Specialty Division

Hematopathology

Other Expertise

On my first day as a lab director, I learned that our entire dayshift staff had been exposed to COVID-19 in the workplace and had to quarantine. Although no one became seriously ill, this experience framed my relationship with laboratory professionals, and highlighted their role as front line workers.

I work closely with Surabhi Mulchandani, Vice Chair for Laboratory Administration, and other leadership in the department, to develop sustainable, ongoing strategies to develop and strengthen the pathology workforce.

Clinical Expertise

I am a hematopathologist and Director of the hematology laboratory at Children's Hospital of Philadelphia. I came to hematopathology originally because I wanted to care for critically ill patients alongside intelligent, curious clinicians in a collaborative fashion. I also enjoy interacting with our strong flow cytometrists, medical technologists, molecular pathologists, cytogeneticists, histotechs and pathology assistants, who make my work possible.

I am interested in quality and process improvement in the lab, and I am particularly fascinated by pediatric myeloid neoplasms.

Education

AB Harvard University, Cambridge, MA, 2006
MD Mount Sinai School of Medicine, New York, NY, 2010
MPH (Epidemiology), Columbia University Mailman School of Public Health, 2014

Specialty Certification

American Board of Pathology, Anatomic and Clinical Pathology, 2015
American Board of Pathology, Hematopathology, 2016

Postgraduate Training

Resident, Anatomic/Clinical Pathology, NYPH-Columbia University Medical Center, New York, NY, 2010-2015
Chief Resident, Anatomic/Clinical Pathology NYPH-Columbia University Medical Center, New York, NY, 2012-2013
Fellow, Hematopathology, NYPH-Weill Cornell, New York, NY, 2015-2016

Awards and Honors

Hoopes Prize for Senior thesis, 2006
Vermeule Prize for excellence in Archaeological Scholarship, 2006
Honorable Mention: Gold Foundation Humanism in Medicine Essay Contest, 2009
Wyman Scholar at Mailman School of Public Health, 2013
American Society of Hematology Abstract Achievement Award, 2013
American Society of Hematology Abstract Achievement Award, 2015
Best Podium Presentation, 8th Annual CHOP Education Day, 2025

Memberships and Professional Organizations

United States & Canadian Academy of Pathology, 2012 - Present
College of American Pathologists, 2016 - Present
AIDS Malignancies Consortium, 2017 - 2019
Society for Hematopathology, 2018 - Present
American Society for Clinical Pathology, 2022 - Present

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Selected Publications