Dr. Raisa Ideliss Balbuena Merle, MD
Pathologist | Anatomic Pathology & Clinical Pathology
33 Cedar St New Haven CT, 06519About
Dr. Raisa Merle is a pathologist practicing in New Haven, CT. Dr. Merle is a doctor who specializes in the study of bodily fluids and tissues. As a pathologist, Dr. Merle can help your primary care doctor make a diagnosis about your medical condition. Dr. Merle may perform a tissue biopsy to determine if a patient has cancer, practice genetic testing, and complete a number of laboratory examinations. Pathologists can also perform autopsies which can determine a persons cause of death and gain information about genetic progression of a disease.
Education and Training
University of Puerto Rico School of Medicine Medical Degree 2012
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- Yale University
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Get to know Pathologist Dr. Raisa Ideliss Balbuena Merle, who serves patients in New Haven, Connecticut.
A trusted pathologist, Dr. Merle is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Laboratory Medicine at Yale School of Medicine.
The Department of Laboratory Medicine at Yale School of Medicine has a long and proud tradition of providing leading edge clinical care, outstanding biomedical research, and comprehensive education. It has over 30 faculty involved in basic and applied biomedical research. The research interests of the faculty include immunology, stem cell biology, asthma/allergies, advanced cell therapy, biomarker discovery, cancer and molecular genetics, and more.
Throughout her academic career, Dr. Merle graduated with her medical degree from the University of Puerto Rico School of Medicine in 2012, and completed her residency in anatomic & clinical pathology at the same educational venue in 2016. She then went on to complete two consecutive fellowships in hematopathology and transfusion medicine at Yale University, and received her Master of Health Science degree from Yale in 2019, focusing on immunohematology.
With an unwavering commitment to her specialty, the doctor is board-certified in anatomic & clinical pathology, hematopathology, and transfusion medicine by the American Board of Pathology (ABPath). The mission of the ABPath is to promote the health of the public and advance the practice and science of pathology by establishing voluntary certification standards and assessing the qualifications of those seeking to practice the specialty of pathology.
Pathology is a branch of medicine that involves the study and diagnosis of diseases through direct gross and microscopic tissue analyses (e.g. of biopsies). Pathologists also analyze various body fluids (e.g. blood) and whole bodies (autopsies). Pathologists are physicians who specialize in the diagnosis of diseases using laboratory methods.
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