Omar Aljitawi, M.D.

Clinical Interest(s)

Blood and Marrow Transplantation | Allogeneic Stem Cell Transplantation | 
Haplotype Mis-Matched Allograft Transplantation | Hematology | Oncology | 
Hematological Malignancies | Lymphoproliferative Disorders Autoimmune Diseases | 
Leukemia | Lymphoma | Myelodysplastic Syndromes | Multiple Myeloma | 
Clinical Trials Research | Second opinions in cancer

Research Interest(s)

Blood & Marrow Transplantation | Haplotype Mis-Matched Allograft Transplantation | 
Leukemia | Lymphoma | Allogeneic Stem Cell Transplantation | 
High Risk Allogeneic Stem Cell Transplantation | Cellular | Immunotherapy | 
Hematology (malignant & non-malignant disorders) | Stem Cell Mobilization

Research Activities

Publications

Education and Training

Medical school: University of Jordan, College of Medicine, Amman, Jordan
Internship: Al-Bashir Hospital, Amman, Jordan
Residency: East Tennessee State University, Johnson City, TN (Internal Medicine)
Fellowship: University of Kansas Medical Center, Kansas City, KS (Hematology Oncology)
Fellowship: City of Hope Medical Center, Duarte, CA (Bone Marrow Transplant)

Awards

• First place award, residents/fellows division, 18th Annual Student Research Forum, James H. Quillen College of Medicine, East Tennessee State University Honors in Anatomy
• Nominated for Caduceus Award by ETSU Students
• Karl & Irene Eisemann Fellowship Award for best hematology paper
• Awarded the Seed Grant Award by the Center for Outcome Research and Education: grant proposal "Ex vivo expansion of umbilical cord blood using a unique bio-system."
• ACS-IRG grant award for grant proposal: A 3-dimensional (3D) acute myeloid leukemia model for in vitro chemotherapy testing
• 2010 Best Abstract Award, 2011 BMT Tandem Meetings , "Phase II Trial of Non-Myeloablative (NST) Double Umbilical Cord Blood (dUCBT) From Unrelated Donors in Patients with Hematologic Malignancies: Results of Blood and Marrow Transplant Clinical Trials Network (BMT CTN) PROTOCOL 0604
• OSARM Research Career Award. Grant proposal: The impact of erythropoietin levels on engraftment and the use of hyperbaric oxygen to manipulate erythropoietin levels to facilitate engraftment of umbilical cord blood stem cells in murine animal model
• Faculty travel award to present an ASCO poster presentation

Organizations

• The Hematology Working Group, University of Kansas Cancer Center
• PRMC, University of Kansas
• The University of Kansas Cancer Center's Data and Safety Monitoring board (DSMB)
• The American Society of Hematology
• The American Society of Clinical Oncology
• The American Society for Blood and Marrow Transplantation