Omar Shakeel, MD
- Cancer and Blood Disorders
Assistant Professor, Department of Pediatrics, Section of Hematology-Oncology, Baylor College of Medicine
Office location:
Texas Medical Center
6701 Fannin Street
Houston, TX 77030
Get to know Omar Shakeel, MD
Dr. Omar Shakeel completed his pediatric hematology/oncology fellowship training in 2020. He is board certified in general pediatrics by the American Board of Pediatrics. Dr. Shakeel completed his undergraduate education at the University of Florida and later his medical education at the University of Central Florida College of Medicine and residency at Emory University School of Medicine.
Dr. Shakeel believes it is a humbling privilege to help carry and support patients and families through vulnerable times as well as have an opportunity to make a difference through new discoveries. He has an interest in survivorship and evaluating late effect outcomes of treatment.
Education
School | Education | Degree | Year |
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Baylor College of Medicine | Fellowship | Pediatric Hematology-Oncology | 2020 |
Emory University School of Medicine | Residency | Pediatrics | 2017 |
University of Central Florida College of Medicine | Medical School | Doctor of Medicine | 2014 |
University of Florida | Bachelors | Bachelor of Science, Microbiology and Cell Science | 2010 |
Organizations
Organization Name | Role |
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American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) | Member |
American Society of Clinical Oncology (ASCO) | Member |
American Society of Hematology (ASH) | Member |
American Society of Pediatric Hematology/Oncology (ASPHO) | Member |
Children's Oncology Group (COG) | Member, Clinical Translation Task Force |
Children's Oncology Group (COG) | Member, Subsequent Malignancies and Cancer Screening Task Force |
Childhood Cancer Survivor Study | Member, Education Committee |
International Society of Pediatric Oncology (SIOP) | Member |
Board Certifications
American Board of Pediatrics
American Board of Pediatrics - Hematology/Oncology
Honors and awards
- 2020
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Pediatric Research Symposium Research Award, Baylor College of Medicine
- 2019
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2019 Outstanding Fellow, Texas Society of Clinical Oncology
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Research Area:
Epidemiology (Cancer and Hematology)
Cancer Survivorship
The field of pediatric hematology-oncology offers much opportunity to support patients and their families and perhaps more importantly, the opportunity to make a difference through research and new discoveries. During his fellowship, he was frequently asked by families what triggered cancer to develop in their child. As a result, he became interested in in environmental exposures (e.g., toxicants) on the development of pediatric cancers.
Notably, the incidence of pediatric cancers has steadily increased since 1975, which could suggest that other exogenous factors are accounting for an increasing proportion of cases. For his fellowship research project, he evaluated the association between parental medical radiation exposure and risk of sporadic retinoblastoma in their offspring.
More recently, he evaluated environmental toxicants on the risk of other pediatric cancers and plan to explore the role of environment on pediatric cancer outcomes. Currently, he is seeing patients in the Long-Term Survivor clinic and conducting studies to study late effects from treatment (with particular interest in oncofertility). He hopes to improve the quality of life and overall health outcomes for childhood cancer survivors.