Stephan Grupp, MDEnriched profile
Section Chief, Cellular Therapy and Transplant Section; Inaugural Director, Susan S and Stephen P Kelly Center for Cancer Immunotherapy; Medical Director, Cell and Gene Therapy Laboratory; Novotny Professor of Pediatrics, Perelman School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania · Children's Hospital of Philadelphia
Overview
Updated 14 Jul 2026
Stephan Grupp, MD, is Section Chief, Cellular Therapy and Transplant Section at Children's Hospital of Philadelphia. The public record shows 804 publications with 64,125 citations (h-index 105), centered on CAR-T cell therapy research, Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia research, Hematopoietic Stem Cell Transplantation. It also documents an investigator role on 13 registered clinical trials, industry payments reported by 12 companies, 8 NIH-funded awards (1996–2026).
- Most recent indexed publication: 2026 · Nature biomedical engineering
- Top research focus: CAR-T cell therapy research
- 13 registered trials on ClinicalTrials.gov
- Open Payments reporting from 12 companies
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Drugs & moleculesacross trials, industry payments and publications
Works withtrial sponsors and companies reporting payments
Scholarshipindexed output and impact (OpenAlex)
View publications ↓Distinct works indexed by OpenAlex, matched via ORCID; 32 in PubMed.
Total citations across indexed works.
Hirsch index (OpenAlex). i10-index 302.
Clinical & industrytrials, payments and federal funding
Clinical trials
Updated 14 Jul 2026
Listed as an investigator on 13 registered studies on ClinicalTrials.gov. The most recent:
- CART123 Cells With or Without Ruxolitinib in Relapsed/Refractory Acute Myeloid Leukemia
Sponsor: Stephan Grupp MD PhD
InvestigatorPhase 1RecruitingNCT07464951 - PHOX2B PC-CAR T Cells for Relapsed Neuroblastoma
Sponsor: Stephan Grupp MD PhD
InvestigatorPhase 1Active, not recruitingNCT07007117 - Anti-CD7 CAR-T Cells in Relapsed/Refractory T-Cell Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia or Lymphoma
Sponsor: Stephan Grupp MD PhD
InvestigatorPhase 1RecruitingNCT06934382
Industry payments
Updated 14 Jul 2026
12 companies reported payments to CMS in program years 2021–2025. These are public disclosures, not judgments. The latest:
- VERTEX PHARMACEUTICALS INCORPORATEDProgram year202517 payments$44,441openpaymentsdata.cms.gov ↗
- Vertex Pharmaceuticals IncorporatedProgram year20252 payments$19,591openpaymentsdata.cms.gov ↗
- McKesson Sourcing Services, Inc.Program year202513 payments$12,634openpaymentsdata.cms.gov ↗
NIH funding
Updated 14 Jul 2026
8 NIH research awards on record, funded 1996–2026 per NIH RePORTER. The latest:
Congress activity
Updated 14 Jul 2026
108 congress contributions (2010–2026) across AACR, ASCO, ASH, ASTRO per OpenAlex. The most recent:
- Financial toxicity and association with treatment outcomes during pediatric CAR T therapy.
ASCO Annual Meeting
ASCO2025Co-author - Pregnancy and infant outcomes post–CD19-directed CAR-T therapy: Tisagenlecleucel (tisa-cel) and/or huCAR19 (CTL119).
ASCO Annual Meeting
ASCO2025Presenting author
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Publications
Updated 14 Jul 2026
Their five most recent publications, matched to their ORCID record and linked to PubMed.
- Directed evolution-based discovery of ligands for in vivo restimulation of chimeric antigen receptor T cells.
Nature biomedical engineering
2026
Most-cited worksby citation count (OpenAlex)
- 01
- 02Chimeric Antigen Receptor T Cells for Sustained Remissions in Leukemia5,418 citations2014
- 03Chimeric Antigen Receptor–Modified T Cells for Acute Lymphoid Leukemia3,498 citations2013
- 04
- 05
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3401 Civic Center Blvd., Philadelphia, PA 19104
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Pediatrics (American Board of Pediatrics)
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Pediatric Hematology-Oncology (American Board of Pediatrics)
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- Blood and Marrow Transplant Program
Cancer Center, Immunotherapy Program, Leukemia and Lymphoma Program, Cell and Gene Therapy Innovations (CHOP)
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