Ramiro Garzon, MD

As chief, Dr. Garzon will oversee all Hematology clinical care, research, and training programs.

Dr. Garzon is a physician-scientist whose focus is on patients with leukemia, particularly acute myeloid leukemia. Garzon’s research focuses on the molecular mechanisms of these cancers to provide more effective treatments. He has published over 140 manuscripts and his research has been continuously funded over the past 12 years by multiple grants from the National Institutes of Health.

Dr. Garzon attained his medical degree from the National University of Córdoba in Argentina and completed his residency at Hospital Privado in Córdoba and Danbury Hospital in Connecticut, an affiliate with the Yale School of Medicine. He also completed a Hematology and Oncology Fellowship at Thomas Jefferson University and a leukemia fellowship at Ohio State University. He serves on the Huntsman Cancer Institute Research Leadership Council and the newly established Clinical Innovation and Excellence Committee and continues his nationally recognized laboratory-based research program in leukemia.