Diane M. Puccetti, MD Print Friendly Page
Faculty, University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public HealthDr. Diane Puccetti is the medical director of American Family Children's Hospital's Caring for Life Clinic, which is designed specifically to help the survivors of childhood cancer.
Specialties
Pediatric Hematology and Oncology
UW Health Clinics
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)
UnityPoint Health - Meriter (secondary)
UW School of Medicine and Public Health
| Department of Pediatrics |
Professional Certifications and Education
| Board Certification |
Pediatric Hematology-Oncology
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| 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
Madison Magazine Top Docs 2016 Newsweek's Top Cancer Doctors 2015 |
| Medical interpreters are available to help patients communicate with hospital and clinic staff. For more information, please contact interpreter services at (608) 262-9000. |
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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Salih SM Elsarrag SZ Prange E Contreras K Osman RG Eikoff JC Puccetti D .
Evidence to incorporate inclusive reproductive health measures in guidelines for childhood and adolescent cancer survivors. J Pediatr Adolesc Gynecol. 2015 Apr;28(2):95-101
[PubMed ID: 25850590]
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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]
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Puccetti D .
Supervision of the certified occupational therapy assistant. Occup Ther Health Care. 1988;5(2-3):23-35
[PubMed ID: 23944878]
