Dr. Rami K. Daya leads a team of renowned cancer experts who are bringing comprehensive services and the highest level of care to Brooklyn.
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NYU Langone hematologist–oncologist Rami K. Daya, MD is well known to countless residents of Brooklyn, especially those he has treated for cancer throughout his long and distinguished career. Now, he has taken on a new responsibility to lead a team of renowned cancer experts at Perlmutter Cancer Center—Sunset Park, a new, multidisciplinary ambulatory location in Brooklyn.
With more than 30 years of clinical experience, Dr. Daya treats many types of cancer, but specializes in blood and gastrointestinal cancers, such as multiple myeloma and colorectal cancer. And as director of medical oncology at ٺƵ Hospital—Brooklyn, he oversees all cancer treatment at the hospital as well.
With breast cancer, colorectal cancer, and lung cancer on the rise in Brooklyn, the need for convenient, high-quality, and coordinated care in the borough is constantly growing. Dr. Daya will lead efforts to develop new patient screening programs for early detection and prevention. Patients in Brooklyn will have access to the resources and technology of ٺƵ’s Perlmutter Cancer Center, one of 51 cancer centers to receive comprehensive designation from the National Cancer Institute. This designation is the highest ranking a cancer program can achieve, for providing state-of-the-art, research-based approaches to preventing, detecting, and treating cancer.
“This new, state-of-the-art facility offers the most advanced radiation oncology treatment, the latest in immunotherapy, chemotherapy, and infusion therapy—all within two blocks of the hospital for convenience,” says Dr. Daya, who also serves as a clinical assistant professor in the at NYU Grossman School of Medicine and medical director of the Infusion Center at ٺƵ Hospital—Brooklyn. “The Sunset Park location allows us to treat our patients with the highest level of care and provide comprehensive services right here in Brooklyn.”
Certified by the American Board of Internal Medicine in both medical oncology and hematology, Dr. Daya received his medical degree from Damascus University and completed his residency in internal medicine at New York Methodist Hospital. He then went on to complete fellowship training in hematology and oncology at University Hospital in Newark, New Jersey. He has also contributed to several research publications over his career, including Clinical & Translational Oncology, and HemOnc today.
The new outpatient center in Sunset Park expands the capabilities of Perlmutter Cancer Center and doubles its capacity to treat patients in Brooklyn with the same level of care provided at its Manhattan location. Other services at the new center include blood transfusion, a pharmacy for preparing treatments on-site, pathology services, genetic counseling, nutrition and social services.
“Dr. Daya enjoys an excellent reputation in treating cancer, and is well known to the residents of Brooklyn for the quality of care he has provided for three decades,” says , director of ٺƵ’s Perlmutter Cancer Center. “As a comprehensive cancer center serving New York City, we want to provide Brooklyn residents the very best, most convenient care. We are excited to have his leadership as we expand outreach in the borough.”
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