{"id":13234,"date":"2026-01-21T22:51:44","date_gmt":"2026-01-22T06:51:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dhs.lacounty.gov\/harbor-ucla-medical-center\/?page_id=13234"},"modified":"2026-03-06T15:10:59","modified_gmt":"2026-03-06T23:10:59","slug":"sarah-tomassetti","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/dhs.lacounty.gov\/harbor-ucla-medical-center\/gme\/hemeonc\/our-team\/faculty\/sarah-tomassetti\/","title":{"rendered":"Sarah Tomassetti, M.D."},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"wpb-content-wrapper\"><p>[vc_row][vc_column width=&#8221;1\/3&#8243;][vc_single_image image=&#8221;13220&#8243; img_size=&#8221;full&#8221; css=&#8221;&#8221;][\/vc_column][vc_column width=&#8221;1\/3&#8243;][\/vc_column][vc_column width=&#8221;1\/3&#8243;][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_separator css=&#8221;&#8221;][vc_column_text css=&#8221;&#8221;]Dr. Sarah Tomassetti is a hematologist and oncologist subspecializing in the treatment of hematologic malignancies, including lymphoma, leukemia, and multiple myeloma, as well as benign hematologic conditions. Dr. Tomassetti received her undergraduate degree in Molecular, Cellular, and Developmental Biology from the University of Colorado at Boulder and medical degree from the University of Southern California\/Keck School of Medicine. She stayed at the University of Southern California for her internal medicine residency training. Afterwards, she completed her fellowship in Hematology and Oncology at Harbor-UCLA.<\/p>\n<p>Dr. Tomassetti has an active hematology clinical trials program at Harbor-UCLA that focuses on the treatment of hematologic malignancies. She is on the steering committee for the Los Angeles Lymphoma Rounds as part of the Lymphoma Research Foundation. She is a member of the American Society of Hematology.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Research Interests:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Lymphoma<\/li>\n<li>Multiple Myeloma<\/li>\n<li>Chronic Leukemia<\/li>\n<li>Benign Hematology<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Education and Training:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>MD, University of Southern California Keck School of Medicine, Los Angeles, 2009-2013<\/li>\n<li>Residency in Internal Medicine, University of Southern California, 2013-2016<\/li>\n<li>Fellowship in Hematology and Medical Oncology, Harbor-UCLA, 2016-2019<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Recent and\/or Significant Publications:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Pullarkat V, Zhuo M, Donohue VN, Tomassetti SE, Kirshnan A, Bhatia R, Forman SJ, Synold T. Iron chelators induce autophagic cell death in multiple myeloma cells. American Journal of Hematology. 2014 Aug;38(8):988-996. Cited in PubMed; PMID:\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov\/24998390\/?from_single_result=24998390&amp;expanded_search_query=24998390\">24998390.<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Chen R, Palmer J, Tomassetti S, Popplewell L, Alluin J, Chomchan P, Nademanee A, Sidiqi T, Tsai N, Chen L, Zuo F, Abary R, Cai J, Herrera AF, Rossi JJ, Rosen ST, Forman SJ, Kwak LQ, and Holmberg L. Multi-center phase II trial of bortezomib and rituximab maintenance combination therapy in patients with mantle cell lymphoma after consolidative autologous stem cell transplantation. Journal of Hematologic Oncology. 2018;11:87. Cited in PubMed; PMID:\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov\/29954415\/?from_single_result=29954415.&amp;expanded_search_query=29954415.\">29954415.<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Sarah Tomassetti and Alex F. Herrera. Update on the role of brentuximab vedotin in classical Hodgkin lymphoma. Therapeutic Advances in Hematology. 2018;9(9):261-272. Cited in PubMed; PMID:\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov\/30210755\/?from_single_result=30210755&amp;expanded_search_query=30210755\">30210755<\/a>.<\/li>\n<li>Sarah Tomassetti and Robert Chen. The role of pembrolizumab in relapsed\/refractory primary mediastinal large B-cell lymphoma. Therapeutic Advances in Hematology. 2019;10. Cited in PubMed; PMID:\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov\/31040936\/?from_single_result=31040936&amp;expanded_search_query=31040936\">31040936<\/a>.<\/li>\n<li>Merryman RW, Carreau NA, Advani RH, Spinner MA, Herrera AF, Chen R, Tomassetti S, Ramchan-ren R, Hamid M, Assouline S, Santiago R, Wagner-Johnston N, Paul S, Svoboda J, Bair SM, Barta SK, Liu Y, Nathan S, Karmali R, Burkart M, Torka P, David KA, Wei C, Lansigan F, Emery L, Persky D, Smith SM, Godfrey J, Chavez J, Cohen JB, Troxel AB, Diefenbach C, and Armand P. Impact of Treatment Beyond Progression with Immune Checkpoint Blockade in Hodgkin Lymphoma. The Oncologist. doi:10.1634\/theoncologist.2020-0040. Cited in PubMed; PMID:\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov\/32275786\/?from_single_result=32275786&amp;expanded_search_query=32275786\">32275786<\/a>.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][\/vc_row]<\/p>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>[vc_row][vc_column width=&#8221;1\/3&#8243;][vc_single_image image=&#8221;13220&#8243; img_size=&#8221;full&#8221; css=&#8221;&#8221;][\/vc_column][vc_column width=&#8221;1\/3&#8243;][\/vc_column][vc_column width=&#8221;1\/3&#8243;][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_separator css=&#8221;&#8221;][vc_column_text css=&#8221;&#8221;]Dr. Sarah Tomassetti is a hematologist and oncologist subspecializing in the treatment of hematologic malignancies, including lymphoma, leukemia, and multiple myeloma, as well as benign hematologic conditions. 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