Robert Arena, MD

Robert Arena, MDDr. Robert Arena
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)