Dr. Ed Ashtar
Dr. Ed Ashtar is one of America’s top Medical Oncology and Clinical Hematology Consultants. He is a triple American Board Certified with over 20 years of experience. Dr. Ed Ashtar […]
Dr. Ed Ashtar is one of America’s top Medical Oncology and Clinical Hematology Consultants. He is a triple American Board Certified with over 20 years of experience.
Dr. Ed Ashtar is a highly accomplished and board-certified Medical Oncologist and Clinical Hematologist with an impressive career spanning over two decades. He received his Diploma of Human Medicine with Honors from Aleppo University Faculty of Medicine in 1987 and went on to complete his residency in Internal Medicine at the University of Kentucky Medical Center, where he was recognized as the “Outstanding Resident Performance” of the year in 1997.
Dr. Ashtar’s dedication to cancer research led him to the National Institutes of Health (NIH) in Bethesda, MD, where he excelled as the Chief of Fellows and earned the ASCO foundation Merit Award in 2007. With an extensive list of honors and publications, Dr. Ashtar continues to make a significant impact in the field of oncology while serving as a senior consultant in medical oncology and clinical hematology at various renowned hospitals in Dubai.,
- Fellowship in Hematology & Medical Oncology at the National Institutes of Health (NIH)/ National cancer Center (NCI), Bethesda, MD 01/01/2005- 12/31/2007
- Clinical Research Fellowship at the National Institutes of Health (NIH)/ National cancer Center (NCI), Bethesda, MD 09/22/2002 – 6/30/2008.
- Residency in Internal Medicine at University of Kentucky Medical Center (Albert Chandler Medical Center), Lexington, KY July1995 – June1998
- Post-graduate Training in Gastroenterology and Hepatology 09/1990- 08/1992: 1. Paul Sabatier University Hospital, Toulouse, France 2. Rene Descartes University Hospital, ParisV, Paris, France
- Post- graduate Training in Internal Medicine at Paul Sabatier University Hospital,Toulouse, France 10/1987–08/1990
- Medical Education at Aleppo University Faculty of Medicine, Aleppo University Medical Center, Aleppo, Syria 1981-1987
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- Membership: ASCO; ASH; ESMO;AMA
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- Recipient of 2007 American Society of Clinical Oncology (ASCO) foundation Merit Award
- Associate Investigator at National Cancer Institute / Bethesda Naval Medical Center and Co-investigator in several Cancer Vaccine Protocols (all Dr. Khleif Vaccine Protocols), 09/2002 until 6/2008.
- A key author and co-author in recent ASCO presentations of National Cancer Institute (NCI): ASCO 2003, ASCO 2004, ASCO 2005 & ASCO 2007..
- Chief Fellow in Hematology/Oncology.
- Attending Physician in Internal Medicine at UKMC/Whitesburg Mountain Comprehensive Health Corporation MCHC/ Whitesburg ARH 09/1998- 08/2002.
- Assistant Attending in Internal Medicine/Gastroenterology, Paul Brousse Medical Center, Villejuif / Paris, France, 09/1992- 06/1995.
- Awarded: “Best Physician for the year 1999-2000” at Whitesburg Mountain Comprehensive Health Corporation MCHC / Whitesburg Appalachian Regional Hospital
- Awarded: “Outstanding Resident Performance” at University of Kentucky Medical Center, Internal Medicine Department 1996-1997
,Oncology:
- Diagnosis and Management of all types of solid malignancies and tumors
- Breast cancer
- Lung cancer: small cell and non-small cell lung cancer NSCLC
- GI cancer: esophageal, esophagogastric junction, gastric, colorectal, small bowel, anal
- Pancreatic cancer
- Hepatobiliary cancer: liver, biliary, ampullary, gall bladder
- Neuroendocrine tumors
- Thyroid cancer
- Head and neck cancers
- Gynecology: ovarian, fallopian tube, primary peritoneal, uterine, vulvar, gestational trophoblastic neoplasia
- Urology: renal, bladder, prostate, testicular, penile
- Soft tissue sarcomas: all types, such as leiomyosarcoma, rhabdomyosarcoma, liposarcoma, dermato fibrosarcoma, gastrointestinal stromal tumors gist, and Kaposi sarcoma.
- Bone cancer: such as osteosarcoma, chondrosarcoma, Ewing sarcoma
- Skin: basal cell carcinoma, squamous cell carcinoma, melanoma
- CNS cancers
- Other cancers such as primary occult cancers, malignant peritoneal and pleural mesothelioma, Merkel cell carcinoma, thymoma, thymic carcinoma.
Hematology:
- Leukemia: acute, such as acute myeloid leukemia AML, acute lymphoblastic leukemia ALL, and chronic, such as chronic myeloid leukemia CML, chronic lymphocytic leukemia CII, hairy cell leukemia, LGL leukemia
- Lymphoma: B cell lymphomas such as Hodgkin lymphoma or non-Hodgkin lymphomas: diffuse large B Cell Lymphoma DLNCL, follicular lymphoma, mantle cell lymphoma, Burkitt lymphoma, primary cutaneous lymphoma, and T-cell lymphomas
- Multiple myeloma
- Myelodysplastic syndromes
- Myeloproliferative neoplasms: polycythemia vera, essential thrombocythemia, myelofibrosis
- Anemia of all types: iron deficiency, B12 deficiency, folate deficiency
- Hemoglobinopathies: such as thalassemia, sickle cell disease
- Coagulation and bleeding disorders: deep vein thromboses, congenital or acquired hemophilia, Von Willebrand disease, HITT
- Platelet disorders such as idiopathic thrombocytopenic purpura (ITP)
- Other hematological diseases: elevated white count, decreased white count, hemochromatosis, porphyria, amyloidosis, systemic Masto cytosis, Wald Enstrom macroglobulinemia