MahaAl-KhawajaMD

Gastrointestinal & Hepatobiliary Pathology, Anatomic Pathology, Clinical Pathology

Staff pathologist/ Covenant Pathology

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Office
300 Utah ave ste 150
South San Francisco, CA 94080
Phone+1 317-902-6912

Dr. Al-Khawaja completed her medical education at the University of Jordan where she also completed a 4-year surgical pathology residency, followed by a surgical pathology fellowship at KHCC in Amman, Jordan. Subsequently, Dr. Al-Khawaja joined the pathology program at Indiana University School of Medicine and graduated in 2010 after having completed a second pathology residency during which she served as chief resident. Dr. Al-Khawaja then conducted her fellowship training in gastrointestinal pathology at GI Pathology. She joined Poplar Healthcare as a staff pathologist in 2011. Dr. Al-Khawaja did a 2nd GI and liver pathology fellowship at UCSD in 2018. Currently she is a staff pathologist at Covenant Pathology. She is board-certified in Anatomic and Clinical Pathology, and is a member of College of American Pathologists.

UC San Diego Medical Center - HillcrestSurgical Pathology, 2018 - 2019
Indiana University School of MedicineResidency, Pathology-Anatomic and Clinical, 2006 - 2010
University of Jordan Faculty of MedicineClass of 1998

PubMed

18 citations
Prevalence of hormone receptors and HER2/neu in breast cancer cases in Jordan
Maher A. Sughayer, Maha M. Al-Khawaja, Suleiman Massarweh, Mahmoud Al-Masri
Pathology Oncology Research. 2006-01-01
33 citations
Ureteral endometriosis: clinicopathological and immunohistochemical study of 7 cases.
Maha Mahmoud Al-Khawaja, Puay Hoon Tan, Gregory T. MacLennan, Antonio Lopez-Beltran, Rodolfo Montironi
Human Pathology. 2008-06-01

Books/Book Chapters

Practical Hepatic Pathology: A Diagnostic Approach
Chapter: Common Liver Diseases of Childhood
Alkhawaja M, et alEditors: Romil Saxena MD.
Practical Renal Pathology: A Diagnostic Approach
Chapter: Renal Cystic Diseases
Alkhawaja M, et alEditors: Donna Lager and Neil Abrahams.

Abstracts/Posters

Artificial Intelligence Based Digital Image Analysis for Pathological Categorization of Colonic Polyps utilizing AI Systems
• Mark Valasek, Maha Al-Khawaja., USCAP 2019
Esophageal Leukoplakia: a diagnostic pitfall in GERD pts
Harmanjot Singh, Rajib K Gupta, Maha Al-Khawaja, CAP 2015
Ureteral Endometriosis: A Clinicopathological and Immunohistochemical study of 7 Cases
Al-Khawaja M, Tan P, MacLennan G, Lopez-Beltran A, Montironi R, Cheng L, Annual meeting of the United States and Canadian Academy of Pathology; Mod Pathol, Denver, CO, 1/1/2008