Azra Raza, MD
Locations and Appointments
CUIMC/Herbert Irving Pavilion
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Insurances Accepted
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- AETNA
- Affinity Health Plan
- AgeWell
- Amerigroup of New Jersey
- Amida Care
- CIGNA
- Emblem/GHI
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- Empire Blue Cross Blue Shield Healthplus
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- Magnacare (National)
- Medicare
- Multiplan
- MVP Health Care
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- RiverSpring
- UnitedHealthcare
- VNSNY CHOICE
- WellCare
- World Trade Center Health Plan
About Azra Raza, MD
Dr. Raza is a Professor of Medicine and Director of the MDS Center at Columbia University in New York, NY. She started her research in Myelodysplastic Syndromes (MDS) in 1982 and moved to Rush University, Chicago, Illinois in 1992, where she was the Charles Arthur Weaver Professor in Oncology and Director, Division of Myeloid Diseases. The MDS Program, along with a Tissue Repository containing more than 50,000 samples from MDS and acute leukemia patients was successfully relocated to the University of Massachusetts in 2004 and to Columbia University in 2010.
Before moving to New York, Dr. Raza was the Chief of Hematology Oncology and the Gladys Smith Martin Professor of Oncology at the University of Massachusetts in Worcester. She has published the results of her laboratory research and clinical trials in prestigious, peer-reviewed journals such as The New England Journal of Medicine, Nature, Blood, Cancer, Cancer Research, the British Journal of Hematology, Leukemia, and Leukemia Research. Dr. Raza serves on numerous national and international panels as a reviewer, consultant, and advisor and is the recipient of a number of awards.
Board Certifications
- Internal Medicine
- Medical Oncology
Expertise
Acute Myelogenous Leukemia
Acute Myelogenous Leukemia/AML
Aplastic Anemia
Myelodysplastic Syndrome
Myelofibrosis
Myeloproliferative Disease
Education
Fellowship: Roswell Park Memorial Hospital
Internship: Franklin Square Hospital
Medical School: University of Maryland Medical Center
Residency: Georgetown University Hospital
Titles & Positions
Chan Soon-Shiong Professor of Medicine at CUMC
Director, Myelodysplastic Syndrome Center
Hospital Affiliations
NewYork-Presbyterian / Columbia University Irving Medical Center
Education
- Medical School: University of Maryland Medical Center
- Residency: Georgetown University Hospital
- Fellowship: Roswell Park Memorial Hospital
- Internship: Franklin Square Hospital
Titles & Positions
- Chan Soon-Shiong Professor of Medicine at CUMC
- Director, Myelodysplastic Syndrome Center
Board Certifications
- Internal Medicine
- Medical Oncology