OmarSalahAljitawiMD

Oncology • Rochester, NY

Hematologic Oncology

Assistant Professor, Internal Medicine, University Kansas School of Medicine

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Office
601 Elmwood Ave
# 320
Rochester, NY 14642
Phone+1 585-275-5823

Fax+1 585-273-1051
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Education & Training

University of Kansas School of MedicineFellowship, Hematology and Medical Oncology, 2004 - 2007
East Tennessee State University/Quillen College of MedicineResidency, Internal Medicine, 2001 - 2004
University of Jordan Faculty of MedicineClass of 1999

Certifications & Licensure

NY State Medical License 2016 - 2026
CA State Medical License 2007 - 2025
KS State Medical License 2004 - 2016

Awards, Honors, & Recognition

Regional Top Doctor Castle Connolly, 2014

Clinical Trials

Multi-day Doses in Prevention of Nausea and Emesis Start of enrollment: 2007 Oct 01
Completed
Phase 2
PK Study of Melphalan HCL & Alkeran for Injection of MA Conditioning in MM Patients of Autologous Transplantation Start of enrollment: 2010 Jan 01
Completed
Phase 2
Peripheral Blood Stem Cell (PBSC) Mobilization in Patients With Relapsed Lymphoma Treated With Bendamustine Start of enrollment: 2010 Jan 01
Completed
Early Phase 1
Expansion of Umbilical Cord Blood Using a Unique Bio-system Start of enrollment: 2010 Feb 01
Completed
A Research Study Looking at Specific Tissue of the Umbilical Cord Start of enrollment: 2010 Jun 01
Completed
Pilot Study Exploring the Use of Hyperbaric Oxygen in Autologous Peripheral Blood Stem Cell Transplantation Start of enrollment: 2014 Mar 01
Unknown status
Not Applicable
Use of Hyperbaric Oxygen Therapy to Improve Umbilical Cord Blood Stem Cell Homing and Subsequent Engraftment Start of enrollment: 2013 Jun 01
Completed
Not Applicable
Effects of Hyperbaric Oxygen (HBO) on Blood Count Recovery After Autologous Hematopoietic Stem Cell (HSPC) Transplant for Multiple Myeloma Start of enrollment: 2018 May 10
Completed
Phase 2
A Randomized Phase II Study of Hyperbaric Oxygen in Improving Engraftment in Umbilical Cord Blood Stem Cell Transplant Start of enrollment: 2019 Feb 28
Recruiting
Phase 2
Hyperbaric Oxygen Therapy and Allogeneic Peripheral Blood Stem Cell (PBSC) Transplant Start of enrollment: 2020 Jul 01
Recruiting
Early Phase 1
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Publications & Presentations

PubMed

1 citations
Vitamin D Receptor Antagonist MeTC7 Inhibits PD-L1.
Negar Khazan, Emily R Quarato, Niloy A Singh, Cameron W A Snyder, Taylor Moore, John P Miller, Masato Yasui, Yuki Teramoto, Takuro Goto, Sabeeha Reshi, Jennifer Hong, ...> ;Cancers. 2023 Jun 30
1 citations
Prevention of Radiation-Induced Bladder Injury: A Murine Study Using Captopril.
Angela M Groves, Nicole Paris, Eric Hernady, Carl J Johnston, Omar Aljitawi, Yi-Fen Lee, Sarah L Kerns, Brian Marples> ;International Journal of Radiation Oncology, Biology, Physics. 2023 Mar 15
1 citations
Referral to and receipt of allogeneic hematopoietic stem cell transplantation in older adults with acute myeloid leukemia.
Dharmini Manogna, Jodi J Lipof, Andrea M Baran, Bassil Said, Michael W Becker, Jason H Mendler, Omar S Aljitawi, Kristen M O'Dwyer, Eric Huselton, Richard Burack, Marg...> ;Journal of Geriatric Oncology. 2023 Jan 1
9 citations
Prostate Cancer Stem Cells: The Role of CD133.
Jianhui Yang, Omar Aljitawi, Peter Van Veldhuizen> ;Cancers. 2022 Nov 5
3 citations
The Potential Role of 3D In Vitro Acute Myeloid Leukemia Culture Models in Understanding Drug Resistance in Leukemia Stem Cells.
Basil Al-Kaabneh, Benjamin Frisch, Omar S Aljitawi> ;Cancers. 2022 Oct 26
3 citations
Magmas Inhibition in Prostate Cancer: A Novel Target for Treatment-Resistant Disease.
Jianhui Yang, Bhaskar C Das, Omar Aljitawi, Avinash Kumar, Sasmita Das, Peter Van Veldhuizen> ;Cancers. 2022 May 31
3 citations
Portable Medical Orders and End of Life Measures in Acute Myeloid Leukemia and Myelodysplastic Syndromes.
Marissa Locastro, Andrea Baran, Jane L. Liesveld, Eric Huselton, Michael W. Becker, Kristen M. O'Dwyer, Omar S. Aljitawi, Megan Baumgart, Eric Snyder, Benzi M. Kluger,...> ;Blood Advances. 2021 Sep 15
3 citations
Oral Graft-Versus-Host Disease: A Pictorial Review and a Guide for Dental Practitioners.
Sharon Elad, Omar Aljitawi, Yehuda Zadik> ;International Dental Journal. 2021 Feb 1
1 citations
Remission of anti-TIF1γ dermatomyositis after allogeneic hematopoietic stem cell transplant for myelodysplastic syndrome
Fatima Bawany, Bushra Tbakhi, Jason H. Mendler, Christopher T. Richardson, John M. Bennett, Omar S. Aljitawi> ;Blood Advances. 2020 Nov 24
3 citations
Peri-transplant extracorporeal photopheresis to mitigate GVHD- a pilot clinical trial.
Haitham Abdelhakim, Anthony Accurso, Dean Merkel, Shaun DeJarnette, Omar S. Aljitawi, Thomas M. Yankee, Jianghua He, Siddhartha Ganguly, Joseph P. McGuirk, Sunil Abhya...> ;Bone Marrow Transplantation. 2021 Apr 1
96 citations
Stem cell homing: From physiology to therapeutics.
Jane L. Liesveld, Naman Sharma, Omar S. Aljitawi> ;Stem Cells. 2020 Oct 1
26 citations
Barriers to Hematopoietic Cell Transplantation for Adults in the United States: A Systematic Review with a Focus on Age.
Colin Flannelly, Jian Liang Tan, Colin McHugh, Chandrika Sanapala, Tara Lagu, Jane L. Liesveld, Omar S. Aljitawi, Michael W. Becker, Jason H. Mendler, Heidi D. Klepin,...> ;Biology of Blood and Marrow Transplantation. 2020 Dec 1
Autologous Stem Cell Rescue recipient with neutrophil tissue delivery detected prior to blood engraftment: a case report.
Bushra Tbakhi, Glynis Scott, Jane L. Liesveld, Omar S. Aljitawi> ;Ejhaem. 2020 Aug 7
4 citations
Oral graft-versus-host disease: a pictorial review and a guide for dental practitioners.
Sharon Elad, Omar S. Aljitawi, Yehuda Zadik> ;International Dental Journal. 2021 Jan 12
Use of hyperbaric oxygen in hematopoietic cell transplantation to aid post-transplant recovery.
Alain Mina, Omar S. Aljitawi> ;Journal of Comparative Effectiveness Research. 2020 Jan 29
2 citations
Post-Transfusion Purpura Mimicking Idiopathic Thrombocytopenic Purpura: A Case Report.
Chelsea Milito, Debra Masel, Kelly F. Henrichs, Amy E. Schmidt, Scott A. Kirkley, Omar S. Aljitawi, Michael Becker, Neil Blumberg, Majed A. Refaai> ;Laboratory Medicine. 2019 Oct 10
4 citations
Results of the First Clinical Study in Humans That Combines Hyperbaric Oxygen Pretreatment with Autologous Peripheral Blood Stem Cell Transplantation.
Haitham Abdelhakim, Leyla Shune, Sajjad Bhatti, Amy Cantilena, Andrea Baran, Tara L. Lin, Siddhartha Ganguly, Anurag K. Singh, Sunil Abhyankar, Clint Divine, Brea Lipe...> ;Biology of Blood and Marrow Transplantation. 2019 Sep 1
VCAM-1+ macrophages usher hematopoietic stem and progenitor cell to vascular niche “hotspots”
Yahui Grace Chiu, Omar S. Aljitawi> ;Annals of Translational Medicine. 2019 Jun 13
12 citations
Decellularized Wharton jelly matrix: a biomimetic scaffold for ex vivo hematopoietic stem cell culture
Dandan Li, Grace Chiu, Brea Lipe, Richard A. Hopkins, Jacquelyn Lillis, John M. Ashton, Soumen Paul, Omar S. Aljitawi> ;Blood Advances. 2019 Apr 9
4 citations
Long-term results of a pilot study evaluating hyperbaric oxygen therapy to improve umbilical cord blood engraftment
Alain Mina, Leyla Shune, Haitham Abdelhakim, Tara L. Lin, Sid Ganguly, Andrea Baran, Anurag K. Singh, Sunil Abhyankar, Joseph P. McGuirk, Dennis Allin, Omar S. Aljitawi> ;Annals of Hematology. 2019 Feb 1
14 citations
A novel extracellular matrix-based leukemia model supports leukemia cells with stem cell-like characteristics.
Dandan Li, Tara L. Lin, Brea Lipe, Richard A. Hopkins, Heather E. Shinogle, Omar S. Aljitawi> ;Leukemia Research. 2018 Sep 1
6 citations
Hyperbaric oxygen treatment effects on in vitro cultured umbilical cord blood CD34+ cells.
Kiang Yien Cheung, Abigale Berry, Dandan Li, Omar S. Aljitawi> ;Cytotherapy. 2018 Jan 1
8 citations
Correlation between markers of bone metabolism and vitamin D levels in patients with monoclonal gammopathy of undetermined significance (MGUS).
Brea Lipe, Suman Kambhampati, Peter J. Van Veldhuizen, Abdulraheem Yacoub, Omar S. Aljitawi, Joseph R. Mikhael> ;Blood Cancer Journal. 2017 Dec 14
2 citations
Erythropoietin in umbilical cord blood transplantation: defining the role and implications
Omar S. Aljitawi, Mary J. Laughlin, Hal E. Broxmeyer> ;Expert Review of Hematology. 2017 Jul 12
8 citations
Wharton's Jelly Matrix Decellularization for Tissue Engineering Applications.
Gabriel L. Converse, Dandan Li, Eric E. Buse, Richard A. Hopkins, Omar S. Aljitawi> ;Methods in Molecular Biology. 2017 Apr 8
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Abstracts/Posters

Increased Early Mortality after Fludarabine and Melphalan Conditioning with Peripheral Blood Grafts in Haploidentical SCT with Post-Transplant Cyclophosphamide
Omar S. Aljitawi, 61st Annual American Society of Hematology Meeting, Orlando, FL, 12/9/2019

Lectures

Access and Referral Barriers to Autologous and Allogeneic Hematopoietic Cell Transplantation in Adult Patients with Cancer: A Systematic Review with a Specific Focus o...
2018 ASH Annual Meeting - San Diego, CA - 12/1/2018