Robert A. DeSimone, MD

Director of Transfusion Medicine
Weill Cornell Medicine
New York, New York

Dr. Robert A DeSimone completed his residency training in Anatomic/Clinical Pathology at New York-Presbyterian Hospital/Weill Cornell Medicine in 2017 and fellowship training in Transfusion Medicine at New York Blood Center in 2018. He joined the faculty at Weill Cornell Medicine in 2018, where he currently serves as Director of Transfusion Medicine and is Associate Professor of Clinical Pathology and Laboratory Medicine. His main research interests include blood donor, component, and transfusion recipient interactions as well as transfusion medicine service quality and standardization.

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Presentation(s):

• AM25-MN-33-L - Crossmatch Incompatible Transfusions: How Collaboration Between Transfusion Services and Immunohematology Reference Laboratories Enhance Patient Safety

  Monday, October 27, 2025
  5:00 PM - 6:00 PM  PT