Locations and Appointments
CUIMC/Milstein Hospital Building
CUIMC/Presbyterian Hospital and Vanderbilt Clinic
About Sherelle Lea Laifer-Narin, MD
Dr. Laifer-Narin graduated from Yeshiva University, Albert Einstein College of Medicine and completed a residency at Mount Sinai Medical Center in NYC and a fellowship in cross sectional imaging at the University of California San Francisco. Prior to coming to Columbia, she worked at LAC-USC primarily in ultrasound with a focus on Ob/Gyn ultrasound, and then moved to UCLA where she worked in the ultrasound section.
At Columbia Dr. Laifer-Narin oversees the ultrasound section, practices abdomen and pelvic CT, and is in charge of a newly emerging field, fetal MRI. She works in both the radiology and Ob/Gyn departments, and is known to both departments as an expert in both fetal and maternal diagnostic imaging.
Dr. Laifer-Narin is known as an expert clinician and teacher in Ob/Gyn imaging. She is involved in several research projects including fetal ultrasound/MRI, diagnostic imaging of the pregnant and postpartum patient, placental imaging, and GYN oncological imaging.
She has lectured extensively at many academic institutions, is a senior member of the American Institute of Ultrasound in Medicine, is involved in the International Society for Ultrasound in OB/GYN and has organized courses and presented scientific papers, exhibits, and lectures at several national and international conferences.
Board Certifications
- Diagnostic Radiology
Specialties & Expertise
- Abdominal Imaging
- Abnormal Prenatal Diagnosis
- Advanced Fetal Ultrasound
- Fetal Anomaly
- Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI)
- Magnetic Resonance Imaging of Fetus
- Prenatal Diagnosis
- Ultrasound
Education
- Internship: Beth Israel Medical Center
- Residency: Mount Sinai Medical Center
- Medical School: Albert Einstein College of Medicine of Yeshiva University
- Fellowship: San Francisco General Hospital, CA
Leadership, Titles & Positions
- Associate Professor of Radiology at CUMC
- Chief, Ultrasound and Fetal MRI
Hospital Affiliations
- NewYork-Presbyterian / Columbia University Irving Medical Center
- NewYork-Presbyterian Allen Hospital
- NewYork-Presbyterian Westchester
- NewYork-Presbyterian Hudson Valley Hospital
Awards & Honors
- 1995 Radiological Sciences of North America Scientific Exhibit Award - Cum Laude
- 1997 American Roentgen Ray Society Scientific Exhibit Award - Certificate of Merit
- 1997 Radiological Sciences of North America Scientific Exhibit Award - Cum Laude
- 1999 American Institute of Ultrasound in Medicine Scientific Exhibit Award - Honorable Mention
- 2000 American Institute of Ultrasound in Medicine Scientific Exhibit Award - Honorable Mention
- 2001 Radiological Sciences of North America Scientific Exhibit Award Aaa Certificate of Merit
- 2002 Radiological Sciences of North America Scientific Exhibit Award Aaa Cum Laude
- 2004 Radiological Sciences of North America Scientific Exhibit Award Aaa Certificate of Merit
- 2004 Radiological Sciences of North America Scientific Exhibit Award Aaa Magna Cum Laude
- 2005 Radiological Sciences of North America Scientific Exhibit Award Aaa Certificate of Merit