Dr. Matthew Smith-Raska, MD, PHD

Who is Dr. Smith-Raska, Neonatal-Perinatal Medicine Specialist in New York, NY?

Dr. Matthew Smith-Raska is an Assistant Professor of Clinical Pediatrics at Weill Cornell Medicine and an Assistant Attending Pediatrician at NewYork-Presbyterian Phyllis and David Komansky Children's Hospital at Weill Cornell Medical Center. He is board certified in Pediatrics.He completed his undergraduate degree at Cornell University, where he graduated magna cum laude with a Bachelor of Science in Human Biology.? Dr. Smith-Raska earned his medical degree (M.D.) from Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons, where he also received a Ph.D.?for his research in immunology and stem cell biology. Dr. Smith-Raska went on to complete his pediatric residency at the University of California, Los Angeles, where he was on the physician scientist track. After completion of residency, Dr. Smith-Raska was recruited for fellowship in Neonatal-Perinatal Medicine at Boston Children?s Hospital, where he served as Chief Fellow in his final year.Dr. Smith-Raska?s academic interests are in mechanisms of inheritance that are independent of DNA sequence (?epigenetic inheritance?), and he is performing research on genomic imprinting as a Friedman Family Scholar.???