Education and Training
- American Board of Medical Oncology, University of Minnesota, USA
- American Board of Hematology, University of Minnesota, USA
- American Board of Internal Medicine, University of Illinois at Chicago (UIC), USA
- Fellowship in Medical Oncology and Hematology, University of Minnesota, USA
- Internship and Residency in Internal Medicine, University of Illinois at Chicago, (UIC), USA
- Bachelor of Medicine and Surgery (M.B, B.S), University of Jordan, Faculty of Medicine, Amman, Jordan
Professional Posts
- Consultant, Medical Oncology and Hematology
- Professor of Medicine, Hematology & Oncology, University of Jordan (2016-2019)
- Director, Lymphoma Program. King Hussein Cancer Center (KHCC) (2004-2016)
- Head, Lymphoma and Neuro-Oncology Service. King Hussein Cancer Center (2004-2016)
Professional Memberships
- American Society of Clinical Oncology (ASCO)
- American Society of Hematology (ASH)
- European Society of Medical Oncology (ESMO)
- European Hematology Association (EHA)
- Jordanian Medical Association (JMA)
Specialties and Scope of Service
- Medical Oncology
- Hematology
- Lymphoma and lymphoid neoplasms
- Novel cancer therapeutics
- Immunotherapy
- Biological therapy
- Stem cell plasticity
- Chemotherapy
- Survivorship\
Professional Profile
Dr Alaa Addasi studied medicine in The Faculty of Medicine in the University of Jordan. He did his Internal Medicine Residency in the University of Illinois at Chicago, where his research focused on microsatellite instability in radiation induced cancer. He then moved to the University of Minnesota where he did his fellowships in Hematology and Medical Oncology, in addition to his research on the stem cell plasticity of Multipotent Adult Progenitor Cells in the Stem Cell Institute of the same university. He is Triple American Boarded in Internal Medicine, Hematology and Medical Oncology. He returned to Jordan in 2003, where he joined King Hussein Cancer Centre as a Consultant Hematologist and Medical Oncologist, and as the Director of the Lymphoma Service that he established. He has dedicated the last 2 decades of his life to the management and study of Cancer in Jordan, including its epidemiology, pathology, outcomes, survival, and the late complications of cancer patients in the country. In 2016, Dr Addasi initiated his own Hematology, Oncology, Lymphoma, and Survivorship Clinics in Al-Khalidi Medical Plaza, before moving his clinics fully to the Abdali Hospital in the Clemenceau Network.
