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Sherelle Lea Laifer-Narin, MD

Diagnostic Radiology
One of America's Top Doctors - Castle Connolly Top Doctors
Specialties
Diagnostic Radiology, morespecialties

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CUIMC/Presbyterian Hospital and Vanderbilt Clinic

622 West 168th Street
New York, NY 10032
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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

  • 2005 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
  • 2004 Radiological Sciences of North America Scientific Exhibit Award Aaa Certificate of Merit
  • 2002 Radiological Sciences of North America Scientific Exhibit Award Aaa Cum Laude
  • 2001 Radiological Sciences of North America Scientific Exhibit Award Aaa Certificate of Merit
  • 2000 American Institute of Ultrasound in Medicine Scientific Exhibit Award - Honorable Mention
  • 1999 American Institute of Ultrasound in Medicine Scientific Exhibit Award - Honorable Mention
  • 1997 American Roentgen Ray Society Scientific Exhibit Award - Certificate of Merit
  • 1997 Radiological Sciences of North America Scientific Exhibit Award - Cum Laude
  • 1995 Radiological Sciences of North America Scientific Exhibit Award - Cum Laude

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