Academic title: Professor of pediatrics, division chief for pediatric hematology/oncology
Joined the USA College of Medicine faculty: 2006
What does your position in the USA COM/USA Health entail?
Directing the division’s activities to provide empathetic care to the children of the Gulf Coast suffering from various cancer and blood disorders and expanding its mission of delivering state-of-the-art care through our children’s oncology group clinical research protocols.
What is your favorite or most rewarding part of your position?
Having most of the children cured of their cancer and the appreciation their families give.
What research initiatives are you involved in?
Participation in children’s oncology clinical research activities and conducting industry-sponsored trials in improving the care of children with sickle cell disease and hemophilia.
What is your advice for medical students?
Whatever field of medicine they elect to specialize in, they should put 100 percent effort in it with full conviction.
What are your hobbies/interests outside of work?
I enjoy being with my family and friends and attending sermons and prayers at the mosque. I like to shop and play badminton as a routine!
