Omar Abdel-Wahab is an Associate Member in Human Oncology and Pathogenesis Program (HOPP) and an Associate Attending Physician on the Leukemia Service in the Department of Medicine at Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center. Dr. Abdel-Wahab’s research focuses on the role of genomic alterations in the pathogenesis of hematopoietic malignancies.
Omar Abdel-Wahab, MD
Associate Professor
Research Focus
Physician-scientist Omar Abdel-Wahab studies the functional genomics of hematopoietic malignancies.Education
MD, Duke University School of MedicineLab Members
Lillian Bitner
Research Technician
Hana Cho
Research Assistant
Benjamin Durham
Instructor (Pathology)
Luisa Escobar Hoyos
Research Fellow
Michelle Ki
Research Technician
Stanley Lee
Research Associate
Bo Liu
Research Associate
Sydney Lu
Research Fellow
Alessandro Pastore
Senior Research Scientist
Alexander Penson
Senior Computational Biologist
Justin Taylor
Instructor (Dept. of Medicine)
Akihide Yoshimi
Senior Research Scientist
Publications
- Diamond EL, Durham BH, Ulaner GA, Drill E, Buthorn J, Ki M, Bitner L, Cho H, Young RJ, Francis JH, Rampal R, Lacouture M, Brody LA, Ozkaya N, Dogan A, Rosen N, Iasonos A, Abdel-Wahab O (cocorresponding), Hyman DM (co-corresponding). Efficacy of MEK inhibition in patients with histiocytic neoplasms. Nature. 2019 Mar;567(7749):521-524. doi: 10.1038/s41586-019-1012-y. Epub 2019. Mar 13. PubMed PubMed Central. PMCID: PMC6438729.
- Wang E, Lu SX, Pastore A, Chen X, Imig J, Chun-Wei Lee S, Hockemeyer K, Ghebrechristos YE, Yoshimi A, Inoue D, Ki M, Cho H, Bitner L, Kloetgen A, Lin KT, Uehara T, Owa T, Tibes R, Krainer AR, Abdel-Wahab O (co-corresponding), Aifantis I (co-corresponding). Targeting an RNA-Binding Protein Network in Acute Myeloid Leukemia. Cancer Cell. 2019 Mar 18;35(3):369-384.e7. doi: 10.1016/j.ccell.2019.01.010. Epub 2019 Feb 21. PubMed. PubMed Central. PMCID: PMC6424627.
Selected Achievements
- Seldin-Smith Award for Pioneering Research, American Society of Clinical Investigation
- Pershing Square Sohn Prize for Young Investigators in Cancer Research
- Leukemia & Lymphoma Society Clinical Scholar Award
- Joanne Levy Memorial Award for Outstanding Achievement, American Society of Hematology
- V Scholar Award, V Foundation
