Robert A. DeSimone, MD, completed his anatomic and clinical pathology residency training at New York-Presbyterian Hospital-Weill Cornell Medicine in New York, and is currently completing his fellowship in transfusion medicine at the New York Blood Center. At Cornell, he served as chief resident in clinical pathology and was recently recognized by the ASCP as a “40 Under Forty” honoree. He completed his BS in biological sciences and microbiology at Cornell University and his MD at Stony Brook University School of Medicine.