Medical Genetics Residency Program

Douglas Ball, MD, MA
Contact Information:
Tel: 212-305-6731
Fax: 212-305-9058
Education
- University of Utah, BA, 1989
- Washington University in St. Louis, MD, 1995
- Washington University in St. Louis, MA, 1995
- UNC Gillings School of Global Public Health, DrPH candidate
Postgraduate Training
- Intern and Resident in Surgery, Baylor College of Medicine, 1997
- General Preventive Medicine and Public Health Resident, Department of Community & Preventive Medicine, University of Rochester, NY, 2006
Interests/Specialties
- Public Health Genetics and Genomics
- Genetic and Genomic Health Policy
- Translational Medicine
Cpt. Luis Rohena, MD
Contact Information:
Tel: 212-305-6731
Fax: 212-305-9058
Lea Tuzovic, MD
Contact Information:
Tel: (212) 305-6731
Fax: 212-305-9058
Email: let9019@nyp.org
Education
- Graduate Program in Biomedicine and Health Science, University of Zagreb School of Medicine, 2001-2003
- University of Zagreb School of Medicine, Doctor of Medicine, 2000
Postgraduate Training
- Residency in Obstetrics and Gynecology, Temple University School of Medicine, Temple University Hospital, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, 2006-2010
- Postdoctoral research fellowship, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, University of Zagreb School of Medicine, 2001-2004
- Medical Internship, Children’s Hospital Zagreb, Croatia, 2000-2001
Interests/Specialties
- Prenatal diagnosis and fetal therapeutic procedures
- Genetic disorders of mother and fetus
- Reproductive genetics
Postdoctoral Fellows
Vimla Aggarwal
Contact Information:
Tel: 212-305-6460
Fax: 212-305-7436
Email: vsa2105@columbia.edu
Education:
- Doctorate in Medicine - Bachelor of Medicine and Bachelor of Surgery (M.B.B.S), Lokmanya Tilak Muniicipal Medical College, Mumbai, India, 1996-2002
Postgraduate Training:
- Doctorate in Medicine - Bachelor of Medicine and Bachelor of Surgery (M.B.B.S), Lokmanya Tilak Muniicipal Medical College, Mumbai, India, 2008- present
- Research Associate, Department of Molecular Genetics, Albert Einstein College of Medicine(Laboratory of Dr. Bernice Morrow), 2003-2008
- Medical Internship, Lokmanya Tilak Municipal General Hospital, Mumbai, India, 2001-2002
Interests/Specialties:
- Cytogenetics
- Chromosome microarray

M. Laura Cremona, PhD
Contact Information:
Tel: (212) 851-5318
Fax: (212) 851-5306
Email: lc2215@columbia.edu
Postgraduate Training:
- Intern and resident in Pediatrics, Columbia Presbyterian Medical Center, 1998-2000
- Post doctoral fellow, U of San Martin, Buenos Aires 2000-2002
- Post doctoral fellow, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center 2002-2004
- Post doctoral research scientist, Columbia University 2004-2006
Interests/Specialties:
- Type 2 diabetes
- Gene cloning

Lesley Northrop, PhD
Contact Information:
Tel: (212) 305-6460
Fax: (212) 605-7436
Email: len2115@columbia.edu
Education:
- State University of New York, Potsdam, NY, B.S., 1992-1996
- Boston University, Boston, MA, M.S., 2002-2004
- Boston University, Boston, MA, Ph.D., 2004-2007
Postgraduate Training:
- Post-doctoral Fellow – Reproductive Medicine Associates of New Jersey, Molecular Biology and Genetics, 2007-2010
- Research Fellow – Reproductive Medicine Associates of New Jersey, Molecular Biology and Genetics, 2010-2011
Interests/Specialties:
- Reproductive Genetics
- Embryology
- Human aneuploidy