SYLVESTER HOMSY

Dedicated and accomplished Hematology/Oncology specialist with a passion for providing exceptional patient care and advancing medical research in the field of cancer and blood disorders. Skilled in collaborating with interdisciplinary teams to develop comprehensive care plans tailored to individual patient needs. Seeking to leverage my training and expertise to make meaningful contributions to the advancement of Hematology/Oncology practice. Learning from mistakes is crucial in my mission. Striving for leadership in my field.

• 07/2023 - Research and Wellness leader for the Hematology/Oncology department at SUNY Downstate Health Sciences University
• 03/2023 - Currently, Peer-reviewer in Journal of Hematology
• 05/2020 - Currently, Peer-reviewer in Annals of Internal Medicine – official journal of the American College of Physicians
• 02/2020 - Currently, Peer-reviewer in Cureus
• 09/2019 - Currently, Peer-reviewer in ACG Case Reports Journal

• MacDougall K, Niazi MRK, Hosry J, Homsy S, Bershadskiy A. The Prognostic Significance of Peripheral Blood Biomarkers in Patients With Advanced Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer Treated With Pembrolizumab: A Clinical Study. Oncology (Williston Park). 2022 Mar 8;36(3):156-161. doi: 10.46883/25920954. PMID: 35298118.
• Homsy S, Kamel R, Raden M, Skaradinskiy Y. Recurrent Nasal-Type Extranodal Natural Killer/T-Cell Lymphoma with Meningeal Involvement. Case Rep Hematol. 2021 Jul 24;2021:9972694. doi: 10.1155/2021/9972694. PMID: 34350041; PMCID: PMC8328685
• Pervaiz S, Homsy S, Narula N, Ngu S, Elsayegh D. Bevacizumab-Induced Pneumonitis in a Patient with Metastatic Colon Cancer: A Case Report. Clin Med Insights Circ Respir Pulm Med. 2020;14:1179548420929285. Published 2020 Jun 15. doi:10.1177/1179548420929285
• Homsy S, Elfiky A, Abureesh M, Daneshvar D, Bershadskiy A. Neutropenic Enterocolitis Secondary to Sulfasalazine in a Woman with Psoriatic Arthritis. Cureus. 2020;12(6):e8576. Published 2020 Jun 12. doi:10.7759/cureus.8576
• Elfiky, Ahmed MD; Homsy, Sylvester MD; Eldouaihy, Youssef MD; Andrawes, Sherif MD, FACG2. S1508 Acute Complicated Pancreatitis Secondary to Fat Emulsion as Antidote for Bupivacaine—Case Report. The American Journal of Gastroenterology: October 2020 - Volume 115 - Issue - p S761doi: 10.14309/01.ajg.0000708080.30732.c6
• Balkhi MY, Dalal AR, Homsy S. (2018). Third generation HER2-Chimeric Antigen Receptor (CAR) expression on human T Cells improves with two signal activation. Hum Gene Ther. 10.1089/hum.2017.244.

• ECFMG certification (2017)
• American Board in Internal Medicine (2022)