Laura Petrillo-Deluca, MPAS, PA-C
Assistant Professor
School
School of Physician Assistant Studies
Department
School of Physician Assistant Studies
Office Location
211C
Worcester
Office Phone Office Phone: 508.373.5767
About
Laura Petrillo-DeLuca is a faculty member in the Physician Assistant program at MCPHS. She earned her master’s degree in Physician Assistant Studies from MCPHS in Manchester, New Hampshire, in 2003.
She practiced geriatric medicine for five years before transitioning into oncology, where she focused on malignant hematology and stem cell transplantation. Her clinical experience includes advanced practice roles at UMass Medical Center and Dana-Farber Cancer Institute.
Petrillo-DeLuca brings extensive experience caring for patients with complex, life-limiting illnesses across the continuum of care. Her work emphasizes compassionate, patient-centered care and the early integration of pain management and palliative care to support quality of life, symptom control and shared decision-making for patients facing serious illness.
Education
- MPAS, MCPHS
- BS in Microbiology, Salve Regina University
- Certificate in Clinical Laboratory Science, Salve Regina University/Rhode Island Hospital
Featured Affiliations
American Academy of Physician Associates
WebsiteMassachusetts Association of Physician Associates
WebsitePhysician Assistant Education Association
WebsiteEducation
- MPAS, MCPHS
- BS in Microbiology, Salve Regina University
- Certificate in Clinical Laboratory Science, Salve Regina University/Rhode Island Hospital
Publications
- Thermal Burns Dettmann and Petrillo-Deluca Physician Assistant Clinics, Volume 10, Issue 4 (2025), 713 – 727 https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cpha.2025.06.004 physicianassistant.theclinics.com.
- Autologous (Auto) Peripheral Blood Stem Cell (SCT) As a Consolidation Therapy for Patients with Acute Myeloid Leukemia (AML) in 1st Complete Remission (CR): A Single Institution Experience Amanpreet Buttar, Deepa Jagadeesh, Jan Cerny, Muthalagu Ramanathan, Zheng Zhou, Laura Petrillo-Deluca, Natasha Tarrasky, Jayde Bednarik, Zankar Desai, William V Walsh and Rajneesh Nath Blood 2011 118:4505.
- Unrelated Donor (UD) Cord Blood (CB) Stem Cell Transplantation (SCT) from a Single CB Unit in Older Adults: Excellent Engraftment and Low Early Mortality with a Preparative Regimen of Melphalan (M), Thiotepa (T), Fludarabine (F), and Rabbit (r) Anti Thymocyte Globulin (ATG) Rajneesh Nath, Muthalagu Ramanathan, Jan Cerny, Zheng Zhou, Glen D Raffel, Jayde Bednarik, Neng Yu, Laura J Petrillo-Deluca, Zeina Al-Mansour and Zankar Desai Blood 2014 124:1152.