Lakshmi Rajdev, MD, MS, is a Professor of Medicine Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, and is the Director Of Medical Oncology
Mount Sinai Morningside. She is also Co-Chair RAE/FFR Committee at the Tisch Cancer Institute. Dr. Rajdev’s specialty is Gastrointestinal (GI) Oncology with particular expertise in gastroesophageal and anal carcinoma; as well as HIV-associated cancers.
A nationally recognized investigator, Dr. Rajdev has chaired and co-chaired investigator-initiated and cooperative group studies. She serves on numerous scientific committees, including the Esophago-Gastric and Rectal Anal Task Force of the National Cancer Institute (NCI) GI Cancer Steering Committee and the NCI Adult Central Institutional Review Board Late Phase Emphasis Committee. She has held leadership roles in the Eastern Cooperative Oncology Group GI Committee and the AIDS Malignancy Consortium. Prior to joining Mount Sinai, Dr. Rajdev spent most of her career at Montefiore Medical Center/Albert Einstein Cancer Center. More recently, she served as Chief of Hematology and Oncology at Lenox Hill Hospital and Director of GI Malignancies for the Western Region of the Northwell Health System.
Dr. Rajdev earned her MBBS from Grant Medical College in Bombay. She completed Internal Medicine residencies at Grant Medical College and Beth Israel Medical Center, and fellowship in Hematology/Oncology at New York University. Dr. Rajdev also has a Masters in Clinical Research from Albert Einstein College of Medicine.