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

Strickler, John H., Christel N. Rushing, Donna Niedzwiecki, Abigail McLeod, Ivy Altomare, Hope E. Uronis, S David Hsu, et al. “A phase Ib study of capecitabine and ziv-aflibercept followed by a phase II single-arm expansion cohort in chemotherapy refractory metastatic colorectal cancer..” Bmc Cancer 19, no. 1 (November 1, 2019). https://doi.org/10.1186/s12885-019-6234-8.

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31675952
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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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