Alejandro Zuretti, MD

Alejandro Zuretti, MD, has been the Medical Director of Laboratories at Maimonides Medical Center since 2018 and Vice Chair of Pathology and Laboratory Administration at Downstate Medical Center University Hospital of Brooklyn since 2014. He was previously Chairman of Pathology and Laboratories at Nassau University Medical Center in East Meadow, NY, and member of the Senior Leadership Team of the Northwell Health System Laboratories.

Before then, Dr. Zuretti was the Chair of Pathology at Kingsbrook Jewish Medical Center in Brooklyn, New York, and previously, Attending Pathologist at St. Vincent's Medical Center in Manhattan. Dr. Zuretti is Board Certified in Anatomic and Clinical Pathology. He completed his residency and fellowship at The Mount Sinai Hospital, New York and graduated cum laude from the University of Buenos Aires School of Medicine and the National College of Buenos Aires.

Dr. Zuretti has been a Joint Commission Laboratory Inspector for the past 13 years. He is a Fellow of the College of American Pathologists, the American Society for Clinical Pathology, the Association for Diagnostic Laboratory Medicine and the United States and Canadian Academy of Pathology.  In addition, he is a Clinical Associate Professor of Pathology at the State University of New York in Brooklyn, and was previously Associate Professor of Pathology at the Hofstra School of Medicine in NY, having numerous publications in the field.

Education

• Undergraduate: National College of Buenos Aires

• Medical School: University of Buenos Aires Medical School

• Internship: St. John’s Episcopal Hospital, New York

• Residency: The Mount Sinai Hospital, New York

• Fellowship: The Mount Sinai Hospital, New York

Professional Associations

• College of American Pathologists, Fellow and Inspector, Team Leader
• The Joint Commission, Pathologist Specialist and Laboratory Inspector
• American Society for Clinical Pathology, Fellow
• Association for Diagnostic Laboratory Medicine, Member
• Human Research and Biomedical Investigator – Collaborative Institutional Training Initiative   

Certifications and Licenses

• Board Certification by the American Board of Pathology in Anatomic and Clinical Pathology, 1991
• New York State Medical License, 1992
• New York State Laboratory Director Certificate of Qualification including Bacteriology, Blood Banking Collection-Comprehensive, Blood Lead, Blood pH and Gases, Clinical Chemistry, Clinical Toxicology, Cytopathology, Diagnostic Immunology, Endocrinology, Hematology, Histopathology General, Immunohematology, Mycology, Oncology Soluble Tumor Markers, Parasitology, Therapeutic Substance Monitoring/Quantitative Toxicology, Transfusion Services and Virology

Research Interests

Early detection of inflammatory response to infectious processes

• Abstract:  Anti-covid antibody generation after vaccination and natural infection over time.  Christian M, Allen J, Bluth MJ, Zuretti A, Bluth MH.  AACC 2022.
• Abstract:  Christian M, Allen J, Bluth MJ, Zuretti A, Bluth MH. Anti-COVID antibody generation after vaccination: Presence of IgM vs IgG over time. Poster presentation at the American Association of Blood Banks Annual meeting (virtual), October 17-19, 2021. 
• Mendoza, R., Momeni, A., Stopard, I., Lambert, B., Zuretti A. : A Dynamic Bayesian Model for Identifying High-Mortality Risk in Hospitalized COVID-19 Patients, Infectious Disease Reports 2021, 13(1), 239-250; https://doi.org/10.3390/idr13010027 , 2021 
• Mendoza, R., Silver, M., Zuretti A.., Christian, M., Das, B., Norin, A.J., Borgen, P., Libien J., Bluth, M.H.: Correlation of Automated Chemiluminescent Method with Enzyme-Linked Immunosorbent Assay (ELISA) Antibody Titers in Convalescent COVID-19 Plasma Samples: Development of Rapid, Cost-Effective Semi-Quantitative Diagnostic Methods, Journal of Blood Medicine Vol 2021:12 Pages 157—164 doi: https://doi.org/10.2147/JBM.S296730 , 2021
• Momeni, A., Yousefi, E. and Zuretti, A.:  Time series analysis of laboratory values in the context of long-term hospitalized patient mortality. American Journal of Clinical Pathology,  doi/10.1093/ajcp/aqy163/5303265 , 2019
• Chua, C., Tifigiu, E., Momeni, A., Laskar, D., Shafique, K., Zuretti, A., Michl, J., and  Pincus, M.: Stability of Values for the Activities of Critical Enzymes Assayed in Serum Frozen for Prolonged Time Periods.  Annals of Clinical & Laboratory Science, 48:618-626  doi: 10.15761/CDP.1000115 ,2018
• Laskar, D., Shafique, K., Lu, C. and Zuretti, A.:  Evaluation and characterization of monoclonal gammopathies using serum protein electrophoresis in a major urban population: one institution’s experience.  Journal of Investigative Medicine,  doi: 10.1136/jim-2017-000446  , 2017
• Chua, C., Tifigiu, E., Momeni, A., Laskar, D., Shafique, K., Zuretti, A., Michl, J., and Pincus, M.: Stability of values for the activities of critical enzymes assayed in serum.
• Leonardi, G.,Wilson, A. and Zuretti, A.:.  Evaluation of respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) direct antigen detection assays for use in point-of-care testing.  Journal of Virological Methods, 213, 131-134, 2015
• Leonardi, G.,Wilson, A. and Zuretti, A.: Comparison of Conventional Lateral-flow Assays and a New Fluorescent Immunoassay    to Detect Influenza Viruses.  Journal of Virological Methods 189, 379-382   Ref: VIRNET12078, 2013
• Gao, L., Lipka, A., Avezbakiyev, B., Zuretti, A and Mustacchia, P.:  Synchronous Duodenal Carcinoid and Adenocarcinoma of the Colon.   World Journal of Oncology; 3(5):239-242, 2012
• Barnett, W and Zuretti, A.:  Recurrent Malignant Chondroid Syringoma.  American Journal of Clinical Oncology, Vol 23, No 3, 227-232, 2000
• L. Mesia, and Zuretti, A.:  Ossified Intratesticular Mucinous Tumor.  Archives of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine; Vol 123, 244-246, 1999
• Cacciarelli, A., Zuretti, A. and Robilotti, J.:  Lower Helicobacter Pylori Infection and Peptic Ulcer Disease Prevalence in Patients with AIDS and Suppressed CD4 Counts.   American Journal of Gastroenterology; 91, No 9, 1783-1784, 1996
• Cacciarelli,A., Abdel Dayem, H.M  and Zuretti, A.:  Acute Cholecystitis in AIDS Patients: Correlation of Tc 99M Hepatobiliary Scintigraphy with Histopathological Laboratory Findings and CD counts.  The society of Nuclear Medicine, November 1995
• Zuretti, A and Schwartz, I.: Gangrenous Herpetic Whitlow, American Journal of Clinical Pathology; 93:828-830, 1990