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Mirella Salvatore, MD, Infectious Disease, New York, NY, New York-Presbyterian Hospital

MirellaSalvatoreMDFIDSA

Infectious Disease New York, NY

International Health, Travel & Tropical

Associate Professor of Medicine and Associate Professor of Population Health Sciences Weill Cornell Medicine

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Summary

  • Dr. Mirella Salvatore is an Associate Professor of Medicine at the Sanford I. Weill Medical College of Cornell University and an Attending Physician at the New York-Presbyterian Hospital Cornell campus. She obtained her M.D. degree from the Catholic University in Rome, Italy and completed her Internal Medicine Residency and Fellowship in Infectious Diseases at the Mount Sinai School of Medicine in New York City. At Mount Sinai she also completed a postdoctoral fellowship training studying influenza virus in the laboratory of Prof. Adolfo Garcia-Sastre.
    As a physician scientist, Dr. Salvatore has focused her research on the development of novel platforms for influenza vaccines and more recently, on Covid-19. She is also leading studies of influenza virus pathogenesis and therapy in the immunocompromised human host. She is a member of the International Society for Influenza and other Respiratory Virus Diseases (ISIRV), International Society for Travel Medicine (ISTM) and she is a fellow of the Infectious Diseases Society of America (IDSA). She is also a former member of the IDSA Research Committee and of ISTM Research and Awards Committee. Dr. Salvatore has served on NIH study sections, and is a reviewer for many scientific journals.

Education & Training

  • Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai/Mount Sinai Hospital
    Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai/Mount Sinai HospitalResidency, Internal Medicine, 2003 - 2005
  • Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai/Mount Sinai Hospital
    Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai/Mount Sinai HospitalFellowship, Infectious Disease, 2001 - 2003
  • University of Cattolica del Sacro Cuore
    University of Cattolica del Sacro CuoreClass of 1986

Certifications & Licensure

  • NY State Medical License
    NY State Medical License 2004 - 2025
  • American Board of Internal Medicine Internal Medicine
  • American Board of Internal Medicine Infectious Disease
  • ISTMCertificate in Travel Health, International Society of Travel Medicine

Awards, Honors, & Recognition

  • CMS Meaningful Use Stage 1 Certification EpicCare Ambulatory EMR, Epic Systems Corporation, 2011-2013

Clinical Trials

Publications & Presentations

PubMed

Press Mentions

  • COVID Antivirals Fight Omicron Better Than Monoclonal Antibodies
    COVID Antivirals Fight Omicron Better Than Monoclonal AntibodiesMay 5th, 2022
  • Can You Safely Hang Out with Unvaccinated Friends? Here's What Doctors Recommend
    Can You Safely Hang Out with Unvaccinated Friends? Here's What Doctors RecommendJuly 21st, 2021
  • What Do We Know (And Not Know) About COVID-19 Variants and Vaccines? A Virtual Conversation with Dr. Mirella Salvatore
    What Do We Know (And Not Know) About COVID-19 Variants and Vaccines? A Virtual Conversation with Dr. Mirella SalvatoreJanuary 28th, 2021
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Committees

  • Councilor, Infectious Disease Society of New York 2021 - 2023
  • Member, IDSA Research Committee 2019 - 2023
  • Member, ISTM Research and Award Commitee 2017 - 2021

Professional Memberships

  • Infectious Diseases Society of America (IDSA)
    Fellow
  • International Society of travel medicine (ISTM)
    Member
  • International Society for Influenza and other Respiratory Virus diseases (ISIRV)
    Member

Other Languages

  • Italian

Hospital Affiliations