Amal Abu Gosh

Consultant of Pediatric Hematology and Oncology

Education and Training

M.B./B.S. University of Jordan, Jordan
M.Sc. Pediatrics, University of Jordan, Jordan
Fellowship, Pediatric Hematology Oncology: CHOC, USA
Fellowship, Pediatric Hematology Oncology: NIH and Georgetown University Medical Center, USA
Resident, Pediatrics, University of Texas Medical Branch (UTMB) - Galveston, USA
Resident, Pediatrics, Jordan University Hospital (JUH), Jordan

Board Certifications

Jordan Board of Pediatrics
American Board of Pediatrics
American Board of Pediatric Hematology Oncology

Experience

2018-Present Consultant, Director of the Pediatric Leukemia Program, KHCC, Jordan
2016-2018 Division Chief, Pediatric Hematology Oncology, Lifebridge-Health Sinai Hospital, USA
2015-2016 Interim Chief, Pediatric Hematology Oncology, Georgetown University Medical Center, USA
2999-2015 Attending Physician, Pediatric Hematology Oncology at Georgetown University Medical Center, USA
2015-2016 Director of the Leukemia Lymphoma Program at Georgetown University Medical Center, USA
2001-2015 Co-Director of the Leukemia Lymphoma Program, Georgetown University Medical Center, USA
2004-2015 Director of the Retinoblastoma Program, Georgetown University Medical Center, USA
2007-2016 Director of the Outpatient Peds Heme oncology Clinic at Georgetown University Medical Center, USA

Professional Memberships

KHCC:

Credentials and Privileges Committee Education Committee
Survivorship Committee
MDACC-AUB-KHCC Connecting Through Research Meeting

Sinai Hospital:

CME Committee
Chemotherapy Task Force
Antibiotic Stewardship Committee
Resident Evaluation C3 Committee
Oncology Performance Improvement Committee
Pediatric QI/QA committee
Scientific Advisory Board, Children's Cancer Foundation, Baltimore, MD, USA (Former)

Georgetown University Medical Center:

Pediatric QI/QA
Parent Advisory Board
Chemotherapy Advisory Committee
Blood Utilization Committee

Awards And Honors

2004: Caring Star Award, Georgetown University Medical Center
2007: Caring Star Award, Georgetown University Medical Center
2006 & 2007: Excellene in Teaching Award, Georgetown University School of Medicine
2014: First recipient of the Lombardi Hero Award: Georgetown University medical Center/Lombardi Cancer Center

Publications

A Abu-Ghosh, S Goldman, V Sloan, C van de Ven, J Joubran, Y Suen, L Murphy, L Sender, M S Cairo. Analysis of immune recovery and mediators associated with acute graft versus host disease (aGVHD) during the first one hundred days following unrelated umbilical cord blood transplant (UCBT) in children. Bone Marrow Transplantation 24: 535-544, 1999.
Abu-Ghosh, S. Goldman, M. Krailo, I Rimm, G. Davenport, E Morris, J. Laver, G. Reaman, M. Cairo. Excellent response (91%) to Ifosfamide, Carboplatin, and Etoposide in children with relapsed Wilm’s tumor. Annals of Oncology, Mar; 13 (3): 460-9, 2002.
K Braithwaite, BS, A Abu-Ghosh, MD, L Anderson, RN, BSN, MS Cairo, MD. The use of Interleukin-11 to treat severe thrombocytopenia associated with Wiscott-Aldrich Syndrome prior to allogeneic stem cell transplantation : Decreased bleeding and platelet transfusions. Journal of Pediatric Hematology/Oncology, May- June; 24 (4): 323-6, 2002.
Baker SB, Parikh PM, Rhodes DN, Abu-Ghosh A, Shad AT. Aggressive central giant cell lesion of the maxilla: surgical management and the use of adjuvant interferon alfa-2a. Plast Reconstr Surg. 2008 Aug;122(2):77e-9e
M Scala, A Abu-Ghosh, B Kallakury et al. Severe Congenital Systemic Juvenile Xanthogranuloma (JXG) Successfully treated with Langerhans Cell Histiocytosis (LCH) based Chemotherapy. September, 2012; Submitted to Journal of Pediatric Hematology and Oncology.
Nivolumab is Tolerated and Effective Post-Haploidentical HSCT Relapse of Refractory Hodgkin Lymphoma: A Case Report. AT Shad; JS Huo, C Darcy, A Abu-Ghosh, G Esposito, AR Chen, NJ Llosa: Biology of Blood and Marrow Transplantation 22 (3), S232, March 2016
Tolerance and effectiveness of Nivolumab after Pediatric T-cell replete haploidentical bone marrow transplantation: A case report. AT Shad; JS Huo, C Darcy, A Abu-Ghosh, G Esposito, AR Chen, NJ Llosa. Pediatric Blood and Cancer. September 2016

Books or Chapters:

A Abu-Ghosh, F Bracho, I Kirov, MS Cairo. Hamatopoietic Colony-Stimulating Factors. Textbook of Critical Care, 4^th edition, Grenvik, A, Ayres, SM, Holbrook, PR, Shoemaker, WC, eds, WB Saunders Co., Philadelphia, PA, 542-560, 1999.
A Angiolillo, A. Abu-Ghosh, V Davenport, MS Cairo. General Aspects of Thrombocytopenia, Platelet Transfusions and Thrombopoietic Growth Factors. Consultative Hemostasis and Thrombosis, CS Kitchens, B Alving, C Kessler, ed, WB Saunders Company, Philadelphia, PA 19106, 103-116, 2002
A. M. Abu-Ghosh, J Torestsky: Childhood Cancer. Cancer Encyclopedia, 2007
Aziza T Shad, Amal M Abu-Ghosh. Emergency Management of Lymphoid Malignancies. The Lymphoid Neoplasms, 3^rd Edition, Ian T Magrath, Kishor Bhatia, Paolo Boffetta, Claire Dearden, Volker Diehl, Randy Gascoyne, Hans K Muller-Hermelink, Michael Potter, Ama Rohatiner, eds, Hodder Arnold, London, England, , 847-871, 2010.
Childhood Cancer; S.K. Zollner, A. M. Abu-Ghosh, J. A. Toretsky: Encyclopedia of Cancer 2015

Contact Information

Email Address: aa.13446@khcc.jo
Phone Number: 0096265300460 - 7840