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MHD Sadek Almiski

MHD Sadek Almiski 
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DABP,MD,FRCPC

Medical Director of Transfusion Medicine and Senior Hematopathologist Years Of Experience: 25

  • About the Physician

    Muhamad Sadek Almiski has served as Medical Director of Transfusion Medicine and Senior Hematopathologist at Sidra Medicine since August 2023, after working from 2010 to 2023 at Shared Health Manitoba, University of Manitoba, and Canadian Blood Services.

    He worked for short terms in other Canadian institutions, including St John Eastern Health, Vancouver General Hospital, Saskatoon Royal University Hospital, and Kelowna General Hospital.

     

    Languages Spoken

    English, Arabic, French

    Years Of Experience
    25
    Education
    • MD, Damascus University, 1994-2000
    • Pathology Residency, American University of Beirut, 2000-2004
    • Anatomic & Clinical Pathology Residency, Wayne State University, Michigan 2004-2008
    • Hematopathology & Cytopathology Fellowships, Parkland Hospital & University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas 2008-2010
    • Diplomate of the American Board of Pathology (DABP) in Anatomic & Clinical Pathology, Hematology, and Cytopathology, USA
    • Fellow of The Royal College of Physicians of Canada (FRCPC), Canada
    Areas of Interest
    • Pathology Education
    • Transfusion Medicine
    • Leukemia & Lymphoma
    • Benign Hematopathology
    • Flowcytometry
    Medical Publications
    1. Aktar A, Shan L, Koussih L, Almiski MS, Basu S, Halayko A, Okwor I, Uzonna JE, Gounni AS. PlexinD1 deficiency in lung interstitial macrophages exacerbates house dust mite-induced allergic asthma. J Immunol. 2022 Mar;208(5):1272-9. https://doi.org/10.4049/jimmunol.2100089
    2. Deschambault Y, Soule G, Klassen L, Sloan A, Audet J, Azaransky K, Musa AS, Ahmad A, Akinpelu AM, Mba N, Stein DR, Ranson M, Almiski M, Tierney K, Fischer G, Chan M, Safronetz D. An outbred guinea pig disease model for lassa fever using a host-adapted clade III Nigerian Lassa virus. Viruses. 2023 Mar;15(3). https://doi.org/10.3390/v15030769
    3. Almiski MS, Ng DP, Moltzan C, Francischetti IM, Sellen LD. Pax-5 negative B-cell Lymphoma. Human Pathology: Case Reports. 2021 2021/09/01/;25:200474. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ehpc.2021.200474
    4. Drews SJ, Van Caeseele P, Bullard J, Lindsay LR, Gaziano T, Zeller MP, Lane D, Ndao M, Allen VG, Boggild AK, O'Brien SF, Marko D, Musuka C, Almiski M, Bigham M. Babesia microti in a Canadian blood donor and lookback in a red blood cell recipient. Vox Sang. 2022 Mar;117(3):438-41. https://doi.org/10.1111/vox.13198
    5. Chapman S, Almiski MS, Marko D, Sekiguchi D, Dawson AJ, Keijzer R, Fromm J, Israels SJ. Skin lesions as a presenting feature of dimorphic t-lymphoblastic leukemia in an adolescent male. J Pediatr Hematol Oncol. 2023 May;45(4):209-12. https://doi.org/10.1097/mph.0000000000002659