RashidaSVassellMD

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Dr. Rashida Vassell is a General Surgeon based in Corning, NY. She completed her medical education at the SUNY Downstate Medical Center College of Medicine, followed by surgical residencies at Westchester Medical Center, Danbury Hospital, and the University of Vermont Medical Center. Dr. Vassell is the Founder & CEO of Safahla Medical PLLC and served as a Medical Director at Montefiore Mount Vernon and Guthrie Corning Hospital. Her clinical experience includes expertise in integrative medicine, menopause care, diabetes mellitus, abnormal wounds/wound healing, hyperbaric oxygen therapy, and aesthetic medicine. She has contributed to several publications in surgical oncology and cancer pharmacology, with her work on biopsy methods and melanoma management being cited multiple times.

University of Vermont Medical CenterResidency, Surgery, 2012 - 2014
Danbury HospitalResidency, Surgery, 2010 - 2012
Westchester Medical CenterResidency, Surgery, 2008 - 2010
State University of New York Downstate Medical Center College of MedicineClass of 2008
City University of New York, The City College, Sophie Davis School of Biomedical EducationB.S., Biomedical Science, 2001 - 2006

PubMed

18 citations
Clinical impact of biopsy method on the quality of surgical management in melanoma.
Sameer Kaiser, Rashida Vassell, Richard G. Pinckney, Todd E. Holmes, Ted A. James
Journal of Surgical Oncology. 2014-06-01
27 citations
Nitro-aspirin inhibits MCF-7 breast cancer cell growth: Effects on COX-2 expression and Wnt/β-catenin/TCF-4 signaling
Niharika Nath, Rashida Vassell, Mitali Chattopadhyay, Marsel Kogan, Khosrow Kashfi
Biochemical Pharmacology. 2009-11-15

Journal Articles

Clinical impact of biopsy method on the quality of surgical management in melanoma
Sameer Kaiser, Rashida Vassell, Richard G. Pinckney, Todd E. Holmes, Ted A. James, Journal of Surgical Oncology, 1/1/2014
Nitro-aspirin inhibits MCF-7 breast cancer cell growth: Effects on COX-2 Expression and Wnt/betaC-atenin/TCF-4 signaling
Niharika Nath, Rashida Vassell, Matali Chattopadhyay, Marsel Kogan, Khosrow Kashfi, Journal of Biochemical Pharmacology, 1/1/2009

Abstracts/Posters

Clinical Impact of Biopsy Technique in Melanoma.
Rashida Vassell, Takamaru Ashikaga, Ann Gray, Ted James, Society of Surgical Oncology 64th Annual Cancer Symposium, San Antonio, TX, 1/2/2011
NO donating aspirin strongly inhibits Wnt/beta-catenin signaling in Breast Cancer MCF-7 cells.
Niharika Nath, Rashida Vassell, Basil Rigas, Khosrow Kashfi, AACR: Third Annual International Conference on Frontiers in Cancer Prevention Research, Seattle, WA, 1/16/2004

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