CoagulationDisorders near Bronx, NY

Biography: Dr. Bobak Parang completed his undergraduate studies at the University of Pennsylvania, where he majored in Biology. He subsequently earned his MD and PhD from Vanderbilt University School of Medicine. He then joined the Weill Cornell Medicine Physician Scientist Training Program where he completed his internal medicine residency and hematology / medical oncology fellowship. During his last year of fellowship, Dr. Parang served as Chief Fellow. As a member of the Weill Cornell Medicine faculty, Dr. Parang is a physician-scientist whose clinical and research interests are focused on lung cancer drug resistance and metastases.

Biography: Dr. Laura S. Munoz Arcos is an Assistant Professor of Medicine in the Division of Hematology and Medical Oncology at Weill Cornell Medicine and an Assistant Attending Physician at NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital.Dr. Munoz Arcos earned her medical degree from Universidad del Valle in Colombia, her home country. She then completed an internal medicine residency at Montefiore Medical Center/Albert Einstein College of Medicine in the Bronx, NY, followed by a Hematology and Oncology fellowship at Weill Cornell Medicine/NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital, where she served as Chief Fellow in her final year. During her fellowship, Dr. Munoz Arcos gained extensive clinical experience in treating all types of breast cancer while conducting translational research on liquid biopsy in breast cancer at Dr. Massimo Cristofanilli's laboratory. Her research focuses on identifying predictors of response to therapy in hormone receptor-sensitive metastatic breast cancer. In recognition of her work, she received the 2023 Conquer Cancer American Society of Clinical Oncology (ASCO) Young Investigator Award, a prestigious honor granted to only 100 recipients annually. Following the completion of her fellowship, Dr. Munoz Arcos joined the Division of Hematology and Medical Oncology as a faculty member, where she is focused on the treatment of breast cancer.