Dr. Adetola A Kassim MD
Oncologist | Medical Oncology
2665 The Vanderbilt Clinic Nashville TN, 37232Rating
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About
Dr. Adetola Kassim is an oncologist practicing in Nashville, TN. Dr. Kassim specializes in the care and treatment of patients with cancer. As an oncologist, Dr. Kassim manages and oversees the treatment of a cancer patient after he or she has been diagnosed with the disease. Oncologists will care for their patients throughout the course of the disease. Types of oncologists include medical oncologists, surgical oncologists, radiation oncologists, gynecologic oncologists, pediatric oncologists and hematologist oncologists.
Education and Training
University of Lagos / College of Medicine 1988
University Lagos Medicine
Board Certification
Internal MedicineAmerican Board of Internal MedicineABIM- Hematology
Internal MedicineAmerican Board of Internal MedicineABIM- 1997
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Expert Publications
Data provided by the National Library of Medicine- Acute priapism associated with the use of sildenafil in a patient with sickle cell trait.
- Megalophallus as a sequela of priapism in sickle cell anemia: use of blood oxygen level-dependent magnetic resonance imaging.
- Regulatory T cell expression of CLA or α(4)β(7) and skin or gut acute GVHD outcomes.
- Predicting posttransplantation diabetes mellitus by regulatory T-cell phenotype: implications for metabolic intervention to modulate alloreactivity.
- Geographic distance is not associated with inferior outcome when using long-term transplant clinic strategy.
- Evolving paradigms in the treatment of relapsed/refractory multiple myeloma: increased options and increased complexity.
- Non-invasive imaging of oxygen extraction fraction in adults with sickle cell anaemia.
- Alternative donor allogeneic hematopoietic cell transplantation for hemoglobinopathies.
- Epidemiology and treatment of relative anemia in children with sickle cell disease in sub-Saharan Africa.
- Validation of International Chronic Ocular Graft-Versus-Host Disease (GVHD) Group Diagnostic Criteria as a Chronic Ocular GVHD-Specific Metric.
- Validation of International Chronic Ocular Graft-Versus-Host Disease (GVHD) Group Diagnostic Criteria as a Chronic Ocular GVHD-Specific Metric.
- Risk Factors for 30-Day Readmission in Adults with Sickle Cell Disease.
- Hematopoietic stem cell transplantation for sickle cell disease: The changing landscape.
- Hematopoietic stem cell transplantation for acute myeloid leukemia: A review.
- The policy of the Peoples Democratic Republic of South Yemen concerning the feeding of boarding school children.
Clinical Trials
Fellowships
- Johns Hopkins Hospital and Health System 1999
- (Hematology/Oncology), MONTEFIORE MEDICAL CENTER/ALBERT EINSTEIN COLLEGE OF MEDICINE, BRONX, NY 1995
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