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Sarah Abou Alaiwi, M.D.

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American University of Beirut, LebanonMD06/2018Medicine
awards and honors
2018
Alpha Omega Alpha Award

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  1. Nassar AH, Abou Alaiwi S, Baca SC, Adib E, Corona RI, Seo JH, Fonseca MAS, Spisak S, El Zarif T, Tisza V, Braun DA, Du H, He M, Flaifel A, Alchoueiry M, Denize T, Matar SG, Acosta A, Shukla S, Hou Y, Steinharter J, Bouchard G, Berchuck JE, O'Connor E, Bell C, Nuzzo PV, Mary Lee GS, Signoretti S, Hirsch MS, Pomerantz M, Henske E, Gusev A, Lawrenson K, Choueiri TK, Kwiatkowski DJ, Freedman ML. Epigenomic charting and functional annotation of risk loci in renal cell carcinoma. Nat Commun. 2023 Jan 21; 14(1):346. PMID: 36681680; PMCID: PMC9867739.
    Citations:    Fields:    Translation:Humans
  2. Groha S, Alaiwi SA, Xu W, Naranbhai V, Nassar AH, Bakouny Z, El Zarif T, Saliby RM, Wan G, Rajeh A, Adib E, Nuzzo PV, Schmidt AL, Labaki C, Ricciuti B, Alessi JV, Braun DA, Shukla SA, Keenan TE, Van Allen E, Awad MM, Manos M, Rahma O, Zubiri L, Villani AC, Fairfax B, Hammer C, Khan Z, Reynolds K, Semenov Y, Schrag D, Kehl KL, Freedman ML, Choueiri TK, Gusev A. Germline variants associated with toxicity to immune checkpoint blockade. Nat Med. 2022 12; 28(12):2584-2591. PMID: 36526723.
    Citations: 1     Fields:    Translation:Cells
  3. Nassar AH, Adib E, Abou Alaiwi S, El Zarif T, Groha S, Akl EW, Nuzzo PV, Mouhieddine TH, Perea-Chamblee T, Taraszka K, El-Khoury H, Labban M, Fong C, Arora KS, Labaki C, Xu W, Sonpavde G, Haddad RI, Mouw KW, Giannakis M, Hodi FS, Zaitlen N, Schoenfeld AJ, Schultz N, Berger MF, MacConaill LE, Ananda G, Kwiatkowski DJ, Choueiri TK, Schrag D, Carrot-Zhang J, Gusev A. Ancestry-driven recalibration of tumor mutational burden and disparate clinical outcomes in response to immune checkpoint inhibitors. Cancer Cell. 2022 10 10; 40(10):1161-1172.e5. PMID: 36179682; PMCID: PMC9559771.
    Citations: 3     Fields:    Translation:Humans
  4. Berchuck JE, Adib E, Abou Alaiwi S, Dash AK, Shin JN, Lowder D, McColl C, Castro P, Carelli R, Benedetti E, Deng J, Robertson M, Baca SC, Bell C, McClure HM, El Zarif T, Davidsohn MP, Lakshminarayanan G, Rizwan K, Skapura DG, Grimm SL, Davis CM, Ehli EA, Kelleher KM, Seo JH, Mitsiades N, Coarfa C, Pomerantz MM, Loda M, Ittmann M, Freedman ML, Kaochar S. The Prostate Cancer Androgen Receptor Cistrome in African American Men Associates with Upregulation of Lipid Metabolism and Immune Response. Cancer Res. 2022 08 16; 82(16):2848-2859. PMID: 35731919; PMCID: PMC9379363.
    Citations:    Fields:    
  5. Bakouny Z, Labaki C, Bhalla S, Schmidt AL, Steinharter JA, Cocco J, Tremblay DA, Awad MM, Kessler A, Haddad RI, Evans M, Busser F, Wotman M, Curran CR, Zimmerman BS, Bouchard G, Jun T, Nuzzo PV, Qin Q, Hirsch L, Feld J, Kelleher KM, Seidman D, Huang H, Anderson-Keightly HM, El Zarif T, Alaiwi SA, Champagne C, Rosenbloom TD, Stewart PS, Johnson BE, Trinh Q, Tolaney SM, Galsky MD, Choueiri TK, Doroshow DB. Oncology clinical trial disruption during the COVID-19 pandemic: a COVID-19 and cancer outcomes study. Ann Oncol. 2022 08; 33(8):836-844. PMID: 35715285; PMCID: PMC9197329.
    Citations:    Fields:    
  6. Qiu X, Brown LG, Conner JL, Nguyen HM, Boufaied N, Abou Alaiwi S, Seo JH, El Zarif T, Bell C, O'Connor E, Hanratty B, Pomerantz M, Freedman ML, Brown M, Haffner MC, Nelson PS, Feng FY, Labbé DP, Long HW, Corey E. Response to supraphysiological testosterone is predicted by a distinct androgen receptor cistrome. JCI Insight. 2022 05 23; 7(10). PMID: 35603787; PMCID: PMC9220831.
    Citations:    Fields:    Translation:Humans
  7. Nuzzo PV, Adib E, Weise N, Curran C, Stewart T, Freeman D, Nassar AH, Abou Alaiwi S, Bakouny Z, McGregor BA, Choueiri TK, Jain RK, McKay RR, Sonpavde G. Impact of renin-angiotensin system inhibitors on outcomes in patients with metastatic renal cell carcinoma treated with immune-checkpoint inhibitors. Clin Genitourin Cancer. 2022 08; 20(4):301-306. PMID: 35614012.
    Citations:    Fields:    Translation:Humans
  8. Adib E, Nassar AH, Abou Alaiwi S, Groha S, Akl EW, Sholl LM, Michael KS, Awad MM, J?nne PA, Gusev A, Kwiatkowski DJ. Variation in targetable genomic alterations in non-small cell lung cancer by genetic ancestry, sex, smoking history, and histology. Genome Med. 2022 04 15; 14(1):39. PMID: 35428358; PMCID: PMC9013075.
    Citations:    Fields:    Translation:Humans
  9. Tahri S, Mouhieddine TH, Redd R, Lampe L, Nilsson KI, El-Khoury H, Su NK, Nassar AH, Adib E, Bindra G, Abou Alaiwi S, Trippa L, Steensma DP, Castillo JJ, Treon SP, Ghobrial IM, Sperling AS. Clonal hematopoiesis is associated with increased risk of progression of asymptomatic Waldenström macroglobulinemia. Blood Adv. 2022 04 12; 6(7):2230-2235. PMID: 34847227; PMCID: PMC9006277.
    Citations:    Fields:    Translation:Humans
  10. Tang S, Sethunath V, Metaferia NY, Nogueira MF, Gallant DS, Garner ER, Lairson LA, Penney CM, Li J, Gelbard MK, Alaiwi SA, Seo JH, Hwang JH, Strathdee CA, Baca SC, AbuHammad S, Zhang X, Doench JG, Hahn WC, Takeda DY, Freedman ML, Choi PS, Viswanathan SR. A genome-scale CRISPR screen reveals PRMT1 as a critical regulator of androgen receptor signaling in prostate cancer. Cell Rep. 2022 02 22; 38(8):110417. PMID: 35196489; PMCID: PMC9036938.
    Citations: 1     Fields:    Translation:HumansCells
  11. Ramamurthy C, Nassar AH, Abou Alaiwi S, Adib E, Akl EW, Yang S, Esplin ED, Liss MA, Tomlinson GE, Sonpavde GP. Prevalence of pathogenic germline cancer risk variants in testicular cancer patients: Identifying high risk groups. Urol Oncol. 2022 03; 40(3):113.e9-113.e15. PMID: 35022142.
    Citations:    Fields:    Translation:HumansCells
  12. Adib E, El Zarif T, Nassar AH, Akl EW, Abou Alaiwi S, Mouhieddine TH, Esplin ED, Hatchell K, Nielsen SM, Rana HQ, Choueiri TK, Kwiatkowski DJ, Sonpavde G. CDH1 germline variants are enriched in patients with colorectal cancer, gastric cancer, and breast cancer. Br J Cancer. 2022 03; 126(5):797-803. PMID: 34949788; PMCID: PMC8888603.
    Citations: 1     Fields:    Translation:Humans
  13. Nebhan CA, Cortellini A, Ma W, Ganta T, Song H, Ye F, Irlmeier R, Debnath N, Saeed A, Radford M, Alahmadi A, Diamond A, Hoimes C, Ramaiya N, Presley CJ, Owen DH, Abou Alaiwi S, Nassar A, Ricciuti B, Lamberti G, Bersanelli M, Casartelli C, Buti S, Marchetti P, Giusti R, Filetti M, Vanella V, Mallardo D, Macherla S, Sussman TA, Botticelli A, Galetta D, Catino A, Pizzutilo P, Genova C, Dal Bello MG, Kalofonou F, Daniels E, Ascierto PA, Pinato DJ, Choueiri TK, Johnson DB, Marron TU, Wang Y, Naqash AR. Clinical Outcomes and Toxic Effects of Single-Agent Immune Checkpoint Inhibitors Among Patients Aged 80 Years or Older With Cancer: A Multicenter International Cohort Study. JAMA Oncol. 2021 Dec 01; 7(12):1856-1861. PMID: 34734989; PMCID: PMC8569601.
    Citations: 4     Fields:    Translation:Humans
  14. Cejas P, Xie Y, Font-Tello A, Lim K, Syamala S, Qiu X, Tewari AK, Shah N, Nguyen HM, Patel RA, Brown L, Coleman I, Hackeng WM, Brosens L, Dreijerink KMA, Ellis L, Alaiwi SA, Seo JH, Baca S, Beltran H, Khani F, Pomerantz M, Dall'Agnese A, Crowdis J, Van Allen EM, Bellmunt J, Morrisey C, Nelson PS, DeCaprio J, Farago A, Dyson N, Drapkin B, Liu XS, Freedman M, Haffner MC, Corey E, Brown M, Long HW. Subtype heterogeneity and epigenetic convergence in neuroendocrine prostate cancer. Nat Commun. 2021 10 01; 12(1):5775. PMID: 34599169; PMCID: PMC8486778.
    Citations: 9     Fields:    Translation:HumansCells
  15. Bhalla S, Bakouny Z, Schmidt AL, Labaki C, Steinharter JA, Tremblay DA, Awad MM, Kessler AJ, Haddad RI, Evans M, Busser F, Wotman M, Curran CR, Zimmerman BS, Bouchard G, Jun T, Nuzzo PV, Qin Q, Hirsch L, Feld J, Kelleher KM, Seidman D, Huang HH, Anderson-Keightly HM, El Zarif T, Abou Alaiwi S, Rosenbloom TD, Stewart PS, Galsky MD, Choueiri TK, Doroshow DB. Care disruptions among patients with lung cancer: A COVID-19 and cancer outcomes study. Lung Cancer. 2021 10; 160:78-83. PMID: 34461400; PMCID: PMC8284065.
    Citations: 3     Fields:    Translation:HumansCellsPHPublic Health
  16. Yang ES, Nassar AH, Adib E, Jegede OA, Alaiwi SA, Manna DLD, Braun DA, Zarei M, Du H, Pal SK, Naik G, Sonpavde GP. Gene Expression Signature Correlates with Outcomes in Metastatic Renal Cell Carcinoma Patients Treated with Everolimus Alone or with a Vascular Disrupting Agent. Mol Cancer Ther. 2021 08; 20(8):1454-1461. PMID: 34108261.
    Citations:    Fields:    Translation:HumansCellsCTClinical Trials
  17. Adib E, Nassar AH, Akl EW, Abou Alaiwi S, Nuzzo PV, Mouhieddine TH, Sonpavde G, Haddad RI, Mouw KW, Giannakis M, Hodi FS, Shukla SA, Gusev A, Braun DA, Choueiri TK, Kwiatkowski DJ. CDKN2A Alterations and Response to Immunotherapy in Solid Tumors. Clin Cancer Res. 2021 07 15; 27(14):4025-4035. PMID: 34074656; PMCID: PMC8900067.
    Citations: 9     Fields:    Translation:Humans
  18. Jain RK, Skelton Iv WP, Pond GR, Naqvi M, Kim Y, Curran C, Freeman D, Nuzzo PV, Alaiwi SA, Nassar AH, Jain RK, Sonpavde G. Angiotensin Blockade Modulates the Activity of PD1/L1 Inhibitors in Metastatic Urothelial Carcinoma. Clin Genitourin Cancer. 2021 12; 19(6):540-546. PMID: 34011489; PMCID: PMC8526625.
    Citations: 1     Fields:    Translation:Humans
  19. Abou Alaiwi S, Nassar AH, Adib E, Groha SM, Akl EW, McGregor BA, Esplin ED, Yang S, Hatchell K, Fusaro V, Nielsen S, Kwiatkowski DJ, Sonpavde GP, Pomerantz M, Garber JE, Freedman ML, Rana HQ, Gusev A, Choueiri TK. Trans-ethnic variation in germline variants of patients with renal cell carcinoma. Cell Rep. 2021 03 30; 34(13):108926. PMID: 33789101.
    Citations: 4     Fields:    Translation:Humans
  20. Baca SC, Takeda DY, Seo JH, Hwang J, Ku SY, Arafeh R, Arnoff T, Agarwal S, Bell C, O'Connor E, Qiu X, Alaiwi SA, Corona RI, Fonseca MAS, Giambartolomei C, Cejas P, Lim K, He M, Sheahan A, Nassar A, Berchuck JE, Brown L, Nguyen HM, Coleman IM, Kaipainen A, De Sarkar N, Nelson PS, Morrissey C, Korthauer K, Pomerantz MM, Ellis L, Pasaniuc B, Lawrenson K, Kelly K, Zoubeidi A, Hahn WC, Beltran H, Long HW, Brown M, Corey E, Freedman ML. Reprogramming of the FOXA1 cistrome in treatment-emergent neuroendocrine prostate cancer. Nat Commun. 2021 03 30; 12(1):1979. PMID: 33785741.
    Citations: 13     Fields:    Translation:HumansAnimalsCells
  21. Bakouny Z, Braun DA, Shukla SA, Pan W, Gao X, Hou Y, Flaifel A, Tang S, Bosma-Moody A, He MX, Vokes N, Nyman J, Xie W, Nassar AH, Abou Alaiwi S, Flippot R, Bouchard G, Steinharter JA, Nuzzo PV, Ficial M, Sant'Angelo M, Forman J, Berchuck JE, Dudani S, Bi K, Park J, Camp S, Sticco-Ivins M, Hirsch L, Baca SC, Wind-Rotolo M, Ross-Macdonald P, Sun M, Lee GM, Chang SL, Wei XX, McGregor BA, Harshman LC, Genovese G, Ellis L, Pomerantz M, Hirsch MS, Freedman ML, Atkins MB, Wu CJ, Ho TH, Linehan WM, McDermott DF, Heng DYC, Viswanathan SR, Signoretti S, Van Allen EM, Choueiri TK. Integrative molecular characterization of sarcomatoid and rhabdoid renal cell carcinoma. Nat Commun. 2021 02 05; 12(1):808. PMID: 33547292.
    Citations: 14     Fields:    Translation:HumansCellsCTClinical Trials
  22. Schmidt AL, Bakouny Z, Bhalla S, Steinharter JA, Tremblay DA, Awad MM, Kessler AJ, Haddad RI, Evans M, Busser F, Wotman M, Curran CR, Zimmerman BS, Bouchard G, Jun T, Nuzzo PV, Qin Q, Hirsch L, Feld J, Kelleher KM, Seidman D, Huang HH, Anderson-Keightly HM, Abou Alaiwi S, Rosenbloom TD, Stewart PS, Galsky MD, Choueiri TK, Doroshow DB. Cancer Care Disparities during the COVID-19 Pandemic: COVID-19 and Cancer Outcomes Study. Cancer Cell. 2020 Dec 14; 38(6):769-770. PMID: 33176161.
    Citations: 19     Fields:    Translation:HumansCellsPHPublic Health
  23. Nuzzo PV, Berchuck JE, Korthauer K, Spisak S, Nassar AH, Alaiwi SA, Chakravarthy A, Shen SY, Bakouny Z, Boccardo F, Steinharter J, Bouchard G, Curran CR, Pan W, Baca SC, Seo JH, Lee GM, Michaelson MD, Chang SL, Waikar SS, Sonpavde G, Irizarry RA, Pomerantz M, De Carvalho DD, Choueiri TK, Freedman ML. Author Correction: Detection of renal cell carcinoma using plasma and urine cell-free DNA methylomes. Nat Med. 2020 Oct; 26(10):1663. PMID: 32895574.
    Citations: 3     Fields:    
  24. Pomerantz MM, Qiu X, Zhu Y, Takeda DY, Pan W, Baca SC, Gusev A, Korthauer KD, Severson TM, Ha G, Viswanathan SR, Seo JH, Nguyen HM, Zhang B, Pasaniuc B, Giambartolomei C, Alaiwi SA, Bell CA, O'Connor EP, Chabot MS, Stillman DR, Lis R, Font-Tello A, Li L, Cejas P, Bergman AM, Sanders J, van der Poel HG, Gayther SA, Lawrenson K, Fonseca MAS, Reddy J, Corona RI, Martovetsky G, Egan B, Choueiri T, Ellis L, Garraway IP, Lee GM, Corey E, Long HW, Zwart W, Freedman ML. Prostate cancer reactivates developmental epigenomic programs during metastatic progression. Nat Genet. 2020 08; 52(8):790-799. PMID: 32690948.
    Citations: 49     Fields:    Translation:HumansCells
  25. McGregor BA, Lalani AA, Xie W, Steinharter JA, E Bakouny Z, Martini DJ, Fleischer JH, Abou-Alaiwi S, Nassar A, Nuzzo PV, Kaymakcalan MD, Braun DA, Wei XX, Harshman LC, Bilen MA, Choueiri TK. Activity of cabozantinib after immune checkpoint blockade in metastatic clear-cell renal cell carcinoma. Eur J Cancer. 2020 08; 135:203-210. PMID: 32599410.
    Citations: 10     Fields:    Translation:Humans
  26. Nuzzo PV, Berchuck JE, Korthauer K, Spisak S, Nassar AH, Abou Alaiwi S, Chakravarthy A, Shen SY, Bakouny Z, Boccardo F, Steinharter J, Bouchard G, Curran CR, Pan W, Baca SC, Seo JH, Lee GM, Michaelson MD, Chang SL, Waikar SS, Sonpavde G, Irizarry RA, Pomerantz M, De Carvalho DD, Choueiri TK, Freedman ML. Detection of renal cell carcinoma using plasma and urine cell-free DNA methylomes. Nat Med. 2020 07; 26(7):1041-1043. PMID: 32572266; PMCID: PMC8288043.
    Citations: 49     Fields:    Translation:HumansCells
  27. Abou Alaiwi S, Nassar AH, Xie W, Bakouny Z, Berchuck JE, Braun DA, Baca SC, Nuzzo PV, Flippot R, Mouhieddine TH, Spurr LF, Li YY, Li T, Flaifel A, Steinharter JA, Margolis CA, Vokes NI, Du H, Shukla SA, Cherniack AD, Sonpavde G, Haddad RI, Awad MM, Giannakis M, Hodi FS, Liu XS, Signoretti S, Kadoch C, Freedman ML, Kwiatkowski DJ, Van Allen EM, Choueiri TK. Mammalian SWI/SNF Complex Genomic Alterations and Immune Checkpoint Blockade in Solid Tumors. Cancer Immunol Res. 2020 08; 8(8):1075-1084. PMID: 32321774.
    Citations: 12     Fields:    Translation:Humans
  28. Martinez Chanza N, Xie W, Issa M, Dzimitrowicz H, Tripathi A, Beuselinck B, Lam E, Zakharia Y, Mckay R, Shah S, Mortazavi A, R Harrison M, Sideris S, Kaymakcalan MD, Abou Alaiwi S, Nassar AH, Nuzzo PV, Hamid A, K Choueiri T, C Harshman L. Safety and efficacy of immune checkpoint inhibitors in advanced urological cancers with pre-existing autoimmune disorders: a retrospective international multicenter study. J Immunother Cancer. 2020 03; 8(1). PMID: 32217762.
    Citations: 6     Fields:    Translation:Humans
  29. Nuzzo PV, Pond GR, Abou Alaiwi S, Nassar AH, Flippot R, Curran C, Kilbridge KL, Wei XX, McGregor BA, Choueiri T, Harshman LC, Sonpavde G. Conditional immune toxicity rate in patients with metastatic renal and urothelial cancer treated with immune checkpoint inhibitors. J Immunother Cancer. 2020 03; 8(1). PMID: 32234849.
    Citations: 3     Fields:    Translation:Humans
  30. Abou Alaiwi S, Xie W, Nassar AH, Dudani S, Martini D, Bakouny Z, Steinharter JA, Nuzzo PV, Flippot R, Martinez-Chanza N, Wei X, McGregor BA, Kaymakcalan MD, Heng DYC, Bilen MA, Choueiri TK, Harshman LC. Safety and efficacy of restarting immune checkpoint inhibitors after clinically significant immune-related adverse events in metastatic renal cell carcinoma. J Immunother Cancer. 2020 02; 8(1). PMID: 32066646.
    Citations: 25     Fields:    Translation:Humans
  31. Vlachostergios PJ, Faltas BM, Carlo MI, Nassar AH, Alaiwi SA, Sonpavde G. The emerging landscape of germline variants in urothelial carcinoma: Implications for genetic testing. Cancer Treat Res Commun. 2020 Jan 07; 23:100165. PMID: 31982787.
    Citations: 2     Fields:    
  32. Nassar AH, Abou Alaiwi S, AlDubayan SH, Moore N, Mouw KW, Kwiatkowski DJ, Choueiri TK, Curran C, Berchuck JE, Harshman LC, Nuzzo PV, Chanza NM, Van Allen E, Esplin ED, Yang S, Callis T, Garber JE, Rana HQ, Sonpavde G. Prevalence of pathogenic germline cancer risk variants in high-risk urothelial carcinoma. Genet Med. 2020 04; 22(4):709-718. PMID: 31844177; PMCID: PMC7118025.
    Citations: 14     Fields:    Translation:HumansCells
  33. Nassar AH, Hamieh L, Gray KP, Thorner AR, Fay AP, Lasseter KD, Abou Alaiwi S, Nuzzo PV, Flippot R, Krajewski KM, Signoretti S, Choueiri TK, Kwiatkowski DJ. Mutations and Response to Rapalogs in Patients with Metastatic Renal Cell Carcinoma. Mol Cancer Ther. 2020 02; 19(2):690-696. PMID: 31653662.
    Citations: 6     Fields:    Translation:Humans
  34. Lakkis F, Alaiwi SA, Naffaa L, Atweh L, Khoury N, Abboud M, Muwakkit S, Tarek N, El Solh H, Saab R. Routine surveillance imaging after end of therapy for pediatric extracranial tumors: A retrospective analysis. Pediatr Blood Cancer. 2018 Jan; 65(1). PMID: 28727257.
    Citations: 2     Fields:    Translation:HumansCTClinical Trials
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