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Patient Offices

Address: 1184 Fifth Avenue, 2nd Floor
Gaucher and Porphyria Disease patients only
New York , NY 10029
Tel: 212-241-0915
Office Hours: Tuesday 9:00 AM - 4:00 PM; Wednesday 9:00 AM - 4:00 PM; Thursday 9:00 AM - 4:00 PM; Friday 9:00 AM - 12:00 PM
Disabled Access: Yes

Business Offices

Address: Atran Berg Laboratory Building Floor 1st Floor, Room AB1-50
1428 Madison Avenue
New York, NY 10029
Tel: 212-241-8384

Manisha Balwani

ASSISTANT PROFESSOR Genetics and Genomic Sciences
ASSISTANT PROFESSOR Medicine

Overview

Specialty	Clinical Genetics - MD , Internal Medicine
Clinical Interests	Cancer Genetics
	Gaucher’s Disease
	Porphyrias
Gender	Female
E-mail	manisha.balwani@mssm.edu
Education and Training	MBBS, Topiwala National Medical College
	M.S., University of Pittsburgh
	Fellowship, Mount Sinai School of Medicine
	Fellowship, Mount Sinai School of Medicine
	Residency, North Shore University Hospital at Forest Hills
	Residency, Internal Medicine, North Shore Univ. Hosp. at Forest Hills
	Fellowship, Biochemical Genetics, Mount Sinai Hospital
	Fellowship, Medical Genetics, Mount Sinai Hospital

Board Certification: Internal Medicine, Clinical Genetics

Training

Education and Training	MBBS, Topiwala National Medical College
	M.S., University of Pittsburgh
	Fellowship, Mount Sinai School of Medicine
	Fellowship, Mount Sinai School of Medicine
	Residency, North Shore University Hospital at Forest Hills
	Residency, Internal Medicine, North Shore Univ. Hosp. at Forest Hills
	Fellowship, Biochemical Genetics, Mount Sinai Hospital
	Fellowship, Medical Genetics, Mount Sinai Hospital
Board Certification	Clinical Genetics - MD
	Internal Medicine

Clinical Practice

Specialty	Clinical Genetics - MD , Internal Medicine
Clinical Interests	Cancer Genetics
	Gaucher’s Disease
	Porphyrias
Board Certification	Clinical Genetics - MD
	Internal Medicine

Research

Current Research: Modifier Genes in Type I Gaucher disease

Publications

Sansaricq C, Pardo S, Balwani M, Raymond K, Grace M. Biochemical and molecular diagnosis of lipoamide dehydrogenase deficiency in a North American Ashkenazi Jewish family. J Inherit Metab Dis 2006 February; 29(1): 203-204.

Grace ME, Balwani M, Nazarenko I, Prakash-Cheng A, Desnick RJ. Type I Gaucher Disease: Null and Hypomorphic Novel Chitotriosidase Gene Mutations-Implications for Diagnosis and Therapeutic Monitoring. Hum Mutat 2006;.

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