USA Health has expanded its oncology team with the addition of Dr. Ahmed Abdalla, who will begin seeing patients at the USA Health Mitchell Cancer Institute in Mobile.
Abdalla, who also will serve as an assistant professor of interdisciplinary clinical oncology at the MCI, has a special interest in gastrointestinal malignancies and phase 1 clinical trials. He recently completed a fellowship in hematology and medical oncology at Ascension St. John Hospital/Van Elslander Cancer Center in Grosse Pointe Woods, Michigan. He also underwent six months of training in investigational drug development at the University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio.
Abdalla received his bachelor’s degree in medicine and surgery, the international equivalent of an M.D., at the University of Khartoum College of Medicine in Khartoum, Sudan. He completed a residency in internal medicine at Hurley Medical Center in Flint, Michigan.
He is a member of multiple professional organizations including the American College of Physicians and the American Society of Clinical Oncology.