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Roger N. Pearse, M.D., Ph.D.

Hematology/Oncology

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Biographical Info

Dr. Pearse is a graduate of Dartmouth College and of the combined MD/PhD program at Cornell University Medical College. He completed a Hematology and Medical Oncology Fellowship at Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center from 1991-1993 and was an Instructor at Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center and Cornell from 1993-1998, participating in the MSKCC autologous bone marrow transplant program and lymphoma/myeloma program. He was Guest Investigator at Rockefeller from 1997-2000, where he did important and creative work on the role of TNF receptor family members in myeloma and bone biology. In 2000, he joined the Division of Hematology and Medical Oncology to join the Multiple Myeloma Program and establish a basic science laboratory.

Dr. Pearse has been an attending physician in the Division of Lymphoma/Myeloma Service, Leukemia Service, and Transplant Service since 2000. He is an expert in the clinical management of hematologic malignancies, specifically myeloma, and plays an important clinical role on our autologous and allogeneic bone marrow transplantation unit.

Dr. Pearse is nationally recognized for his research on the pathobiology of multiple myeloma.

Honors and Awards

Alder Foundation Fellow, 1989

Dana Foundation Fellow, 1990

NIH KO8 AI01219-03, 1994

Novis Award of the International Myeloma Foundation, 1999

Bernstein Award of the International Myeloma Foundation, 2000

Kimmel Scholar, 2002

Ad hoc reviewer MRC study section: Molecular basis of malignant bone disease, 2007

Board Certifications
American Board of Internal Medicine
American Board of Internal Medicine (Hematology)
American Board of Internal Medicine (Medical Oncology)
Clinical Expertise
Amyloidosis
Castleman's Disease
Macroglobulinemia
Monoclonal Gammopathy of Undetermined Significance
Multiple Myeloma
Myeloma
Plasma Cell Dyscrasia
Plasma Cell Leukemia
Plasma Cell Myeloma
POEMS Syndrome
Smoldering Myeloma
Waldenstrom's Disease
Languages
English
Education 
  • Ph.D.
    Cornell University
    1991
  • M.D.
    Cornell University Medical College
    1986
Appointments 
  • Associate Attending Physician
    NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital
  • Associate Professor of Medicine
    Weill Cornell Medical College, Cornell University
Videos

Multiple Myeloma Clinical Trials NYC | Weill Cornell Medicine Multiple Myeloma Center

Multiple Myeloma Cancer Center NY | Weill Cornell Medicine Multiple Myeloma Center

Roger Pearse, M.D., Ph.D.

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