Meet the instructor
Dr.
Komrokji is the Vice Chair of the Malignant Hematology Department at the Moffitt
Cancer Center, Tampa, Florida. He is a senior Member of the Malignant Hematology and Experimental Therapeutics Program at the Moffitt Cancer Center and a professor in Medicine & Oncologic Sciences at the College of Medicine at the University of South Florida in Tampa, Florida. After
earning a medical degree in 1996 from the Jordan University School of Medicine,
Dr. Komrokji completed an internship and residency at Case Western University,
St. Vincent Program. He then completed a
fellowship in Hematology/Oncology and Hematopoietic Stem Cell Transplantation at Strong Memorial Hospital, University of Rochester. Dr Komrokji is an expert in myeloid neoplasms, where he led several clinical trials and lectured worldwide. His work paved the way for FDA approval of luspatercept and Imetelstat in myelodysplastic syndromes and for Pacritinib in myelofibrosis. He has authored or co-authored more
than 400 peer-reviewed manuscripts, 20 book chapters, and more than 1000
abstracts in Hematologic Malignancies. He served on the MDS Panel of the National Comprehensive Cancer Network (NCCN) and is currently a member of the NHLBI MDS natural history study steering committee and the Aplastic Anemia and MDS Foundation medical board of directors. He served on the editorial board of the Journal of Clinical Oncology (JCO). He is a peer reviewer for several medical journals, including Blood, JCO, and Leukemia. He is a regularly invited speaker and chair at national and international meetings and has won several awards in recognition of his work, namely the King Hussein Inaugural Lifetime Achievement Award and the MPN Hero Award. Dr. Komrokji’s research interests include Phase I and II Clinical Trials and outcome research in hematologic malignancies, with a focus on myeloid neoplasms. His
clinical interests include myelodysplastic syndromes (MDS), Acute Myeloid Leukemia,
and Myeloproliferative neoplasms.