Dr. Atallah graduated from Cairo University School of Medicine in 1994, completed an internal medicine residency at the Cleveland Clinic Health System, and completed a fellowship in hematology/oncology at the Karmanos Cancer Center in Detroit, where he also served as chief fellow. Dr. Atallah went on to complete a leukemia fellowship at M.D. Anderson Cancer Center in Houston, Texas. Dr. Atallah is board certified in internal medicine, medical oncology, and hematology. He has authored numerous publications, including journal articles, meeting abstracts, and a book chapter. In 2007, Dr. Atallah received the American Society of Clinical Oncology Foundation Merit Award. His current research interests are the treatment of patients with chronic myelogenous leukemia, chronic lymphocytic leukemia, acute lymphocytic leukemia, acute myelogenous leukemia, myeloproliferative neoplasms, and myelodysplastic syndromes.
