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Office
1515 Holcombe Blvd
Upmc Cancer Pavilion
Houston, TX 77030Phone+1 412-648-6431- Is this information wrong?
Education & Training
- UPMC Medical EducationFellowship, Hematology and Medical Oncology, 2005 - 2008
- UPMC Medical EducationResidency, Internal Medicine, 2002 - 2005
- American University of Beirut Faculty of MedicineClass of 2001
Certifications & Licensure
- FL State Medical License 2021 - Present
- TN State Medical License 2023 - 2026
- TX State Medical License 2015 - 2025
- GA State Medical License 2023 - 2025
- OK State Medical License 2020 - 2024
- WA State Medical License 2023 - 2024
- AZ State Medical License 2023 - 2024
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Clinical Trials
- Combination of Decitabine and Temozolomide in the Treatment of Patients With Metastatic Melanoma Start of enrollment: 2008 Jun 01
- Chemotherapy-induced Symptoms in Sarcoma Patients and the Impact of Tumor Burden Start of enrollment: 2010 Jun 01
- Trivalent Ganglioside Vaccine With Immunological Adjuvant or Immunological Adjuvant Alone in Metastatic Sarcoma Patients Who Are Rendered Disease Free Start of enrollment: 2010 Jun 01
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Publications & Presentations
PubMed
- Randomized Placebo-Controlled, Biomarker-Stratified Phase Ib Microbiome Modulation in Melanoma: Impact of Antibiotic Preconditioning on Microbiome and Immunity.Isabella C Glitza, Yongwoo David Seo, Christine N Spencer, Jennifer R Wortman, Elizabeth M Burton, Farah A Alayli, Christopher P Loo, Shikha Gautam, Ashish Damania, Ju...> ;Cancer Discovery. 2024 Apr 4
- The Symptom Experience of Patients with Advanced Melanoma Undergoing Immune Checkpoint Inhibitor (ICI) Therapy.Jackson-Carroll, N., Johnson, C., Wang, X., Whisenant, M., Tawbi, H.> ;Seminars in Oncology Nursing. 2024 Feb 1
- Real-world outcomes with immuno-oncology therapies in advanced melanoma: final results of the OPTIMIzE registry study.John M Kirkwood, Lisa A Kottschade, Robert R McWilliams, Nikhil I Khushalani, Sekwon Jang, Sigrun Hallmeyer, David F McDermott, Hussein Tawbi, Min Che, Cho-Han Lee, Co...> ;Immunotherapy. 2024 Jan 1
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Journal Articles
- Combined Nivolumab and Ipilimumab in Melanoma Metastatic to the BrainKim Margolin, Omid Hamid, Christopher D Lao, Anna C Pavlick, Michael A Postow, F Stephen Hodi, Nikhil I Khushalani, Marc S Ernstoff, Hussein A Tawbi, Igor Puzanov, Ahm..., The New England Journal of Medicine
- Metastatic Melanoma with balloon/histiocytoid Cytomorphology After Treatment with Immunotherapy: A Histologic Mimic and Diagnostic PitfallMichael T Tetzlaff, Priyadharsini Nagarajan, Hussein Tawbi, Victor G Prieto, Phyu P Aung, Journal of Cutaneous Pathology
Lectures
- Efficacy and safety of the combination of nivolumab (NIVO) plus ipilimumab (IPI) in patients with symptomatic melanoma brain metastases (CheckMate 204).2019 ASCO Annual Meeting - 6/1/2019
- Phase I/II study of the PI3K inhibitor GSK2636771 in combination with pembrolizumab (P) in patients (pts) with PD-1 refractory metastatic melanoma (MM) and PTEN loss.2018 ASCO Annual Meeting - Chicago, Illinois - 06/4/2018
- What to Do First in Case of Melanoma Brain Metastases and Simultaneous Extracerebral Disease2018 ASCO Annual Meeting - Chicago, Illinois - 06/3/2018
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Press Mentions
- MD Anderson Research Highlights: ASCO 2023 Special EditionMay 25th, 2023
- MD Anderson Researcher: If Cancer Vaccine Proves Successful, 'We Can Be Bringing This New Treatment to Patients Across the World'April 24th, 2023
- MD Anderson Cancer Center in Houston Chosen as Cancer Vaccine Clinical Trial SiteApril 18th, 2023
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Hospital Affiliations
- University of Texas M.D. Anderson Cancer CenterHouston, Texas
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