Bouthaina Dabaja, MD

• Diffuse Large B Cell Lymphoma

Dr. Bouthaina Dabaja received her Medical Doctorate at the Lebanese University. She completed her clinical residencies at the American University of Beirut and The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center. She began her career at MD Anderson following her residency in 2006 and has progressed from Assistant Professor to Professor and Section Chief of the Hematology Section in Radiation Oncology. Her primary clinical goal is patient care with an emphasis on maintaining and improving cure rate in patients with lymphoma while decreasing the short and long term side effects of treatment. She is extensively involved in clinical trials to investigate multiple strategies to deliver better treatment options for lymphoma patients with the goal of minimizing long term side effects on patients treated for mediastinal lymphomas which remains a great clinical challenge.