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Alsamarai, Susan, MD

Gender

Female

Language

English

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Specialties
Accepting New Patients
  • Medical Oncology
Not Currently Accepting New Patients
  • Internal Medicine
Areas of Expertise
Breast Disease, Gastrointestinal Malignancies, Head & Neck Cancers, Hematologic Cancers, Lung Cancer, Melanoma, Skin Cancer

Hospitals and Organizations

  • MidState Medical Center
  • Hartford HealthCare Medical Group
  • The Hospital of Central Connecticut
  • Integrated Care Partners

Education

Fellowship
Yale New Haven Hospital ‐ Hematology & Oncology

Internship
Yale New Haven Hospital

Medical School
University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey

Residency
Yale New Haven Hospital ‐ Internal Medicine

Undergraduate
The College of New Jersey

Professional Organizations

  • American Society of Clinical Oncology, Member
  • American Society of Hematology, Member

Bio

Susan Alsamarai, MD, has worked in Connecticut since 2005 when she came for residency and a subsequent fellowship in oncology at Yale University. She briefly worked as a hospitalist in Manhattan between residency and fellowship. She joined Hartford Healthcare in 2012, seeing patients at MidState Medical Center.

Dr. Alsamarai practices general medical oncology with a particular interest in hematology/hematologic malignancies. As part of the Melanoma and Skin Cancer program, she brings knowledge immunotherapy stemming from fellowship when she was involved in the early ipilimumab clinical trials. She enjoyed seeing the dramatic improvement not only in treatment options, but, more importantly, responses and survival.

Insurance

Aetna, Anthem, BCBS Medicare, CarePartners of Connecticut, Cigna Healthcare, Colonial Cooperative Care, Community Health Network of Connecticut, Inc., Connecticare, Connecticare Commercial, Connecticare Medicare, Corvel, Coventry, Essence Healthcare, Evercare, First Health Group Corp., Focus, Health Connecticut, Health Direct, Health New England, Healthy Connecticut, Multiplan, Northeast Health Direct, One Health Plan/ Great-West Healthcare, Oxford Health Plans, Prime Health Services, Private Health Care Systems, Inc., Senior Whole Health, United Healthcare, WellCare of Connecticut, Inc.

This information is subject to change at any time. Please check with your insurance provider before scheduling your appointment or receiving services to confirm they are a participating member of the Hartford HealthCare network.

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