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Amna Falak Sher, MD, FACPClinical Associate Professor of MedicineHematology & OncologyRenaissance School of Medicine
Biography
Dr. Sher joined the Department of Medicine in 2016 as Hematology & Oncology faculty.
She is currently board certified in Internal medicine, Medical Oncology and Hematology
and specializes in the treatment of thoracic, cutaneous and gastro-intestinal malignancies.
She serves as the Institutional Principal Investigator for the ECOG-ACRIN Cancer Research
Group and Institutional Chair for NRG Oncology, leading Stony Brook’s participation
in national cancer clinical trial networks.
Dr. Sher's scholarly contributions include peer-reviewed publications, national presentations,
and invited lectures on immunotherapy and advances in thoracic oncology. Her work
has been presented at major scientific meetings, such as American Society of Clinical
Oncology (ASCO) and Society for Immunotherapy of Cancer (SITC).
Dr. Sher has also played an integral role in the training of medical students, residents,
and hematology-oncology fellows, and has also been elected as a Fellow of the American
College of Physicians (FACP), named Castle Connolly Top Doctor since 2025
Education
- MD, Fatima Jinnah Medical University, Lahore, Pakistan
- Research Fellow, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Harvard Medical School
- Residency, Stony Brook University - Internal Medicine
- Fellowship, Stony Brook University - Hematology & Oncology
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