Mount Sinai Medical Center welcomes Dr. Irma Forghani to their Comprehensive Cancer Center team. Dr. Forghani received internal medicine residency training as a physician, and subsequent to that specific fellowship training to become a geneticist.
Dr. Forghani is double-boarded in medical genetics and internal medicine. She completed her residency in internal medicine at the University of Oklahoma, and her fellowship in Medical Genetics at the University of California, Los Angeles.
She has authored and co-authored multiple scientific articles and abstracts in reputable peer reviewed medical journals. She is a co-investigator in the Undiagnosed Diseases Network (UDN) research study, funded by the National Institutes of Health.
Dr. Forghani worked at the University of Miami for several years, rising to the level of Associate Professor and now will be helping lead Mount Sinai’s efforts in a newly formed genetics program. She has an interest in cancer and also connective tissue disorders.
