Physician Profile

Robert Bona, M.D.

Appointments

• Professor of Medicine

Specialty

• Internal Medicine

Subspecialty

• Hematology-Oncology

Certification
Internal Medicine
Hematology
Medical Oncology

Education
B.S., St. John’s University, New York
M.D., SUNY Upstate Medical College, Syracuse, New York

Residency
Internal Medicine, Rhode Island Hospital Brown University

Fellowship
1983-1986: Fellowship Hematology-Oncology, University of Connecticut School of Medicine

Affiliation
John Dempsey Hospital

Honors and Awards

• Thomas R. Preston, M.D. Award for Excellence in the Teaching of Internal Medicine, St. Francis Hospital and Medical Center
• Director’s Award. St. Francis Hospital and Medical Center, 1997
• University of Connecticut School of Medicine "Outstanding Teaching Award" presented by the second year medical/dental school class, 1997, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2003-05, 2007
• University of Connecticut School of Medicine “Loeser Teaching Award” for excellence in the teaching of basic sciences, 2000, 2006
• Named to Best Doctors in Connecticut, 2000, 01, 02, 03, 04, 05, 06, 07, 08
• Physicians Health Services-American Red Cross Chair, 2001
• Named to Best Doctors in America, 2003, 04, 05, 06, 07, 08
• University of Connecticut School of Medicine “Kaiser Permanente Certificate of Award” for teaching in the clinical sciences, 2004, 2005
• University of Connecticut School of Medicine, “CAMEL Award” given to best second year course, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008
• Certificate of Excellence – University of Massachusetts Macy Mentorship Program in Health Communication Education, 2006
• University of Connecticut School of Medicine, Kaiser Permanent Award given for excellence in clinical teaching, 2007, 2008
• Mace Bearer - University of Connecticut School of Medicine Commencement, 2007

Selected Publications
Saif NW, Bona R, Greenberg, B. AIDS and thrombosis: retrospective study of 131 HIV infected patients. AIDS Patient Care STDS 2001 Jun;15(6):311-20.

R. Bona, Central vein thrombosis in patients with cancer. Current Opinions in Pulmonary Medicine, 2003 (September) 9:362-66.

Smaradottir and R. Bona. A case of acquired von Willebrand syndrome successfully treated with recombinant Factor VIIa during thyroidectomy. Thrombosis and Heamostasis, 2004;92:666-7.

Zihai Li, Yi Qiao, Bei Liu, Elizabeth Laska, Priyamvadha Chakravarthi, Judith Kulko, Robert Bona, Min Fang, Upendra Hegde, Victor Moyo, Susan Tannenbaum, Antoine Menoret, Judy Gaffney, Laura Glynn, Carolyn Runowicz, Pramod Srivastava. Combination of imatinib mesylate with autologous leukocyte derived heat shock protein 70 induces immunologic and clinical responses against chronic myelogenous leukemia, Clinical Cancer Research 2005;11:4460-68.

Shahzad Shafique, Robert Bona, Andre Kaplan. Therapeutic leukapheresis in an adult with chronic myelogenous leukemia presenting with hyperleukocytosis and leukostasis. Therapeutic Apheresis and Dialysis 2007;11:146-48.

Fabio Aglieco, Srimathi Manickaratnam, Robert Bona, Andre Kaplan. A Case Report of Refractory Warm Autoimmune Hemolytic Anemia Treated with Plasmapheresis and Rituximab, Therapeutic Apheresis and Dialysis, 2008;12:185-89.

Acquired Deficiency of Vitamin K-Dependent Clotting Factors Due to Brodifacoum Ingestion, Pragna Kapadia, Robert Bona, Connecticut Medicine 2008;72:207-09.

Saad Z. Usmani, Robert Bona, Zihai Li. 17 AAG as an Hsp90 Inhibitor in Cancer – From bench to bedside, Current Molecular Medicine, in press.

View more publications, see Pubmed listing.

Curriculum Vitae
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Research Interests

Clinical Research

• Hemostasis, thrombosis, multiple myeloma
   

Basic Science Research

• Hemostasis, thrombosis, multiple myeloma