Anjali V. Desai
100 Madison Avenue, Floor 2, 
Morristown, NJ 

Overview

Anjali Desai, MD, MSCE, is the medical director of the Oncology Palliative Care program across Atlantic Health System. She is fellowship-trained and board-certified in internal medicine, as well as in Hospice and Palliative Medicine, by the American Board of Internal Medicine. Her vision is to integrate palliative care as part of high-quality cancer care across all phases of the illness, beginning at diagnosis and continuing through the end of life. Dr. Desai’s expertise in pain and symptom management, communication and care coordination enables her to provide comprehensive care tailored to each patient’s values and goals. She works closely with her Oncology colleagues to ensure that patients are able to have the highest quality of life throughout the course of their cancer care.Dr. Desai earned a medical degree from the New York University (NYU) Grossman School of Medicine, NYC, and a master’s degree in clinical epidemiology and health services research from Weill Cornell Graduate School of Medical Sciences, NYC. She completed her internal medicine residency training at the NYU Grossman School of Medicine, after which she completed a yearlong research fellowship, followed by a clinical fellowship, in hospice and palliative medicine at Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center (MSK), NYC. After completing fellowship training, Dr. Desai served as an attending physician in palliative care and as an associate program director for the Hospice and Palliative Medicine Fellowship at MSK before joining Atlantic Health System.Dr. Desai received a 2021 Kornfeld Scholars Program Award from the National Palliative Care Research Center for her research on leveraging technology to facilitate delivery of person-centered care. She is part of Atlantic Medical Group and is a participating provider of the Atlantic Accountable Care Organization.

Her top areas of expertise are T-Cell Lymphoma and Febrile Neutropenia.

Her clinical research consists of co-authoring 19 peer reviewed articles. MediFind looks at clinical research from the past 15 years.

Graduate Institution
New York University School Of Medicine
Residency
New York University School of Medicine
Specialties
Palliative Medicine
Licenses
Hospice and Palliative Medicine in NJ
Board Certifications
American Board Of Internal Medicine
Fellowships
Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center
Hospital Affiliations
Atlantic Medical Group
Morristown Medical Center
Languages Spoken
English
Gender
Female

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Locations

Atlantic Hematology Oncology
100 Madison Avenue, Floor 2, Morristown, NJ 07960

Clinical Research

Clinical research consists of overseeing clinical studies of patients undergoing new treatments and therapies, and publishing articles in peer reviewed medical journals. Providers who actively participate in clinical research are generally at the forefront of the fields and aware of the most up-to-date advances in treatments for their patients.


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