Dr. Raza is a Professor of Medicine and Director of the MDS Center at Columbia University in New York, NY. She started her research in Myelodysplastic Syndromes (MDS) in 1982 and moved to Rush University, Chicago, Illinois in 1992, where she was the Charles Arthur Weaver Professor in Oncology and Director, Division of Myeloid Diseases. The MDS Program, along with a Tissue Repository containing more than 50,000 samples from MDS and acute leukemia patients was successfully relocated to the University of Massachusetts in 2004 and to Columbia University in 2010. Before moving to New York, Dr. Raza was the Chief of Hematology Oncology and the Gladys Smith Martin Professor of Oncology at the University of Massachusetts in Worcester. She has published the results of her laboratory research and clinical trials in prestigious, peer-reviewed journals such as The New England Journal of Medicine, Nature, Blood, Cancer, Cancer Research, the British Journal of Hematology, Leukemia, and Leukemia Research. Dr. Raza serves on numerous national and international panels as a reviewer, consultant, and advisor and is the recipient of a number of awards.
Primary Specialty
Oncologist
PracticeCUIMC/Herbert Irving Pavilion
GenderFemale
Accepting New Patients
Insurances AcceptedMedicare, Fidelis Care, Amerigroup of New Jersey, WellCare, Emblem/Hip, Affinity Health Plan, CIGNA, MVP Health Care, Emblem/GHI, Healthfirst, UnitedHealthcare, Magnacare (National), Multiplan, World Trade Center Health Plan, Empire Blue Cross Blue Shield Healthplus, RiverSpring, Local 1199, Empire Blue Cross/Blue Shield, VNSNY CHOICE, AETNA
ServicesCUIMC/Herbert Irving Pavilion provides oncology services in New York, NY. Oncology includes the diagnosis and treatment of breast cancer, skin cancer, prostate cancer, and many other forms of cancer.
Contact Azra Raza at (212) 305-5098 for specific information about cancer treatment in New York, NY.Additional ServicesDoctor