Diane M. Puccetti, MD Print Friendly Page
Faculty, University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public HealthDr. Diane Puccetti earned her medical degree at Medical College of Ohio. She completed a residency at Medical College of Ohio and a fellowship at James Whitcomb Riley Hospital for Children.
Specialties
Pediatric Hematology and Oncology
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American Family Children's Hospital
(608) 263-6420
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American Family Children's Hospital
(608) 263-6420
| (800) 323-8942
| Map
Hospital Affiliation(s)
American Family Children's Hospital (primary)
Languages Spoken
| English |
| Medical interpreters are available to help patients communicate with hospital and clinic staff. For more information, please contact interpreter services at (608) 262-9000. |
UW School of Medicine and Public Health
| Department of Pediatrics |
Professional Certifications and Education
| Board Certification |
Pediatrics
Pediatric Hematology-Oncology |
| Fellowship |
James Whitcomb Riley Hospital for Children, Indianapolis, IN
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| Residency |
Medical College of Ohio, Toledo, OH
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| Internship |
University of California, Irvine
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| Medical School |
Medical College of Ohio, Toledo, OH, 1985
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Awards/Honors
Procedures
Our doctors provide a wide range of services. The following list represents some, but not all, of the procedures offered by this physician.
Programs & Conditions
- Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia
- Acute Myeloid Leukemia
- Adrenocortical carcinoma
- Aplastic Anemia
- Astrocytoma
- Ataxia-telengiectasia
- Atypical Teratoid/Rhabdoid tumor
- Bleeding Disorders
- Brain Stem Glioma
- Brain Tumor Care
- Chronic Myeloid Leukemia
- Congenital Hemolytic Anemias
- Craniopharyngioma
- Cyclic Neutropenia
- Diamond-Blackfan Syndrome
- Endocrine Tumors
- Ependymoma
- Ewing Sarcoma
- Fanconi's Anemia
- Germ Cell Tumors
- Hemophagocytic Lymphohistiocytosis
- Hemophilia A
- Hemophilia B
- Hepatoblastoma
- Hereditary Spherocytosis
- Hodgkin's Disease
- Immune Thrombocytopenc Purpura
- Juvenile Myelomonocytic Leukemia
- Kostmann Syndrome
- Langerhans' Cell Histiocytosis
- Medulloblastoma
- Myelodysplastic Syndromes
- Neuroblastoma
- Neurocutaneous Syndrome
- Neurofibromatosis
- Non-Hodgkin Lymphomas
- Optic Glioma
- Osteosarcoma
- Paroxysmal Nocturnal Hemoglobinuria
- Pediatric Cancer
- Pediatric Sickle Cell Disease
- Retinoblastoma
- Rhabdomyosarcoma
- Schwanomatosis
- Shwachman-Diamond Syndrome
- Sturge-Weber Syndrome
- Thalassemia Syndromes
- Thrombophilia
- Thyroid Tumors
- Tuberous Sclerosis
- Vascular malformations
- Von Willebrand Disease
- VonHippel-Lindau Disease
- Wilms Tumor
| Research |
Dr. Puccetti cares for children with brain or spinal tumors, and leads our Neuro-oncology clinical research program. She is also interested in childhood cancer survivorship, as Director of our Caring for Life clinic, and leads our Late effects clinical research program. |
PubMed Articles
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Litzelman K Barker E Catrine K Puccetti D Possin P Witt WP .
Socioeconomic disparities in the quality of life in children with cancer or brain tumors: the mediating role of family factors. Psychooncology. 2013 May;22(5):1081-8
[PubMed ID: 22645071]
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Allen CE Flores R Rauch R Dauser R Murray JC Puccetti D Hsu DA Sondel P Hetherington M Goldman S McClain KL .
Neurodegenerative central nervous system Langerhans cell histiocytosis and coincident hydrocephalus treated with vincristine/cytosine arabinoside. Pediatr Blood Cancer. 2010 Mar;54(3):416-23
[PubMed ID: 19908293]
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Allen J Donahue B Mehta M Miller DC Rorke LB Jakacki R Robertson P Sposto R Holmes E Vezina G Muraszko K Puccetti D Prados M Chan KW .
A phase II study of preradiotherapy chemotherapy followed by hyperfractionated radiotherapy for newly diagnosed high-risk medulloblastoma/primitive neuroectodermal tumor: a report from the Children's Oncology Group (CCG 9931). Int J Radiat Oncol Biol Phys. 2009 Jul 15;74(4):1006-11
[PubMed ID: 19356859]
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Geyer JR Sposto R Jennings M Boyett JM Axtell RA Breiger D Broxson E Donahue B Finlay JL Goldwein JW Heier LA Johnson D Mazewski C Miller DC Packer R Puccetti D Radcliffe J Tao ML Shiminski-Maher T .
Multiagent chemotherapy and deferred radiotherapy in infants with malignant brain tumors: a report from the Children's Cancer Group. J Clin Oncol. 2005 Oct 20;23(30):7621-31
[PubMed ID: 16234523]
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Mason WP Grovas A Halpern S Dunkel IJ Garvin J Heller G Rosenblum M Gardner S Lyden D Sands S Puccetti D Lindsley K Merchant TE O'Malley B Bayer L Petriccione MM Allen J Finlay JL .
Intensive chemotherapy and bone marrow rescue for young children with newly diagnosed malignant brain tumors. J Clin Oncol. 1998 Jan;16(1):210-21
[PubMed ID: 9440745]
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Egeler RM Neglia JP Puccetti DM Brennan CA Nesbit ME .
Association of Langerhans cell histiocytosis with malignant neoplasms. Cancer. 1993 Feb 1;71(3):865-73
[PubMed ID: 8431870]
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Pons MA Finlay JL Walker RW Puccetti D Packer RJ McElwain M .
Chemotherapy with vincristine (VCR) and etoposide (VP-16) in children with low-grade astrocytoma. J Neurooncol. 1992 Oct;14(2):151-8
[PubMed ID: 1432038]
