Dr. Mojtaba Akhtari

Assistant Professor
Department of Interanl Medicine, Division of Hematology and Oncology
987680 Nebraska Medical Center
United States of America
68114

Brief Biography:

Dr. Mojtaba Akhtari is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Internal Medicine, Division of Hematology and Oncology at the University of Nebraska Medical Center (UNMC). He earned his medical degree from Tehran University of Medical Sciences in Tehran, Iran. Then, he moved to England, where he received training in internal medicine and hematology. He served in the Department of Hematological Medicine, King’s College Hospital in London, England. He moved to Evanston, Illinois, USA, where he completed his residency in internal medicine at Saint Francis Hospital of Evanston, and he also received Humanism in Medicine Award. He undertook fellowship training in hematology and medical oncology at Winship Cancer Institute, Emory University School of Medicine in Atlanta, Georgia, and during this time he specialized in the management of benign and malignant hematological disorders, stem cell transplantation, and solid tumors. He is an active member of the American Society of Hematology (ASH), American Society of Clinical Oncology (ASCO) and American Society for Blood and Marrow Transplantation (ASBMT). Dr. Akhtari is a member of the Chronic Myeloid Leukemia Panel of the National Comprehensive Cancer Network (NCCN).

Academic positions:

Assistant Professor in the Department of Internal Medicine, Division of Hematology and Oncology at the University of Nebraska Medical Center (UNMC)

Research interests:

Acute and chronic leukemias as well as myelodysplastic syndromes, myeloproliferative disorders, familial leukemias, immune cytopenia, and bone marrow transplantation

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Home Page:

http://www.unmc.edu/intmed/onchem/akhtari.htm