SalmanRafiPunekarMD

Oncology • New York, NY

Sarcoma, Thoracic Cancer

Hematology and Oncology

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Office
160 E 34th St
New York, NY 10016
Phone+1 212-731-6228

Fax+1 212-731-5520

Education & Training

NYU Grossman School of MedicineFellowship, Hematology and Medical Oncology, 2018 - 2021
Yale-New Haven Medical CenterResidency, Internal Medicine, 2014 - 2016
Yale-New Haven Medical CenterInternship, Internal Medicine, 2012 - 2013
Drexel University College of MedicineClass of 2011

Certifications & Licensure

NY State Medical License 2018 - 2025
CT State Medical License 2016 - 2022
American Board of Internal Medicine Internal Medicine
American Board of Internal Medicine Medical Oncology

Publications & Presentations

PubMed

21 citations
Concurrent segmentation of the prostate on MRI and CT via linked statistical shape models for radiotherapy planning
Najeeb Chowdhury, Robert Toth, Jonathan Chappelow, Sung Kim, Sabin Motwani
Medical Physics. 2012-04-01
101 citations
Radical pleurectomy and intraoperative photodynamic therapy for malignant pleural mesothelioma.
Joseph S. Friedberg, Melissa Culligan, Rosemarie Mick, James P. Stevenson, Stephen M. Hahn
The Annals of Thoracic Surgery. 2012-05-01
40 citations
Immunotherapy in non-small cell lung cancer: Past, present, and future directions.
Salman R Punekar, Elaine Shum, Cassandra Mia Grello, Sally C Lau, Vamsidhar Velcheti
Frontiers in Oncology. 2022-01-01

Lectures

Characterization of a novel entity of high-grade well-differentiated colorectal neuroendocrine tumors.
2019 ASCO Annual Meeting - 6/1/2019

Authored Content

WCLC 2021: Cracking the 'Undruggable' KRAS Problem in Lung CancerSeptember 2021

Press Mentions

Which Studies at ASCO 2024 May Change Practice?May 30th, 2024
NYU Langone Health in the News—Wednesday, July 3, 2024July 5th, 2024