Sallie Permar

Sallie Robey Permar is the pediatrician-in-chief at NewYork-Presbyterian / Weill Cornell Medical Center and the chair of the Department of Pediatrics at Weill Cornell Medicine. Her research focuses on infections affecting newborns.

Education

Permar graduated with a BS in biology from Davidson College in 1997. In 2004, she earned an MD from Harvard Medical School and a PhD in microbiology and immunology from John Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health. She then did a pediatrics residency and a fellowship in pediatric infectious diseases at Boston Children's Hospital .[1]

Career

In 2011, Sallie Permar, M.D., Ph.D. joined the faculty at Duke University School of Medicine as an assistant professor of pediatrics. She was promoted to associate professor in 2013.[2]

Dr. Permar was the Wilburt C. Davison Distinguished Professor of pediatrics, immunology, and molecular genetics at Duke University School of Medicine, associate dean of physician-scientist development; and founding director of the Duke Medical's Children's Health and Discovery Institute. She is also a member of the Duke Global Health Institute.[3]

On 1 December 2020, Dr. Permar was appointed chair of the Department of Pediatrics at Weill Cornell Medicine and the pediatrician-in-chief at NewYork-Presbyterian/Weill Cornell Medical Center and NewYork-Presbyterian Komansky Children's Hospital.[3]

Dr. Permar is an author of almost 150 scientific publications.[3]

Awards

She was elected to the American Society for Clinical Investigation in 2016.[2]

References
  1. "Sallie Robey Permar, MD, PhD | Duke Department of Pediatrics". pediatrics.duke.edu. Retrieved 20 September 2020.
  2. "Sallie Robey Permar | Scholars@Duke". scholars.duke.edu. Retrieved 20 September 2020.
  3. "Dr. Sallie Permar Appointed Chair of the Department of Pediatrics at Weill Cornell Medicine and Pediatrician-in-Chief at NewYork-Presbyterian/Weill Cornell Medical Center and NewYork-Presbyterian Komansky Children's Hospital". WCM Newsroom. Retrieved 20 September 2020.
  4. "Duke Researcher Receives White House Honor | Duke Health". corporate.dukehealth.org. Retrieved 20 September 2020.
  5. "Dr. Sallie Permar receives the SPR Award in honor of E. Mead Johnson". EurekAlert!. Retrieved 20 September 2020.
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