Dr. Alexandra Gomez-Arteaga is an Assistant Professor at Weill Cornell Medicine/NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital and directs the Allogeneic Bone Marrow Transplant Service and the Advanced Fellowship in Bone Marrow Transplantation. She earned her MD from Los Andes University, completed her residency at the University of Miami, her Hematology/Oncology fellowship at Weill Cornell, and her BMT advanced fellowship at Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center. Dr. Gomez’s research focuses on improving outcomes in allogeneic stem cell transplantation for leukemia and myeloid malignancies, with an emphasis on young adults and alternative donors. Her work also addresses the critical need to decrease disparities in access to transplantation for minority populations, a cause she champions across her clinical practice, research, and advocacy. She currently serves as the Co-Chair for the Junior Faculty Initiative within the ASTCT ACCESS Initiative.