Dr. Hamdy A. Mohtaseb, MD, FACP

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Get to know Hematologist-Oncologist Dr. Hamdy A. Mohtaseb, who serves patients in Bullhead City, Arizona.

A determined hematologist-oncologist, Dr. Mohtaseb is the Owner & Operator of Dr. Mohtaseb – Cancer Center & Blood Disorders in Bullhead, Arizona.

Having gained outstanding experience as a clinician and decision maker, he has superb bedside manner and treats each patient with compassion and respect. His philosophy emphasizes both the ethics and the individualized approach that he likes to be treated with. Dr. Mohtaseb understands that each patient is unique, physically and emotionally. He listens, analyzes, and then makes his decision in management. He addresses all his patients’ concerns and questions.

During evaluation and treatment of their disease, he fully understands the fears and anxiety that most patients experience. Dr. Mohtaseb and his staff have a clear understanding of a patient’s right to get the best treatment, emphasizing their role in sharing their decision. He believes that it is important to instill in each patient the feeling that they are in safe and caring hands.

A graduate of the Faculty of Medicine at Ain Shams University in Cairo, one of the oldest medical schools in the world, Dr. Mohtaseb trained in internal medicine and hematology/oncology at Seton Hall University of West Orange, New Jersey.

His medical career started in Doha, Qatar where he served in the medical services of Hamad General Corporation before he began his four years of residency in internal medicine. In 1993, he continued his career in the United States, where he completed another two years of internal medicine training at St. Joseph’s University Medical Center in Paterson, New Jersey. In 1995, he joined the fellowship of hematology and oncology at St. Joseph’s and St. Michael’s Medical Centers in Newark, New Jersey.

During his oncology fellowship, Dr. Mohtaseb participated in the first cord blood transplant in the state of New Jersey. He received the Gallo Award for Donor Lymphocyte Infusion in relapsed leukemia after allogeneic bone marrow transplant. In 2002, he was awarded Fellowship of the American College of Physicians (FACP), in recognition of his efforts and work in the medical oncology community. 

A Diplomate of the American Board of Internal Medicine, the doctor is board-certified in both internal medicine and medical oncology. 

In 1999, Dr. Mohtaseb founded the Hematology Oncology Associates of North Jersey, LLC in Wayne, New Jersey and in 2006, he moved to Arizona where he joined Kingman Regional Medical Center’s (KRMC) Cancer Center. After spending 3 years with KRMC, he opened Dr. Mohtaseb – Cancer Center & Blood Disorders in Kingman, Arizona, in 2009.

Among his professional affiliations, he is a member of the American Society of Medical Oncology, the American Society of Hematology, and the American Medical Association.

Hematology is the branch of medicine concerned with the study of the cause, prognosis, treatment, and prevention of diseases related to blood. Oncology is a branch of medicine that deals with the prevention, diagnosis, and treatment of cancer. A hematologist-oncologist is a physician who specializes in the diagnosis, treatment, or prevention of cancer, malignant blood diseases such as leukemia, lymphoma, and multiple myeloma, and blood disorders such as iron-deficiency anemia, clotting abnormalities, hemophilia, and sickle-cell disease.

On a more personal note, Dr. Mohtaseb speaks several languages, including English, Arabic, and Spanish.

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