Dr. Mapara is Professor of Medicine at Columbia University Medical Center and the Director of the Blood and Marrow Transplantation (BMT)/Cell Therapy Program at New York Presbyterian Hospital/Columbia University Medical Center. Dr. Mapara graduated from the University of Heidelberg Medical School/Germany, and received his post-graduate training in Internal Medicine and Hematology/Oncology at the Universities of Heidelberg and the University Medical Center Charite of the Humboldt University of Berlin in Germany. In addition, he completed a research fellowship at the Transplantation Biology Research Center of the Massachusetts General Hospital at the Harvard Medical School in Boston. As Assistant Professor of Medicine, he headed the Hematologic Intensive Care Unit and served as deputy director of the Stem Cell Transplantation unit at the University Medical Center Charite in Berlin, Germany. Before coming to Columbia, Dr. Mapara was Associate Professor of Medicine (with tenure) at the University of Pittsburgh Cancer Institute and served as the Director of the Adult Hematopoietic Stem Cell Transplantation Program. Dr. Mapara specializes in the care of patients with sickle cell disease and certain blood cancers (Multiple Myeloma, Amyloidosis) undergoing bone marrow transplantation and gene therapy. His research is focused on developing novel approaches to make bone marrow transplantation and cell therapy safer for patients.
Primary Specialty
Hematologist
PracticeCUIMC/Herbert Irving Pavilion
GenderMale
Accepting New Patients
Insurances AcceptedEmblem/Hip, Empire Blue Cross Blue Shield Healthplus, CIGNA, Emblem/GHI, Fidelis Care, Healthfirst, Affinity Health Plan, TRICARE, Medicare, MVP Health Care, Local 1199, Magnacare (National), UnitedHealthcare, WellCare, RiverSpring, Multiplan, Amerigroup of New Jersey, Quality Health Management, World Trade Center Health Plan, AgeWell, AETNA, Amida Care, VNSNY CHOICE
ServicesMarkus Mapara provides hematology services in New York, NY. A Hematologist specializes in the study of blood and related systems.
Please call CUIMC/Herbert Irving Pavilion at (212) 305-5098 to schedule an appointment in New York, NY or to get more information.Additional ServicesOncologist, Doctor