Mohamad Al-Rahawan, MD, MPH

Midwest Affiliate Clinic 
Physician
Adjunct Clinical Faculty

Departments

Domestic Affiliate Program

Contact Information

University of Illinois College of Medicine at Peoria,
Department of Pediatrics
530 NE Glen Oak Av
Peoria, IL 61637
Email: mohamad.al-rahawan@stjude.org
Phone: (309) 624-4945
Fax: (309) 624-9849

Education

MD - Damascus University Medical School, Damascus, Syria
MPH - George Washington University, School of Public Health and Health Sciences, Washington, DC

Awards

May 2008 - Caterpillar Faculty Scholars Fellowship-Fourth Cohort, University of Illinois College of Medicine at Peoria, Peoria, IL

Research Interests

• Medical management and transplant in patients with inherited bone marrow failures, University of Illinois a College of Medicine at Peoria, Peoria IL; Clinical Genetics Branch, Devision of Cancer Epidemiology and Genetics, National Cancer Institute, National Institues of Health, Department of Health and Human Services, Bethesda MD.
• Anemia and quality of life in children with cancer, University of Illinois College of Medicine at Peoria, Peoria IL; St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital, Memphis TN. Co-PI.
• Improving the quality of cancer care in low income countries, an international outreach effort, University of Illinois a College of Medicine at Peoria, Peoria IL.

Professional Memberships

• American Society of Hematology (ASH)
• American Society of Pediatric Hematology Oncology (ASPH/O)

Selected Publications

Al-Rahawan MM, Alter BP, Bryant BJ, Elghetany MT. Bone Marrow Cell Cycle Markers in Inherited Bone Marrow Failure Syndromes. Leukemia Research Dec;32(12):1793-9, 2008.

Gripp KW, Lin AE, Nicholson L, Allen W, Cramer A, Jones KL, Kutz W, Peck D, Rebolledo MA, Wheeler PG, Wilson W, Al-Rahawan MM, Stabley DL, Sol-Church K. Further delineation of the phenotype resulting from BRAF or MEK1 germline mutations helps differentiate cardio-facio-cutaneous syndrome from Costello syndrome. Am J Med Genet A Jul 1;143(13):1472-80, 2007.

Al-Rahawan MM, Chute DJ, Sol-Church K, Gripp KW, Stabley DL, McDaniel NL, Wilson WG, Waldron PE. Hepatoblastoma and heart transplantation in a patient with cardio-facio-cutaneous syndrome. Am J Med Genet A Jul 1;143(13):1481-8, 2007.

Al-Rahawan MM, Giri N, Alter BP. Intensive immunosuppression therapy for aplastic anemia associated with dyskeratosis congenita. Int J Hematol Apr 83(3):275-276, 2006.