Robert C. Flaumenhaft MD, PhD

Dr. Flaumenhaft received his M.D. and Ph.D. from NYU School of Medicine, completed a fellowship in Hematology/Oncology at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, and received an M.M.Sc. from Harvard Medical School. He is currently a Professor at Harvard Medical School. His laboratory within the Division of Hemostasis and Thrombosis at BIDMC focuses on platelet biology and mechanisms of thrombus formation. He also cares for patients with bleeding or clotting disorders. Dr. Flaumenhaft is the director of the T32 training program entitled, “Program in Blood Coagulation and Vascular Biology” and associate director of the Translational Research Center in Thrombosis and Hemostasis.

He is a section editor for Thrombosis and Haemostasis and serves on the editorial boards of Blood, JCI Insight, JTH, Thrombosis Research, and Seminars in Thrombosis and Hemostasis. He is a standing member of the Hemostasis and Thrombosis NIH Study Section and has served as a conference organizer and on scientific subcommittees for several scientific meetings. His work in platelet biology and thrombotic mechanisms has earned him a Career Award from the Burroughs Wellcome Fund, a Junior Faculty Award from the American Society of Hematology, and an Established Investigator Award from the American Heart Association. He was elected to the American Society for Clinical Investigation.