(631) 638-1000
- Specialty:
Subspecialty:
- Pediatrics
Pediatric Hematology and Oncology
- Administrative/ Clinical Title:
- Division Chief, Pediatric Hematology/Oncology
ROBERT PARKER MD
For Appointments:
(631) 638-1000
CHILDHOOD CANCER
EWING'S SARCOMA
NEUROBLASTOMA
OSTEOSARCOMA
PEDIATRIC ACUTE MYELOID LEUKEMIA (AML)
PEDIATRIC BLEEDING DISORDERS
PEDIATRIC BONE CANCER
PEDIATRIC BRAIN CANCER
PEDIATRIC BRAIN TUMORS
PEDIATRIC CANCER
PEDIATRIC HEMATOLOGY
PEDIATRIC HODGKIN'S LYMPHOMA
PEDIATRIC LEUKEMIA
PEDIATRIC LYMPHOMA
PEDIATRIC NON-HODGKINS LYMPHOMA
PEDIATRIC ONCOLOGY
PEDIATRIC RESEARCH TRIALS (CLINICAL TRIALS)
RHABDOMYOSARCOMA
WILM'S TUMOR
1199NBF
AETNA
AFFINITY HEALTH PLAN
ANTHEM
BEECH STREET
CIGNA GREAT WEST HEALTHCARE
CIGNA HMO
CIGNA PPO
EMPIRE BLUE CROSS HMO
EMPIRE BLUE CROSS OTHER PLANS
EMPIRE BLUE CROSS PPO
EMPIRE BLUE CROSS SENIOR PLAN
FIDELIS CARE NEW YORK
GHI CBP
GHI HMO
HEALTHFIRST
HIP
ISLAND GROUP ADMINISTRATION
MAGNACARE
MEDICAID
MEDICARE
MULTIPLAN
MULTIPLAN PHCS
MULTIPLAN SAVILITY
NEIGHBORHOOD HEALTH PLAN
NO FAULT
SUFFOLK HEALTH PLAN
UNITED EMPIRE PLAN (NYSHIP)
UNITED HEALTHCARE
UNITED OXFORD FREEDOM PLAN
US FAMILY HEALTH PLAN
VYTRA (except SMART START)
WORKERS COMP
Education & Training
- Medical Degree:
- Brown University, RI
- Residency:
- Pediatrics, Rhode Island Hospital - Brown University, RI
- Fellowship:
-
National Institute of Health, MD
Rhode Island Hospital-Brown University, RI
Academic & Other
- Year Appointed at
Stony Brook:
- 1991
(1)Resident Teaching Award for Best Subspecialist Teacher: 1993-94, 1994-95
(2)Elected to AOA by SUNY at Stony Brook School of Medicine Senior Class in recognition of teaching and dedication: 1998
(3)Chosen one of the 100 most influential alumni of Brown University in the 20th Century - 2000
(4) Selected for inclusion in New York Magazine's Best Doctors 2010 listing.
(5) One of the "Doctors of Excellence" featured in the 2012 editions of the Castle Connolly Guides,
Top Doctors:New York Metro Area ,America's Top Doctors for Cancer, and America's Top Doctors.
Locations
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PEDIATRICS
3 EDMUND D PELLEGRINO RD,
STONY BROOK,
NY 11794-9448.
Ph.: 631-638-1000


Selected Publications
(1)Parker RI and Gralnick HR: Energy dependent expression of platelet von-Willebrand factor on the surface of unstimulated and stimulated platelets. J Lab Clin Med 130:520-529, 1997.
(2)Mahgoub N, Parker RI, Hosler MR, Close P, Shannon KM, Felix CA: RAS mutations in pediatric leukemias with MLL gene rearrangements. Genes Chromosomes and Cancer 21:270-275, 1998.
(3)Parker RI, Siegal RS, Ratajczak M, Gewirtz AM: Deficient In Vitro megakaryocytopoiesis and decreased In Vivo platelet turnover in children and young adults with chronic thrombocytopenia. J Ped Hematol/Oncol 20:196-201,1998.
(4)Felix CA, Hosler MR, Slater DJ, Parker RI, Masterson M, Whitlock JA, Nowell PC, Lange, BJ: MLL genomic breakpoint distribution within breakpoint cluster region in de novo leukemia in children. J Ped Hematol/Oncol 20:299-308, 1998.
(5)Parker RI, Prakash D, Giugliano D, Mahan RA, Atlas M: A randomized double-blind cross-over placebo-controlled trial of intravenous ondansetron for the prevention of post-intrathecal chemotherapy induced vomiting in children. J Ped Hematol/Oncol 23:578-581, 2001.
(6)Ancona K, Parker RI, Atlas M, Prakash D: A randomized trial of high dose methylprednisolone vs. IV-IgG for the treatment of acute ITP in children. J Pediatr Hematol/Oncol 24:540-544, 2002.
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