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Jiani Chai, M.D., Ph.D.

Molecular Hematopathology
Insurances Accepted

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Specialties
Molecular Pathology
Biographical Info

Dr. Chai received both her M.D. (2008) and Master of Medicine (MMed 2011) from Zhongshan School of Medicine Sun Yat- sen University in China. She then completed her Ph.D. in Immunology at Washington University at the St. Louis School of Medicine in 2018 and various post-doctoral associate roles from 2018-2020. She completed a clinical and research training residency program at Montefiore Medical Center at Albert Einstein College of Medicine in New York in 2024. She completed training as a Hematopathology Fellow at New York Presbyterian Hospital/Weill Cornell Medicine in 2025 and will complete a Molecular Genetic Pathology fellowship at Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center in New York in 2026. Dr. Chai will join us as Assistant Professor of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine in our Hematopathology and Molecular Pathology divisions.

Honors and Awards
  • Best Clinical Poster Award     Department of Pathology, Weill Cornell Medicine     2025
  • Alpha Omega Alpha member     Alpha Omega Alpha Honor Medical Society     2024
  • Pathology Resident Teaching Award     Department of Pathology, Montefiore Medical Center     2024
  • Pathology Resident Research Award     Department of Pathology, Montefiore Medical Center     2024 
Board Certifications
American Board of Pathology (Anatomic Pathology and Clinical Pathology)
American Board of Pathology (Hematology)
Education 
  • Ph.D.
    Washington University
    2018
  • M.Med.
    Zhongshan Medical College (China)
    2011
  • B.M.
    Zhongshan Medical College (China)
    2008
Appointments 
  • Assistant Attending Pathologist
    NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital
  • Assistant Professor of Clinical Pathology and Laboratory Medicine
    Weill Cornell Medical College, Cornell University

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