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Reza Samad, MD, is a board-certified pulmonologist. He is an attending physician and medical educator at RWJBH Jersey City Medical Center and an assistant professor of medicine at St. George’s University School of Medicine. Dr. Samad was previously an assistant clinical professor at the Ichan School of Medicine at Mount Sinai.
Dr. Samad received his bachelor's degree from Cornell University and his MD from SUNY Upstate Medical University. He completed his fellowship at Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center and is in the process of earning a Master of Science in Pharmacy from the University of Florida.
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