
Sallie R Permar MD PhD
Professor and Chair, Pediatrics-Weill Cornell Medical School/NewYork Presbyterian
525 East 68th Street, M-622Box 225New York, NY 10021
Overview of Dr. Permar
Dr. Sallie Permar is a pediatric infectious disease specialist in New York, NY and is affiliated with multiple hospitals in the area, including New York-Presbyterian Hospital, New York-Presbyterian Hospital, and St. Jude Children's Research Hospital. She received her medical degree from Harvard Medical School and has been in practice 22 years. Dr. Permar accepts several types of health insurance, listed below. She is one of 26 doctors at New York-Presbyterian Hospital and one of 26 doctors at New York-Presbyterian Hospital who specialize in Pediatric Infectious Disease. She has more than 100 publications and over 500 citings.
Education & Training
Boston Children’s Hospital/Boston Medical CenterFellowship, Pediatric Infectious Diseases, 2007 - 2009
Boston Children’s Hospital/Boston Medical CenterResidency, Pediatrics, 2004 - 2007
Harvard Medical SchoolClass of 2004
Certifications & Licensure
NC State Medical License 2011 - Present
NY State Medical License 2021 - 2027
MA State Medical License 2007 - 2012
Publications & Presentations
PubMed
- A Vaccine to Prevent Congenital Cytomegalovirus: Where Do We Go Next?Mark R Schleiss, Stanley A Plotkin, Sallie R Permar
JAMA Pediatrics. 2026-03-02 - meningitis in a pediatric patient diagnosed via metagenomic sequencing.Kathryn Phillips, Karen P Acker, Jin-Young Han, Christine M Salvatore, Sallie R Permar
ASM Case Reports. 2026-01-01 - Specificity and functional humoral immune responses induced by the VBI-1501A eVLP HCMV gB vaccine compared to the gB/MF59 vaccine.Megan R Connors, Krithika P Karthigeyan, Adelaide S Fuller, Libby Mitchell, Hannah Preston
Human Vaccines & Immunotherapeutics. 2025-12-01
Journal Articles
- Understanding Early-Life Adaptive Immunity to Guide Interventions for Pediatric HealthSallie Permar, MD, Frontiers in Immunology
- Dual Targeting: Combining Costimulation Blockade and Bortezomib to Permit Kidney Transplantation in Sensitized RecipientsAlton B Farris, Frances Saccoccio, Sallie Permar, Stuart J Knechtle, Brian Ezekian, American journal of transplantation
- Adjuvant-Dependent Enhancement of HIV Env-Specific Antibody Responses in Infant Rhesus MacaquesSallie Permar, MD, mBio
Authored Content
- Polio in New York: A Call to Action for U.S. Pediatricians and Public Health to Work TogetherAugust 2022
- As Delta Spreads, It’s Time to Put Children’s Health FirstAugust 2021
Press Mentions
Dr. Mark M. Souweidane Appointed Inaugural Surgeon-in-Chief at NewYork-Presbyterian Komansky Children’s Hospital of Children’s Hospital of New YorkFebruary 5th, 2026
NIH Grant Aims for Childhood Vaccine Against HIVSeptember 18th, 2025
Science ShatteredJune 12th, 2025
Grant Support
- Translating germline-targeting HIV Env SOSIP immunization of infants: targeting bnAbs in early lifeWEILL MEDICAL COLL OF CORNELL UNIV2025–2030
- Immunologic strategies to prevent congenital cytomegalovirus transmission and disease in rhesus monkeysWEILL MEDICAL COLL OF CORNELL UNIV2019–2029
- Identifying and modeling immune correlates of protection against congenital CMV transmission after primary maternal infectionWEILL MEDICAL COLL OF CORNELL UNIV2023–2028
- Determinants of HIV broadly-neutralizing antibody precursor induction in infantsUNIV OF NORTH CAROLINA CHAPEL HILL2023–2028
- Tri-I Stimulating Access to Research in Residency program (Tri-I StARR - NIAID)WEILL MEDICAL COLL OF CORNELL UNIV2023–2028
Insurance Accepted
- Aetna Choice POS II
Aetna HMO
BCBS Blue Card PPO
BCBS North Carolina BlueOptions PPO
CIGNA HMO
CIGNA Open Access
CIGNA PPO
First Health PPO
Great West PPOHealthAmerica HealthAssurance PPO
Highmark BCBS ClassicBlue
Highmark BCBS PPOBlue
Humana ChoiceCare Network PPO
Multiplan PHCS PPO
Multiplan PPO
United Healthcare - Direct Choice Plus POS
United Healthcare - Direct Options PPO - Please verify your coverage with the provider's office directly when scheduling an appointment
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