Omar Abed Abdelhameed Alkharabsheh , MD

Associate Professor of Clinical

Certifications

American Board of Internal Medicine (Hematology)

American Board of Internal Medicine (Medical Oncology) (Certification Date: 11-01-2017 )

Clinical Interests

Hematology

Hematology and Oncology

Leukemia

Malignant Melanoma

Oncology

Acute Lymphocytic Leukemia

Bone Marrow Cancers

Cancer

Myeloma

Myelodysplastic Syndrome

Myeloproliferative Disorder

Specialities

Internal Medicine

Publications

Peer Reviewed Publications

Zayad, Anas; Ahmed, Nausheen; Mahmoudjafari, Zahra; Skikne, Barry S; Lin, Tara; Mushtaq, Muhammad U; McGuirk, Joseph; Lutfi, Forat; Bhurtel, Evguenia; Bhutani, Manisha; Anwar, Faiz; Alkharabsheh, Omar; Shebli, Atrash; Abdallah, Al-Ola (2025. ) The Impact of Sponsors on Development of Clinical Research in Multiple Myeloma and AL Amyloidosis: An In-Depth Analysis.Clinical lymphoma, myeloma & leukemia, , 25 (8 ) ,e600-e603 More Information

Mewawalla, Prerna; Dileo, Rachel; Yin, Yue; Strouse, Christopher; Shaikh, Hira; Davis, James A; Alkharabsheh, Omar; Rashid, Aliya; Ahmed, Nausheen; Abdallah, Al-Ola; Hashmi, Hamza (2025. ) Real-World Outcomes of Sequential BCMA-directed therapies in Relapsed Refractory Multiple Myeloma After Belantamab Exposure.Clinical lymphoma, myeloma & leukemia, , More Information

Dileo, Rachel; Mewawalla, Prerna; Babu, Kalaivani; Yin, Yue; Strouse, Christopher; Chen, Ethan; Shaikh, Hira; Davis, James A; Green, Kimberly M; Alkharabsheh, Omar; Rashid, Aliya; Pokhrel, Bidushi; Ahmed, Nausheen; Abdallah, Al-Ola; Hashmi, Hamza (2025. ) A real-world experience of efficacy and safety of belantamab mafodotin in relapsed refractory multiple myeloma.Blood cancer journal, , 15 (1 ) ,34 More Information

Atallah, Rawan; Ahmed, Nausheen; Ayoobkhan, Fathima; Saif, Md Saiful Islam; Logan, Emerson; Shrestha, Anuj; Anwer, Faiz; Mahmoudjafari, Zahra; Mushtaq, Muhammed Umair; Hashmi, Hamza; Ganguly, Siddhartha; McGuirk, Joseph; Shebli, Atrash; Abdallah, Al-Ola; Banerjee, Rahul; Alkharabsheh, Omar (2024. ) TACTUM: Trends in Access to Cellular Therapies in Multiple Myeloma, Perspectives of Treating Versus Referring Physicians.Transplantation and cellular therapy, , 30 (9 ) ,925.e1-925.e6 More Information

Afrough, Aimaz; Atrash, Shebli; Paul, Barry; Ouchveridze, Evguenia; Ahmed, Nausheen; Mahmoudjafari, Zahra; Bashir, Anam; Alkharabsheh, Omar; Hashmi, Hamza; Abdallah, Al-Ola (2023. ) Efficacy and Safety of Daratumumab, Pomalidomide, and Dexamethasone (DPd) Compared to Daratumumab, Bortezomib, and Dexamethasone (DVd) in Daratumumab-Naïve Relapsed Multiple Myeloma.Cancers, , 15 (19 ) , More Information

Manne, Ashish; Mulekar, Madhuri; Escobar, Daisy; Prodduturvar, Pranitha; Fahmawi, Yazan; Henderson, Phillip; Abdul-Rahim, Osama; Hussain, Zeiad; Liles, Spencer; Fonseca, Annabelle; Howard, John Harrison; Mneimneh, Wadad; Gilbert, Robert; Alkharabsheh, Omar; Pai, Sachin; White, Zachary B; Nelson, Cindy; Khushman, Moh'd (2023. ) The adherence to the American Association for the Study of Liver Diseases 2018 guidelines in the management of hepatocellular carcinoma and its impact on survival.Journal of cancer research and therapeutics, , 19 (5 ) ,1103-1108 More Information

Abdallah, Al-Ola; Mahmoudjafari, Zahra; Ahmed, Nausheen; Cui, Wei; Shune, Leyla; McGuirk, Joseph; Mohan, Meera; Mohyuddin, Ghulam Rehman; Afrough, Aimaz; Alkharabsheh, Omar; Atrash, Shebli (2023. ) Clinical efficacy of retreatment of daratumumab-based therapy (D2) in daratumumab-refractory multiple myeloma.European journal of haematology, , 110 (6 ) ,626-632 More Information

Atrash, Shebli; Mammadzadeh, Aytaj; Peng, Fulei; Alkharabsheh, Omar; Afrough, Aimaz; Cui, Wei; Mahmoudjafari, Zahra; Abdallah, Al-Ola; Hashmi, Hamza (2023. ) Outcomes of Penta-Refractory Multiple Myeloma Patients Treated with or without BCMA-Directed Therapy.Cancers, , 15 (11 ) , More Information

Alkharabsheh, Omar; Bellman, Polina; Mahmoudjafari, Zahra; Cui, Wei; Atrash, Shebli; Paul, Barry; Hashmi, Hamza; Shune, Leyla; Ahmed, Nausheen; Abdallah, Al-Ola (2023. ) Adverse Hematological and Non-Hematological Events in Patients With Relapsed/Refractory Multiple Myeloma That Are Responsive to Daratumumab, Pomalidomide and Dexamethasone.Journal of hematology, , 12 (1 ) ,1-6 More Information

Njomen, Evert; Vanecek, Allison; Lansdell, Theresa A; Yang, Ya-Ting; Schall, Peter Z; Harris, Christi M; Bernard, Matthew P; Isaac, Daniel; Alkharabsheh, Omar; Al-Janadi, Anas; Giletto, Matthew B; Ellsworth, Edmund; Taylor, Catherine; Tang, Terence; Lau, Sarah; Bailie, Marc; Bernard, Jamie J; Yuzbasiyan-Gurkan, Vilma; Tepe, Jetze J (2022. ) Small Molecule 20S Proteasome Enhancer Regulates MYC Protein Stability and Exhibits Antitumor Activity in Multiple Myeloma.Biomedicines, , 10 (5 ) , More Information

Alkharabsheh, Omar; Trisel, Zachary; Badami, Sunil; Aljama, Mohammed A; Sidiqi, M Hasib (2021. ) Checkpoint Inhibitors in Multiple Myeloma: Intriguing Potential and Unfulfilled Promises.Cancers, , 14 (1 ) , More Information

Khushman, Moh'd; Prodduturvar, Pranitha; Mneimneh, Wadad; Zotto, Valeria Dal; Akbar, Shalla; Grimm, Leander; Rider, Paul; Hunter, John; Alkharabsheh, Omar; Patel, Girijesh Kumar; Fabregas, Jesus C; Singh, Ajay P (2021. ) The impact of neoadjuvant concurrent chemoradiation on exosomal markers (CD63 and CD9) expression and their prognostic significance in patients with rectal adenocarcinoma.Oncotarget, , 12 (15 ) ,1490-1498 More Information

Manne, Ashish; Mulekar, Madhuri S; Escobar, Daisy E; Alsayed, Alhareth; Sharma, Gaurav; Prodduturvar, Pranitha; Khushman, Moh'd; Howard, John Harrison; Gilbert, Robert; Alkharabsheh, Omar (2021. ) Clinical and Hematological Predictors of High-Grade Immune-Related Adverse Events Associated With Immune Checkpoint Inhibitors.Journal of clinical medicine research, , 13 (5 ) ,268-275 More Information

Alkharabsheh, Omar; Alsayed, Alhareth; Morlote, Diana M; Mehta, Amitkumar (2021. ) Cerebral Invasive Aspergillosis in a Case of Chronic Lymphocytic Leukemia with Bruton Tyrosine Kinase Inhibitor.Current oncology (Toronto, Ont.), , 28 (1 ) ,837-841 More Information

Fahmawi, Yazan; Smith, Clayton; Grimm, Leander; Khullar, Shikha; Rider, Paul; Hunter, John; Iliff, Greire; Mneimneh, Wadad; Roveda, Kelly; Wang, Bin; Prodduturvar, Pranitha; Alkharabsheh, Omar; McCormick, Ben; Mizrahi, Meir; Khushman, Moh'd (2020. ) Usefulness of Restaging Pelvis Magnetic Resonance Imaging After Neoadjuvant Concurrent Chemoradiotherapy in Patients With Locally Advanced Rectal Cancer.Clinical colorectal cancer, , 19 (4 ) ,e281-e287 More Information

Alkharabsheh, Omar; Patnaik, Mrinal M; Gangat, Naseema; Begna, Kebede H; Alkhateeb, Hassan B; Shah, Mithun Vinod; Hogan, William J; He, Rong; Greipp, Patricia; Nguyen, Phuong L; Litzow, Mark R; Al-Kali, Aref (2020. ) Impact of marrow blasts percentage on high-grade myelodysplastic syndrome assessed using revised international prognostic scoring system.Annals of hematology, , 99 (3 ) ,513-518 More Information

Alkharabsheh, Omar; Sidiqi, M Hasib; Aljama, Mohammed A; Gertz, Morie A; Frankel, Arthur E (2020. ) The Human Microbiota in Multiple Myeloma and Proteasome Inhibitors.Acta haematologica, , 143 (2 ) ,118-123 More Information

Fahmawi, Yazan; Campos, Yesica; Khushman, Moh'd; Alkharabsheh, Omar; Manne, Ashish; Zubair, Haseeb; Haleema, Saadia; Polski, Jacek; Bessette, Sabrina (2019. ) Vitamin B12 deficiency presenting as pseudo-thrombotic microangiopathy: a case report and literature review.Clinical pharmacology : advances and applications, , 11 ,127-131 More Information

Alkharabsheh, Omar A; Saadeh, Salwa S; Zblewski, Darci L; Gangat, Naseema; Begna, Kebede H; Elliott, Michelle A; Alkhateeb, Hassan B; Patnaik, Mrinal S; Hogan, William J; Litzow, Mark R; Al-Kali, Aref (2019. ) Frequency of venous thrombotic events in patients with myelodysplastic syndrome and 5q deletion syndrome during lenalidomide therapy.Annals of hematology, , 98 (2 ) ,331-337 More Information

Alkharabsheh, Omar; Frankel, Arthur E (2019. ) Clinical Activity and Tolerability of SL-401 (Tagraxofusp): Recombinant Diphtheria Toxin and Interleukin-3 in Hematologic Malignancies.Biomedicines, , 7 (1 ) , More Information

Alkharabsheh, Omar; Saadeh, Salwa S; Patnaik, Mrinal S; Alkhateeb, Hassan; Gangat, Naseema; Begna, Kebede H; Hogan, William J; Greipp, Patricia T; He, Rong; Nguyen, Phuong L; Litzow, Mark R; Al-Kali, Aref (2018. ) Impact of clone size with a single cytogenetic abnormality on the revised International Prognostic Scoring System in myelodysplastic syndromes.American journal of hematology, , 93 (12 ) ,E398-E401 More Information

Alkharabsheh, Omar; Al-Kali, Aref; Saadeh, Salwa; He, Rong; Viswanatha, David; Greipp, Patricia; Reichard, Kaaren; Shah, Mithun; Gangat, Naseema; Patnaik, Mrinal; Hogan, William; Litzow, Mark; Alkhateeb, Hassan; Nguyen, Phuong L (2018. ) The clinical outcomes of reclassified erythroleukemia (erythroid/myeloid) as myelodysplastic syndrome (MDS) per 2017 WHO guideline compared to MDS.American journal of hematology, , 93 (11 ) ,E355-E357 More Information

Alkharabsheh, Omar; Kannarkatt, Paul; Kannarkatt, Joseph; Karapetyan, Lilit; Laird-Fick, Heather S; Al-Janadi, Anas (2018. ) An overview of the toxicities of checkpoint inhibitors in older patients with cancer.Journal of geriatric oncology, , 9 (5 ) ,451-458 More Information

Kannarkatt, Joseph; Alkharabsheh, Omar; Tokala, Hemasri; Dimitrov, Nikolay V (2016. ) Metformin and Angiogenesis in Cancer - Revisited.Oncology, , 91 (4 ) ,179-184 More Information