Zuhair Alam MD
Zuhair Alam
MD
Clinical Assistant Professor
Jacobs School of Medicine & Biomedical Sciences
Specialty/Research Focus
Hematology; Internal Medicine; Oncology
Education and Training:
- Fellowship, Hematology & Medical Oncology Fellowship (2025)
- Residency, Internal Medicine Residency (2022)
- MD, Medicine
Employment:
- Clinical Assistant Professor, Internal Medicine, Jacobs School of Medicine at the University at Buffalo
- Adjunct Clinical Assistant Professor, Internal Medicine, Lake Erie College of Osteopathic Medicine (2023–2025)
Journal Articles:
- Mahmoud AA, Abdelhay A, Mostafa M, Mohamed MS, Alam Z, Reid RM. (2023) Relapsed chronic lymphocytic leukemia with a cardiac mass: A case report. Radiology case reports (May), 18(5): 1963-1967.
- Alibhai SMH, Alam Z, Saluja R, Malik U, Warde P, Jin R, Berger A, Romanovsky L, Chan KKW. (2022) Economic Evaluation of a Geriatric Oncology Clinic. Cancers (Feb), 14(3).
- Jung P, Puts M, Frankel N, Syed AT, Alam Z, Yeung L, Malik U, Rosario C, Ayala AP, Hudson J, Alibhai SMH. (2021) Delirium incidence, risk factors, and treatments in older adults receiving chemotherapy: A systematic review and meta-analysis. Journal of geriatric oncology (Apr), 12(3): 352-360.
- Malik U, Alam Z, Loucks A, Jin R, Yokom D, Watt S, Berger A, Romanovsky L, Puts M, Alibhai SMH. (2020) Downstream consequences of abnormal cognitive screening in older adults seen pretreatment in a geriatric oncology clinic. Journal of geriatric oncology (Jun), 11(5): 784-789.
Abstracts:
- (2021) Oncologists' perception of frailty. Journal of Clinical Oncology, (May)
- Alam Z, Coyle T. (2020) GATA-2 Mutation in Twins with Transient Aplastic Anemia after Chloramphenicol exposure; A follow up to Nagao and Mauer 1969. Blood, ASH. (Nov) 4-5 Oral
- (2020) Triplet versus doublet therapy in multiple myeloma patients over 75 years. Journal of Clinical Oncology, (May)
- (2019) Delirium incidence, risk factors, and treatment in older adults receiving chemotherapy: A scoping review. Journal of Clinical Oncology, ASCO. (May), (e23025)
Evaluative Studies and Case Reports:
- (2023) A Case Study of DLBCL Relapse as Cutaneous IVLBCL. City of Hope (Sep)
Professional Memberships:
- ASCO; American Society of Clinical Oncology
- ASH; American Society of Hematology