CoagulationDisorders near Elmhurst, NY

Care Philosophy: "My mission is to provide the highest standards of care in prevention, diagnosis and treatment of gynecologic cancers by incorporating the latest surgical approaches and practicing evidence based medicine. My practice promotes compassionate care with a focus on empowering women to be active participants in decision making regarding their health care, which ultimately allows them to make appropriate treatment choices."

Biography: Jones Nauseef, M.D., Ph.D., is an Assistant Professor of Medicine within the Division of Hematology and Medical Oncology at Weill Cornell Medicine, and Assistant Attending physician at NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital. His clinical emphasis is on Genitourinary (GU) cancers and Phase I clinical trials. His research is focused on genomics of advanced prostate cancers, including neuroendocrine prostate cancer, as well as health care disparities.Dr. Nauseef received his B.A. in Biology in 2006 from Swarthmore College, where he also participated in NCAA Track and Cross Country. In 2015, Dr. Nauseef earned his M.D. and Ph.D. in Molecular Physiology and Biophysics (Laboratory of Dr. Michael D. Henry) as part of the NIH-sponsored MedicalScientist Training Program (MSTP) at the Carver College of Medicine of theUniversity of Iowa. He continued his medical training at Weill Cornell Medicine and NewYork-Presbyterian (WCM/NYP), where he completed his Internship and Residency in Internal Medicine in 2018. He was honored to be the recipient of the David B. Skinner award at the conclusion of his residency. He remained at WCM/NYP for his Fellowship in Hematology and Medical Oncology, during which time he was awarded a 2020 Conquer Cancer Foundation of ASCO Young Investigator Award (YIA) and the 2021 Scott Wadler Fellows Clinical Research Award. During his Fellowship, Dr. Nauseef expanded his research focus to include the genomics of advanced prostate cancers and health care disparities in American men of African descent. He serves as co-investigator or collaborator on extramural grants for the latter project. Dr. Nauseef will continue these investigations as a member of the Englander Institute for Precision Medicine and inaffiliation with the New York Genome Center, with the primary goal of leveraging discoveries to develop clinical trials as part of the Phase I/Earlytherapeutics group at Weill Cornell's Meyer Cancer Center.

Biography: Benjamin Samstein, MD is Chief of Liver Transplantation and Hepatobiliary Surgery in the Department of Surgery at NewYork-Presbyterian/Weill Cornell Medicine and Associate Professor of Surgery at Weill Cornell Medical College, Cornell University. Dr. Samstein is the Surgical Director of the Living Donor Liver Transplant Program at NYP. Dr. Samstein is a renowned pioneer in minimally invasive liver surgery and state-of-the-art laparoscopic techniques for liver cancer. Dr. Samstein is a Castle Connolly Top Doctor. Dr. Samstein heads up the multidisciplinary liver transplantation and hepatobiliary surgery team at NYP/Weill Cornell. His specialties include the most advanced laparoscopic procedures for liver cancer, benign liver tumors and hepatobiliary pancreatic disease. He has been invited to talk about minimally invasive liver surgery throughout the world. He is a member of many surgical societies including a founding member of the International Laparoscopic Liver Society (ILLS), American Society of Transplant Surgery, American Hepato-Pancreato-Biliary Association (AHPBA). He is the Chair of the Medical Advisory Board of LiveOnNY and served as the Regional representation to the Liver and Intestine Committee of UNOS from 2014 to 2016. Dr. Samstein is well-published in the field, authoring more than 40 peer-reviewed articles in prestigious medical and surgical journals, books and book chapters. Other areas of clinical expertise include hepatic adenoma, hepatic hemangioma, cholangiocarcinoma, colorectal metastasis, live donor nephrectomy, laparoscopic living donor nephrectomy, and pediatric liver and organ transplant. Dr. Samstein received his undergraduate degree from Cornell University in 1992 and earned his MD at the State University of New York at Stonybrook in 1997. He did his internship and residency in general surgery at NYP/Columbia, and completed a research fellowship at the Mayo Clinic in 2001. He completed a fellowship in ASTS Multi-organ transplant at NYP/Columbia in 2006. He was Assistant Professor of Surgery at Columbia University Medical Center from 2006 to 2015. He served as Program Director of the transplant surgery fellowship at Columbia University from 2007 to 2015. He is a reviewer for American Journal of Transplantation, Transplantation, Liver Transplantation, Pediatric Transplantation, Clinical Transplantation among other journals. List of Publications by Dr. Samstein PubMed