PAUL J. SHAMI, MD

Languages Spoken: English, French, Arabic

Dr. Paul Shami is a Professor of Medicine in the Division of Hematology and Hematologic Malignancies at the University of Utah and is a Member and Clinical Investigator at the University’s Huntsman Cancer Institute (HCI). Dr. Shami also holds an Adjunct appointment as a Professor of Pharmaceutics and Pharmaceutical Chemistry at the University of Utah. He is Board Certified in Hematology and Medical Oncology. He started at the University of Utah in 1997. Dr. Shami oversees leukemia clinical trials at Huntsman Cancer Institute. His research also includes different strategies in drug discovery and drug development. Because of his expertise in the treatment of blood cancers, he serves or has served on the Acute Myeloid Leukemia, Chronic Myelogenous Leukemia and Myelodysplastic Syndrome panels of the National Cancer Center Network (NCCN). These NCCN panels develop guidelines that are followed nationally and internationally for the treatment of cancer.