Haifaa Abdulhaq, MD

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    Haifaa Abdulhaq, M.D.
    Clinical Professor, UCSF

    Haifaa Abdulhaq, M.D. is Clinical Professor in Hematology and Oncology, UCSF and she is the director of hematology at UCSF Fresno and the director of Hematology/Oncology fellowship program at UCSF Fresno. She is board certified in hematology and medical oncology with expertise in Malignant Hematology including Lymphoproliferative neoplasms, Myeloproliferative neoplasms, Acute Leukemia, Multiple Myeloma and interest in Stem Cell transplantation.

    Dr. Abdulhaq completed her residency in internal medicine and fellowship in hematology & oncology at Western Pennsylvania Hospital and Allegheny General Hospital in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.

    She is a member of The American Society of Hematology, the American Board of Internal Medicine, the American Society of Clinical Oncology and the American Society of Blood and Bone Marrow Transplantation. Dr. Abdulhaq is a board member of the Leukemia and Lymphoma Society, Central California Chapter and she also serves as the chair of Cancer Committee at Community Medical Centers.

    Dr. Abdulhaq has special interest in medical education. She is a recipient of Henry Kaiser Award for Excellence in teaching at UCSF . She is also interested in clinical research and serves as the principal investigator on many clinical trials in malignant hematology.

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    1. Targeted Treatment of Adults with Relapsed or Refractory Diffuse Large B-Cell Lymphoma (DLBCL): Tafasitamab in Context. Onco Targets Ther. 2023; 16:617-629. Abdulhaq H, Hwang A, Mahmood O. PMID: 37492075; PMCID: PMC10364833.
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    2. Impact of Thiotepa-Based Autologous Hematopoietic Cell Transplantation in Primary Central Nervous System Lymphoma in First Complete Remission: A University of California Hematologic Malignancies Consortium Retrospective Analysis. Clin Lymphoma Myeloma Leuk. 2023 10; 23(10):749-756. Othman T, Quan MA, Zhang S, Gaut D, Young PA, Mahmood O, Abdulhaq H, Shieh K, Reid J, Brem EA, Hariharan N, Heyman B, Tuscano J. PMID: 37336714.
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    3. Benefit Versus Risk Assessment of Melflufen and Dexamethasone in Relapsed/Refractory Multiple Myeloma: Analyses From Longer Follow-up of the OCEAN and HORIZON Studies. Clin Lymphoma Myeloma Leuk. 2023 09; 23(9):687-696. Sonneveld P, Richardson PG, Ludwig H, Dimopoulos MA, Schjesvold FH, Hájek R, Abdulhaq H, Thuresson M, Norin S, Bakker NA, Mateos MV. PMID: 37355418.
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    4. Disparities in Somatic Mutations and Outcomes in Primary Central Nervous System Lymphoma Comparing Patients of Hispanic and Non-Hispanic Ethnicity. 2022; 140(supplement):3553-3554. Haifaa Abdulhaq, Omar Mahmood, Calvin Kuan Jung Chen, Azra Borogovac, Matthew Wieduwilt, Anand Annan, Yueqi Yan, Maher Albitar. View Publication.
    5. Characteristics and Outcomes of Multiple Myeloma in Hispanic Versus Non-Hispanic Patients in Central California. Blood. 2022 Nov 15; 140(Supplement 1):12568-12569. Hwang HA, Park PD, Doornenbal DJ, Bal BI, Bukari BS, Yan YY, Abdulhaq AH. .
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    6. A Phase II Trial of the Combination of Obinutuzumab, Venetoclax, and Ibrutinib in Patients with Previously Untreated Follicular Lymphoma. Blood. 2022 Nov 15; 140(Supplement 1):11954-11955. Othman OT, Rosenberg RA, Timmerman TJ, Heyman HB, Abdulhaq AH, Tuscano TJ. .
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    7. OCEAN (OP-103): Melflufen/Dexamethasone Compared Wth Pomalidomide/Dexamethasone in Patients with Relapsed/Refractory Multiple Myeloma - Subgroup Analysis in Patients Refractory to Prior Alkylators. Blood. 2022 Nov 15; 140(Supplement 1):12607-12609. Schjesvold SF, Ludwig LH, Mateos MM, Abdulhaq AH, Norin NS, Thuresson TM, Bakker BN, Richardson RP, Sonneveld SP. .
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    8. Disparities in Somatic Mutations and Outcomes in Primary Central Nervous System Lymphoma Comparing Patients of Hispanic and Non-Hispanic Ethnicity. Blood. 2022 Nov 15; 140(Supplement 1):3553-3554. Abdulhaq AH, Mahmood MO, Chen CC, Borogovac BA, Wieduwilt WM, Annan AA, Yan YY, Albitar AM. .
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    9. Impact of Timing of Autologous Hematopoietic Cell Transplantation in Primary Central Nervous System Lymphoma: A University of California Hematologic Malignancies Consortium Retrospective Analysis. Blood. 2022 Nov 15; 140(Supplement 1):4851-4852. Othman OT, Quan QM, Zhang ZS, Gaut GD, Young YP, Abdulhaq AH, Shieh SK, Reid RJ, Brem BE, Heyman HB, Tuscano TJ. .
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    10. Avoiding Daratumumab Interference with Blood Typing. Blood. 2022 Nov 15; 140(Supplement 1):13076-13077. Huang HC, Boulbol BF, Bekal BS, Policepatil PS, Abdulhaq AH, Bukari BS. .
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    11. Poster: ABCL-051 realMIND: A Prospective, Multicenter, Observational Study of Patients With Relapsed/Refractory Diffuse Large B-Cell Lymphoma Starting Second/Third-Line Therapy and Not Receiving a Stem Cell Transplant. Clinical Lymphoma Myeloma & Leukemia. 2022 Oct 1; 22:s171. Flowers FC, Burke BJ, Vukcevic VM, Snodgrass SS, Saverno SK, Lumiqued LM, Abdulhaq AH, Brem BE, Evens EA, Farooq FU, Porcu PP, Shadman SM. .
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    12. ABCL-051 realMIND: A Prospective, Multicenter, Observational Study of Patients With Relapsed/Refractory Diffuse Large B-Cell Lymphoma Starting Second/Third-Line Therapy and Not Receiving a Stem Cell Transplant. Clinical Lymphoma Myeloma & Leukemia. 2022 Oct 1; 22:s355-s356. Flowers FC, Burke BJ, Vukcevic VM, Snodgrass SS, Saverno SK, Lumiqued LM, Abdulhaq AH, Brem BE, Evens EA, Farooq FU, Porcu PP, Shadman SM. .
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    13. Evaluation of pulmonary toxicities in lymphoma patients receiving brentuximab vedotin. Leuk Lymphoma. 2022 Dec; 63(12):3008-3011. Guan T, Lo M, Young R, Ai W, Boulbol F, Mouanoutoua H, Chu R, Andreadis C, Kaplan L, Abdulhaq H, Fakhri B. PMID: 35875857.
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    14. R-CHOP Vs DA-EPOCH-R for Double-Expressor Lymphoma: A University of California Hematologic Malignancies Consortium Retrospective Analysis. Clin Lymphoma Myeloma Leuk. 2022 10; 22(10):e947-e957. Othman T, Penaloza J, Zhang S, Daniel CE, Gaut D, Oliai C, Brem EA, Baweja A, Ly J, Reid J, Pinter-Brown L, Lee M, Abdulhaq H, Tuscano J. PMID: 35858904.
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    15. Daratumumab, Lenalidomide, and Dexamethasone (DRD), an Active Regimen in the Treatment of Immunosuppression-Associated Plasmablastic Lymphoma (PBL) in the Setting of Gorham's Lymphangiomatosis: Review of the Literature. Case Rep Hematol. 2022; 2022:8331766. Lee M, Martin BA, Abdulhaq H. PMID: 35795542; PMCID: PMC9252825.
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    16. Clinicopathological characteristics of high-risk multiple myeloma in Hispanic versus non-Hispanic patients in central California. Journal of Clinical Oncology. 2022; 40(16-suppl). Andrew Hwang, Jason Doornenbal, Daniel Park, Inderpreet Bal, Mohammed SANI Bukari, Yueqi Yan, Haifaa Abdulhaq. . View Publication.
    17. Clinicopathological characteristics of high-risk multiple myeloma in Hispanic versus non-Hispanic patients in central California. Journal of Clinical Oncology. 2022 Jun 1; 40(16_suppl):8056-8056. Hwang HA, Doornenbal DJ, Park PD, Bal BI, Bukari BM, Yan YY, Abdulhaq AH. .
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    18. First-Line Treatment with R-CHOP Vs Dose-Adjusted R-EPOCH for Double-Expressor Lymphoma: A University of California Hematologic Malignancies Consortium Retrospective Analysis. Blood. 2021 Nov 5; 138(Supplement 1):2509-2509. Othman OT, Penaloza PJ, Brem BE, Pinter-Brown PL, Baweja BA, Lee LM, Ly LJ, Reid RJ, Abdulhaq AH, Gaut GD, Oliai OC, Reid RE, Tuscano TJ. .
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    19. Evaluation of Pulmonary Toxicities in Lymphoma Patients Receiving Brentuximab Vedotin. Blood. 2021 Nov 5; 138(Supplement 1):2511-2511. Guan GT, Lo LM, Young YR, Boulbol BF, Mouanoutoua MH, Chu CR, Ai AW, Abdulhaq AH, Fakhri FB. .
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    20. OCEAN (OP-103): Melflufen/Dexamethasone (Dex) Compared with Pomalidomide (Pom)/Dex in Patients (Pts) with Relapsed/Refractory Multiple Myeloma (RRMM) - Safety and Tolerability Analyses. Blood. 2021 Nov 5; 138(Supplement 1):2732-2732. Richardson RP, Schjesvold SF, Abdulhaq AH, Coriu CD, Lazzaro LA, Sonneveld SP, Kullenburg KT, Harmenberg HJ, Thuresson TM, Byrne BC, Mateos MM. .
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    21. Ethnic Variation in Hospitalized COVID-19 Patients and Correlation with Coagulopathy, Thrombosis, Prognosis and 30 Day Mortality Outcomes in California's Central Valley. Blood. 2021 Nov 5; 138(Supplement 1):4074-4074. Huang HC, Mahmood MO, Mills MP, Amini AM, Bekal BS, Doornenbal DJ, Bukari BS, Abejie AY, Abdulhaq AH. .
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    22. Clinicopathologic Characteristic and Natural History of Patients with Non Hereditary, Non Polycythemia Vera (NH/NPV) Persistent Polycythemia. Blood. 2021 Nov 5; 138(Supplement 1):4617-4617. Mahmood MO, Mouanoutoua MH, Saini ST, Okura OM, Noori NM, Almasri AN, Abdulhaq AH, Bukari BS. .
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    23. Diversity of genetic alterations of primary central nervous system lymphoma in Hispanic versus non-Hispanic patients. Cancer Treat Res Commun. 2021; 27:100310. Barakat M, Albitar M, Whitney R, Abdulhaq H. PMID: 33581493.
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    24. Efficacy of Venetoclax and Dexamethasone in Refractory IgM Primary Plasma Cell Leukemia with t(11;14) and TP53 Mutation: A Case Report and Literature Review. Case Rep Hematol. 2020; 2020:8823877. Valliani S, Ali M, Mahmoo O, Hinduja S, Chen CK, Damon L, Abdulhaq H. PMID: 33425404; PMCID: PMC7781713.
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    25. Using Targeted RNA Next Generation Sequencing and Differential Expression to Compare Primary Central Nervous System Lymphoma with CD+ DLBCL, Nodal DLBCL and EBV+ DLBCL. Blood. 2020 Nov 5; 136(Supplement 1):22-22. Abdulhaq AH, Albitar AM. .
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    26. Clinicopathological Features of Double-Hit and Double-Expressor Lymphomas in Hispanics Versus Non-Hispanics in Central California. 2020; 20:S262-S263. MatthewLee, TannerMortenson, MahboubNoori, DianaMoers, Mohammed Bukari, HaifaaAbdulhaq. View Publication.
    27. ABCL-078: Clinicopathological Features of Double-Hit and Double-Expressor Lymphomas in Hispanics Versus Non-Hispanics in Central California. Clinical Lymphoma Myeloma & Leukemia. 2020 Sep 1; 20:s262-s263. Lee LM, Mortenson MT, Noori NM, Moers MD, Bukari BM, Abdulhaq AH. .
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    28. ABCL-407: Daratumumab, Lenalidomide, and Dexamethasone (DRD), an Active Regimen in the Treatment of Sirolimus-Associated Plasmablastic Lymphoma (PBL) in the Setting of Gorham's Lymphangiomatosis: A Case Report. Clinical Lymphoma Myeloma & Leukemia. 2020 Sep 1; 20:s275. Lee LM, Martin MB, Abdulhaq AH. .
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    29. Positive Response to Fluorouracil and Oxaliplatin in Signet Ring Cell Adenocarcinoma of the Bladder Presenting With Retroperitoneal Fibrosis. Cureus. 2020 Jul 21; 12(7):e9322. Hinduja S, Abdulhaq H, Valliani S, Ali MM. PMID: 32850200; PMCID: PMC7444851.
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    30. Clinicopathologic profile of extramedullary plasmacytoma in Central Valley. Journal of Clinical Oncology. 2020 May 20; 38(15_suppl):e20551-e20551. Valliani VS, Barakat BM, Gill GH, Okudo OJ, Abdulhaq AH, Bukari BM. .
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    31. Clinicopathologic and molecular profile of Philadelphia like ALL in Hispanic population of Central Valley California. Journal of Clinical Oncology. 2020 May 20; 38(15_suppl):7524-7524. Akabane AH, Ali AM, Abdulhaq AH, Bukari BM. .
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    32. Leukemic infiltration in the settings of acute respiratory failure. Oxf Med Case Reports. 2019 Nov; 2019(11):482-485. Fayed M, Evans T, Abdulhaq H. PMID: 31844533; PMCID: PMC6902626.
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    33. Leukemic infiltration in the settings of acute respiratory failure. Oxford Medical Case Reports. 2019 Nov 1; 2019(11):482-485. Fayed FM, Evans ET, Abdulhaq AH. .
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    34. Molecular profiling of primary central nervous system lymphoma as compared to activated B-cell subtype of diffuse large B-cell lymphoma. Journal of Clinical Oncology. 2019 May 20; 37(15_suppl):7549-7549. Barakat BM, Albitar AM, Xu-Monette XZ, Young YK, Abdulhaq AH. .
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    35. Diversity of genetic alterations of primary central nervous system lymphoma in Hispanic versus non-Hispanic population. Journal of Clinical Oncology. 2019 May 20; 37(15_suppl):7535-7535. Barakat BM, Albitar AM, Whitney WR, Chen CC, Kuo KY, Silveira SW, Bukari BM, Arekapudi AS, Dhaliwal-Binning DK, Abdulhaq AH. .
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    36. Potential of Germline CDKN2A I49T as a Targetable Driver Mutation: Prolonged Control of Refractory Osteosarcoma with CDK4/6 Inhibitor in a Familial Cancer. Journal of Carcinogenesis & Mutagenesis. 2019 Jan 1; 10(1). Tehrani TO, Abdulhaq AH, Delozier DC. .
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    37. Venetoclax in Combination with Decitabine for Relapsed T-Cell Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia after Allogeneic Hematopoietic Cell Transplant. Case Rep Hematol. 2018; 2018:6092646. Rahmat LT, Nguyen A, Abdulhaq H, Prakash S, Logan AC, Mannis GN. PMID: 30225152; PMCID: PMC6129347.
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    38. A rare case of rosai-dorfman disease in an adult male associated with auto-immune hemolytic anemia. Mediterr J Hematol Infect Dis. 2013; 5(1):e2013022. Sachdeva M, Abdulhaq H. PMID: 23667720; PMCID: PMC3647709.
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    39. Zosteriform Rash as the First Sign of Metastatic Non-small Cell Carcinoma of the Lung (A Case Report. CHEST Journal. 2011 Oct 1; 140(4):59a-59b. Tabassomi TM, Abdulhaq AH, Almasri AE, Hashemi HN. .
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    40. Viability and potency of hematopoietic progenitor cells after prolonged cryopreservation at -80°C. Acta Haematol. 2011; 126(2):99-102. Costa R, Khattab M, Gilmore GL, Sahovic EA, Miller SM, Rossetti JM, Abdulhaq H, Lister J. PMID: 21576935.
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    41. Activity of azacitidine in chronic myelomonocytic leukemia. Cancer. 2011 Jun 15; 117(12):2690-6. Costa R, Abdulhaq H, Haq B, Shadduck RK, Latsko J, Zenati M, Atem FD, Rossetti JM, Sahovic EA, Lister J. PMID: 21656746.
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    42. Viability And Potency Of Hematopoietic Progenitor Cells After Prolonged Cryopreservation At -80 °C. Biology of Blood and Marrow Transplantation. 2010 Feb 1; 16(2):s167. Khattab KM, Gilmore GG, Sahovic SE, Miller MS, Rossetti RJ, Abdulhaq AH, Lister LJ. .
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    43. Azacitidine in the Treatment of Elderly Patients with Acute Myelogenous Leukemia. Blood. 2009 Nov 20; 114(22):4164-4164. Benjamin BH, Rossetti RJ, Lampkin LA, Hilton HC, Sahovic SE, Abdulhaq AH, Shadduck SR, Vemulapalli VN, Hercules HA, Lister LJ. .
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    44. Safety of adjuvant endocrine therapy in postmenopausal women with breast cancer. Am J Clin Oncol. 2008 Dec; 31(6):595-605. Abdulhaq H, Geyer C. PMID: 19060594.
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    45. Azacitidine in the Treatment of Elderly Patients with Acute Myelogenous Leukemia. Blood. 2008 Nov 16; 112(11):4041-4041. Labban LG, Rossetti RJ, Shadduck SR, Sahovic SE, Abdulhaq AH, Goy GJ, Wilt WL, Wonder WR, Lister LJ. .
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    46. Activity of Azacitidine (AZA) in Chronic Myelomonocytic Leukemeia (CMML). Blood. 2008 Nov 16; 112(11):5072-5072. Abdulhaq AH, Haq HB, Rossetti RJ, Shadduck SR, Sahovic SE, Christianson CD, Lister LJ. .
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    47. The role of azacitidine in the treatment of myelodysplastic syndromes. Expert Opin Investig Drugs. 2007 Dec; 16(12):1967-75. Abdulhaq H, Rossetti JM. PMID: 18042004.
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    48. Erythroid variant of chronic myelogenous leukemia. Leukemia. 2008 Apr; 22(4):867-70. Talreja N, Abdulhaq H, Shadduck RK, Rossetti J, Jalil A, Makary A, Lister J. PMID: 18033324.
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    49. Recent advances in myelodysplastic syndromes. Exp Hematol. 2007 Apr; 35(4 Suppl 1):137-43. Shadduck RK, Latsko JM, Rossetti JM, Haq B, Abdulhaq H. PMID: 17379099.
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    50. Response to azacitidine (AZA) in patients with secondary myelodysplastic syndrome. Journal of Clinical Oncology. 2006 Jun 20; 24(18_suppl):6578-6578. Abdulhaq AH, Haq HB, Rossetti RJ, Lister LJ, Shadduck SR. .
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