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Dr Abdel-Azim is currently a principal and a co-principal investigator on several investigator-initiated and multi-center studies. He has authored numerous peer-reviewed journal articles and book chapters. His lab research is mainly focused on acute leukemia and flow image analysis.
Clinical Interests
Dr. Abdel-Azim is an expert in blood and marrow transplantation, cellular and immunotherapy for a wide variety of cancers, bone marrow disorders, and genetic and non-malignant diseases. He also has special expertise in laboratory assessment for minimal residual disease in blood cancers and immune recovery after blood and marrow transplantation. His research interests include infections in immune compromised host, reduction of transplant-associated complications, treatment of graft vs host disease, and use of cell therapy for treatment of malignant and non-malignant diseases.
Education
Cairo University School of Medicine, Cairo, Egypt MD; Cairo University School of Medicine, Cairo, Egypt MS
New York Medical College (Metropolitan Program), New York/Valhalla, NY
New York Medical College (Metropolitan Program), New York/Valhalla, NY
Hematology/Oncology: Children's Hospital Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA Blood and Marrow Transplantation: Children's Hospital Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA
Accomplishments
Dr Abdel-Azim is a board-certified physician in Hematology/Oncology and General Practice.
ASBMT, ASH, ASPHO, COG
Top doctors, Pasadena Magazine, Southern California Super Doctors
Abdel-Azim H, Mahadeo KM, Zhao Q, Khazal S, Kohn DB, Crooks GM, Shah AJ, Kapoor N. Unrelated donor Hematopoietic Stem Cell Transplantation for the treatment of non-malignant genetic diseases: An alemtuzumab based regimen is associated with cure of clinical disease; earlier clearance of alemtuzumab may be associated with graft rejection. American Journal of Hematology, 2015
George AA, Fei F, Paz H, Kirzner J, Kim Y, Heisterkamp N, Abdel-Azim H.
Phosphoflow-based evaluation of MEK inhibitors as small-molecule therapeutics for B-cell precursor acute lymphoblastic leukemia. PLOS1, 2015
Parekh CP, Gaynon PS, Abdel-Azim H. End of induction minimal residual disease alone is not a useful determinant for risk stratified therapy in pediatric T-cell acute lymphoblastic leukemia. Pediatric Blood and Cancer, 2015
Fei F, Lim M, George AA, Kirzner J, Lee D, Seeger R, Groffen J, Abdel-Azim H*, Heisterkamp N* [^co-senior authorship]. Cytotoxicity of CD56-positive lymphocytes against autologous B-cell precursor acute lymphoblastic leukemia cells. Leukemia, 2014.
Orgel, E, Tucci J, Alhushki W, Malvar J, Sposto R, Fu CH, Freyer DR, Abdel-Azim H*, Mittelman SD* [*co-senior authorship with equal contribution]. Obesity Is Associated with Residual Leukemia Following Induction Therapy for Childhood B-Precursor Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia. Blood, 2014.
Quan Zhao, Kris Michael Mahadeo, Neena Kapoor, Hisham Abdel-Azim. Improved outcomes associated with Hematopoietic Stem Cell Transplantation for patients with juvenile myelomonocytic leukemia. Blood, 2015
- Minimal residual disease in hematological malignancies in children
- Use of cell and immune therapy for treatment of acute leukemia in children
- Immunophenotypic and functional analysis of leukemic blasts and human hematopoietic stem and progenitor cells
- Bone Marrow Transplantation for hemoglobinopathies and genetic diseases
Science Daily — New finding affecting immune reconstitution related to B cells
ResearCHLA Blog:
Reducing Chances of Graft Rejection in Transplant Patients
Kids with T-cell Leukemia Achieve Remission after Chemo, Even When a Few Cancerous Cells Remain
Refuting the Dogma: Donor Cells Pass through Blood-Brain-Barrier and Target Tumor