Narasimhan Agaram
MBBS
Medicine
Pathology, Cytopathology
New York, New York, United States
Dr. Narsi Agaram is an Associate Pathologist, Program Director of the Bone and Soft tissue pathology fellowship program at the Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center in New York. Dr. Agaram completed his medical school at the Bangalore Medical College in India followed by a residency in Anatomic and Clinical Pathology at the University of Illinois, Chicago. He further specialized in oncologic surgical pathology at the Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center and in Cytopathology at the University of Pittsburgh Medical Center. He was part of the faculty at the Indian University-Perdue University Indianapolis from 2007-2011 and subsequently at the Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center since 2011.
Dr. Agaram’s expertise involves soft tissue and bone pathology and cytopathology. His research interest focuses on identifying genetic alterations in soft tissue and bone sarcomas, in order to help in the prognostication and treatment of these tumors. He is a co-investigator in numerous clinical trials and is the co-director of the biospecimen core in the NIH SPORE soft tissue grant awarded to MSKCC. He has authored numerous peer-reviewed publications, invited reviews, and book chapters, including chapters in the recent WHO classifications of Bone and Soft tissue pathology and Cytopathology. He has presented and lectured at national and international meetings; and has conducted Soft tissue teaching courses (short courses and interactive microscopy sessions) at the USCAP and ASCP annual meetings.