2015): 607–15.

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26618364
Scholars@Duke

Cines, Douglas B., Terry Gernsheimer, Jeffrey Wasser, Bertrand Godeau, Drew Provan, Roger Lyons, Ivy Altomare, Xuena Wang, and Angela Lopez. “Integrated analysis of long-term safety in patients with chronic immune thrombocytopaenia (ITP) treated with the thrombopoietin (TPO) receptor agonist romiplostim..” Int J Hematol 102, no. 3 (September 2015): 259–70. https://doi.org/10.1007/s12185-015-1837-6.

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26201709
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Liu, Yingmiao, Mark D. Starr, John C. Brady, Christel Rushing, Anuradha Bulusu, Herbert Pang, Wanda Honeycutt, et al. “Biomarker signatures correlate with clinical outcome in refractory metastatic colorectal cancer patients receiving bevacizumab and everolimus..” Mol Cancer Ther 14, no. 4 (April 2015): 1048–56. https://doi.org/10.1158/1535-7163.MCT-14-0923-T.

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25695956
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