Richard Oscar Francis, MD, PhD

Specialties:
Blood Banking/Transfusion Medicine, Clinical Pathology, Pathology - Clinical
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Overview

Email: rof3@cumc.columbia.edu

Academic Appointments

  • Associate Professor of Pathology & Cell Biology at CUMC

Administrative Titles

  • Medical Director, Special Hematology and Coagulation Laboratory

Hospital Affiliations

  • NewYork-Presbyterian / Columbia University Irving Medical Center
  • NewYork-Presbyterian Allen Hospital

Gender

  • Male

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Insurance Accepted

Cigna

  • EPO
  • Great West (National)
  • HMO
  • POS
  • PPO

Emblem/GHI

  • Medicare Managed Care
  • PPO

Emblem/HIP

  • ConnectiCare
  • EPO
  • Essential Plan
  • HMO
  • Medicaid Managed Care
  • Medicare Managed Care
  • POS
  • PPO
  • Select Care (Exchange)
  • Vytra

Local 1199

  • Local 1199

MagnaCare (National)

  • MagnaCare

Medicare

  • Railroad
  • Traditional Medicare

Multiplan

  • Multiplan

RiverSpring

  • Special Needs

UnitedHealthcare

  • Compass (Exchange)
  • Empire Plan
  • HMO
  • Medicare Managed Care
  • POS
  • PPO

*Please contact the provider’s office directly to verify that your particular insurance is accepted.

Credentials & Experience

Education & Training

  • PhD, Columbia University
  • Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons
  • Residency: NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital/Columbia University Medical Center
  • Fellowship: 2011 New York Blood Center

Committees, Societies, Councils

AABB - American Association of Blood Banks

ASH - American Society of Hematology

ACLPS - Academy of Clinical Laboratory Physicians and Scientists

Board Certifications

  • Blood Banking/Transfusion Medicine
  • Clinical Pathology

Honors & Awards

2011 Paul E. Strandjord Young Investigator Award, Academy of Clinical Laboratory Physicians and Scientists

2013 The Dr. Joseph G. Fink Laboratory Medicine Faculty Teaching Award, Columbia University Medical Center, College of Physicians and Surgeons, Department of Pathology and Cell Biology

Research

For a complete list of publications, please visit PubMed.gov