Education
AB, Harvard University, Summa cum laude in Biochemical Sciences
PhD, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Department of Biology, Cambridge, MA (Dr. David Baltimore, mentor)
MD, Harvard-MIT Program in Health Sciences and Technology (HST) Harvard Medical School, Boston MA

Postdoctoral Training:
Postdoctoral Fellow, Department of Biochemistry & Molecular Biology Harvard University, Cambridge, MA (Dr. Tom Maniatis, mentor)
PGY1 Resident in Internal Medicine, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA
Formal Training in Executive Management Skills
Fellow, Executive Leadership in Academic Medicine (ELAM) program of Drexel University College of Medicine, 2012-2013

Academic Appointments
1989 – 1994: Assistant Professor, Harvard University (Department of Cellular and Developmental Biology)
1994 – 1997: Associate Professor, Harvard University (Department of Molecular and Cellular Biology)
1997 – 2003: Associate Professor of Medicine with Tenure, Mount Sinai School of Medicine
2001-2003: Irene and Dr. Arthur M. Fishberg Professor of Medicine in Hematology-Oncology (Associate Professor)
2003: Professor, Irene and Dr. Arthur M. Fishberg Professor of Medicine, Mount Sinai School of Medicine
2005 – pres: Member, Black Family Stem Cell Institute, Mount Sinai School of Medicine
2006 – 2007: Interim Co-Director, Black Family Stem Cell Institute, Mount Sinai School of Medicine
2006 – pres: Director, Hematology-Oncology Research/Hematology and Blood Disorders, Division of Hematology and Medical Oncology, Department of Medicine, Mount Sinai
2007- 2014: Co-founder and Co-Director, PhD Program in Developmental and Stem Cell Biology (DSCB), Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai
2008-pres: Member, Tisch Cancer Institute, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai
2015-2022: Senior Associate Dean and Director of the MD-PhD Program, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai
2022-pres: Senior Associate Dean for Physician-Scientist Research Training and Director, Office of Physician-Scientist Training
2022-pres: Director Emeritus, Mount Sinai Medical Scientist Training Program (MSTP) and Program Director/Principal Investigator of Mount Sinai’s, NIH funded MD/PhD Training Program (T32)