Robert Arena, MD
Department of Clinical Pathology
Associate Director, Transfusion Medicine Service/Blood Bank
Assistant Professor
Stony Brook Medicine
Hospital Level 3, Room 710
Stony Brook, NY 11794-7300
Phone: 631-216-8792
Fax: 631-444-2653
Robert.Arena@stonybrookmedicine.edu
| Education | |||
| Institution and Location | Degree | Year | Field of Study |
| School of Medicine and Surgery University of Palermo, Italy |
MD | 1987-1995 | Medicine |
| Residency and Fellowship Training | |
| 1995-1996 | Ospedale Policlinco Paolo Giaccone Division of Hematology, University of Palermo, Palermo Italy |
| 1996-2000 | Clinical Hematology School of Hematology, University of Palermo, Palermo, Italy |
| 1999-2000 | National Institutes of Health National Heart, Lung and Blood Institute Internship Hematology Branch, Bethesda, Maryland |
| 2001-2004 | Blood Safety and Counter Bioterrorism Research Fellowship Division of Emerging and Transfusion Transmitted Diseases Office of Blood Research and Review, Center for Biologics Evaluation & Research US Food and Drug Administration, Bethesda, Maryland |
| 2004-2008 | Anatomic Pathology & Clinical Pathology Residency Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, Ohio |
| 2008-2009 | Clinical Microbiology Fellowship UT Southwestern Medical Center & Parkland Memorial Hospital, Dallas, Texas |
| 2009-2010 | Blood Banking & Transfusion Medicine Fellowship University of Illinois, Chicago, Illinois |
| Postgraduate and Research Training | |
| 2012-2013 | Masters/ Postgraduate Diploma in Tropical and Infectious Disease Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine, Liverpool, England, UK |
| Current and Previous Appointments | ||
| 2022-current | Assistant Professor | Department of Pathology Stony Brook School of Medicine, Stony Brook, NY |
| 2020-2021 | Assistant Professor | Department of Pathology & Laboratory Medicine McGovern Medical School UT Health Science Center, Houston, Texas |
| 2011-2012 | Instructor | Department of Pathology Division of Laboratory Medicine University of Alabama at Birmingham Birmingham, Alabama |
| Postgraduate Training (US) | |
| 2019-2020 | Blood Banking & Transfusion Medicine Fellowship Baylor College of Medicine, Baylor St. Luke’s Medical Center Texas Children’s Hospital, Houston, TX |
| Hospital Appointments (UK) | |
| 2016-2019 | Trust Doctor, Senior House Officer Acute & Intensive Care Medicine, London North West NHS Foundation Trust Northwick Park Hospital, London, England, UK |
| 2016 | Clinical Fellow, Locum Appointment for Service Hematology & Oncology, Bart’s Health NHS Foundation Trust St Bartholomew's Hospital, London, England, UK |
| 2015-2016 | Trust Doctor, Senior House Officer, General Internal Medicine & Acute Medicine Dorset County Hospital NHS Foundation Trust, Dorset County Hospital Dorchester, England, UK |
| 2014 | Trust Doctor, Microbiology & Virology University Hospitals of Leicester NHS Foundation Trust Leicester Royal Infirmary, Leicester, England, UK |
| 2014 | Trust Doctor, Senior House Officer, ENT & General Surgery Royal Berkshire NHS Foundation Trust Royal Berkshire Hospital, Reading, England, UK |
| Certifications and Professional Memberships |
| Board Certified in Anatomic & Clinical Pathology, American Board of Pathology (2010) Board Certified in Medical Microbiology, American Board of Pathology (2012) Board Certified in Blood Banking & Transfusion Medicine, American Board of Pathology (2012) |
