Monica Kasbekar, MD PHD

Monica Kasbekar, MD, PhD is an Assistant Professor of Medicine at the Columbia Vagelos College of Physicians and Surgeons in the division of Hematology/Oncology and a member of the Herbert Irving Comprehensive Cancer Center. Dr. Kasbekar's clinical practice focuses on the treatment of hematologic malignancies, including acute and chronic leukemias, myeloproliferative neoplasms, and myelodysplastic syndrome. Her research aims to understand how aging and inflammation contribute to the development of blood cancers.

Dr. Kasbekar received her MD from Washington University in St. Louis School of Medicine, and her PhD in Chemistry from the University of Cambridge as a National Institutes o...