Dr. Celebi is a Professor and Vice Chair of the Department of Dermatology  and Professor of the Department of Pathology at the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai. She is a physician of the Mount Sinai Hospital. She completed her dermatology residency training at Columbia University’s College of Physicians & Surgeons in New York.  She joined the faculty at Columbia University in 1998 and completed translational and basic science research training in cancer genetics.  Dr. Celebi is a recipient of numerous prestigious awards; the Women’s Dermatologic Society Mentorship Program Award, the Dermatology Foundation’s Clinical Career Development Award, and the Irving Scholarship from Columbia University.  In addition, Dr. Celebi is the recipient of the Skin Cancer Foundation’s Frederick E. Mohs Memorial Award, NIH Mentored Clinical Scientist Award, and numerous Foundation and NIH grants for her groundbreaking work on melanoma.  Her laboratory studies focus on the molecular genetics of melanoma. She is an active member of the Tisch Cancer Institute located at the Norma and Leon Hess Center for Science and Medicine.

Anatomic Pathology, Dermatology Cancer Genetics, Metastasis, Oncogenes, Tumor Suppressor Genes, Tumorigenesis