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Yasser E. Elborai, MD, DSc
Consultant of Pediatric Hematology/Oncology and Hematopoietic Stem Cell Transplant (HSCT)
Prince Sultan Military Medical City (PSMMC), Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
Professor of Pediatric Hematology/Oncology and Hematopoietic Stem Cell Transplant (HSCT)
National Cancer Institute (NCI), Cairo University, Egypt
Academic Education
10/1993-10/1999 Bachelor of Medicine & Surgery (M.B, B.Ch)
Faculty of Medicine (Kasr El-Aini School of Medicine), Cairo University
Cairo, Egypt
With a general grade of excellence with honors.
1/2002 Membership of Royal College of Pediatrics and Child Health (MRCPCH)
Part I
Code number 21308
7/2001 - 11/2003 Masters of Science in Pediatrics (M.Sc)
Teaching Children’s Hospital, Cairo University
Cairo, Egypt
Supervisor: Alaa Elhaddad, MD, DSc.
1/2007 Educational Commission of Foreign Medical Graduates (ECFMG) /
United States Medical License Exam (USMLE)
USA
Code number 0-678-346-8
11/2004 - 5/2009 Doctorate degree of Science (DSc) in Pediatric Hematology/Oncology
National Cancer Institute (NCI), Cairo University
Cairo, Egypt
Supervisor: Salah Abdelhadi, MD, DSc.
8/2011-7/2012 Fellowship of Pediatric Hematopoietic Stem Cell Transplant
Dana Farber Cancer Institute (DFCI) / Children’s Hospital Boston (CHB),
Harvard University
Boston, Massachusetts, USA
Supervisor: Leslie Lehmann, MD
Prince Sultan Military Medical City (PSMMC)
P.O. Box 7897, internal post office # H383
Riyadh 11159, Saudi Arabia
Work: +966114777714 Ext 43685
Fax: +966114777714 Ext 24603
Cell (personal): +966548219932
Cell (business): +966554492633
E-mail: yelborai@psmmc.med.sa
yasser.elborai@cu.edu.eg
yasserborai@hotmail.com
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/yasser-elborai-2b735049
URL: http://scholar.cu.edu.eg/?q=yasser_elborai/

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Professional Experience
11/2021-Present Professor of Pediatric Oncology and Stem Cell Transplant
National Cancer Institute (NCI), Cairo University
Cairo, Egypt.
6/2013-Present Consultant of Pediatric Oncology and Hematopoietic Stem Cell Transplant
Prince Sultan Military Medical City (PSMMC)
Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.
3/2016-11/2021 Associate Professor of Pediatric Oncology and Stem Cell Transplant
National Cancer Institute (NCI), Cairo University
Cairo, Egypt.
8/2011-7/2012 Clinical Fellow of Pediatric Hematopoietic Stem Cell Transplant
Dana Farber Cancer Institute (DFCI) / Boston Children’s Hospital (BCH),
Harvard University,
Boston, Massachusetts, USA.
9/2009-6/2013 Consultant of Pediatric Oncology and Hematopoietic Stem Cell Transplant
Children’s Cancer Hospital Egypt - 57357 (CCHE - 57357)
Cairo, Egypt.
9/2009-3/2016 Assistant Professor of Pediatric Hematology/Oncology (Lecturer Ped Hem/Onc)
National Cancer Institute (NCI), Cairo University
Cairo, Egypt.
7/2007-9/2009 Senior Registrar of Pediatric Oncology
Children’s Cancer Hospital Egypt - 57357 (CCHE - 57357)
Cairo, Egypt.
7/2004 - 9/2009 Fellow of Pediatric Hematology/Oncology (Assistant Lecturer Ped Hem/Onc)
National Cancer Institute (NCI), Cairo University
Cairo, Egypt.
1/2007-2/2007 Visiting Physician in Pediatric Oncology Department
Detroit Medical Center (DMC), Wayne State University
Detroit, Michigan, USA.
11/2005-12/2005 Clinical observer in Pediatric Intensive Care Unit (PICU)
Long Island College Hospital (LICH) - State University of New York
Brooklyn, New York, USA.
10/2005-11/2005 Clinical observer in Pediatric Intensive Care Unit (PICU)
Helen DeVos Children's Hospital (a member of spectrum health)
Grand Rapids, Michigan, USA.
7/2001 - 7/2004 Resident of General Pediatrics & Pediatric Hematology / Oncology
Combined residency between general pediatrics for about 1 year in Abul Reesh
Children's Hospital (Cairo University Children's Hospital), and 2 years in Pediatric
Hematology/ Oncology in National Cancer Institute, Cairo University.
Cairo, Egypt.
3/2000 - 2/2001 Internship rotation in Internal Medicine, Obs/Gyn, Anasthiology, General Surgery,
Emergency Department (ED) and Pediatric Oncology.
Cairo University Hospitals and National Cancer Institute (NCI)
Cairo, Egypt.

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Books
Yasser Elborai
Role of Low Dose Steroid In Pediatric Cancer Patient With Septic Shock
LAP Lambert Academic Publishing, 2015.
ISBN # 978-3-659-81667-3
Publications
YunZu Michele Wang, Ashley Teusink-Cross, Yasser Elborai, M. Christa Krupski, Adam S Nelson,
Michael S Grimley, Amanda Flannery, Parinda A Mehta, Jacob J Bleesing, Sharat Chandra, Ashish
R Kumar, Kasiani C Myers, Stella M Davies, Pooja Khandelwal. Ruxolitinib for the treatment of chronic
GVHD and overlap syndrome in children and young adults. Transplantation. 2022;106(2):412-419.
doi: 10.1097/TP.0000000000003768
Nawaf Alkhayat, Mohammad Alshahrani, Ghaleb Elyamany, Qanita Sedick, Walid Ibrahim, Hasna
Hamzi, Amal Binhassan, Mohamed Othman, Saeed Alshieban, Mansour S. Aljabry, Shuaa Asiri,
Muneerah Alzouman, Omar Alsuhaibani, Fahad Alabbas, Omar Alsharif, Yasser Elborai.
Clinicopathologic Features and Therapy Outcome in Childhood Hodgkin’s Lymphoma: A Report From
Tertiary Care Centre in Saudi Arabia. Journal of Egyptian National Cancer Institute. 2021;33:21-29.
https://doi.org/10.1186/s43046-021-00078-0
Fahad Alabbas, Ghaleb Elyamany, Nawaf Alkhayat, Mohammad AlShahrani, Walid Ibrahim, Yasser
Elborai, Amal Binhassan, Hasna Hamzi, Nour Al Thibani, Sami Alakel, Faisal Alsharif, Omar
Alsuhaibani, Omar Alsharif. Assessment of health-related quality of life in Saudi children with cancer.
Health Services Insights. 2021;14:1-6. https://doi.org/10.1177/11786329211029351
Ghaleb Elyamany, Ariz Akhter, Hamza Kamran, Hassan Rizwan, Meer-Taher Shabani-Rad, Nawaf
Alkhayat, Omar Al Sharif, Yasser Elborai, Mohammad Al Shahrani & Adnan Mansoor. Gene
Expression Analysis of Pediatric Acute Myeloid Leukemia Identified a Hyperactive ASXL1/BAP1 Axis
Linked with Poor Prognosis and over Expressed Epigenetic Modifiers. Pediatric Hematology and
Oncology. 2021;38(6):581-592. https://doi.org/10.1080/08880018.2021.1901808
Yasser Elborai, Nawaf Alkhayat, Ghaleb Elyamany, Mohammad Alshahrani, Walid Ibrahim,
Mohamed Othman, Hasna Hamzi, Amal Binhassan, Mansour S Aljabry, Raniah Alqawahmed, Yasir
Alrusayni, Khadijah Abdulhaleem, Omar Alsuhaibani, Omar Alsharif. Rare Tumors In Pediatric Age
Group: Single Center Experience from Saudi Arabia. Rare Tumors. 2021;13:1-10. DOI:
10.1177/2036361321997331
Mohammad Al Shahrani, Ghaleb Elyamany, Qanita Sedick, Walid Ibrahim, Amal Mohamed,
Mohamed Othman, Nour Al Thibani, Omar Alsuhaibani, Mohamed Al Amro, Ali Gharawi, Omar Al
Sharif, Yasser Elborai, Fahad Alabbas, Amal Hassan, May AlMoshary, Eman Al Mussaed, Nawaf
Alkhayat. The Impact of COVID-19 Pandemic in Children With Cancer: A Report From Saudi Arabia.
Health Services Insights. 2020;13:1–5. DOI: 10.1177/1178632920984161
Yasser Elborai, Mohammad Almutereen, Ossama M. Maher, Hanafy Hafez, Michelle A. Lee, Leslie
Lehmann. Aciclovir/carboplatin/cisplatin/ganciclovir. Reactions Weekly. 2020;1799(1):17.
https://doi.org/10.1007/s40278-020-77019-3
Bashaer Albulushi, Farah Thabet, Saad Alshahwan, Yasser Elborai, Nawaf Alkhayat, Mohamed
Alshahrani, Brahim Tabarki. Problem-solving in clinical practice: breathing difficulty and muscle
weakness following allogeneic haematopoietic stem cell transplantation. Arch Dis Child Educ Pract
Ed. 2020;0:1-4. doi: 10.1136/archdischild-2019-317281

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Walid Ibrahim, Alam Alhuda Mohamed, Nawaf Alkhayat, Yasser Elborai. Re-challenge with High
Dose Methotrexate vs. Reduced Dose After Methotrexate Toxicity in Pediatric Osteosarcoma: Case
Report. Glob J Med Therap. 2020;2(2):9-11. https://doi.org/10.46982/gjmt.2020.103
Gomaa Mostafa-Hedeab, Yasser Elborai, Gamal TA Ebid. Effects of Methylene Tetrahydro Folate
Reductase Polymorphisms on Methotrexate Efficacy on Egyptian Pediatric Acute Lymphocytic
Leukaemia Patients. Iranian Journal of Pharmaceutical Research. 2020;19(4):387-393. DOI:
10.22037/ijpr.2020.1101296
Yasser Elborai, Mohammad Almutereen, Ossama M. Maher, Hanafy Hafez, Michelle A. Lee, Leslie
Lehmann. Changes in glomerular filtration rate and clinical course after sequential doses of
carboplatin in children with embryonal brain tumors undergoing autologous stem cell transplantation.
Journal of the Egyptian National Cancer Institute. 2020;32:9. https://doi.org/10.1186/s43046-020-
00024-6
Y. Elborai, A. Elgammal, A. Salama, M. Fawzy, E. D. El-Desouky, I. Attia, L. M. Shalaby.
Cyclooxygenase-2 expression as a prognostic factor in pediatric classical Hodgkin lymphoma. Clinical
and Translational Oncology. 2020; 22(9): 1539-1547. DOI:10.1007/s12094-020-02297-8
Wael Zekri, Mahmoud Hammad, Wafaa M. Rashed, Gehad Ahmed, Maged Elshafie, Marwan H. Adly,
Yasser Elborai, Badr Abdalla, Hala Taha, Naglaa Elkinaae, Amal Refaat, Alaa Younis, Ahmad S.
Alfaar. The Outcome of Childhood Adrenocortical Carcinoma in Egypt: A Model from Developing
Countries. Pediatric Hematology and Oncology. 2020; 37(3): 198-210.
DOI:10.1080/08880018.2019.1710309
Nawaf Alkhayat, Ghaleb Elyamany, Yasser Elborai, Qanita Sedick, Mohammad Alshahrani, Omar Al
Sharif, Abdulmalik Alenezy, Amjad Hammdan, Hatem Elghezal, Omar Alsuhaibani, Mansour S.
Aljabry, May AlMoshary, Eman Al Mussaed. Rare cytogenetic abnormalities and their clinical
relevance in pediatric acute leukemia of Saudi Arabian population. Molecular Cytogenetics.
2019;12(1):42. https://doi.org/10.1186/s13039-019-0454-0
Noha H Ibrahim, Yasser Elborai. XPD Codon Lys 751 Gln Gene Polymorphism And The Risk Of
Childhood Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia. Egypt. J. Lab. Med. 2019;31(1):51-55.
Nawaf Alkhayat, Yasser Elborai, Omer Al Sharif, Mohammad Al Shahrani, Omar Alsuhaibani,
Mohammed Awad, Hatem Elghezal, Inesse ben-abdallah Bouhajar, Mona Alfaraj, Eman Al Mussaed,
Fahad Alabbas, Ghaleb Elyamany. Cytogenetic Profile and FLT3 Gene Mutations of Childhood Acute
Lymphoblastic Leukemia. Clinical Medicine Insights: Oncology. 2017;11:1-6. DOI:
10.1177/1179554917721710
Hanan El Malla, Ulrika Kreicbergs RN, Gunnar Steineck, Yasser El Sayed Elborai, Ulrica Wilderäng,
Nathalie Ylitalo. Advances in Pediatric Oncology a Five-Year Nation-Wide Survival follow-up at
Children’s Cancer Hospital in Egypt. J Psychol Clin Psychiatry. 2017;7(4):443. DOI:
10.15406/jpcpy.2017.07.00443
Hanan El Malla, Gunnar Steineck, Nathalie Ylitalo Helm, Ulrica Wilderäng, Yasser El Sayed Elborai,
Mohammad Elshami, Ulrika Kreicbergs. Cancer disclosure—account from a pediatric oncology ward
in Egypt. Psycho-Oncology. 2017;26(5):679-685. DOI: 10.1002/pon.4207
Yasser Elborai, Hanafy Hafez, Emad A Moussa, Mahmoud Hammad, Hany Hussein, Leslie
Lehmann, Alaa Elhaddad. Comparison Of Toxicity Following Different Conditioning Regimens
(Busulfan / Melphalan & Carboplatin / Etoposide / Melphalan) For Advanced Stage Neuroblastoma:
Experience Of Two Transplant Centers. Pediatric Transplantation. 2016;20(2):284-289.
DOI: 10.1111/petr.12638

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Algammal AH, Elborai Y, Salama A, Shalaby LM, El-Desouky ED, Fawzy M. Erythrocyte
Sedimentation Rate as a Prognostic Parameter in Classical Hodgkin Lymphoma in Children. Egyptian
J Pediatr. 2015;32(3-4):281-289. DOI: 10.12816/0029228
Ahmed H Algammal, Mohamed Fawzy, Asmaa Salama, Lobna M Shalaby, Eman D El-Desouky,
Yasser Elborai. Risk Adapted Therapy in Pediatric Classical Hodgkin Lymphoma. Egyptian J Pediatr.
2015;32(3-4):381-391. DOI: 10.12816/0029235
Hanafy Ahmed Hafez, Dalia Yousef, Maggie Abbassi, Yasser Elborai, Alaa Elhaddad. Prophylactic
Levofloxacin in Pediatric Neutropenic Patients during Autologous Hematopoietic Stem Cell
Transplantation (HSCT). Clinical Transplantation 2015; 29(12):1112–18. DOI: 10.1111/ctr.12635.
Yasser Elborai. Management of Cytomegalovirus (CMV) in Hematopoietic Stem Cell Transplant
(HSCT). J Pediatr Neonatal Care. 2014;1(4):23. DOI: 10.15406/jpnc.2014.01.00023
Hanan El Malla, Nathalie Ylitalo Helm, Ulrica Wilderäng, Yasser El Sayed Elborai, Gunnar Steineck,
Ulrika Kreicbergs. Adherence to medication: A nation-wide study from the Children’s Cancer Hospital,
Egypt. World J Psychiatr. 2013;3(2):25-33. DOI: 10.5498/wjp.v3.i2.25
Hanan El Malla, Ulrika Kreicbergs, Gunnar Steineck, Ulrica Wilderäng, Yasser El Sayed Elborai,
Nathalie Ylitalo. Parental trust in health care - a prospective study from the Children's Cancer Hospital
in Egypt. Psycho-oncology. 2013;22(3):548-554. DOI: 10.1002/pon.3028
Yasser Elborai, Alain Uwumugambi & Leslie Lehmann. Review article about “Hematopoietic Stem
Cell Transplantation for Thalassemia”. Immunotherapy. 2012;4(9):947–956. DOI: 10.2217/imt.12.95
Ahmed El Hussein El Saied, Yasser Elborai, Heba Moussa, Iman Sidhom. Review, in partial
fulfillment of the Master’s Degree in Pediatric Oncology for Dr. Ahmed El Hussein. Acute leukemia in
Down syndrome. Mansoura University press. 2011
Nabil E. Hassan MD, John Winters MD, Kim Winterhalter MD, Diann Reischman PHD, Yasser
Elborai MB, BCH. Effects of blood conservation on the incidence of anemia and transfusions in
pediatric parapneumonic effusion: A hospitalist perspective. Journal of Hospital Medicine.
2010;5(7):410–413. DOI: 10.1002/jhm.700
Yasser Elborai, Samia Akel, Hisham Gamal-Eldin, Salah Abdelhadi. Thesis, in partial fulfillment of
the PhD. Degree in Pediatric Hematology/ Oncology, National Cancer Institute (NCI) - Cairo
University; “Septic Shock in Critically Ill Pediatric Hematology/ Oncology Patients with Emphasis on
the Role of Low Dose Steroid Therapy”. Cairo University press. 2008
Yasser Elborai, Maie Safwat, Hala Abdel-Aal, Eman Atteia, Alaa El-Haddad. Thesis, in partial
fulfillment of the Master’s Degree in Pediatrics, Abul Reesh Children's Hospital, Cairo University. Role
of Carbapenem in Fever and Neutropenia in Pediatric Cancer Patients. Cairo University press. 2003
Abstracts
Ghaleb Elyamany, Nawaf Alkhayat, Omar Al Sharif, Yasser Elborai, Mohammad Al Shahrani,
Omar Alsuhaibani. Pediatric Acute Myeloid Leukemia (AML): NOTCH1 activation influencing
prognosis through Transforming Growth Factor-B (TGF-Beta) / SETBP1; Report of a Pilot Study from
Saudi Arabia. Hematology, Transfusion and Cell Therapy. 2022;44(S1):S15-S16. DOI:
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.htct.2022.09.1212. XIII Eurasian Hematology Oncology Congress Abstract
Book 5-8 October 2022.

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Abdulwahab Alharthi, Abdulaziz Bin Mesained, Omar Alsharif, Nawaf Alkhayat, Mohammad
Alshahrani, Hasna Hamzi, Amal Binhassan, Yasser Elborai. Clinico-Pathological Features And
Therapy Outcome In Childhood Wilms Tumor: Thirteen Years’ Experience Of Tertiary Care Center In
Saudi Arabia. Pediatric Blood & Cancer. 2022;69(S5):S232-S233. DOI:
https://doi.org/10.1002/pbc.29952. Abstracts from the 54th Congress of the International Society of
Paediatric Oncology (SIOP) September 28 – October 1, 2022.
YunZu Michele Wang, Ashley Teusink-Cross, Kasiani C. Myers, Stella M. Davies, Ashish Kumar,
Sharat Chandra, Amanda Flannery, Michael S. Grimley, M. Christa Krupski, Adam S Nelson, Yasser
Elborai, Parinda Mehta, Pooja Khandelwal. Ruxolitinib for the Treatment of Chronic GVHD in Children
and Young Adults. Transplantation and Cellular Therapy. 2021;27(3S):S257-S258.
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/S2666-6367(21)00324-9. Abstract of Transplantation & Cellular Therapy
Meetings of ASTCT and CIBMTR, online publication 1st
March 2021.
Ahmed Elgammal, Yasser Elborai, Mohamed Fawzy, Asmaa Salama, Eman D El-Desouky, Lobna
Shalaby. Does Consolidation Radiotherapy Improves The Outcome Of Children With Stage IV
Hodgkin Lymphoma In Combination To Chemotherapy? Pediatric Blood & Cancer. 2018;65(S1):231-
232. DOI: 10.1002/pbc.27057. Abstracts of 31st
American Society of Pediatric Hematology/Oncology
(ASPHO). Version of Record online: 31st
March 2018.
Ahmed Elgammal, Yasser Elborai, Mohamed Fawzy, Asmaa Salama, Inas Elattar, Mustafa Selim,
Lobna Shalaby. Impact Of Initial Presentation And Risk Factors On The Outcome Of
Refractory/Relapsed Pediatric Hodgkin Lymphoma In A Developing Country. Pediatric Blood &
Cancer. 2017;64(S1):S34-S35. DOI: 10.1002/pbc.26591. Abstracts of 30th
American Society of
Pediatric Hematology/Oncology (ASPHO). Version of Record online: 3rd
April 2017.
Ahmed H Algammal, Yasser Elborai, Asmaa Salama, Mohamed Fawzy, Eman D El-Desouky, Lobna
M Shalaby. COX-2 Expression as a Prognostic Factor in Pediatric Classical Hodgkin Lymphoma.
Pediatric Blood & Cancer. 2016;63(S3):S177. DOI: 10.1002/pbc.26233. Abstracts of 48th
Congress of
the International Society of Paediatric Oncology (SIOP), October 2016.
Algammal, A. H., Elborai, Y., Salama, A., Fawzy, M., El-Desouky, E. D., & Shalaby, L. M.
Cyclooxygenase-2 Expression As a Prognostic Factor In Pediatric Classical Hodgkin Lymphoma.
Haematologica. 2016;101(S5):S38-S39. Abstracts of 10th
International Symposium on Hodgkin
Lymphoma, Cologne, Germany, October 2016.
Hanan El Malla, Gunnar Steineck, Nathalie Ylitalo, Ulrika Kreicbergs, Yasser El Sayed Elborai.
Advances In Pediatric Oncology A 5-Year Nationwide Survival Follow-Up At Children’s Cancer
Hospital In Egypt. Psycho-Oncology. 2015;24(S2):90–91. DOI: 10.1002/pon.3873. Abstracts of World
Congress of Psycho-Oncology, July 2015.
Nawaf Alkhayat, Ghaleb Elyamany, Yasser Elborai, Omar Alsharif, Mohammad Awad, Omar
Alsuhaibani, Inesse Ben-Abdallah Bouhajar, Eman Al Mussaed, Mohammed ALshahrani. Clinical
Characteristics And Cytogenetic Abnormalities Of Childhood Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia Patients:
Single Institute Experience From Saudi Arabia. Haematologica. 2015;100(S1):642. Abstracts of 20th
European Hematology Association (EHA), June 2015.
Ghaleb Elyamany, Hassan Kassem, Omar Alsuhaibani, Yasser Elborai, Kamal Fadalla, Hani Yousif,
Abdulaziz Al-Abulaaly. Early Diagnosis Of Bone Marrow Necrosis (BMN): Correlation Between MRI
and Histopathologic Findings. Haematologica. 2014;99(S1):765-766. Abstracts of 19th
European
Hematology Association (EHA), June 2014.
Ghaleb Elyamany, Hatem Elghezal, Omar Alsuhaibani, Kamal Fadalla, Mohammed Awad, Inesse
ben-abdallah Bouhajar, Hani Osman, Yasser Elborai, Abdelrahman Elarja, Khowla AL-Fayez,
Abdulaziz Al-Abulaaly. Cytogenetic Profile And FLT3 Mutation Of 100 Adult De Novo Acute Myeloid
Leukemia Patients From Saudi Arabia: Correlation To Biologic Factors And Outcome. Haematologica.
2014;99(S1):577-578. Abstracts of 19th
European Hematology Association (EHA), June 2014.

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Ghaleb Elyamany, Yasser Elborai, Nawaf Alkhayat, Inesse ben-abdallah Bouhajar, Mohammed
Awad, Hatem Elghezal, Khowla AL-Fayez, Omar Alsuhaibani, Omar Al-Sharif, Mohammad Al-
Shahrani, Abdulaziz Al-Abulaaly. Molecular Cytogenetic Analysis In 108 Childhood Acute Leukemia
Patients From Saudi Arabia: Correlation To Molecular And Other Biologic Factors. Haematologica.
2014;99(S1):280-281. Abstracts of 19th
European Hematology Association (EHA), June 2014.
Ghaleb Elyamany, Fatama Al-Batniji, Huda Elfaraidi, Azzah Alzahrani, Fahad Alabbas, Omar
Alsuhaibani, Badria Alharthi, Kamal Fadalla, Yasser Elborai, Abdelrahman Elarja, Abdulaziz Al-
Abulaaly. Homozygous Protein C Deficiency: A Description Of Two New Cases And Long-Term
Survival Of A Third Case Successfully Treated With Oral Anticoagulant Therapy, A Report From Saudi
Arabia. Haematologica. 2014;99(S1):212. Abstracts of 19th
European Hematology Association (EHA),
June 2014.
Ossama Maher, Ross Cleveland, Yasser Elborai, Hani Hussein, Heba Moussa, Aziza Sedrak, Alaa
EL Haddad. Assessment Of Early Steroid Responsiveness In Children With T-Cell Acute
Lymphoblastic Leukemia – National Cancer Institute - Cairo University Experience. Pediatric Blood &
Cancer. 2014;61(S1):S51-S52. DOI: 10.1002/pbc.25032. Abstracts of 27th
American Society of
Pediatric Hematology Oncology (ASPHO), May 2014.
Wael Zekri, Mahmoud Hammad, Yasser Elborai, Hala Taha, Amal Refaat, Ahmed S. Alfaar, Badr
Abdalla, Alaa Younis. Adrenocortical Carcinoma in the Pediatric Age Group; Experience at Children
Cancer Hospital of Egypt (CCHE). Pediatric Blood & Cancer. 2014;61(S1):S35-S36. DOI:
10.1002/pbc.25032. Abstracts of 27th
American Society of Pediatric Hematology Oncology (ASPHO),
May 2014.
Hanan El Malla, Ulrika Kreicbergs, Nathalie Ylitalo, Ulrica Wilderang, Yasser Elborai, Mohammad
Elshami, Gunnar Steineck. Cancer Disclosure-Account From a Pediatric Oncology Ward in Egypt.
Psycho-oncology. 2014;23(S1):135. DOI: 10.1002/pon.3478. Abstracts of 11th
American
Psychosocial Oncology Society (APOS), February 2014.
Hanan El Malla, Ulrika Kreicbergs, Nathalie Ylitalo, Ulrica Wilderang, Yasser Elborai, Mohammad
Elshami, Gunnar Steineck. Cancer Disclosure - Account From a Pediatric Oncology Ward in Egypt.
Psycho-oncology. 2013;22(S3):132. DOI: 10.1111/j.1099-1611.2013.3394. Abstracts of the IPOS 15th
World Congress of Psycho-Oncology, November 2013.
Hanafy Ahmed Hafez, Dalia Yousef, Maggie Abbassi, Yasser Elborai, Alaa Elhaddad. Prophylactic
Levofloxacin in Pediatric Neutropenic Patients during Autologous Hematopoietic Stem Cell
Transplantation (HSCT). Blood. 2013;122(21):5462. Abstracts of 55th
American Society of
Hematology (ASH), October 2013.
Ossama Maher, Hany Hussein, Dennis Spencer, Sean Marco, Aziza Sedrak, Yasser Elborai, Heba
Moussa, Alaa El-Haddad. Rotating chemotherapy agents and cranial irradiation with pediatric
lymphoblastic malignancies. Pediatric Blood & Cancer. 2013;60(S2):S48-S49. DOI:
10.1002/pbc.24509. Abstracts of 26th American Society of Pediatric Hematology Oncology (ASPHO),
April 2013.
Yasser Elborai, Andrew Blanchette, Ossama Maher, Leslie Lehmann, Michelle Lee. Renal and bone
marrow toxicity in pediatric HSCT patients on acyclovir prophylaxis. Pediatric Blood & Cancer.
2013;60(S2):S13. DOI: 10.1002/pbc.24509. Abstracts of 26th
American Society of Pediatric
Hematology Oncology (ASPHO), April 2013.
Hanan El Malla, Nathalie Ylitalo, Ulrica Wilderang, Yasser El Sayed Elborai, Gunnar Steineck, Ulrika
Kreicebergs. Adherence to Medical Regimen - A Nation-Wide Study From the Children’s Cancer
Hospital in Egypt. Psycho-oncology. 2013;22(S2):48-49. DOI: 10.1111/j.1099-1611.2013.03245.x.
Abstracts of 10th
Annual Conference of the American Psychosocial Oncology Society, February 2013.

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Ossama M Maher, Hany Hussein, Sean A Marco, Aziza Sedrak, Yasser E Elborai, Heba Moussa &
Alaa El-Haddad. Role of High Dose Methotrexate with Cranial Irradiation for Pediatric T-Cell Lymphoid
Malignancies. Blood. 2012;120(21):4310. Abstracts of 54th
American Society of Hematology (ASH),
October 2012.
Hanan El Malla, Ulrika Kreicbergs, Gunnar Steineck, Ulrica Wilderäng, Yasser El Sayed Elborai,
Nathalie Ylitalo. The value of information in gaining trust – Experience from Children’s Cancer Hospital
in Egypt. Pediatr Blood & Cancer. 2012;59(6):1127. DOI: 10.1002/pbc.24295. Abstracts of 44th
Congress of the International Society of Paediatric Oncology (SIOP), October 2012.
Yasser Elborai, Mohammad Almutereen, Ossama Maher, Alaa Elhaddad, Leslie Lehmann. Changes
in GFR during carboplatin administration in children undergoing autologous stem cell transplant (SCT)
for malignant brain tumor. Pediatr Blood & Cancer. 2012;59(6):980-981. DOI: 10.1002/pbc.24295.
Abstracts of 44th
Congress of the International Society of Paediatric Oncology (SIOP), October 2012.
Mahmoud Hammad, Yasser Elborai, Hanafy Hafez, Emad A Moussa, Hany Hussein, Leslie
Lehmann, Alaa Elhaddad. Renal, Hepatic and Infectious Complications In 2 Different Conditioning
Regimens (Busulfan/Melphalan & Carboplatin/Etoposide/Melphalan) for Advanced Stage
Neuroblastoma: a Comparison of the Cairo and Boston Experience. Pediatr Blood & Cancer.
2012;58(7):1078. DOI: 10.1002/pbc.24133. Abstracts of 25th
American Society of Pediatric
Hematology Oncology (ASPHO), May 2012.
Hanan El Malla, Nathalie Ylitalo, Ulrika Kreicbergs, Sherif Aboulnaga, Ulrica Wilderang, Yasser
ElBorai, Gunnar Steineck. The Value of Information in Gaining Trust-Experince from A Children
Hospital in Egypt. Pediatr Blood & Cancer. 2010;55(5):960-961. DOI: 10.1002/pbc.22786. Abstracts
of 42nd
Congress of the International Society of Pediatric Oncology (SIOP), November 2010.
Nabil E Hassan, Kim Winterhalter, Yasser El-Borai, John Winters, Diann Reischman. Blood
conservation & transfusion risk in children with parapneumonic effusion. Transfusion. 2007;47(2):7A.
DOI: 10.1111/j.1537-2995.2007.01123.x. Society for the Advancement of Blood Management Poster
Abstracts from the SABM 2006 Annual Meeting.
Nabil E Hassan, Kim Winterhalter, Yasser El-Borai, John Winters, Diann Reischman. Anemia,
transfusion, and blood conservation in pediatric parapneumonic effusion. CHEST 2006; 130(4):239S.
DOI:10.1378/chest.130.4_MeetingAbstracts.239S-c.
Awards
1993-1996 Dean’s Honor List: Kasr El-Aini School of Medicine: Cairo University, Egypt.
1999 Medical Doctoral Degree Graduation Honor of Excellence: Faculty of Medicine,
Cairo University, Egypt.
Professional Community Service
2012 Egypt NEGMA: Network, Entrepreneurship, Growth, Mobilization, and Action. It is a
nonprofit organization in the state of Massachusetts, USA to support innovation in order
to help spur job creation and create a social impact through move ideas to action on the
ground, for a brighter future for Egypt.
2011 Egypt Cancer Network (ECN), a U.S. based non-profit organization helps in cancer
education, research, and care as well as medical infrastructure in Egypt.
2005 Friends of Egyptian Children with Cancer (FECC), a Houston based non-for-profit
charitable organization providing resources and supporting medical education benefiting
the underprivileged pediatric population suffering from malignant disease in Egypt.

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1997 Student Scientific Society (SSS), Medical School, Local Exchange Officer (LEO),
organizing student medical exchange programs between Egypt and Europe; participating
through the International Federation of Medical Student Associations (IFMSA).
Membership in professional Societies
2022-present Egyptian Pediatric Hematology Oncology Society (EPHOS)
2015-present Writer in magazine “The Patient”
2014-present Associate Editor for MOJ Clinical & Medical Case Reports (MOJCR)
2014-present Associate Editor for Journal of Pediatrics & Neonatal Care (JPNC)
2013-present Pediatric Oncology East and Mediterranean Group (POEM)
2013-present Saudi Arabian Pediatric Hematology Oncology Society (SAPHOS)
2011-2012 American Society of Hematology (ASH): Non-Member in Training
2004-present Egyptian Group of Pediatric Oncology (EGPO): member
2000-present Egyptian Medical Syndicate: member
2000-present Egyptian Medical Society (EMS): member
2000-present Egyptian Society of Pediatric Oncology (ESPO): member
Licensure and Certification
7/2013-present Saudi Commission for Health Specialties
License number 13-R-M-0030527
8/2011-7/2012 Certificate of Limited Registration to practice Medicine in State of
Massachusetts, USA
License number 247646
2006-present Educational Commission of Foreign Medical Graduates (ECFMG), USA, Code
number 0-678-346-8
2002-present Membership of Royal College of Pediatrics and Child Health (MRCPCH). Part
I Code number 21308
2001-present Egyptian Ministry of Health and Population: Unrestricted medical license
number 143209
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Transplantation (HSCT) unit, Dana Farber / Children’s Hospital Cancer Care Center, Harvard
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Tel: +1(617) 632-2980, Fax: +1(617) 632-2095. E-mail: leslie_lehmann@dfci.harvard.edu
Alaa M. El-Haddad, MD, DSc. Dean of National Cancer Institute (NCI), Chief of Pediatric Bone
Marrow Transplantation unit, National Cancer Institute (NCI), Cairo University, Cairo, Egypt. Fom
El-khalig Square Kasr El-Aini St., 11796, Cairo, Egypt. Tel: +20(2) 2366-4681, Fax: +20(2) 2364-
4720 Cell: +20(10) 0172-0600
Medical Director of Pediatric Hematology/Oncology department, and Stem Cell Transplant (SCT)
unit in Children’s Cancer Hospital Egypt - 57357 (CCHE - 57357). E-mail: ahaddad@tedata.net.eg
Omar Alsharif, MD. Consultant of Pediatric Hematology/Oncology and BMT, Head Division of
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Tel: +966114777714 Ext 25452, Fax: +96614762121, Mobile: +966547445012. E-mail:
oalsharif@psmmc.med.sa