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Khaled Sanber, MD, Oncology, Houston, TX

KhaledSanberMDPhD

Oncology Houston, TX

Head & Neck Cancer

Assistant Professor

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  • Office

    1515 Holcombe Blvd
    CRB1, room 16
    Houston, TX 77030

Summary

  • Based in Houston, Khaled Sanber, MD specializes in oncology, with a subspecialty in head and neck cancer. His educational background includes a fellowship in Medical Oncology at Johns Hopkins University, a residency in Internal Medicine at Baylor College of Medicine, a Ph.D. from University College London, and a medical degree from the University of Jordan Faculty of Medicine. Dr. Sanber is currently employed as an Assistant Professor at UT MD Anderson Cancer Center and has expertise in gene therapy, tumor immunotherapy, and medical oncology. He has numerous publications in prestigious journals and has received multiple awards for his research and academic excellence.

Education & Training

  • Johns Hopkins University
    Johns Hopkins UniversityFellowship, Medical Oncology, 2020 - 2023
  • Baylor College of Medicine
    Baylor College of MedicineResidency, Internal Medicine, 2015 - 2020
  • University College London
    University College LondonPh.D., 2011 - 2014
  • University of Jordan Faculty of Medicine
    University of Jordan Faculty of MedicineClass of 2010

Certifications & Licensure

  • TX State Medical License
    TX State Medical License 2015 - 2026
  • American Board of Internal Medicine Internal Medicine
  • American Board of Internal Medicine Medical Oncology

Awards, Honors, & Recognition

  • Early Stage Professional Abstract Award International Society for Cell and Gene Therapy (ISCT), 2020
  • Award for research presentation. Top 5 abstracts Baylor College of Medicine (BCM), Texas Children's Hospital (TCH), 2019
  • Second place for quality improvement/patient safety poster category Texas Chapter of the American College of Physicians (TXACP), 2018
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Publications & Presentations

PubMed

Books/Book Chapters

Abstracts/Posters

  • Predicting Risk of Clinical Deterioration: A Closer Look at Resident Handoffs and Rapid Response
    Sanber K, Jacobson R, Tuthill S, Kaul B, Hemmige V, Guy E, Shah C, Greenberg S, ACP Associates Day; Society for General Internal Medicine (SGIM) Meeting, Houston, TX, 2018; Washington, DC, 2019, 1/1/2019
  • Radiation priming improves the anti-tumor activity of HER2 CAR T cells in glioblastoma.
    Mullikin D, Joseph SK, Mathew P, Vita S, Byrd T, Sanber K, Krishnamurthy P, Lindsay H, Chakraborty R, Gaber MW, Ahmed N, Hegde M, American Society for Pediatric Hematology/Oncology (ASPHO) Conference, New Orleans, LA, 1/1/2019
  • SHP2: sailing against tumor-mediated inhibition of chimeric antigen receptor T-cell therapy
    Sanber K, Nawas Z, Landi D, Lee C, Sengal A, Chakraborty R, Brunetti L, Sujith J, Mukherjee M, Ahmed N, Hegde M, Multiple presentations, Mutiple locations, 2017, 2018, 2019, 1/1/2019
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Lectures

  • SHP2: sailing against tumor-mediated inhibition of chimeric antigen receptor T-cell therapy 
    Houston, TX - 1/1/2019
  • Administration of HER2-CAR T cells after lymphodepletion safely improves T cell expansion and induces clinical responses in patients with advanced sarcomas 
    Atlanta, GA - 1/1/2019
  • Predicting Risk of Clinical Deterioration: A Closer Look at Resident Handoffs and Rapid Response 
    Houston, TX - 1/1/2019
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Other

  • Production of self-inactivating lentiviral vectors by constitutive packaging cell lines for gene therapy clinical applications 
    Sanber K, University College London
    London, United Kingdom - 1/1/2014

Grant Support

  • Cancer Prevention and Research Institute of Texas (CPRIT) Training GrantCancer Prevention and Research Institute of Texas (CPRIT)2017–2018

Research History

  • Research Associate• Planned and lead new projects aimed at construction of stable lentiviral packaging/producer cell lines for therapeutic vector production. • Supervised graduate students’ project on related topics and participate in the day to day running of the laboratory.2014 - 2015

Professional Memberships

Other Languages

  • Arabic