With special interests in sarcomas, neuroblastoma and the histocytic disorders, Dr. Elyssa Rubin serves as the director of the Bone and Soft Tissue Tumor Program at CHOC Children’s and is an oncologist with CHOC Children’s Specialists.
Dr. Rubin is board certified in pediatrics and pediatric hematology/oncology. Dr. Rubin completed her medical school training at the Sackler School of Medicine, NY State/American Branch in Tel Aviv, Israel. She completed her pediatric internship and residency training at Kaiser Permanente Los Angeles Medical Center and her fellowship in pediatric hematology/oncology at Children’s Hospital of Orange County. As a research fellow, Dr. Rubin’s focus was on new therapeutic targets for osteosarcoma.
Sarcomas and the histiocytic disorders
Outpatient Clinic, Hyundai Cancer Institute at CHOC Children’s
1201 W. La Veta Ave.
Orange, CA 92868
phone: 714-509-8636
fax: 714-509-8699
Buchbinder, D., Hsieh, L., Puthenveetil G., Soni A., Stites J., Huynh V., Kirov I., Neudorf S., Rubin E., Sender L., Torno L., Margolis D., Childs R., Moore T., Nugent D. Successful Autologous cord blood transplantation in a child with acquired severe aplastic anemia. Pediatr Transplant, 2013 May;17(3):E104-7. Doi: 10.1111/petr.12068. Epub 2013 Mar 7.
McQueen P, Ghaffar S, Guo Y, Rubin EM, Zi X, Hoang BH. The Wnt signaling pathway: implications for therapy in osteosarcoma. Expert Review of Anticancer Therapy. 11(8):1223-32 (2011). PMID 21916576
Rubin EM, Guo Y, Tu K, Xie J, Zi X, Hoang BH. Wnt inhibitory factor 1decreases tumorigenesis and metastasis in osteosarcoma, Mol Cancer Ther. 2010 Mar:9(3):731-41. Epub 2010 Mar 2. PMID: 20197388
