Division of Hematology/Oncology, Department of Medicine
Weill Cornell Medical College
New York, NY
Elizabeta Cristina Popa, M.D., is an Associate Professor of Clinical Medicine in the Division of Medical Oncology at Weill Cornell College of Medicine/New York Presbyterian as well as a Consultant at the Hospital for Special Surgery. She completed her residency in Internal Medicine at Lenox Hill Hospital in New York City in 2002 and her fellowship in Medical Oncology/Hematology at New York University School of Medicine in 2005. She subsequently joined the Medical Oncology faculty at Weill Cornell College of Medicine in 2007.
Dr. Popa’s activities include caring for patients with gastrointestinal cancers and rare tumors. Her practice focus is on difficult to treat tumors including sarcomas and hepatobiliary malignancies. She is currently the Adult Solid Tumor Sarcoma specialist at Weill Cornell.
Dr Popa has been involved in clinical research in these areas as part of the Solid Tumor Program participating both in early and late phase clinical trials. She has served, among other institutional roles, as Chair of the Cancer IRB 2 at Weill Cornell 2016-2021. She is currently continues to serve on the Executive Cancer IRB committee and has joined the Weill Cornell DSMB in 2023.
Dr. Elizabeta Cristina Popa has a strong commitment to providing patient-tailored therapeutic options to treat diseases which are poorly understood and for which there is a paucity of available options. She is particularly interested in supporting increased availability of novel therapeutics and clinical trial opportunities for patients with rare cancers.