I am an attending neuropathologist at the NewYork–Presbyterian Hospital/Columbia University Irving Medical Center, with an appointment as assistant professor of pathology in the Department of Pathology and Cell Biology at the Vagelos College of Physicians and Surgeons. I am interested in the clinical practice of neuroanatomical pathology, a subspeciality of surgical and autopsy pathology, with the ultimate goal of developing and applying digital pathology tools to improve diagnostic accuracy.

I completed post-graduate clinical training in anatomic pathology and neuropathology, both at Columbia University Irving Medical Center through their combined AP/NP residency-fellowship training program. Prior to residency, I completed graduate training in the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai's (ISMMS) medical-scientist training program (MSTP), receiving doctoral degrees in medicine and neuroscience. My doctoral thesis in Neuroscience, successfully presented to my committee in Spring 2016, was conducted in the Laboratory of Molecular Neuropsychopharmacology, Friedman Brain Institute, under the supervision of Yasmin L. Hurd, professor of Psychiatry, Neuroscience and Pharmacology at the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, and director of the Addiction Institute at Mount Sinai. I graduated from Binghamton University with degrees in Biochemistry and Integrative Neuroscience, and a certificate in evolutionary studies.

I am also heavily involved in neuroscience education and community outreach. Starting at Binghamton University, where I developed unique learning programs for Brain Awareness Week, I continued to exercise this passion at Mount Sinai by teaching graduate-level courses in neuroanatomy, neuroscience and pathology, and by participating in annual Brain Awareness Fairs. At Columbia, I continued to teach during residency, fellowship and now as an attending. I am a member of the New York Association of Neuropathologists, known as The Neuroplex, a local community of neuropatholgists whom regularly meet to discuss educational cases in the field.