Larissa Celles NP, CNS

Division of Hematology and Oncology, Department of Medicine, Harbor-UCLA Medical Center

Specialty

  • Medical Oncology and Hematology

Background

Larissa Celles is a nurse practitioner specializing in Medical Oncology and Hematology. She earned her MSN degree and both nurse practitioner and clinical nurse specialist certifications from the University of California, Los Angeles in 2011. She has worked at Harbor-UCLA Medical Center as a Registered Nurse with the Specialty Divisions since 2007 and has been a Nurse Practitioner with the Division of Medical Oncology and Hematology since 2011. Larissa’s dedication to providing access to stem cell transplantation to an underserved population has earned her recognition as Harbor-UCLA’s employee-of-the month for November 2019.

She is a mentor to nurse practitioners beginning their careers, registered nurses in advanced practice programs, and to many nurses in the County of Los Angeles.

Interests:

  • Breast Cancer Survivorship
  • Stem Cell Transplant

Recent Publications:

  • Gupta R, Othman T, Uche A, Amanam I, Chen C, Celles L, Lane G, Mei M, Aldoss I, Pullarkat V, Kim P, Yeh J. Characteristics and trends of adult acute lymphoblastic leukemia in a large, public safety-net hospital. Clinical Lymphoma, Myeloma and Leukemia (2020), doi: https:// doi.org/10.1016/j.clml.2019.11.003. PMID: 32199763
  • Othman T, Wang Y, Gupta S, Wu D, Gupta, R, Celles L, Lane, G, Mei M, Yeh J, Tomassetti S. Impact of autologous stem cell transplant utilization in a vulnerable multiple myeloma population. Journal of Clinical Oncology (2020), doi: 10.1200/JCO.2020.38.15_suppl.e20556 Journal of Clinical Oncology 38, no. 15_suppl