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Mouhammed A. Habra, M.D., F.A.C.P., F.A.C.E

Present Title & Affiliation

Primary Appointment

Assistant Professor, Department of Endocrine Neoplasia and Hormonal Disorders, Division of Internal Medicine, The University of Texas M. D. Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX

Education & Training

Degree-Granting Education

1995 Aleppo University, Aleppo, Syria, MD, Faculty of Medicine

Postgraduate Training

7/2004-6/2005 Advanced Endocrine Neoplasia Training Program, The University of Texas M.D. Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX
7/2002-6/2004 Clinical Fellowship, Diabetes and Metabolism, Joint Appointment, Baylor College of Medicine and the University of Texas M.D. Anderson Cancer Cente, Houston, TX
7/1999-6/2002 Clinical Residency, Internal Medicine, University of Missouri, Columbia, MO
12/1995-12/1998 Clinical Residency, Internal Medicine, Aleppo University Hospital, Aleppo, Syria

Board Certifications

2004 American Board, Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism
2002 American Board of Internal Medicine

Selected Publications

Peer-Reviewed Original Research Articles
1. Habra MA, Jimenez C, Huang SC, Cote GJ, Murphy WA, Gagel RF, Hoff AO. Expression analysis of fibroblast growth factor-23, matrix extracellular phosphoglycoprotein, secreted frizzled-related protein-4, and fibroblast growth factor-7: identification of fibroblast growth factor-23 and matrix extracellular phosphoglycoprotein as major factors involved in tumor-induced osteomalacia. Endocr Pract 14(9):1108-14, 12/2008. PMID: 19158050.
2. Habra MA, Weaver EJ, Prewitt PV. Primary cutaneous large B-cell lymphoma of the leg and acute hypercalcemia. J Clin Oncol(25(36)):5825-6, 12/2007.
3. Thompson MA, Habra MA, Routbort MJ, Holsinger FC, Perrier ND, Waguespack SG, Rodriguez MA. Primary Adrenal Natural Killer/T-Cell Nasal Type Lymphoma: First Case Report in Adult. American Journal of Hematology(82(4)):299-303, 4/2007.
4. Habra MA, Vassilopoulou-Sellin R. Contribution of routine chest x-ray in the long-term follow-up of patients with differentiated thyroid carcinoma. Thyroid(16(3)):303-6, 3/2006.
5. Habra MA, Jimenez C, Wallace M, Evans, DB, Vassilopoulou-Sellin R. Insulinoma in a Marathon Runner Illustrating the Effects of Exercise on Insulin Sensitivity and Glucose Homeostasis. The Endocrinologist(16(1)):20-24, 1/2006.
6. Picolos MK, Habra M, Safdar A, Sarlis NJ. Inactive pulmonary tuberculosis mimicking metastasis from papillary thyroid carcinoma in diagnostic radioiodine whole-body scintigraphy. Images in Thyroidology. Thyroid(15(9)):1105-6, 9/2005.
7. Habra M, Sarlis NJ. Thyroid and aging. Rev Endocr Metba(6(2)):145-54, 6/2005.
8. Habra MA, Feig BW, Waguespack SG. J Clin Endocrinol Metab. Adrenal pseudocyst(90(5)):3067-8, 5/2005.
9. Habra MA, Vassilopoulou-Sellin R. Cervical spine metastasis mimicking thyroid bed uptake in follicular thyroid carcinoma. Thyroid(15(3)):298-9, 3/2005.
10. Busaidy NL, Jimenez C, Habra MA, Schultz PN, El-Naggar AK, Clayman GL, Asper JA, Diaz EM Jr, Evans DB, Gagel RF, Garden A, Hoff AO, Lee JE, Morrison WH, Rosenthal DI, Sherman SI, Sturgis EM, Waguespack SG, Weber RS, Wirfel K, Vassilopoulou-Sellin R. Parathyroid carcinoma: a 22-year experience. Head and Neck(26(8)):716-26, 8/2004.
11. Jimenez C, Habra MA, Huang SC, El-Naggar A, Shapiro SE, Evans DB, Cote G, Gagel RF. Pheochromocytoma and Medullary Thyroid Carcinoma: A New Genotype-Phenotype Correlation of the RET Protooncogene 891 Germline Mutation. J Clin Endocrinol Metab(89(8)):4142-5, 8/2004.
12. Habra MA, Hijazi R, Verstovsek G, Marcelli M. Medullary Thyroid Carcinoma Associated with Hyperthyroidism. Thyroid(14(5)):391-6, 5/2004.

Invited Articles
1. Santarpia L, Habra MA, Jiménez C. Malignant Pheochromocytomas and Paragangliomas: Molecular Signaling Pathways and Emerging Therapies. Horm Metab Res. e-Pub 4/2009. PMID: 19343618.

Abstracts
1. Habra MA, Vassilopoulou-Sellin R. Contribution of routine chest x-ray in the long-term follow-up of patients with differentiated thyroid carcinoma, 2006.
2. Picolos MK, Habra MA, Safdar A, Sarlis NJ. Inactive Pulmonary Tuberculosis Can Mimic Metastasis from Papillary Thyroid Carcinoma in Diagnostic Radioiodine (131-I) Whole Body Scintigraphy (Dx RAI WBS) (#P3-603), 2005.
3. Habra MA, Thompson MA, Rodriguez MA, Routbort MJ,Holsinger FC, Perrier ND and Waguespack SG. Primary Natural Killer/ T Cell Lymphoma of the Adrenal Gland: A Unique Presentation of A Rare Disorder (#P1-643), 2005.
4. Picolos MK, Foringer JR, Habra MA, Couriel D, Sarlis NJ. Severe, Prolonged and Refractory Hypophosphatemia (HypoP) with High-dose Glucocorticoid (GC) Therapy. An Under-Recognized GC Induced Complication (#P2-601), 2005.
5. Habra MA, Sellin R. Cervical Spine metastasis presenting as thyroid bed uptake in follicular thyroid Carcinoma (#230), 9/2004.
6. Busaidy, NL, Habra MA, Jimenez C, Gagel RF. Diabetes Mellitus: A Possible Paraneoplastic Syndrome?, 6/2004.
7. Habra MA, Jimenez C, Sellin RV. Cowden Syndrome Associated with Galactorrhea. Endocrine Practice, 3/2004.
8. Busaidy, NL, Jimenez C, Habra MA, Gagel RF. Secondary or Tertiary Hyperparathyroidism in Tumor-Induced Osteomalacia. Endocrine Practice(10(suppl 1)):46 (#131), 3/2004.
9. Habra MA, Jimenez C, Morrison W, Keis MS, Sarlis NJ. Capcitabine and radiotherapy induce disease stabilization in a case of poorly differentiated follicular thyroid carcinoma (#1349), 2004.
10. Jimenez C, Habra MA, Huang SC, Cote GJ, Evans DB, Shapiro S, El-Naggar AK, Gagel RF. Pheochromocytoma and Medullary Thyroid Carcinoma: A New Genotype-Phenotype Correlation of the RET Proto-Oncogene 891 Germline Mutation. Journal of Internal Medicine (#P2005), 2004.
11. Jimenez C, Habra MA, Busaidy N, Dekovitch A, Gagel RF, Sarlis NJ. Portal Hypertension: Yet another complication of Metastatic Medullary thyroid Carcinoma (#1348), 2004.
12. Busaidy N, Hymes SR, Jimenez C, Habra MA, Sarlis NJ. Progression of Medullary thyroid Carcinoma manifested as skin metastasis with inflammatory features (#1347), 2004.
13. Hijazi RA, Habra MA, Picolos MK, Sellin RV. Occult sporadic Medullary thyroid carcinoma presenting with neck lymphadenopathy. Thyroid(13(7)):719 (#142), 9/2003.
14. Hijazi RA, Habra MA, Sharma MD. Toxic multinodular goiter with extra-cardiac extension. Thyroid(13(7)):729 (#184), 9/2003.
15. Habra MA, Hijazi R, Marcelli M. Medullary thyroid carcinoma and Graves Disease (#87), 5/2003.
16. Busaidy NL, Jimenez C, Habra MA et al. Two decades of experience with parathyroid carcinoma. Proc Am Soc Clin Oncol 22:516 (#2078), 5/2003.
17. Myers ML, Habra MA, Salzer W. An emerging tick-born illness meets HIV - A case series of four HIV-infected patients who contracted Ehrlichia chaffeesis. American College of Physicians, Missouri Chapter (#R11), 9/2001.
18. Habra MA, Almusaddy M, Kaplan C. Hydrochlorothiazide induced pulmonary edema. American College of Physicians. American College of Physicians, Missouri Chapter (#V26), 9/2001.

Book Chapters
1. Habra MA, Vassilopoulou-Sellin R, Clayman G. Parathyroid Carcinoma. In: Advanced Therapy in Surgical Oncology, 1. Ed(s) Pollock, Curley, Ross, Perrier. B. C. Decker Incorporated, 2007.
2. Amos KD, Habra MA, Perrier NC. Carcinoma of the Thyroid and Parathyroid Glands. In: The M.D. Anderson Surgical Oncology Handbook, 4th. Ed(s) Lippincott Williams & Wilkins, 2006.
3. Habra MA, Busaidy NL, Yeung SJ, Vassilopoulou-Sellin R. Endocrine Complications of Cancer Therapy. In: The MD Anderson Manual of Medical Oncology. Ed(s) McGraw-Hill, 2006.
4. Busaidy NL, Habra MA, Vassilopoulou-Sellin R. Endocrine Malignancies. In: The MD Anderson Manual of Medical Oncology. Ed(s) McGraw-Hill, 2006.
5. Habra MA. Chapter 21, In DeVita, Hellman, and Rosenberg's Cancer: Principles & Practice of Oncology Review. In: Endocrine Tumors, 1. Ed(s) Ramaswamy Govindan. Lippincott Williams & Wilkins, 2005.

Books (edited and written)
1. Habra MA, Vassilopoulo-Sellin R. M.D. Anderson Atlas of Endocrine Neoplasia, 2006.

Last updated: 9/14/2009