Elise Desperito, MD
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Credentials & Experience
Board Certifications
- Diagnostic Radiology
Clinical Expertise
- Breast Imaging
- Diagnostic Radiology
Specialties
Education & Training
- Georgetown University School of Medicine
- Residency: Georgetown University Hospital
- Fellowship: Georgetown University Hospital
About Elise Desperito
Dr. Elise Desperito is board certified in diagnostic radiology and subspecializes in breast imaging. She is an assistant professor of radiology at Columbia University Irving Medical Center and an assitant attending radiologist at NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital. She is the program director of the Radiology Residency. Formerly, Dr. Desperito served as director of breast imaging at Columbia University Irving Medical Center and NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital. Dr. Desperito has extensive experience in the care of women with breast cancer and specializes in breast imaging interpretation and interventional breast procedures. Dr. Desperito is a member of the Radiological Society of North America, the New York Roentgen Ray Society, and the Society of Breast Imaging.
Academic Titles
- Assistant Professor of Radiology at CUMC
Administrative Positions
- Chief, Division of Breast Imaging
- Program Director, Radiology Residency
Hospital Affiliations
- NewYork-Presbyterian / Columbia University Irving Medical Center
- NewYork-Presbyterian Lawrence Hospital
Gender
- Female
Insurance Accepted
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Aetna
- EPO
- HMO
- Medicare Managed Care
- NYP Employee Plan
- NY Signature
- POS
- PPO
- Signature Administrators
- Student Health
AgeWell
- Medicare Managed Care
- Special Needs Plan
Capital District Physician Health Plan
- Capital District Physician Health Plan
Cigna
- EPO
- Great West
- HMO
- POS
- PPO
Emblem/GHI
- Medicare Managed Care
- PPO
Emblem/HIP
- ConnectiCare
- EPO
- Essential Plan
- HMO
- Medicaid Managed Care
- Medicare Managed Care
- POS
- PPO
- Select Care (Exchange)
- Vytra
Empire Blue Cross/Blue Shield
- EPO
- Medicare Managed Care
- PPO
Local 1199
- Local 1199
MagnaCare
- MagnaCare
Multiplan
- Multiplan
MVP Health Care
- Child/Family Health Plus
- Essential Plan
- HMO
- Medicaid Managed Care
- MVP Health Care-HMO/EPO (Westchester Only)
- MVP Health Care-PPO (Westchester Only)
Oxford Health Plans
- Freedom
- Liberty
UnitedHealthcare
- Columbia University Employee Plan
- Compass (Exchange)
- HMO
- Medicaid (Community Plan)
- Medicare Managed Care
- POS
- PPO
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Research
Selected Publications
Have We Given Up on Breast Cancer Metastasis? Global Trends in Breast Cancer Metastasis Research Productivity.
Ha R, Chow D, Mango V, Friedlander L, Desperito E, Wynn R.
Breast J. 2015 Jul-Aug;21(4):442-4. doi: 10.1111/tbj.12436. Epub 2015 May 18. No abstract available.
PMID: 25982155
The metabolic syndrome and mammographic breast density in a racially diverse and predominantly immigrant sample of women.
Tehranifar P, Protacio A, Schmitt KM, Desperito E, Oskar S, Potter AJ, Engmann NJ, Terry MB.
Cancer Causes Control. 2015 Oct;26(10):1393-403. doi: 10.1007/s10552-015-0630-4. Epub 2015 Jul 14.
PMID: 26169301
Optical biomarkers for breast cancer derived from dynamic diffuse optical tomography.
Flexman ML, Kim HK, Gunther JE, Lim EA, Alvarez MC, Desperito E, Kalinsky K, Hershman DL, Hielscher AH.
J Biomed Opt. 2013 Sep;18(9):096012. doi: 10.1117/1.JBO.18.9.096012.
PMID: 24048367
Optical biomarkers for breast cancer derived from dynamic diffuse optical tomography. Molly L. Flexman; Hyun K. Kim; Jacqueline E. Gunther; Emerson A. Lim; Maria C. Alvarez; Elise Desperito; Kevin Kalinsky; Dawn L. Hershman; Andreas H. Hielscher J. Biomed. Opt. 18(9), 096012 (Sep 18, 2013). doi:10.1117/1.JBO.18.9.096012. History: Received April 5, 2013; Revised July 20, 2013; Accepted August 2, 2013
Digital optical tomography system for dynamic breast imaging.
Flexman ML, Khalil MA, Al Abdi R, Kim HK, Fong CJ, Desperito E, Hershman DL, Barbour RL, Hielscher AH.
J Biomed Opt. 2011 Jul;16(7):076014. doi: 10.1117/1.3599955.
PMID: 21806275