Leadership and Staff | Graduate School of Medical Sciences

Barbara Hempstead, MD, PhD

Dean
blhempst@med.cornell.edu
212-746-1818

Address
1300 York Ave, Room F-100
New York, NY 10065

Assistant: Katrina Pearsall

Randi B. Silver, PhD

Associate Dean, Academic Affairs
rbsilve@med.cornell.edu
212-746-6340

Address
1300 York Ave, Room A-128
New York, NY 10065

Assistant: Bouchra Hannaoui

David Eliezer, PhD

Associate Dean, Program Development
dae2005@med.cornell.edu
212-746-6557

Address
1300 York Ave, Room W-306
New York, NY 10065

Assistant: Bouchra Hannaoui

Judith Cukor, PhD

Assistant Dean, Student Affairs
juc2010@med.cornell.edu
212-746-4492

Address
425 East 61 St, Penthouse
New York, NY 10065

Assistant: Fernando Arzu

Yazmin Carrasco, PhD

Assistant Dean, Diversity and Inclusion
ypc4001@med.cornell.edu
646-962-4937

Address
445 E 69th St, OH-110
New York, NY 10021

Assistant: Fernando Arzu

Karla Jacome, M.S.ED

Director of Education Administration
kjjacome@med.cornell.edu
212-746-4809

Address
1300 York Ave, Room A-128
New York, NY 10021

Heather DiTullio, MS

Director, Enrollment & Educational Programs
had4003@med.cornell.edu
212-746-6981

Address
1300 York Ave, Room A-131
New York, NY 10065

Aubrey DeCarlo, PhD

Associate Director, Career and Professional Development
aul4001@med.cornell.edu
212-746-6502

Address
1300 York Ave, Room A-139
New York, NY 10065

Tatiana Belinskaya

Assistant Director, Grants & Finance
tab2017@med.cornell.edu
212-746-6737

Address
1300 York Ave, Room A-131
New York, NY 10065

Roxana Mesias, PhD

Assistant Director, Office of Diversity
rem4008@med.cornell.edu
212-746-1060

Address
1300 York Ave, Room A-131
New York, NY 10065

Dikaury Hernandez-Guner

Senior Manager, Training Grants
dih3001@med.cornell.edu
646-962-6916

Address
575 Lexington Ave, 9th Floor
New York, NY 10022

Anastasia Efthymiou, PhD

Senior Grants Administrator
ane4008@med.cornell.edu

Address
1300 York Ave, Room A-131
New York, NY 10065

Clive Liew, MS

Student Services Administrator, International Student Services
cll4002@med.cornell.edu
212-746-6565

Address
1300 York Ave, Room A-131
New York, NY 10065

Marleni Marte

Admissions and Marketing Manager
mam4066@med.cornell.edu
212-746-6565

Address
1300 York Ave, Room A-131
New York, NY 10065

Natalia Serrano

Financial Coordinator
nas4030@med.cornell.edu
212-746-6565

Address
575 Lexington Ave, 11th Floor
New York, NY 10022

Bouchra Hannaoui

Senior Administrative Specialist
boh3002@med.cornell.edu
212-746-6340

Address
1300 York Ave, Room F-100
New York, NY 10065

Fernando Arzu

Senior Administrative Specialist
fea4002@med.cornell.edu
212-746-6122

Address
1300 York Ave, Room A-131
New York, NY 10065

Katrina Pearsall

Senior Coordinator
kap9100@med.cornell.edu
212-746-1818

Address
1300 York Ave, Room F-100
New York, NY 10065

PhD Programs

BCMB Allied Program

Christopher Lima, PhD

Program Co-Chair, Biochemistry and Structural Biology
limac@mskcc.org
212-639-8205

Address
Sloan Kettering Institute/HHMI
430 East 67th Street, RRL-301A
New York NY 10065

Tobias Meyer, PhD

Program Co-Chair, Biochemistry and Structural Biology
tom4003@med.cornell.edu
212-746-6565

Address
1300 York Avenue, A-402
New York, NY 10065-4805

Heidi Stuhlmann, PhD

Program Co-Chair, Cell and Developmental Biology
hes2011@med.cornell.edu
212-746-6156

Address
1300 York Avenue, A-312
New York, NY 10065-4805

Tobias Walther, PhD

Program Co-Chair, Cell and Developmental Biology
twalther@mskcc.org
212-746-6565

Address
MSK Rockefeller Research Laboratories
430 East 67th Street
New York, NY 10065

Kirk Deitsch, PhD

Program Co-Chair, Molecular Biology
kwd2001@med.cornell.edu
212-746-4976

Address
1300 York Avenue, W-704
New York, NY 10065

Andrew Koff, PhD

Program Co-Chair, Molecular Biology
koffa@mskcc.org
212-639-2354

Address
MSK Rockefeller Research Laboratories
430 East 67th Street
New York, NY 10065

Dirk Remus, PhD

Program Co-Director, BCMB Allied
remusd@mskcc.org
212-639-5263

Address
MSK Rockefeller Research Laboratories
430 East 67th Street
New York, NY 10065

Lukas Dow, PhD

Program Co-Director, BCMB Allied
lud2005@med.cornell.edu
646-962-6313

Address
Belfer Research Building, BB1318
413 East 69th Street
New York, NY 10021

Vanessa Dodson

Program Coordinator
vad3003@med.cornell.edu
212-746-6565

Address
1300 York Ave, Room A-131
New York, NY 10065

Denise Jenkins

BCMB Co-Program Coordinator/WCGS Coordinator
djenkins@med.cornell.edu
212-746-6565

Address
1300 York Ave, Room A-131
New York, NY 10065

Immunology & Microbial Pathogenesis

Sabine Ehrt, PhD

Program Co-Chair
sae2004@med.cornell.edu
646-962-6215

Address
413 East 69th Street, Room BB1102
New York, NY 10021

Alexander Rudensky, PhD

Program Co-Chair
rudenska@mskcc.org
646-888-3109

Address
MSK Rockefeller Research Laboratories
430 East 67th Street
New York, NY 10065

Theresa Lu, MD, PhD

Program Co-Director
thl2005@med.cornell.edu
212-774-2532

Address
515 E 71st St, 7th Floor
New York, NY 10021

Gretchen Diehl, PhD

Program Co-Director
Diehlg1@mskcc.org
646-888-3312

Address
MSK Zuckerman Research Center
410 E 69th St 16th Floor
New York, NY 10021

Thelma Lopez

Program Coordinator
thl2013@med.cornell.edu
212-746-2502

Address
1300 York Ave, Room A-131
New York, NY 10065

Neuroscience

M. Elizabeth Ross, MD, PhD

Program Chair
mer2005@med.cornell.edu
646-962-6144

Address
407 E 61st St
New York, NY 10065

Teresa Milner, PhD

Program Co-Director
tmilner@med.cornell.edu
646-962-8274

Address
407 E 61st St
New York, NY 10065

Jacqueline Burre, PhD

Program Co-Director
jab2058@med.cornell.edu
646-962-6155

Address
413 East 69th Street, Room BB-1024
New York, NY 10021

Maullika Dua, MPH

Program Manager
mzd2020@med.cornell.edu
646-962-6145

Address
413 E 69th St, BRB 1004
New York, NY 10021

Pharmacology

Lorraine Gudas, PhD

Program Co-Chair
ljgudas@med.cornell.edu
212-746-6250

Address
1300 York Ave, Room E-409,
New York, NY 10065

Omar Abdel-Wahab, MD

Program Co-Chair
abdelwao@mskcc.org
646-888-3487

Address
Zuckerman Building
417 E. 68th St, Room 1860
New York, NY 10065

Minkui Luo, PhD

Program Director
luom@mskcc.org
646-888-3066

Address
1275 York Avenue
New York, NY 10065

Aileen Rosales

Program Coordinator
aii2002@med.cornell.edu
212-746-6250

Address
1300 York Ave, Room E-409/LC519
New York, NY 10065

Physiology, Biophysics and Systems Biology

Harel Weinstein, D.Sc.

Program Chair
haw2002@med.cornell.edu
212-746-6358

Address
1300 York Avenue, Room E-509
New York, NY 10065

Emre Aksay, PhD

Program Director
ema2004@med.cornell.edu
212-746-6207

Address
525 East 68th Street, Room W-820 B
New York, NY 10065

Audrey Rivera

Program Coordinator
ajr2004@med.cornell.edu
212-746-6361

Address
1300 York Avenue, Room E-509
New York, NY 10065

Population Health Sciences

Rainu Kaushal, MD

Program Co-Chair
rak2007@med.cornell.edu
646-962-8006

Address
402 East 67th Street
New York, NY 10065

Bruce Schackman, PhD

Program Co-Chair
brs2006@med.cornell.edu
646-962-9302

Address
425 East 61st Street, 3rd Fl
New York, NY 10065

Samprit Banerjee, PhD

Program Director
sab2028@med.cornell.edu
646-962-8014

Address
402 East 67th Street
New York, NY 10065

Suklima Roy Barua, MA

Senior Graduate Program Coordinator
sur4004@med.cornell.edu
646-962-8069

Address
575 Lexington Avenue, 6th Floor
New York, NY 10022

PhD Programs at Houston Methodist Academic Institute

Physiology, Biophysics & Systems Biology

Henry Pownall, PhD

Site Director
hjpownall@houstonmethodist.org
713 441-7048

Address
Houston Campus

Amy Wright Ed.D, MBA

Director, Educational Partnerships
aswright@houstonmethodist.org
713-441-7267

Address
Houston Campus

Rashad Bigham

Sr. Trainee Affairs Coordinator
rbigham@houstonmethodist.org
713-441-7267

Address
Houston Campus

Neuroscience

Philip J. Horner, PhD

Site Director
pjhorner@houstonmethodist.org
713-363-9046

Address
Houston Campus

Amy Wright Ed.D, MBA

Director, Educational Partnerships
aswright@houstonmethodist.org
713-441-7267

Address
Houston Campus

Rashad Bigham

Sr. Trainee Affairs Coordinator
rbigham@houstonmethodist.org
713-441-7267

Address
Houston Campus

Tri-Institutional PhD Programs

Chemical Biology

Derek Tan, PhD

Program Chair and Program Director
tand@mskcc.org
212-746-5267

Address
1300 York Avenue, Box 194
New York, NY 10065

Shefali Shah

Executive Director
sshah@med.cornell.edu
(212) 746-6037

Address
445 East 69th Street, Rm 205
New York, NY 10021

Tarun Kapoor, PhD

Associate Director
kapoor@rockefeller.edu
212-746-5267

Address
1300 York Avenue, Box 194
New York, NY 10065

Joshua Levitz, PhD

Associate Director
jtl2003@med.cornell.edu
212-746-5267

Address
1300 York Avenue, Box 194
New York, NY 10065

Margie Hinonangan-Mendoza, M.A.

Program Administrator
212-746-5267

Address
1300 York Avenue, Box 194
New York, NY 10065

Computational Biology and Medicine

Christina Leslie, PhD

Program Chair
lesliec@mskcc.org
212-746-5267

Address
1300 York Avenue, Box 194
New York, NY 10065

Shefali Shah

Executive Director
sshah@med.cornell.edu
(212) 746-6037

Address
445 East 69th Street, Rm 205
New York, NY 10021

Iman Hajirasouliha, PhD

Co-Director
imh2003@med.cornell.edu
646-962-7804

Address
1300 York Avenue, Box 194
New York, NY 10065

Quaid Morris, PhD

Co-Director
morrisq@mskcc.org
212-746-5267

Address
1300 York Avenue, Box 194
New York, NY 10065

Margie Hinonangan-Mendoza, M.A.

Program Administrator
mah2036@med.cornell.edu
212-746-5267

Address
1300 York Avenue, Box 194
New York, NY 10065

MD/PhD

Katharine Hsu, MD, PhD

Program Director
hsuk@mskcc.org
646-888-2667

Address
1300 York Avenue, C-103
New York, NY 10065

Catharine Boothroyd, PhD

Executive Director
cab4003@med.cornell.edu
212-746-6023

Address
1300 York Avenue, C-103
New York, NY 10065

Masters Programs

Biomedical Imaging

Douglas J. Ballon, PhD

Program Chair
djb2001@med.cornell.edu
212-746-6579

Address
525 East 68th St
New York, NY 10065

Andrew Schweitzer, MD

Co-Director
ans2046@med.cornell.edu
212-746-6711

Address
525 East 68th Street, Floor: 8A-33
New York, NY 10065

Pat Zanzonico, PhD

Co-Director
zanzonip@mskcc.org
646-888-2134

Address
MSK Rockefeller Research Laboratories
430 East 67th Street
New York, NY 10065

Sarah Schaller

Program Coordinator
sas4078@med.cornell.edu
212-746-1361

Address
1300 York Avenue, Box 65
New York, NY 10065

Clinical & Translation Investigation

Julianne Imperato-McGinley, MD

Program Chair
jimperat@med.cornell.edu
212-746-6277

Address
445 East. 69th Street, OH-217
New York, NY 10021

My Linh H. Nguyen-Novotny

Asst. Dir Programmatic Development
myn2001@med.cornell.edu
646-962-8326

Address
445 East. 69th Street, OH-217
New York, NY 10021

Clinical Epidemiology & Health Services Research

Mary Charlson, MD

Program Chair
mecharl@med.cornell.edu
646-962-5060

Address
338 E 66th St
New York, NY 10065

Carol A. Mancuso, MD

Professor of Medicine
mancusoc@hss.edu
212-774-7508

Address
535 E. 70th Street
New York, NY 10021

Robin D. Andrews, DSW

Senior Education Manager
rra2004@med.cornell.edu
646-962-5032

Address
338 E 66th St
New York, NY 10065

Computational Biology

Trine Krogh-Madsen, PhD

Program Director
trk2002@med.cornell.edu
646-962-5392

Address
413 E. 69th St,
New York, NY 10065

Sarah Schaller

Program Coordinator
sas4078@med.cornell.edu
212-746-1361

Address
1300 York Avenue, Box 65
New York, NY 10065

Executive MBA/MS in Healthcare Leadership

Rainu Kaushal, MD

Program Co-Chair
rak2007@med.cornell.edu
646-962-8006

Address
402 East 67th Street
New York, NY 10065

Bruce Schackman, PhD

Program Co-Chair
brs2006@med.cornell.edu
646-962-9302

Address
425 East 61st Street, 3rd Fl
New York, NY 10065

Elisabeth Brodbeck, PhD, MPH

Executive Director of Education
elb4008@med.cornell.edu

Address
402 E. 67th St.
New York, NY 10065

Suklima Roy, MA

Graduate Program Coordinator
sur4004@med.cornell.edu

Address
402 E. 67th St.
New York, NY 10065

Genetic Counseling

M. Elizabeth Ross, MD, PhD

Program Chair
mer2005@med.cornell.edu
646-962-6141, Ext. 16141

Address
413 East 69th St., Room 1002
New York, NY 10021

Shenela Lakhani, M.Sc., CGC, CCGC

Program Director
shl2034@med.cornell.edu
646-962-7230

Address
413 East 69th St., Floor 9
New York, NY 10021

Sergio Dominguez

Program Administrator
sed4008@med.cornell.edu
646-962-6145

Address
413 E 69th St, BRB 1004
New York, NY 10021

Population Health Sciences

Rainu Kaushal, MD, MPH

Program Co-Chair
rak2007@med.cornell.edu
646-962-8006

Address
575 Lexington Avenue, 6th Floor
New York, NY 10022

Bruce Schackman, PhD

Program Co-Chair
brs2006@med.cornell.edu
646-962-9302

Address
575 Lexington Avenue, 6th Floor
New York, NY 10022

Xi Kathy Zhou, PhD, MS

Program Director, Biostatistics and Data Science
kaz2004@med.cornell.edu
646-962-8001

Address
575 Lexington Avenue, 6th Floor
New York, NY 10022

Jose Fernando Florez-Arango, MD, MSc, PhD

Program Director, Health Informatics
jff4001@med.cornell.edu
646-962-8069

Address
575 Lexington Avenue, 6th Floor
New York, NY 10022

Mark A.Unruh, PhD

Program Director, Health Policy and Economics
mau2006@med.cornell.edu
646-962-8061

Address
575 Lexington Avenue, 6th Floor
New York, NY 10022

Robert Rentz , MPA

Program Coordinator
ror4002@med.cornell.edu
646-962-8069

Address
575 Lexington Avenue, 6th Floor
New York, NY 10022

Prospective Students: phs-admissions@med.cornell.edu

Office of Postdoctoral Affairs

Leslie Krushel, PhD

Manager, Postdoctoral Affairs
lek2014@med.cornell.edu
212-746-6065

Address
1300 York Ave, A-139
New York, NY 10065

Alumni Relations

Sharon Meiri Fox

Director of Alumni Relations and Giving, External Affairs
shm2056@med.cornell.edu
646-962-9546

Address
1300 York Avenue, Box 61
New York, NY 10065