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...
Board Certifications
- Hematology
- Internal Medicine
- Medical Oncology
Expertise
- ALL (Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia)
- AML (Acute Myelogenous Leukemia)
- Aplastic Anemia
- Chronic Myelogenous Leukemia
- Leukemia
- MDS (Myelodysplastic Syndrome)
- MPN (Myeloproliferative Neoplasm)
- Myelodysplasia
- Myeloproliferative Neoplasm
Education
- Fellowship: Wayne State University / Detroit Medical Center
- Medical School: Wayne State University / Detroit Medical Center
- Residency: Wayne State University / Detroit Medical Center
Languages
- English
Titles & Positions
- Associate Professor of Medicine
Hospital Affiliations
- NewYork-Presbyterian / Weill Cornell Medical Center
Education
- Residency: Wayne State University / Detroit Medical Center
- Fellowship: Wayne State University / Detroit Medical Center
- Medical School: Wayne State University / Detroit 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
Board Certifications
- hematology
- internal medicine
- medical oncology
Languages Spoken
- english
Research
Impact of Response to Hypomethylating Agent-Based Therapy on Survival Outcomes in the Context of Baseline Clinical-Molecular Risk and Transplant Status in Patients With Higher-Risk Myelodysplastic Syndromes/Neoplasms: An analysis From the International Consortium for MDS (icMDS).
August 27, 2026Venetoclax and hypomethylating agents versus other therapies: an international, multicenter, retrospective cohort chart review study.
July 29, 2026A nested case-control study of monoclonal gammopathy of undetermined significance in the Multiethnic Cohort study.
July 14, 2026