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Ann A. Jakubowski, MD, PhD -- Clinical Director, Adult Bone Marrow Transplantation Outpatient Unit

Ann A. Jakubowski, MD, PhD

Bone Marrow Transplant Specialist

Areas of Expertise

Conditions I Treat

  • Leukemia
  • Acute lymphocytic leukemia (ALL)
  • Acute myeloid leukemia (AML)

My Specialties

  • Bone marrow transplant
  • Stem cell transplant
  • Cancer care for older adults
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Get to Know Me

As a board-certified hematologist-oncologist I have a clinical focus on patients with hematologic diseases, specifically leukemia and myelodysplastic syndrome, and on those who may benefit from any form of stem cell transplantation.

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Patients who undergo transplant usually spend most of their time after transplantation in the outpatient department, so my role as Clinical Director of Memorial Sloan Kettering’s Adult Bone Marrow Transplant Outpatient Unit affords me the opportunity to improve the experience of all of our transplant patients.

Over the past several years my research has involved new approaches to transplantation that reduce transplant-related complications and enhance patients’ immune reconstitution after transplant. These approaches are making transplantation an option for new and expanding populations of patients. This research has also been integral to our developing an adult Survivorship Program for stem cell transplant patients, and has instigated the development of Memorial Sloan Kettering’s 65+ Program for older adults.

In collaboration with colleagues throughout the Center, physicians of the 65+ Program created an assessment tool for older adult patients which is now used by cancer centers throughout the country to evaluate patients prior to treatment. This tool is being incorporated into the screening of older adult patients prior to transplant to assist the physicians in selecting the type of transplant best suited to each patient.

In our Survivorship Clinic, where patients who have undergone transplant receive follow-up care, we have established a program to monitor post-transplant complications in patients of all ages. By reviewing characteristics and outcomes of patients who have already undergone transplant with subspecialists in all of the major medical areas, we identify complications; adapt our screening, treatment, and monitoring programs; and conduct research to improve these outcomes. The results of this monitoring program are being used to help design studies of new transplant methods and to alter transplants to reduce the time that a patient’s immune system is suppressed afterward.

On the national level, my membership on an expert committee for tissue, gene, and cell therapy of the United States Pharmacopeia (USP) — a non-governmental, official public standards-setting authority for healthcare products — has given me the opportunity to participate in the process of standardizing treatment modalities that are at the forefront of medical care and transplantation.

What I Do at MSK

A bone marrow transplant specialist is a doctor with special training in bone marrow transplants.

  • Clinical Director, Adult Bone Marrow Transplantation Outpatient Unit
Areas of Expertise

Conditions I Treat

  • Leukemia
  • Acute lymphocytic leukemia (ALL)
  • Acute myeloid leukemia (AML)
  • Chronic lymphocytic leukemia (CLL)
  • Chronic myeloid leukemia (CML)
  • Myelodysplastic syndrome (MDS)
  • Myeloproliferative neoplasms (MPN)/Myeloproliferative disorders

My Specialties

  • Bone marrow transplant
  • Stem cell transplant
  • Cancer care for older adults
  • Geriatrics
  • Survivorship
Education & Honors

Education

  • MD, University of Connecticut School of Medicine
  • PhD, Wesleyan University

Residencies

  • Mount Sinai Medical Center (New York)

Fellowships

  • Montefiore and Albert Einstein Medical Centers
  • Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center

Board Certifications

  • Internal Medicine
  • Hematology
  • Medical Oncology

Awards and Honors

  • Castle Connolly: America’s Top Doctor (2025)
  • Castle Connolly: America’s Top Doctor (2024)
  • Top Doctors New York Metro Area, Castle Connolly (2023)
  • Castle Connolly: America's Top Doctors (2023)

Insurance Information

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Aetna

In Network Coverage Type
HMO, EPO PPO, POS, Transplant

Aetna Medicare Advantage (MTA and NYC retirees only)

In Network Coverage Type
PPO

Anthem BCBS and other BCBS licensee plans

In Network Coverage Type
PPO, POS, EPO, HMO

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Anthem BCBS Health Plus

In Network Coverage Type
HMO

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Blue Cross Blue Shield Federal Employee Program

In Network Coverage Type
HMO, PPO

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Blue Cross Blue Shield states outside of NY/NJ

In Network Coverage Type
HMO, EPO PPO, POS

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Carrum Health

In Network Coverage Type
Supplemental

Cigna

In Network Coverage Type
PPO, POS, HMO

Connecticare

In Network Coverage Type
POS, EPO, HMO

First Health

In Network Coverage Type
PPO

Straight NJ Medicaid

In Network Coverage Type
State Government

Straight NY Medicaid

In Network Coverage Type
State Government

Emblem

In Network Coverage Type
PPO, POS, EPO, HMO

Offers a qualified health plan from the Health Insurance Marketplace. Call Emblem to learn more.

Emblem Essential

In Network Coverage Type
HMO

Emblem Medicare Advantage (Medicare Choice PPO Network and VIP Prime Network Only)

In Network Coverage Type
PPO, HMO

Empire Essential

In Network Coverage Type
HMO

Empire Plan / NYSHIP (Blue Cross/UnitedHealthcare split plan)

In Network Coverage Type
PPO

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Fidelis

In Network Coverage Type
HMO, EPO

Offers a qualified health plan from the Health Insurance Marketplace. Call Fidelis to learn more.

Fidelis Managed Medicaid & HARP

In Network Coverage Type
HMO

Fidelis Medicare Advantage

In Network Coverage Type
HMO

Healthfirst

In Network Coverage Type
EPO, HMO, PPO, POS

Offers a qualified health plan from the Health Insurance Marketplace. Call Healthfirst to learn more.

Healthfirst Managed Medicaid

In Network Coverage Type
HMO

Healthfirst Medicare Advantage

In Network Coverage Type
HMO, PPO

Healthsmart

In Network Coverage Type
PPO EPO

Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield New Jersey (HMO)

In Network Coverage Type
HMO

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Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield New Jersey (PPO)

In Network Coverage Type
PPO

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Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield New Jersey Omnia Tier I (EPO)

In Network Coverage Type
EPO

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Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield New Jersey Omnia Tier II (EPO)

In Network Coverage Type
EPO

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Horizon Medicare Advantage

In Network Coverage Type
PPO, HMO

Husky CT Medicaid

In Network Coverage Type
State Government

Magnacare

In Network Coverage Type
PPO, POS, EPO

Medicare Part A&B (traditional Medicare)

In Network Coverage Type
Federal Government

Metroplus

In Network Coverage Type
HMO

City Employee Health Plans (Gold and Gold Care)

Multiplan/Beech Street/PHCS

In Network Coverage Type
Supplemental

MVP

In Network Coverage Type
PPO/OAP

Non-Participating Plans with Out of Network Benefits

In Network Coverage Type
PPO, POS, EPO, HMO

NYC Medicare Advantage Plus for City Employees

In Network Coverage Type
TBD

Oscar

In Network Coverage Type
HMO/EPO

Oxford

In Network Coverage Type
PPO, EPO

World Trade Center Health Program (WTC)

In Network Coverage Type
State Government

Qualcare

In Network Coverage Type
PPO, POS, HMO

Tricare

In Network Coverage Type
PPO, HMO

UMR

In Network Coverage Type
PPO, POS

United Healthcare

In Network Coverage Type
PPO, POS, HMO

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Contact and Location

Dr. Jakubowski sees patients at one location.

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New York, NY
David H. Koch Center for Cancer Care at Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center
530 East 74th Street New York NY 10021
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Research and Publications

Publications on PubMed

Visit PubMed for a full listing of Dr. Jakubowski’s journal articles. Pubmed is an online index of research papers and other articles from the US National Library of Medicine and the National Institutes of Health.

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Disclosures

Doctors and faculty members often work with pharmaceutical, device, biotechnology, and life sciences companies, and other organizations outside of MSK, to find safe and effective cancer treatments, to improve patient care, and to educate the health care community.

MSK requires doctors and faculty members to report (“disclose”) the relationships and financial interests they have with external entities. As a commitment to transparency with our community, we make that information available to the public.

Ann A. Jakubowski discloses the following relationships and financial interests:

  • Novartis
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