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Sallie Permar, MD, Pediatric Infectious Disease, New York, NY

Sallie R Permar MD PhD


Professor and Chair, Pediatrics-Weill Cornell Medical School/NewYork Presbyterian

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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 Center
    Boston Children’s Hospital/Boston Medical CenterFellowship, Pediatric Infectious Diseases, 2007 - 2009
  • Boston Children’s Hospital/Boston Medical Center
    Boston Children’s Hospital/Boston Medical CenterResidency, Pediatrics, 2004 - 2007
  • Harvard Medical School
    Harvard Medical SchoolClass of 2004

Certifications & Licensure

  • NC State Medical License
    NC State Medical License 2011 - Present
  • NY State Medical License
    NY State Medical License 2021 - 2027
  • MA State Medical License
    MA State Medical License 2007 - 2012

Publications & Presentations

PubMed

Journal Articles

  • Understanding Early-Life Adaptive Immunity to Guide Interventions for Pediatric Health  
    Sallie Permar, MD, Frontiers in Immunology
  • Dual Targeting: Combining Costimulation Blockade and Bortezomib to Permit Kidney Transplantation in Sensitized Recipients  
    Alton 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 Macaques  
    Sallie 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 York
    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 HIV
    NIH Grant Aims for Childhood Vaccine Against HIVSeptember 18th, 2025
  • Science Shattered
    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 PPO
    HealthAmerica 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
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