Zaker I. Schwabkey, MD
Assistant Professor
Salt Lake City, UT
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About
Dr. Zaker I. Schwabkey is a physician and Assistant Professor of Medicine in the Division of Hematology and Hematologic Malignancies at the University of Utah and a clinical investigator and an Associate Member in the Experimental Therapeutics research program at the Huntsman Cancer Institute. He specializes in the treatment of myeloid malignancies, with a particular focus on acute myeloid leukemia (AML), myelodysplastic syndromes (MDS), chronic myeloid leukemia (CML), and myeloproliferative neoplasms (MPN).
His research program focuses on the development of early-phase clinical trials for patients with myeloid malignancies. His work integrates translational science with investigator-initiated studies and collaborations with industry partners to identify novel therapeutic targets and improve treatment outcomes.
At the national level, he is actively involved in leukemia research collaborations and serves as the Huntsman Cancer Institute representative to the Acute Myeloid Leukemia Panel of the National Comprehensive Cancer Network (NCCN).
He completed a postdoctoral research fellowship in genomic and cancer medicine at the University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center in Houston, Texas and his internal medicine residency at Albany Medical College in Albany, New York, followed by fellowship training in hematology and medical oncology at Moffitt Cancer Center in Tampa, Florida, where he served as chief fellow.
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