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Doru Paul, MD, is currently associate professor of clinical medicine at Weill Cornell Medical College and attending physician in the Department of Hematology and Oncology at the New York Presbyterian Weill Cornell Medical Center.
Previously, Dr. Paul was an associate attending physician at the Monter Cancer Center associated with North Shore Long Island Jewish Hospital in New York and assistant professor of medicine at both Hofstra North Shore-LIJ School of Medicine and the Feinstein Institute for Medical Research.
Dr. Paul received his medical degree from Carol Davilla Medical School (Romania) and also earned a master’s degree in the biology of aging from the University of Paris (France). He has a PhD in clinical oncology from the University of Medicine and Pharmacy of Craiova (Romania). He also completed his residency in internal medicine at the Jacobi Hospital in New York and his fellowship in hematology and oncology at Montefiore Hospital in New York.
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