Locations and Appointments
New PatientsCUIMC/Presbyterian Hospital and Vanderbilt Clinic
About Steven L. Spitalnik, MD
Dr. Steven Spitalnik, MD is the Co-Director of the Laboratory of Transfusion Biology, which pursues NIH-funded research aimed at improving transfusion practice. Dr. Spitalnik is Professor of Pathology and Cell Biology and Executive Vice Chair for Laboratory Medicine at Columbia University Irving Medical Center (CUIMC). As the Medical Director of the Clinical laboratories on the CUMC campus of the New York-Presbyterian Hospital, he coordinates the clinical service, educational, and scholarly activities of the Division. He is a long-standing member of the Academy of Clinical Laboratory Physicians & Scientists, serving as its President in 2002-03 and, in 2005, receiving its Gerald T. Evans Award for outstanding leadership and service to the Academy. In addition to being board certified in both Anatomic and Clinical Pathology, Dr. Spitalnik is a member of the Editorial Boards of Transfusion, Transfusion Medicine Reviews, and Current Opinion in Hematology, and is the lead author of Clinical Pathology Board Review.
Article:
It Happened Here: Dr. Charles Drew - NewYork Presbyterian Health Matters
TV Interview
Interview about hemolytic disease of the newborn on Italian TV (Rai2)
Board Certifications
- Pathology-Anatomic/Pathology-Clinical
Specialties & Expertise
- Apheresis
- Blood Bank
- Sickle Cell Anemia
- Transfusion Medicine
Education
- Residency: University of Rochester
- Fellowship: University of Rochester
- Internship: University of Rochester
- Medical School: University of Chicago Pitzker School of Medicine
- Fellowship: National Institutes of Health
Leadership, Titles & Positions
- Executive Vice Chair for Laboratory Medicine
- Professor of Pathology & Cell Biology
Hospital Affiliations
- NewYork-Presbyterian / Columbia University Irving Medical Center
Awards & Honors
- 1974 Honors in Mathematics, Princeton University
- 1974 Phi Beta Kappa
- 1981, 1982, 1983 Young Investigator Award, Academy of Clinical Laboratory Physicians and Scientists
- 1987-1990 Junior Faculty Research Award, American Cancer Society
- 1987-1992 FIRST Award, National Institutes of Health
- 1989 Class of `92 Commendation for Outstanding Teaching, University of Pennsylvania
- 1989-1992 Mallinckrodt Scholar
- 1990 Class of `93 Commendation for Outstanding Teaching, University of Pennsylvania
- 1991 Dean's Award for Excellence in Basic Science Teaching, University of Pennsylvania
- 1991 US-Poland Individual Health Scientist Exchange Program Fellowship, Fogarty International Center
- 1992 Class of `95 Commendation for Outstanding Teaching, University of Pennsylvania
- 1994 Elected to American Society for Clinical Investigation
- 1995 FASEB Visiting Scientist; Barry University, Miami Shores, FL. The role of glycosylation of AY-amyloid precursor protein in the pathogenesis of Alzheimer's disease.
- 1995 Peter C. Nowell Teaching Award, University of Pennsylvania
- 1996 Class of `99 Commendation for Outstanding Teaching, University of Pennsylvania
- 1996 Leonard Berwick Memorial Teaching Award, University of Pennsylvania
- 1996 Penn Pearls Teaching Award, University of Pennsylvania
- 1997 Annual Meeting of the American Association of Blood Banks, Denver, CO. Workshop organizer and speaker: A Transfusion Medicine Primer
- 1997 Class of `00 Commendation for Outstanding Teaching, University of Pennsylvania
- 1998 Christian R. and Mary F. Lindback Foundation Teaching Award, University of Pennsylvania
- 1999 Sherwood Smith Memorial Lectureship, New York Association of Blood Banks Annual Meeting, Rochester, NY. The impact of molecular biology on the practice of transfusion medicine.
- 2002 Faculty Mentor Award, 4th Annual Marvin J. Hoffman Day, University of Rochester
- 2002 Short course on human carbohydrate blood group antigens, Annual Meeting of the American Association of Blood Banks, Orlando, FL. The Lewis blood group system
- 2002 Short course on the biochemistry of the red blood cell membrane, Annual Meeting of the American Association of Blood Banks, Orlando, FL. Glycobiology of the red blood cell membrane
- 2003 Eric A. Schenk Award for Excellence in Teaching, University of Rochester
- 2005 Gerald T. Evans Award for outstanding leadership and service to the academy, Academy of Clinical Laboratory Physicians & Scientists
- 2013 Emily Cooley Award and Lectureship, American Association of Blood Banks
- 2013 Graham A. Jamieson Memorial Lectureship, American Red Cross
- 2016 Elected to Hall of Fame, National Blood Foundation
- 2016 Inaugural Class, Academy of Clinical Mentoring and Excellence, Columbia University College of Physicians & Surgeons
- Professor of Pathology & Cell Biology
