Sheila Sait, PhD

Specialty: Cytogenetics
Assistant Director of Clinical Cytogenetics Laboratory and Research Coordinator
Department of Pathology & Laboratory Medicine

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Locations

Roswell Park Main Campus
1-800-ROSWELL (1-800-767-9355)

Research Interests:

  • Chromosomal analysis of solid tumors
  • Leukemia and lymphomas

Biography

Dr. Sheila Sait joined the staff of Roswell Park Comprehensive Cancer Center (Roswell Park) in 1988. She earned her doctoral degree in Cancer Genetics at Bangalore University, Bangalore, India (1985). She did postdoctoral fellowships both at Roswell Park Comprehensive Cancer Center and at the Genetics Center of Southwest Biomedical Research Institute, Scottsdale, Arizona.

Dr. Sait has faculty appointments in the Department of Cancer Pathology and Prevention at the State University of New York at Buffalo and at Roswell Park Comprehensive Cancer Center. She holds a Certificate of Qualification, to serve as Director of a Clinical Cytogenetics Laboratory in New York State. Dr. Sait has also been a mentor to high school students, college students and pathology residents.

Dr. Sait's research interests include leukemia and lymphomas and chromosomal analysis of solid tumors. She is a member of the American Society of Human Genetics and has authored or co-authored over 201 publications, book chapters and abstracts.

Positions

Roswell Park Comprehensive Cancer Center

  • Assistant Professor of Oncology
  • Assistant Director of Clinical Cytogenetics Laboratory and Research Coordinator
  • Department of Pathology & Laboratory Medicine

Background

Education and Training

  • 1985 - PhD - Cancer Genetics, Bangalore University, Bangalore, India

Fellowship

  • Postdoctoral Fellowship - Roswell Park Comprehensive Cancer Center
  • Postdoctoral Fellowship - Genetics Center, Southwest Biomedical Research Institute, Scottsdale, AZ

Board Certification

  • Certificate of Qualification, Clinical Cytogenetics Laboratory Director, New York State

Honors & Awards

  • American Society of Human Genetics