Dr. Sahibu Sultan Murtaza Habeebu, MD, PhD

Expert Publications

• Chronic combined exposure to cadmium and arsenic exacerbates nephrotoxicity, particularly in metallothionein-I/II null mice.
• Metallothionein-I/II null mice are sensitive to chronic oral cadmium-induced nephrotoxicity.
• Promotion of thyroid tumors in rats by pregnenolone-16alpha-carbonitrile (PCN)

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Get to know Pediatric Pathologist Dr. Sahibu Sultan Murtaza Habeebu, who serves patients in Kansas City, Missouri.

A trusted pediatric pathologist, Dr. Habeebu serves as the Associate Director of the Pediatric Pathology Fellowship Program and Director of Molecular Pathology Services at Children’s Mercy Kansas City.

Originally from Nigeria, he received his medical degree from the University of Lagos and completed his residency in anatomic pathology at the Lagos University Teaching Hospital. He continued his residency training at the University of London/Royal London Hospital in the United Kingdom, before relocating to the United States, where he completed his pathology residency at the University of Kansas Medical Center.

Subsequently, Dr. Habeebu completed his fellowship in molecular genetic pathology at the Baylor College of Medicine/Texas Children’s Hospital, and completed his fellowship in pediatric pathology at Children’s Mercy Kansas City.

With an unwavering commitment to his profession, the doctor is board-certified in anatomic & clinical pathology, and molecular genetic pathology by the American Board of Pathology (ABPath). The mission of the ABPath is to promote the health of the public and advance the practice and science of pathology by establishing voluntary certification standards and assessing the qualifications of those seeking to practice the specialty of pathology.

Passionate about teaching, he is an Associate Professor of Pathology at the University of Missouri-Kansas City School of Medicine, and a Clinical Assistant Professor of Pathology at the University of Kansas School of Medicine.

Pathology is a branch of medicine that involves the study and diagnosis of diseases through direct gross and microscopic tissue analyses (e.g. of biopsies). Pathologists also analyze various body fluids (e.g. blood) and whole bodies (autopsies). Pathologists are physicians who specialize in the diagnosis of diseases using laboratory methods.

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