Sabrina Racine-Brzostek, M.D., Ph.D.

Pathology
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Biographical Info

Dr. Sabrina Racine- Brzostek received her bachelor of science degree from Boston College in 2000, and her M.D. and PhD from Stony Brook University School of Medicine in Stony Brook, New York in 2013. She did an anatomic and clinical pathology residency program at Montefiore Medical Center at the Albert Einstein College of Medicine in the Bronx, New York Moreover, she became their chief resident and then moved on to the New York Blood Center and Weill Cornell Medicine to serve as a transient transfusion medicine fellow in 2018. She also served as a research assistant with Dr. Anthony Hollenberg at the Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center from 2000 to 2001.  At Stony Brook, she was involved in the medical scientist training program and has given many didactic lectures there as well as here at Weill Cornell.

Dr. Racine- Brzostek has a broad range of research experience, from the study of cellular and molecular biology to the study of public health policy. She is displays a strong commitment to providing patient care based on her broad knowledge base in transfusion medicine, immunohematology as well as lab management. She was a key player in an inter-disciplinary clinical team that has provided care for hemophilia patients, and she has distinguished herself in the field of transfusion medicine. She has embarked on a quality improvement project regarding the reconstitution of whole blood for neonatal whole blood exchange, which is a critical provision in the blood bank. Her main research project is focused on solving detergent plasma and it’s extended time efficiency.

Honors and Awards

Leo M. Davidoff Society of the Albert Einstein College of Medicine for Outstanding Achievement in the Teaching of Medical Students

6/2018

Albert Einstein College of Medicine/ Montefiore Medical Center Pathology Research Day Outstanding Poster Award

5/2017

Albert Einstein College of Medicine/ Montefiore Medical Center Pathology Research Day Outstanding Poster Award

5/2016

Seymour & Vivian Milstein ISICR Travel Award

10/2008

Cancer Biochemistry & Cell Biology Training Fellowship

1/2005

magna cum laude, Boston College

5/2000

Phi Beta Kappa, Boston College

5/2000

McCarthy Prize, Boston College

5/2000

Scholar of the College, Boston College

5/1999

Sophomore Scholar, Boston College

5/1998

Class Valedictorian, Saint Thomas Aquinas High School, New Britain CT

6/1996

Languages
English
Education 
  • M.D.
    State University of New York at Stony Brook, School of Medicine
    2013
  • Ph.D.
    State University of New York at Stony Brook, School of Medicine
    2010
  • B.S.
    Boston College
    2000
Appointments 
  • Assistant Attending Pathologist
    NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital
  • Assistant Professor of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine
    Weill Cornell Medical College, Cornell University

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