After completing my MD and PhD degrees at Stony Brook University, I went on to residency training in Clinical Pathology at New York University Langone Medical Center. After that I pursued board certification from the American Board of Medical Microbiology. I remained on as faculty at NYU Langone for 11 years. During this time, I served as Director of the Clinical Microbiology laboratory at Bellevue Hospital, Assistant Director of the NYU Tisch Hospital laboratories with responsibility for the hematology, special hematology, and special chemistry laboratories, and Director of laboratories for two of the NYU infusion centers. I also chaired the Hematology Laboratory Committee, which was composed of hematology management across the NYU network of laboratories. I have since moved on to Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center where I am the CLIA Director for the Main Hospital laboratory, Service Chief for Hematology Laboratories, and Co-Director of Education for the department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine.
As part of my academic mission, education for all levels of trainees is very important. At NYU, I participated in many Medical Student, Resident and Fellow educational activities. In my current role as co-director of education for the Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine at Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, I oversee many of the educational programs for the Department. I am focused on addressing current and upcoming pipeline issues at both the technical level as well as the medical director level. As an example, we have a very successful training program for Licensed Medical Laboratory Scientists. We accept internal applicants who are already employed at MSKCC and through a rigorous year of coursework and clinical laboratory rotations, prepare them to become licensed technologists. In the future, I will continue to look for innovative ideas for introducing students at all levels to careers in Pathology and Laboratory Medicine.
