Richard T. Silver, M.D. Myeloproliferative Neoplasms (MPN) Center
520 East 70th Street
Starr Pavilion, 3rd Floor
New York, NY 10021
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About Pinkal Desai, M.D.
Pinkal Desai MD, MPH is an Associate Professor of Medicine at Weill Cornell Medical College and Attending Physician at the New York-Presbyterian Hospital.
After obtaining her MBBS at Byramjeejeebhoy Medical College in India in 2005, Dr. Desai obtained an MPH at the University of Alabama at Birmingham School of Public Health. Following her residency at Wayne State University, Detroit Medical Center, she underwent fellowship training in Hematology-Medical Oncology at Providence Hospital Medical Center, serving as Chief Fellow from 2012-2013. Dr. Desai was recruited to serve in our Leukemia Program to develop a clinical practice devoted to leukemia, myelodysplastic syndrome (MDS) and...
Expertise
- ALL (Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia)
- AML (Acute Myelogenous Leukemia)
- Aplastic Anemia
- Chronic Myelogenous Leukemia
- Leukemia
- MDS (Myelodysplastic Syndrome)
- MPN (Myeloproliferative Neoplasm)
- Myelodysplasia
- Myeloproliferative Neoplasm
Languages
- English
Titles & Positions
- Associate Professor of Medicine
Hospital Affiliations
- NewYork-Presbyterian / Weill Cornell Medical Center
Awards & Honors
- 1998 Certificate of Merit for excellence in Chemistry and Biology - Awarded to top 0.1% of students nationwide in undergraduate exams.
- 1998-2004 Dhirubhai Ambani Scholarship for Academic Excellence for being in top 5 in academic ranking in state level undergraduate exams
- 2012 American Association of Cancer Research (AACR) In-training Scholar Award for meritorious abstract presented at AACR/SABCS
Titles & Positions
- Associate Professor of Medicine
Languages Spoken
- english