Pathology and Laboratory Medicine - Upper East Side
525 East 68th Street
Suite F-715
New York, NY 10065
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About Robert A. DeSimone, M.D.
Dr. DeSimone received his M.D. from Stony Brook University School of Medicine in 2013. He completed Anatomic and Clinical Pathology residency training at Weill Cornell Medicine in 2017. He finished training with a fellowship in Transfusion Medicine at the New York Blood Center in 2018. Dr. DeSimone joined the faculty at Weill Cornell Medicine in July 2018 and serves as Medical Director of Transfusion Medicine.
Board Certifications
- Anatomic Pathology and Clinical Pathology
- Blood Banking/Transfusion Medicine
Expertise
- Laboratory Medicine
- Transfusion Medicine
Education
- Degrees: Cornell University
- Degrees: State University of New York at Stony Brook, School of Medicine
Languages
- English
Titles & Positions
- Associate Attending Pathologist
- Associate Professor of Clinical Pathology and Laboratory Medicine
Hospital Affiliations
- NewYork-Presbyterian / Weill Cornell Medical Center
Education
- Degrees: State University of New York at Stony Brook, School of Medicine
- Degrees: Cornell University
Titles & Positions
- Associate Attending Pathologist
- Associate Professor of Clinical Pathology and Laboratory Medicine
Board Certifications
- anatomic pathology and clinical pathology
- blood banking/transfusion medicine
Languages Spoken
- english
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