Manuela Orjuela-Grimm, MD

Pediatric Hematology-Oncology
Specialties
Pediatrics, Cancer Care, Pediatric Hematology-Oncology, more

Locations and Appointments


New Patients
child iconTreats Children

CUIMC/Herbert Irving Pavilion

161 Fort Washington Avenue
New York, NY 10032
US
Existing Patients
Login or sign-upto Connect Patient Portal
Existing Patients
Login to Connect Patient Portal make an appointment, view documentation or contact your doctor’s office.
Columbia Connect App
The Columbia Connect app allows you to access convenient services to help manage your health. Access the patient portal, communicate with your doctor, manage appointments, view test results, request prescription refills, pay a bill, and find a doctor.

Insurances Accepted


Please contact the doctor's office directly to verify that your particular insurance is accepted.

    HMO
    POS
    Medicare Managed Care
    NYP Employee Plan
    EPO
    NY Signature
    PPO
    Aetna Signature Administrators
    Student Health
    Medicaid Managed Care
    Essential Plan
    Special Needs
    PPO
    Great West (National)
    EPO
    HMO
    POS
    Medicare Managed Care
    PPO
    Medicare Managed Care
    Select Care (Exchange)
    HMO
    EPO
    POS
    Medicaid Managed Care
    ConnectiCare
    Essential Plan
    Vytra
    PPO
    Medicare Managed Care
    Essential Plan
    Medicaid Managed Care
    Child/Family Health Plus
    HMO
    Medicare Managed Care
    PPO
    EPO
    Medicare Managed Care
    Essential Plan
    Child/Family Health Plus
    Medicaid Managed Care
    Child/Family Health Plus
    Medicaid Managed Care
    Medicare Managed Care
    Leaf (Exchange)
    Local 1199
    MagnaCare
    Traditional Medicare
    Railroad
    Multiplan
    HMO
    Medicaid Managed Care
    Essential Plan
    Child/Family Health Plus
    Quality Health Management
    Columbia University Employee Plan
    Medicaid (Community Plan)
    HMO
    Compass (Exchange)
    POS
    Medicare Managed Care
    Empire Plan
    PPO
    Oxford Liberty
    Oxford Freedom
    Oxford HMO
    Medicare Managed Care
    SelectHealth
    Special Needs
    Medicare Managed Care
    Medicaid Managed Care
    World Trade Center Health Plan
    HMO
    POS
    Medicare Managed Care
    NYP Employee Plan
    EPO
    NY Signature
    PPO
    Aetna Signature Administrators
    Student Health
    Medicaid Managed Care
    Essential Plan
    Special Needs
    PPO
    Great West (National)
    EPO
    HMO
    POS
    Medicare Managed Care
    PPO
    Medicare Managed Care
    Select Care (Exchange)
    HMO
    EPO
    POS
    Medicaid Managed Care
    ConnectiCare
    Essential Plan
    Vytra
    PPO
    Medicare Managed Care
    Essential Plan
    Medicaid Managed Care
    Child/Family Health Plus
    HMO
    Medicare Managed Care
    PPO
    EPO
    Medicare Managed Care
    Essential Plan
    Child/Family Health Plus
    Medicaid Managed Care
    Child/Family Health Plus
    Medicaid Managed Care
    Medicare Managed Care
    Leaf (Exchange)
    Local 1199
    MagnaCare
    Traditional Medicare
    Railroad
    Multiplan
    HMO
    Medicaid Managed Care
    Essential Plan
    Child/Family Health Plus
    Quality Health Management
    Columbia University Employee Plan
    Medicaid (Community Plan)
    HMO
    Compass (Exchange)
    POS
    Medicare Managed Care
    Empire Plan
    PPO
    Oxford Liberty
    Oxford Freedom
    Oxford HMO
    Medicare Managed Care
    SelectHealth
    Special Needs
    Medicare Managed Care
    Medicaid Managed Care
    World Trade Center Health Plan

About Manuela Orjuela-Grimm, MD


Manuela Orjuela-Grimm is a molecular epidemiologist and pediatric oncologist whose research focuses on vulnerability (including social) to environmental exposures, gene-nutrient/ environment interactions during windows of susceptibility such as pregnancy, early childhood, adolescence and the development of later genetic and epigenetic changes contributing to poorer health outcomes in childhood and adolescence. She leads EpiRbMx, a long standing case control/ case series study examining exposure to methyl donors, folate pathway metabolism and risk for retinoblastoma in collaboration with a multidisciplinary team of investigators including the Hospital Infantil de Mexico, the Hospital de Pediatria at the Instituto Mexicano de Seguro Social (IMSS), the Instituto Nacional de Salud Publica (INSP), and the University of Toronto. In collaboration with INSP researchers, Dr Orjuela is involved in multiple studies examining the intersection between food security, folate related dietary intake, dietary diversity and environmental exposures in central Mexico, including in migrants in transit through Mexico, and in recent Mexican immigrants in New York.


Interests: social contributors to dietary exposures, gene-nutrient interactions; one carbon donor metabolism; methylation; nutrient and environmental exposures during early life and later genetic and epigenetic effects; dietary assessment in Mexico, in populations in 'active migration', and in migrants from Latin America; effects of acculturation and early life migration on nutrient/ environmental exposures in US Latinos.


Language skills: Spanish(native), fluent in French, Italian, German


Clinical Expertise: Post transplant lymphoproliferative disease (PTLD), retinoblastoma


Board Certifications

  • Pediatric Hematology-Oncology
  • Pediatrics

Languages Spoken

  • French
  • German
  • Italian
  • Spanish

Specialties & Expertise

  • Anemia, Iron Deficiency
  • Chemotherapy
  • Sickle Cell Anemia

Education

  • Fellowship: Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center, NY, Pediatric Hematology Oncology
  • Fellowship: Harvard School of Public Health, Cancer Epidemiology
  • Residency: Babies & Children's Hospital - Columbia Presbyterian Medical Center

Leadership, Titles & Positions

  • Associate Professor Epidemiology and Pediatrics (in the HICCC) at CUMC
  • Director Global Health Certificate
  • Faculty Affiliate, Center for Mexican and Central American Studies
  • Faculty Affiliate, Institute of Latin American Studies
  • Faculty, Department of Pediatrics (Division of Pediatric Hematology, Oncology, Stem Cell Transplantation
  • Group leader, Nutrition and Migration Epidemiology
  • Member, Columbia Center for Environmental Health and Justice in Northern Manhattan
  • Member, Committee on Forced Migration
  • Member, Food Systems Network

Hospital Affiliations

  • NewYork-Presbyterian / Columbia University Irving Medical Center
  • NewYork-Presbyterian Morgan Stanley Children's Hospital

Need Help Finding a Doctor?