Ira Zackon, M.D.

Locations

Leadership

• Former Director, NYOH Stem Cell Transplant Program
• Past President, NYOH Board of Directors
• Chair, NYOH Practice Quality Committee and Value-Based Care
• Chair, NYOH Annual Spring to Life Conference
• Member, USON National Policy Board Executive Committee

Professional Education

• Diploma of Collegial Studies—Vanier College, St. Laurent, Quebec, Canada
• Medical Degree—McGill University, Montreal, Quebec, Canada
• Internship in Internal Medicine—Royal Victoria Hospital, McGill University, Montreal
• Residency in Internal Medicine—Royal Victoria Hospital, McGill University, Montreal
• Fellowship in Hematology/Oncology—Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center, Lebanon, NH
• Research Fellow in Hematology/Oncology—Northwestern University Medical Center, Chicago, IL

Certification

• Board Certified in Internal Medicine
• Board Certified in Medical Oncology
• Board Certified in Hematology
• National Board of Medical Examiners
• Internal Medicine, Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Canada
• Medical Oncology, Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Canada

Honors and Awards

• Academic Excellence—Vanier College, St. Laurent, Quebec, Canada
• J.W. McConnell Major Scholarship
• Mary and Louis Streicher Prize for Biochemistry
• Book Prize for Epidemiology and Health

Memberships and Affiliations

• American College of Physicians
• American Society of Clinical Oncology
• American Society of Hematology
• The Medical Society of the State of New York
• Upstate New York Society of Medical Oncology Hematology (President, 2010—2012)

Academic Appointment

Clinical Assistant Professor, Albany Medical College

Personal

Dr. Zackon most values time with his wife and two children; he enjoys leisure sports and is an active community volunteer.