Academic Achievements

Fellows Recognition:

• Fawzi Abu Rous – Recipient of the 2023 Conquer Cancer Young Investigator Award
• Fawzi Abu Rous – Selected as member of the ASCO Trainee and Early Career Advisory Group 2022-2023
• Nino Balanchivadze- Selected as member of the ASH Trainee Council 2021-2022
• Fawzi Abu Rous- Selected for the FDA-ASCO Hematology & Oncology Fellows’ workshop 2022
• Fawzi Abu Rous- Recipient of the AACR-Doreen J. Putrah Cancer Research Foundation Scholar-in-Training Award 2022
• Rayli Pichardo- Selected for the FDA-ASCO Hematology & Oncology Fellows’ workshop 2022
• Sowjanya Vuyyala- Selected for the FDA-ASCO Hematology & Oncology Fellows’ workshop 2023
• Wei Zhao – Recipient of the AACR- Margaret Foti Foundation Scholar-in-Training Award 2023
• Luis Gonzalez- Selected for the Hemostasis and Thrombosis Trainee Workshop 2023
• Manasi Godbole- Recipient of the Cancer Advisory Group (CRAG) ACSO 2023 Travel Award from Henry Ford Cancer Institute Research Department.

Publications

Gonzalez-Mosquera LF, Rous FA, Rogers A, Smith N, Goyert G, Gadgeel S. ALK Rearrangement Positive Lung Adenocarcinoma in Pregnancy Treated With Alectinib: A
Case Report. Clin Lung Cancer. 2023 Nov 17:S1525-7304(23)00241-3. doi: 10.1016/j.cllc.2023.11.006. Epub ahead of print. PMID: 38057186.

Kulkarni R, Hinojosa Castro O, Donthireddy V (Dec 2023) Real World Analysis of G6PD Testing Prior to the Use of Rasburicase in Hematologic Malignancies; A Single Center Experience- Blood 2023; 142 (Supplement 1): 7332.

Godbole M, Wani K, Zia S, Dabak V. Carcinoma En Cuirasse: A Rare but Striking Cutaneous Manifestation of Metastatic Breast Cancer. June 1 2023. Cureus 15(6): e39838. doi:10.7759/cureus.39838

Godbole M, Mary Nyhuis, Travis Washburn, JoAnn Hirth, Haythem Ali. PO4-08-02 Genetic testing among patients with triple-negative breast cancer at a single health system: a quality improvement project. SABCS 2023, pending final publication in AACR journal

Godbole M, Wani K, Dabak V. PO5-21-01 Carcinoma en cuirasse- a rare, but striking, cutaneous manifestation of metastatic breast cancer. SABCS 2023, pending final publication in AACR journal

Wani K, Godbole M, Jacob B, Springer K, Dabak V. PO5-15-08 Role of next-generation sequencing testing in metastatic breast cancer. SABCS 2023, pending final publication in AACR journal

Godbole M, Li Pin, Meranda M, Wani K, Gadgeel S. Characteristics and outcomes of small cell lung cancer (SCLC) patients detected with CT screening at a single health system. DOI: 10.1200/JCO.2023.41.16_suppl.8581 Journal of Clinical Oncology 41, no. 16_suppl (June 01, 2023) 8581-8581.

Godbole M, Meranda M, Shango K, Dabak VS. Lowering the bar for consideration of neoadjuvant chemotherapy in early-stage HER2-positive breast cancers. Journal of Clinical Oncology Volume 41, Number 16_suppl

Lung Cancer Treatment Advances in 2022.

Abu Rous F, Singhi EK, Sridhar A, Faisal MS, Desai A. Cancer Invest. 2022

Molecular Biomarker Testing and Targeted Therapy Patterns in Patients with Acute Myelogenous Leukemia (AML) in Community Health Systems in the United States: A Real-World Data Analysis
Authors: Francesca Coutinho, Zartash Gul, Anna B. Berry, Michael A. Thompson, Christopher A. Willner, et al. Blood 2022

Pembrolizumab in Combination with Chemotherapy in Patients with ERBB2-Mutated Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer.
Abu Rous F, Gutta R, Li P, Halmos B, Gadgeel S. Target Oncol. 2022

Unusual Presentation of T-cell Large Granular Lymphocytic Leukemia.
Abu Rous F, Gutta R, Chacko R, Kuriakose P, Dabak V. Cureus. 2022

Cetuximab and anemia prevention in head and neck cancer patients undergoing radiotherapy.
Maahs L, Ghanem AI, Gutta R, Tang A, Arya S, Al Saheli Z, Ali H, Chang S, Tam S, Wu V, Siddiqui F, Sheqwara J.BMC Cancer. 2022

Association of Immune Checkpoint Inhibitors With Neurologic Adverse Events: A Systematic Review and Meta-analysis.
Authors: Muhammad Zain Farooq, Sheeba Ba Aqeel, Prasanth Lingamaneni, Rayli Pichardo, Aleeza Jawed, et al. JAMA 2022

COVID-19 vaccination and breakthrough infections in patients with cancer
Authors: A L Schmidt, C Labaki, C-Y Hsu, Z Bakouny, Nino Balanchivadze, et al.
Ann Oncol 2022

Breast Cancer in Geriatric Patients: Current Landscape and Future Prospects.
Abdel-Razeq H, Abu Rous F, Abuhijla F, Abdel-Razeq N, Edaily S. Clin Interv Aging. 2022

Thinking Beyond Bacterial Infection: A Case of Cutaneous Blastomycosis.
Bhatia M, Kak V, Patel P, Slota A.Cureus. 2022

Racial Disparities in COVID-19 Outcomes Among Black and White Patients With Cancer.
Fu J, Reid SA, French B, Hennessy C, Hwang C, Gatson NT, Duma N, Mishra S, Nguyen R, Hawley JE, Singh SRK, Chism DD, Venepalli NK, Warner JL, Choueiri TK, Schmidt AL, Fecher LA, Girard JE, Bilen MA, Ravindranathan D, Goyal S, Wise-Draper TM, Park C, Painter CA, McGlown SM, de Lima Lopes G Jr, Serrano OK, Shah DP; COVID-19 and Cancer Consortium (CCC19).JAMA Netw Open. 2022

Renal infarction and papular-purpuric gloves and socks syndrome (PPGSS): rare extra-haematological manifestations of acute parvovirus B-19 infection
Authors: Fawzi Abu Rous, Qunfang Li, Yue Guo BMJ 2021

Hyperhemolysis Syndrome in SCD Patient: Reminder of a Rare but Life-Threatening Complication of Blood Transfusion
Authors: Aroob Sweidan, Sowjanya Vuyyala, Peter Xie, Mohammad Alhyari, Vrushali Dabak, et al. Blood 2021

Bilateral breast masses as a presentation for T-cell acute lymphoblastic leukaemia
Authors: Osama Mosalem, Fawzi Abu Rous, Ahmed Elshafie, Daniel Isaac BMJ 2021

Adenoid cystic carcinoma of the labium oris with rare metastasis to the pleural cavity
Authors: Osama Mosalem, Anas Alsara, Fawzi Abu Rous, Borys Hrinczenko BMJ 2021

Pembrolizumab-Induced Vitiligo in Esophageal Squamous Cell Carcinoma Patient With Durable Complete Response.
Wilkins MC, Elgamal M, Rybkin II.Cureus. 2021

Hematologic Findings in Pregnancy: A Guide for the Internist.
Patel P, Balanchivadze N.Cureus. 2021

Transient Anti-Phospholipid Antibodies in Two Patients With COVID-19.
Balanchivadze N, Xie P, Kuriakose P, Barthel B, Dabak V.Cureus. 2021

Outcomes of patients with thrombocytopenia evaluated at hematology subspecialty clinics.
Abdel Rahman ZH, Miller KC, Jabbour H, Alkhatib Y, Donthireddy V. Hematol Oncol Stem Cell Ther. 2021

The role of a low erythropoietin level for the polycythemia vera diagnosis.
Lupak O, Han X, Xie P, Mahmood S, Mohammed H, Donthireddy V.

NCDB Analysis of Melanoma 2004-2015: Epidemiology and Outcomes by Subtype, Sociodemographic Factors Impacting Clinical Presentation, and Real-World Survival Benefit of Immunotherapy Approval.
Singh SRK, Malapati SJ, Kumar R, Willner C, Wang D.Cancers (Basel). 2021

Sarcoidosis presenting as massive splenomegaly and severe epistaxis, case report.
Stoelting A, Esperti S, Balanchivadze N, Piacentino V, Mangano A. Ann Med Surg (Lond). 2020

A Case of Chronic Eosinophilic Leukemia in a Patient With Recurrent Cough, Dyspnea, and Eosinophilia.
Balanchivadze N, Purtell JP, Anderson J, Guo Y, Dobrosotskaya I. Cureus. 2021

A Case of Symptomatic Cerebral Radiation Necrosis for an Extra-Cranial Neoplasm from Conventional Radiotherapy With Concurrent Immunotherapy.
Gutta R, Balanchivadze N, Wang D.Cureus. 2021

Disparities in Utilization of Autologous Stem Cell Transplantation as Consolidative Therapy for Multiple Myeloma: A Single Institution Retrospective Review.
Lupak O, Xiaoxia H, Xie P, Thanikachalam K, Jabbour-Aida H, Farhan S, Emole J. Clin Lymphoma Myeloma Leuk. 2021

Outcomes of in-hospital cardiopulmonary resuscitation for cardiac arrest in adult patients with metastatic solid cancers: A Nationwide Inpatient Sample database analysis from 2012 to 2014.
Malapati S, Singh SRK, Kumar R, Hadid T.

Acute Plasma Cell Leukemia Presenting as Primary Hyperammonemic Encephalopathy.
Patel D, Mangano A, Moccia D, Esperti S, Udani K, Henderson J, Balanchivadze N.J Med Cases. 2020

Hematology/Oncology Fellowship Emergency Restructuring in Response to the COVID-19 Pandemic-Henry Ford Hospital, Michigan.
Balanchivadze N, Donthireddy V.JCO Oncol Pract. 2020

Incidence and outcomes of heparin-induced thrombocytopenia in solid malignancy: an analysis of the National Inpatient Sample Database.
Kumar R, Bhandari S, Singh SRK, Malapati S, Cisak KI.Br J Haematol. 2020

Desperate times, desperate measures: successful use of chemotherapy in treatment of haemophagocytic lymphohistiocytosis (HLH) due to disseminated histoplasmosis.
Singh SRK, Thanikachalam K, Donthireddy V. BMJ Case Rep. 2020

A Case of Chronic Eosinophilic Leukemia in a Patient With Recurrent Cough, Dyspnea, and Eosinophilia
Authors: Nino Balanchivadze, James P. Purtell, Jessica Anderson, Yue Guo, Irina Dobrosotskaya
Cureus 2021

Clinical outcomes of COVID-19 in patients with sickle cell disease and sickle cell trait: A critical appraisal of the literature
Authors: Wouter S. Hoogenboom, Tharun T. Alamuri, Daniel M. McMahon, Nino Balanchivadze, Vrushali Dabak, et al. Blood reviews 2021

NCDB analysis of melanoma 2004–2015: Epidemiology and outcomes by subtype, sociodemographic factors impacting clinical presentation, and real world survival benefit of immunotherapy approval
Authors: Sunny R.K. Singh, Sindhu J. Malapati, Rohit Kumar, Christopher Willner, Ding Wang
Cancers 2021

Hematology/Oncology Fellowship Emergency Restructuring in Response to the COVID-19 Pandemic—Henry Ford Hospital, Michigan
Authors: Nino Balanchivadze, Vijayalakshmi Donthireddy JCO Oncol Pract 2020

COVID-19 and Cancer: Lessons Learnt from a Michigan Hotspot
Authors: Sunny RK Singh, Kannan Thanikachalam, Hiba Jabbour Aida, Laila M. Poisson, Gazala Khan

Cancers 2020

Impact of COVID-19 Infection on 24 Patients with Sickle Cell Disease One Center Urban Experience, Detroit, MI, USA
Authors: Nino Balanchivadze, Adam A. Kudirka, Sally FK Askar, Khaled Almadhoun, Philip Kuriakose, et al. Hemoglobin 2020

Pulmonary embolism as the primary presentation of IgA vasculitis
Authors: Osama Mosalem, Nora Hernandez Garcilazo, Yehia Saleh, Fawzi Abu Rous BMJ 2020

 

Abstracts and Posters

Zimmer M, Bachler J, Sheqwara J. Klippel-Trenaunay Syndrome: a rare disorder with complex hemostatic and thrombotic challenges(Accepted poster presentation at International Society on Thrombosis and Haemostasis Congress, Bangkok, Thailand, June 2024)

Zimmer M, Donthireddy V. Bovine thrombin-associated antiphospholipid syndrome(Accepted poster presentation at International Society on Thrombosis and Haemostasis Congress, Bangkok, Thailand, June 2024)

Zimmer M, Jabbour H, Sheqwara J. May-Hegglin Anomaly: are giant platelets a giant problem?(Accepted poster presentation at International Society on Thrombosis and Haemostasis Congress, Bangkok, Thailand, June 2024)

Gonzalez-Mosquera, L. F., Neme, M. K., Mikulandric, N., Mazur, I., Emole, J., Alavi, A., ... & Farhan, S. Abatacept with FluBu2: To Use or Not to Use. Tandem Meetings,
Transplantation & Cellular Therapy Meeting. San Antonio, February 2024.

Kulkarni, R., Gonzalez-Mosquera, L.F., Abidi, M.H., Emole, J., Peres, E.M., Farhan,
S.Y. Standard Risk Assessment Tools Fall Short to Assess Risk in Transplant Patients.
American Society of Hematology (ASH), San Diego, December 2023 and Tandem Meetings, Transplantation & Cellular Therapy Meeting. San Antonio, February 2024.

Kulkarni R, Shahid M, Hinojosa Castro O, Patel K, Lin C, Rose C, Dabak V. Understanding the new subgroup- Her 2 low breast cancer. AACR 2024

Luis Gonzalez Mosquera, Nino Balanchivadze, Faria Ali, Matthew Meranda, Oscar Hinojosa Castro, Philip Kuriakose. Factors influencing career choices and post-fellowship perspectives in adult hematology/oncology physicians: A nationwide cross-sectional study. (Accepted for ASCO, 2024)

Luis Gonzalez Mosquera, Nino Balanchivadze, Faria Ali, Matthew Meranda, Oscar Hinojosa Castro, Philip Kuriakose. Factors influencing career choices and post-fellowship perspectives in adult hematology/oncology fellows: A nationwide cross-sectional study.(Accepted for ASCO, 2024)

Potugari B, Godbole M, Wani K, Meranda M, Rose C, Pin Li, Gadgeel S. Outcomes of small cell lung cancer with a small primary tumor size of 2cm or less. Poster presented at Targeted Therapied of Lung Cancer, Santa Monica CA 2024. Oral presentation in CE Concepts Small Cell Lung Cancer Young Investigators’ Forum in August 2023.Oral Presentations at OncLive National fellows forum

Zaid Al-Saheli MBBS , Omar Ammari M.D , Linda Albusoul M.D. , Fawzi Abu Rous M.D. , Shirish Gadgeel M.D. Outcomes of Patients Diagnosed with Lung Cancer after COVID-19 Infection. NACLC,Chicago, 2023.

Zaid Al-Saheli MBBS, Vrushali Dabak MD. Stretching the Boundary of Oncotype Dx Testing. AACR 2024

Satisfaction of hem/onc patients with video visits during the COVID-19 pandemic at a tertiary care center in Michigan
Authors: Fawzi Abu Rous, Pin Li, Mohamed Elgamal, Hussna Abunafessa, Rebecca Chacko, et al.

Publication: Hematology/Oncology Meeting Abstracts

P10.04 Immunotherapy-Treated Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer Patients With Sensitizing Gene Alterations: A Real World Survival Analysis
Authors: Leila Khaddour, C Zhang, Faria Ali, Shirish M. Gadgeel, E Tadesse, et al. J Thorac Oncol 2021

A Tale of Two NETs: A Pheochromocytoma Masquerading as a Pancreatic NET
Authors: Adam A. Kudirka, Nino Balanchivadze 2021

1317P Renal toxicity in black patients with non-squamous non-small cell lung cancer treated with combination platinum-pemetrexed-pembrolizumab therapy
Authors: Nino Balanchivadze, Zeinab Nasser, Muhammad Shahid, Cortney McKay, Pin Li, et al.
Ann Oncol 2021

Taking abdominal pain seriously: a case of aggressive dedifferentiated liposarcoma
Authors: Sally FK Askar, Hiba Jabbour, Philip Kuriakose 2020

Acute MI After First Sipuleucel-T Infusion for Prostate Cancer
Authors: Zaid Al-Saheli, Nino Balanchivadze, Rawan Hammoudeh, Hanan Ibrahim, Clara Hwang

Physician perceptions about goals of care of hospitalized patients with malignancies
Authors: Nino Balanchivadze, Alexander A. Slota, Andrew Mangano DO, Adam Kudirka, Yaser Alkhatib
JCO 2020

Predictive accuracy of the low erythropoietin level for the diagnosis of polycythemia vera
Authors: Oleksandra Lupak, Xiaoxia Han, Peter Xie, Sharmeen Mahmood, Hadi Mohammed, et al.
JCO 2019

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