John and Judy Schulte Senior Chair in Cancer Research
Biography
Dr. Wael El-Rifai is a Professor in the Department of Surgery at the University of Miami Leonard M. Miller School of Medicine, as well as the Associate Director of Basic Science and Co-Leader of the Tumor Biology Program. Dr. El-Rifai holds the John and Judy Schulte Senior Endowed Chair in Cancer Research. Dr. El-Rifai has authored more than 200 peer-reviewed articles that share his groundbreaking research on upper gastrointestinal carcinomas. He is an elected fellow of the American Association for Advances in Science. Dr. El-Rifai is the principal investigator on several National Cancer Institute grants, including a Research Program Project to study esophageal cancers.
Education & Training
Education
1996: University of Helsinki, Helsinki, Finland
PhD, Cancer Genetics
1993: Ain Shams University, , Cairo, Egypt
Other, School of Medicine
1992: Ain Shams University, Cairo, Egypt
MS, School of Medicine
1986: Ain Shams University, Cairo, Egypt
MD
Honors & Awards
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Research Interests
Dr. El-Rifai's laboratory provides unique training experiences in diverse areas of cancer research that include molecular mechanisms of tumorigenesis, drug resistance, and targeted therapy. His research utilizes functional and translational oncogenomic approaches in upper gastrointestinal carcinomas. Dr. El-Rifai's research investigates the roles of infection, inflammation and oxidative stress in tumorigenesis for the development of therapeutic approaches that target molecular and redox vulnerabilities in cancer cells. Dr. El-Rifai has more than 200 publications.
Publications
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