Amer M Zeidan speaks to Laura Dormer, Editorial Director: Amer Zeidan is Assistant Professor of Medicine (Hematology) at Yale Cancer Center. He completed a hematology/oncology fellowship and a clinical research fellowship in myelodysplastic syndromes (MDS) at Johns Hopkins University where he also earned a Master of Health Science degree in Clinical Investigation. He received his MBBS degree from the Faculty of Medicine, University of Jordan (Amman, Jordan), before completing his internal medicine residency at Rochester General Hospital (USA). His clinical interest is in the management of hematologic malignancies. The focus of his clinical/translational research is the development of novel therapies for MDS and myeloid hematologic malignancies. The second area of research interest for him is effectiveness and outcomes research in hematologic malignancies, especially MDS.
MDS research over the next few years will bring us better understanding of the molecular pathogenesis of the disease and how to use this information to rationally design effective therapies to improve patient outcomes.
Dr. Amer Zeidan