Preeti Pancholi PhD

Preeti Pancholi, Ph.D. is a Professor-Clinical and Director of the Clinical Microbiology Laboratory. She earned her Ph.D. in Microbiology and Immunology at the Post Graduate Institute of Medical Education & Research in Chandigarh, India. She completed a postdoctoral fellowship at Rockefeller University in New York, NY. She then completed a Clinical Microbiology fellowship at the Mayo Clinic in Rochester, MN. Dr. Pancholi was Assistant Professor at the New York Blood Center, NYC. She was also Associate Director, Clinical Microbiology and Molecular Diagnostics at Columbia-Presbyterian Medical Center, NYC. Dr. Pancholi is board certified in Clinical and Public Health Microbiology by the American Board of Medical Microbiology and has over 18 years of experience in clinical microbiology. Dr. Pancholi’s primary research interests are the use of molecular and other rapid technologies to improve clinical infectious disease diagnostics and, further, to evaluate the impact of these technologies on patient care.