Academic Appointments
- Associate Professor of Pathology & Cell Biology at CUMC
Current Administrative Positions
- Medical Director, Special Hematology and Coagulation Laboratory

Email: rof3@cumc.columbia.edu
Departments and Divisions
- Department of Pathology & Cell Biology
Division of Laboratory Medicine
Board Certifications
- Clinical Pathology
- Blood Banking/Transfusion Medicine
Areas of Expertise
- Pathology - Clinical
Education and Training
- PhD, Columbia University
- Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons
- Residency: NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital/Columbia University Medical Center
- Fellowship: 2011 New York Blood Center
Locations
CUIMC/Presbyterian Hospital and Vanderbilt Clinic
622 West 168th Street
New York, NY 10032
Provider Affiliations
- NewYork-Presbyterian / Columbia University Irving Medical Center
- NewYork-Presbyterian Allen Hospital
Insurance Programs
Please contact the provider's office directly to verify that your particular insurance is accepted.
- AETNA [Aetna Signature Administrators, EPO, HMO, Medicare Managed Care, NYP Employee Plan, NY Signature, POS, PPO, Student Health]
- CIGNA [EPO, Great West (National), HMO, POS, PPO]
- Emblem/GHI [Medicare Managed Care, PPO]
- Emblem/HIP [ConnectiCare, EPO, Essential Plan, HMO, Medicaid Managed Care, Medicare Managed Care, POS, PPO, Select Care (Exchange), Vytra]
- Empire Blue Cross/Blue Shield [EPO, HMO, PPO]
- Local 1199 [Local 1199]
- MagnaCare (National) [MagnaCare]
- Medicare [Railroad, Traditional Medicare]
- Multiplan [Multiplan]
- Oxford Health Plans [Freedom, Liberty]
- RiverSpring [Special Needs]
- UnitedHealthcare [Compass (Exchange), Empire Plan, HMO, Medicare Managed Care, POS, PPO]
This provider accepts new patients
Links
Lab Locations
CUIMC/Presbyterian Hospital and Vanderbilt Clinic
622 West 168th Street
New York, NY 10032
Contact Info
- (212) 342-4569
Committees / Societies / Memberships
AABB - American Association of Blood Banks
ASH - American Society of Hematology
ACLPS - Academy of Clinical Laboratory Physicians and Scientists
Honors and Awards
2011 Paul E. Strandjord Young Investigator Award, Academy of Clinical Laboratory Physicians and Scientists
2013 The Dr. Joseph G. Fink Laboratory Medicine Faculty Teaching Award, Columbia University Medical Center, College of Physicians and Surgeons, Department of Pathology and Cell Biology
NIH Grants
THE IMPACT OF OXIDATIVE STRESS ON ERYTHOCYTE BIOLOGY (Federal Gov)
Sep 25 2019 - Aug 31 2023
EFFECT OF G6PD DEFICIENCY ON RED BLOOD CELL STORAGE (Private)
Jan 1 2014 - Dec 31 2017
EFFECT OF GLUCOSE-6-PHOSPHATE DEHYDROGENASE DEFICIENCY ON RED BLOOD CELL STORAGE (Private)
Jul 1 2014 - Jun 30 2016
FIELD STUDY (Private)
Feb 1 2015 - Apr 30 2015
HARMFUL EFFECTS OF TRANSFUSION OF OLDER STORED RED CELLS: IRON AND INFLAMMATION (Federal Gov)
Sep 16 2009 - Jul 31 2014