Faculty

Stephen Graziano, MD
Division Chief

Eleanor H Abel, PA
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315 361-1041
Education & Fellowships
- Certificate of Advanced Study: Syracuse University, 2010, Disabilities Studies
- MS: Syracuse University, 2008, Rehabilitation Counseling
- BS: SUNY Stony Brook, 1988, Physician Assistant Education

Komal Akhtar, MD
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315 464-8200
Education & Fellowships
- Fellowship: SUNY Upstate Medical University, 2021, Hematology and Medical Oncology
- Residency: SUNY Upstate Medical University, 2018, Internal Medicine
- MD: St. George's University School of Medicine, Grenada, 2015

Alyssa M Bardenett, PA
315 464-8200
315 464-8200
Education & Fellowships
- PA: SUNY Upstate Medical University, 2016

Alina Basnet, MD
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315 464-8200
Education & Fellowships
- Fellowship: SUNY Upstate Medical University, 2018, Hematology and Medical Oncology
- Residency: Seton Hall University School of Health and Medical Sciences, Trinitas Regional Medical Center, 2015, Internal Medicine
- MBBS: College of Medical Sciences, Kathmandu University, 2009

Sam Benjamin, MD
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315 464-8200
Education & Fellowships
- Fellowship: University of Manitoba, Canada, 2011, Medical Oncology
- Residency: SUNY Upstate Medical University, 2009, Internal Medicine
- MD: Masaryk's University, Brno, Czech Republic, 2002




David B Duggan, MD
315 464-8200
315 464-8200
Education & Fellowships
- Fellowship: Tufts-New England Medical Center, 1985, Hematology-Oncology
- Residency: Tufts-New England Medical Center, 1982, Internal Medicine
- MD: SUNY Health Science Center at Syracuse, 1979
- BA: Hamilton College, 1975, Biology


Teresa C Gentile, MD, PhD
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315 464-8200
Education & Fellowships
- Residency: University Hospital, SUNY Health Science Center at Syracuse, 1993
- MD: SUNY Health Science Center at Syracuse, 1989

Krishna B Ghimire, MD
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315 464-8200
Education & Fellowships
- Fellowship: University of Illinois, Chicago, IL, 2019, Hematology Oncology and Bone Marrow Transplant
- Residency: University of Illinois, Chicago, IL, 2011, Internal Medicine
- MD: University of Illinois, Chicago, IL, 2003

Diana Gilligan, MD/PhD
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315 464-8668
Education & Fellowships
- Fellowship: Duke University Medical Center, 1994, Clinical Fellow, Hematology/Oncology
- Fellowship: Duke University Medical Center, 1993, Postdoctoral Fellow
- Fellowship: University of North Carolina Hospitals - Chapel Hill, 1989, Postdoctoral Fellow
- Residency: North Carolina Memorial Hospital, 1989, Internal Medicine
- MD/PhD: Albert Einstein College of Medicine, 1985, Anatomy and Structural Biology
- BA: Radcliffe College, Harvard University, 1976, Biology

Stephen L Graziano, MD
315 464-8200
315 464-8200
Education & Fellowships
- Fellowship: University Hospital, SUNY Health Science Center at Syracuse, 1985
- Residency: University Hospital, SUNY Health Science Center at Syracuse, 1982
- Internship: University Hospital, SUNY Health Science Center at Syracuse, 1980
- MD: University of Minnesota Medical School, 1979




Karen E Litwak, RN ANP, APRN, AOCN
315 361-1041
315 361-1041
Education & Fellowships
- MSN: SUNY Institute of Technology at Utica/Rome, 1996


Melissa F Morris, NP
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315 464-8200
Education & Fellowships
- FNP: SUNY Upstate Medical University, 2016



Bernard J Poiesz, MD
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315 464-8200
Education & Fellowships
- Fellowship: National Cancer Institute, NIH, Bethesda, MD, 1977
- MD: University of Pennsylvania, 1974
- Residency: University Hospital, SUNY Health Science Center at Syracuse, 1974
- BA: LaSalle University, 1970

Merima Ramovic-Zobic, DO
315 464-8200
315 464-8200
Education & Fellowships
- Fellowship: SUNY Upstate Medical University, 2015, Hematology and Medical Oncology
- Residency: SUNY Upstate Medical University, 2012, Internal Medicine

Katja Reuter, PhD
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315 464-5540
Education & Fellowships
- Additional Training: Emory University School of Medicine, 2022, Qualitative Research Design
- Additional Training: University of California at San Francisco, 2021, Implementation Science
- Additional Training: Johns Hopkins University, 2018, Design and Interpretation of Clinical Trials
- PhD: Freie University of Berlin, 2006, Neurobiology
- MS: Freie University of Berlin, 2002, Biology


Rahul Seth, DO
315 464-8200
315 464-8200
Education & Fellowships
- Fellowship: SUNY Stony Brook, 2005, Hematology/Oncology
- Residency: SUNY Stony Brook, 2002, Internal Medicine
- DO: New York College of Osteopathic Medicine, 1999

Abirami Sivapiragasam, MD
315 464-8200
315 464-8200
Education & Fellowships
- Fellowship: Winthrop University Hospital, 2015, Hematology/Oncology
- Residency: Winthrop University Hospital, 2012, Internal Medicine
- MD: Tver State Medical Academy, Russian Federation, 2006



