Nadim Mahmud, MD, PhD

Nadim Mahmud, MD, PhD, is Professor in the Department of Medicine Division of Hematology and Oncology at the University of Illinois College of Medicine Chicago. His research is focused on stem cell expansion, hematopoiesis, stem cell transplantation, cell-based therapy and leukemia. He also has extensive experience in studies of blood cell regeneration, both in human and animal models, which includes bone marrow failure following myeloablative radiation or chemotherapy. His lab has found a novel way to expand the number of transplantable blood forming stem cells present in an umbilical cord blood graft by using chromatin modifying agents and has been awarded a U.S. patent for this work. Since 2001, he has served as Director of the Clinical Stem Cell Laboratory for the UI Health Blood and Marrow Transplant Program. His clinical laboratory is responsible for processing, storing and releasing stem cell grafts for administration to patients undergoing bone marrow transplantation or other cell-based therapy.