Education
Medical school: American University of Beirut
Residency: Internal Medicine, American University of Beirut
Fellowship: Hematology-Oncology, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center
Board certification: American Board of Hematology, American Board of Internal Medicine, American Board of Medical Oncology
Awards
EHOG Lifetime Achievement Award - 2025
R. Lee Clark Prize - 2024
Emil J. Freireich Distinguished Pioneer Award (SOHO) - 2023
ASCO David A. Karnofsky Memorial Award - 2023
Lifetime Achievement Award Pfizer Hematology - 2022
Distinguished Educator (MD Anderson) - 2019–2024
Fellow of ASCO - 2018–2024
Gerald P. Bodey Sr.
Distinguished Professorship Award - 2018
Officer-Medal of the Order of Cedars (Lebanon) - 2018
Honorary Professor University of Jordan - 2017–2024
Waun Ki Hong Award for Team Science - 2016
Honorary Doctorate Yerevan State Medical University - 2016–2024
International CML Foundation John Goldman Prize - 2016
Lifetime Achievement Award American Lebanese Medical Association - 2015
Thomson Reuters Highly Cited Researcher - 2014–2024
Regents’ Outstanding Teaching Award (Texas Board of Regents) - 2014
Charles A. LeMaistre MD Outstanding Achievement Award in Cancer - 2014
Giants of Cancer Care Award - 2014
DoCM Excellence in Entrepreneurship Award (MD Anderson) - 2020
Joseph H. Burchenal Memorial Award (AACR) - 2013
John Mendelsohn Lifetime Scientific Achievement Award - 2008
Jeffrey A. Gottlieb Memorial Award - 2012
Memberships and affiliations
American Society for Clinical Oncology
American Society of Hematology
American Association for Cancer Research
American Association for the Advancement of Science
Anderson Cancer Center