General Info

Nausheen Hakim, DO, is a hematologist and oncologist at NewYork-Presbyterian Medical Group Queens, affiliated with NewYork-Presbyterian Queens Hospital. She is an assistant professor of clinical medicine at Weill Cornell Medicine. Dr. Hakim has a special interest in the area of genitourinary cancers. Active in research, Dr. Hakim has published in several medical journals, as well as delivered presentations at the American Society of Clinical Oncology and the World Lung Conference. After obtaining her bachelor of arts in anthropology while pursuing the pre-medicine track, she volunteered for one year with AmeriCorps at the nonprofit South Asian Youth Action (SAYA). She graduated from New York College of Osteopathic Medicine and completed her internal medicine residency at Drexel University/Hahnemann Hospital in Philadelphia. She served her hematology and medical oncology fellowship at the Northwell Health Cancer Institute. Dr. Hakim remains dedicated to the world of nonprofit by participating on the advisory board of Unite for Health. With a commitment to working in global health, she strives to better understand palliative care barriers in not only communities abroad, but in our own communities here in Queens.