Maro Ohanian, DO
Department of Leukemia, Division of Cancer Medicine
About Dr. Ohanian
As Assistant Professor Clinical Faculty in the Department of Leukemia at MD Anderson Cancer Center, she is board-certified in Internal Medicine, Medical Oncology, Hematology and Integrative Medicine. Her focus is clinical care and research of patients with acute and chronic leukemia. She is studying toxic and essential metals in acute myeloid leukemia (AML) and other hematologic malignancies. She is the PI of an ongoing study (PA15-0302) to analyze results of toxic and essential metals and copper isotopic abundances in leukemia patients and controls in cohorts at MD Anderson and at Hospices Civils de Lyon (Hopital Sud in Lyon France). She has strong collaborations with world-leaders in leukemia, hematopathology, metal toxicology, geochemistry, inductively coupled plasma mass spectrometry (ICP-MS), and isotopic abundance analysis. To solidify her understanding of metal toxicology, she has collaborated with expert-toxicologist Dr. Arch Carson of the School of Public Health and Dr. Francis Albarede, Dr. Philippe Telouk of The Geochemistry Lab at École Normal Supérieure de Lyon, France, and Dr. Cin Ty Lee of Earth Sciences at Rice University. She is initiating a clinical trial of metal monitoring and metal detoxification during AML therapy (AML).
Present Title & Affiliation
Primary Appointment
Associate Professor, Department of Leukemia, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX
Education & Training
Degree-Granting Education
| 2006 | University of North Texas Health Science Center, Texas College of Osteopathic Medicine, Fort Worth, TX, USA, DO, Medicine |
| 2002 | University of Texas at Austin, Austin, TX, USA, BA, Honors |
Postgraduate Training
| 2012-2013 | Clinical Fellowship, Hematology, University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX |
| 2009-2011 | Clinical Fellowship, Medical Oncology, Texas A & M University Health Science Center, Scott and White Memorial Hospital, Temple, TX |
| 2006-2009 | Clinical Residency, Internal Medicine, University of Texas Medical Branch - Brackenridge Hospital, Austin, TX |
Board Certifications
| 2013 | American Board of Internal Medicine, Hematology |
| 2011 | American Board of Internal Medicine, Medical Oncology |
| 2009 | American Board of Internal Medicine |
Experience & Service
Academic Appointments
Assistant Professor, Department of Leukemia, Division of Cancer Medicine, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX, 2013 - 2020
Selected Publications
Peer-Reviewed Articles
- Yilmaz M, Daver N, Borthakur G, Kadia T, DiNardo C, Kanagal-Shamanna R, Loghavi S, Oran B, Popat UR, Pierce S, Jabbour E, Short NJ, Issa G, Ohanian M, Konopleva M, Patel K, Kantarjian H, Ravandi F. FLT3 inhibitor based induction and allogeneic stem cell transplant in complete remission 1 improve outcomes in patients with newly diagnosed Acute Myeloid Leukemia with very low FLT3 allelic burden. Am J Hematol 96(8):E275-E279, 2021. e-Pub 2021. PMID: 33891709.
- Swaminathan M, Kantarjian HM, Levis M, Guerra V, Borthakur G, Alvarado Y, DiNardo CD, Kadia T, Garcia-Manero G, Ohanian M, Daver N, Konopleva M, Pemmaraju N, Ferrajoli A, Andreeff M, Jain N, Estrov Z, Jabbour EJ, Wierda WG, Pierce S, Pinsoy MR, Xiao L, Ravandi F, Cortes JE. A phase I/II study of the combination of quizartinib with azacitidine or low-dose cytarabine for the treatment of patients with acute myeloid leukemia and myelodysplastic syndrome. Haematologica 106(8):2121-2130, 2021. e-Pub 2021. PMID: 33853292.
- Pemmaraju N, Carter BZ, Bose P, Jain N, Kadia TM, Garcia-Manero G, Bueso-Ramos CE, DiNardo CD, Bledsoe S, Daver NG, Popat U, Konopleva MY, Zhou L, Pierce S, Estrov ZE, Borthakur GM, Ohanian M, Qiao W, Masarova L, Wang X, Mak PY, Cortes J, Jabbour E, Verstovsek S. Final results of a phase 2 clinical trial of LCL161, an oral SMAC mimetic for patients with myelofibrosis. Blood Adv 5(16):3163-3173, 2021. PMID: 34424319.
- Rausch CR, DiNardo CD, Maiti A, Jammal NJ, Kadia TM, Marx KR, Borthakur G, Savoy JM, Pemmaraju N, DiPippo AJ, Daver NG, Chew SM, Sasaki K, Issa GC, Short NJ, Takahashi K, Ohanian M, Ning J, Xiao L, Alvarado Y, Kontoyiannis DP, Ravandi F, Kantarjian HM, Konopleva MY. Duration of cytopenias with concomitant venetoclax and azole antifungals in acute myeloid leukemia. Cancer 127(14):2489-2499, 2021. e-Pub 2021. PMID: 33793970.
- Jabbour E, Sasaki K, Short NJ, Ravandi F, Huang X, Khoury JD, Kanagal-Shamanna R, Jorgensen J, Khouri IF, Kebriaei P, Jain N, Alvarado Y, Kadia TM, Paul S, Garcia-Manero G, Dabaja BS, Burger JA, DiNardo CD, Daver NA, Montalban-Bravo G, Yilmaz M, Ohanian M, Ferrajoli A, Jacob J, Rostykus M, Garris R, O'Brien S, Kantarjian HM. Long-term follow-up of salvage therapy using a combination of inotuzumab ozogamicin and mini-hyper-CVD with or without blinatumomab in relapsed/refractory Philadelphia chromosome-negative acute lymphoblastic leukemia. Cancer 127(12):2025-2038, 2021. e-Pub 2021. PMID: 33740268.
- Venugopal S, Maiti A, DiNardo CD, Loghavi S, Daver NG, Kadia TM, Rausch CR, Alvarado Y, Ohanian M, Sasaki K, Short NJ, Takahashi K, Yilmaz M, Ravandi F, Kantarjian HM, Konopleva MY. Decitabine and Venetoclax for IDH1/2-mutated Acute Myeloid Leukemia. Am J Hematol 96(5):E154-E157, 2021. e-Pub 2021. PMID: 33580980.
- Dalle IA, Paranal R, Zarka J, Paul S, Sasaki K, Li W, Ning J, Short NJ, Ohanian M, Cortes JE, Jabbour EJ, Issa GC. Impact of luteinizing hormone suppression on hematopoietic recovery after intensive chemotherapy in patients with leukemia. Haematologica Online ahead of print(4):1097-1105, 2021. e-Pub 2021. PMID: 33297667.
- Lachowiez CA, Loghavi S, Furudate K, Montalban-Bravo G, Maiti A, Kadia T, Daver N, Borthakur G, Pemmaraju N, Sasaki K, Alvarado Y, Yilmaz M, Short NJ, Chien K, Ohanian M, Pierce S, Patel KP, Jabbour E, Ravandi F, Kantarjian HM, Garcia-Manero G, Takahashi K, Konopleva MY, DiNardo CD. Impact of splicing mutations in acute myeloid leukemia treated with hypomethylating agents combined with venetoclax. Blood Adv 5(8):2173-2183, 2021. PMID: 33885753.
- Maiti A, DiNardo CD, Wang SA, Jorgensen J, Kadia TM, Daver NG, Short NJ, Yilmaz M, Pemmaraju N, Borthakur G, Bose P, Issa GC, Ferrajoli A, Jabbour EJ, Jain N, Garcia-Manero G, Ohanian M, Takahashi K, Montalban-Bravo G, Masarova L, Burger JA, Thompson PA, Verstovsek S, Sasaki K, Andreeff M, Rausch CR, Montalbano KS, Pierce S, Qiao W, Ning J, Kantarjian HM, Konopleva MY, Ravandi F. Prognostic value of measurable residual disease after venetoclax and decitabine in acute myeloid leukemia. Blood Adv 5(7):1876-1883, 2021. PMID: 33792630.
- Maiti A, Qiao W, Sasaki K, Ravandi F, Kadia TM, Jabbour EJ, Daver NG, Borthakur G, Garcia-Manero G, Pierce SA, Montalbano KS, Pemmaraju N, Naqvi K, Ohanian M, Short NJ, Alvarado Y, Takahashi K, Yilmaz M, Jain N, Kornblau SM, Andreeff M, Bose P, Ferrajoli A, Issa GC, Masarova L, Thompson PA, Rausch CR, Ning J, Kantarjian HM, DiNardo CD, Konopleva MY. Venetoclax with decitabine vs intensive chemotherapy in acute myeloid leukemia: A propensity score matched analysis stratified by risk of treatment-related mortality. Am J Hematol 96(3):282-291, 2021. e-Pub 2020. PMID: 33264443.
- Reville PK, Kantarjian HM, Ravandi F, Jabbour E, DiNardo CD, Daver N, Pemmaraju N, Ohanian M, Alvarado Y, Xiao L, Alatrash G, Loghavi S, Rausch CR, Borthakur G, Konopleva M, Cortes J, Kadia TM. Nivolumab maintenance in high-risk acute myeloid leukemia patients: a single-arm, open-label, phase II study. Blood Cancer J 11(3):60, 2021. e-Pub 2021. PMID: 33731681.
- Alotaibi AS, Yilmaz M, Kanagal-Shamanna R, Loghavi S, Kadia TM, DiNardo CD, Borthakur G, Konopleva M, Pierce SA, Wang SA, Tang G, Guerra V, Samra B, Pemmaraju N, Jabbour E, Short NJ, Issa GC, Ohanian M, Garcia-Manero G, Bhalla KN, Patel KP, Takahashi K, Andreeff M, Cortes JE, Kantarjian HM, Ravandi F, Daver N. Patterns of Resistance Differ in Patients with Acute Myeloid Leukemia Treated with Type I versus Type II FLT3 inhibitors. Blood Cancer Discov 2(2):125-134, 2021. e-Pub 2020. PMID: 33681815.
- Maiti A, DiNardo CD, Daver NG, Rausch CR, Ravandi F, Kadia TM, Pemmaraju N, Borthakur G, Bose P, Issa GC, Short NJ, Yilmaz M, Montalban-Bravo G, Ferrajoli A, Jabbour EJ, Jain N, Ohanian M, Takahashi K, Thompson PA, Loghavi S, Montalbano KS, Pierce S, Wierda WG, Kantarjian HM, Konopleva MY. Triplet therapy with venetoclax, FLT3 inhibitor and decitabine for FLT3-mutated acute myeloid leukemia. Blood Cancer J 11(2):25, 2021. e-Pub 2021. PMID: 33563904.
- Yilmaz M, Alfayez M, DiNardo CD, Borthakur G, Kadia TM, Konopleva MY, Loghavi S, Kanagal-Shamanna R, Patel KP, Jabbour EJ, Garcia-Manero G, Pemmaraju N, Pierce SA, Ghayas I, Short NJ, Montalban-Bravo G, Takahashi K, Assi R, Alotaibi AS, Ohanian M, Andreeff M, Cortes JE, Kantarjian HM, Ravandi F, Daver NG. Correction to: Outcomes with sequential FLT3-inhibitor-based therapies in patients with AML. J Hematol Oncol 14(1):34, 2021. e-Pub 2021. PMID: 33618754.
- Issa GC, Kantarjian HM, Xiao L, Ning J, Alvarado Y, Borthakur G, Daver N, DiNardo CD, Jabbour E, Bose P, Jain N, Kadia TM, Naqvi K, Pemmaraju N, Takahashi K, Verstovsek S, Andreeff M, Kornblau SM, Estrov Z, Ferrajoli A, Garcia-Manero G, Ohanian M, Wierda WG, Ravandi F, Cortes JE. Phase II trial of CPX-351 in patients with acute myeloid leukemia at high risk for induction mortality. Leukemia 34(11):2914-2924, 2020. e-Pub 2020. PMID: 32546726.
- Abaza Y, Kantarjian H, Alwash Y, Borthakur G, Champlin R, Kadia T, Garcia-Manero G, Daver N, Ravandi F, Verstovsek S, Burger J, Estrov Z, Ohanian M, Lim M, Pemmaraju N, Jabbour E, Cortes J. Phase I/II Study of Dasatinib in Combination with Decitabine in Patients with Accelerated or Blast Phase Chronic Myeloid Leukemia. Am J Hematol 95(11):1288-1295, 2020. e-Pub 2020. PMID: 32681739.
- DiNardo CD, Maiti A, Rausch CR, Pemmaraju N, Naqvi K, Daver NG, Kadia TM, Borthakur G, Ohanian M, Alvarado Y, Issa GC, Montalban-Bravo G, Short NJ, Yilmaz M, Bose P, Jabbour EJ, Takahashi K, Burger JA, Garcia-Manero G, Jain N, Kornblau SM, Thompson PA, Estrov Z, Masarova L, Sasaki K, Verstovsek S, Ferrajoli A, Weirda WG, Wang SA, Konoplev S, Chen Z, Pierce SA, Ning J, Qiao W, Ravandi F, Andreeff M, Welch JS, Kantarjian HM, Konopleva MY. 10-day decitabine with venetoclax for newly diagnosed intensive chemotherapy ineligible, and relapsed or refractory acute myeloid leukaemia: a single-centre, phase 2 trial. Lancet Haematol 7(10):e724-e736, 2020. e-Pub 2020. PMID: 32896301.
- Yilmaz M, Alfayez M, DiNardo CD, Borthakur G, Kadia TM, Konopleva MY, Loghavi S, Kanagal-Shamanna R, Patel KP, Jabbour EJ, Garcia-Manero G, Pemmaraju N, Pierce SA, Ghayas I, Short NJ, Montalban-Bravo G, Takahashi K, Assi R, Alotaibi AS, Ohanian M, Andreeff M, Cortes JE, Kantarjian HM, Ravandi F, Daver NG. Outcomes with sequential FLT3-inhibitor-based therapies in patients with AML. J Hematol Oncol 13(1):132, 2020. e-Pub 2020. PMID: 33032648.
- Navada SC, Garcia-Manero G, OdchimarReissig R, Pemmaraju N, Alvarado Y, Ohanian MN, John RB, Demakos EP, Zbyszewski PS, Maniar M, Woodman RC, Fruchtman SM, Silverman LR. Rigosertib in combination with azacitidine in patients with myelodysplastic syndromes or acute myeloid leukemia: Results of a phase 1 study. Leuk Res 94:106369, 2020. e-Pub 2020. PMID: 32442785.
- Samra B, Richard-Carpentier G, Kadia TM, Ravandi F, Daver N, DiNardo CD, Issa GC, Bose P, Konopleva MY, Yilmaz M, Ohanian M, Borthakur G, Garcia-Manero G, Pierce S, Cortes JE, Kantarjian H, Short NJ. Characteristics and outcomes of patients with therapy-related acute myeloid leukemia with normal karyotype. Blood Cancer J 10(5):47, 2020. e-Pub 2020. PMID: 32366832.
- Richard-Carpentier G, Jabbour E, Short NJ, Rausch CR, Savoy JM, Bose P, Yilmaz M, Jain N, Borthakur G, Ohanian M, Alvarado Y, Rytting M, Kebriaei P, Konopleva M, Kantarjian H, Ravandi F. Clinical Experience With Venetoclax Combined With Chemotherapy for Relapsed or Refractory T-Cell Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia. Clin Lymphoma Myeloma Leuk 20(4):212-218, 2020. e-Pub 2019. PMID: 32035785.
- Lachowiez CA, Loghavi S, Kadia TM, Daver N, Borthakur G, Pemmaraju N, Naqvi K, Alvarado Y, Yilmaz M, Short N, Ohanian M, Pierce SR, Patel KP, Qiao W, Ning J, Sasaki K, Takahashi K, Jabbour E, Andreeff M, Ravandi F, Kantarjian HM, Konopleva M, DiNardo CD. Outcomes of older patients with NPM1-mutated AML: current treatments and the promise of venetoclax-based regimens. Blood Adv 4(7):1311-1320, 2020. PMID: 32251497.
- Abou Dalle I, Kantarjian H, Burger J, Estrov Z, Ohanian M, Verstovsek S, Ravandi F, Borthakur G, Garcia-Manero G, Jabbour E, Cortes J. Efficacy and safety of generic imatinib after switching from original imatinib in patients treated for chronic myeloid leukemia in the United States. Cancer Med 8(15):6559-6565, 2019. e-Pub 2019. PMID: 31502383.
- Jain N, Keating MJ, Thompson PA, Ferrajoli A, Burger JA, Borthakur GM, Takahashi K, Estrov ZE, Fowler NH, Kadia TM, Konopleva MY, Alvarado Y, Yilmaz M, DiNardo CD, Bose P, Ohanian M, Pemmaraju N, Jabbour E, Sasaki K, Kanagal-Shamanna R, Patel K, Jorgensen JL, Wang SA, Garg N, Wang X, Sondermann K, Cruz N, Wei C, Ayala A, Plunkett W, Kantarjian HM, Gandhi V, Wierda WG. Combined Ibrutinib and Venetoclax for First-Line Treatment for Patients with Chronic Lymphocytic Leukemia (CLL). Blood 134(Supplement_1):34, 2019. PMID: 31724006.
- Ohanian M, Tung C, V Abruzzo L. Orbital extramedullary leukaemia is not a rare entity - response to Paydas. Br J Haematol 186(3):e4-e6, 2019. e-Pub 2019. PMID: 30873605.
- Jain N, Keating M, Thompson P, Ferrajoli A, Burger J, Borthakur G, Takahashi K, Estrov Z, Fowler N, Kadia T, Konopleva M, Alvarado Y, Yilmaz M, DiNardo C, Bose P, Ohanian M, Pemmaraju N, Jabbour E, Sasaki K, Kanagal-Shamanna R, Patel K, Jorgensen J, Garg N, Wang X, Sondermann K, Cruz N, Wei C, Ayala A, Plunkett W, Kantarjian H, Gandhi V, Wierda W. Ibrutinib and Venetoclax for First-Line Treatment of CLL. N Engl J Med 380(22):2095-2103, 2019. PMID: 31141631.
- Boddu P, Thakral B, Alhuraiji A, Pemmaraju N, Kadia T, Ohanian M, Ravandi F, Jabbour E, Wierda W, Khoury JD, Jain N. Distinguishing thymoma from T-lymphoblastic leukaemia/lymphoma: a case-based evaluation. J Clin Pathol 72(3):251-257, 2019. e-Pub 2018. PMID: 30467242.
- Burger JA, Sivina M, Jain N, Kim E, Kadia T, Estrov Z, Nogueras-Gonzalez GM, Huang X, Jorgensen J, Li J, Cheng M, Clow F, Ohanian M, Andreeff M, Mathew T, Thompson P, Kantarjian H, O'Brien S, Wierda WG, Ferrajoli A, Keating MJ. Randomized trial of ibrutinib versus ibrutinib plus rituximab in patients with chronic lymphocytic leukemia. Blood 133(10):1011-1019, 2019. e-Pub 2018. PMID: 30530801.
- Maiti A, Naqvi K, Kadia TM, Borthakur G, Takahashi K, Bose P, Daver NG, Patel A, Alvarado Y, Ohanian M, DiNardo CD, Cortes JE, Jabbour EJ, Garcia-Manero G, Kantarjian HM, Ravandi F. Phase II Trial of MEK Inhibitor Binimetinib (MEK162) in RAS-mutant Acute Myeloid Leukemia. Clin Lymphoma Myeloma Leuk 19(3):142-148.e1, 2019. e-Pub 2018. PMID: 30635233.
- Ohanian M, Rozovski U, Kanagal-Shamanna R, Abruzzo LV, Loghavi S, Kadia T, Futreal A, Bhalla K, Zuo Z, Huh YO, Post SM, Ruvolo P, Garcia-Manero G, Andreeff M, Kornblau S, Borthakur G, Hu P, Medeiros LJ, Takahashi K, Hornbaker MJ, Zhang J, Nogueras-González GM, Huang X, Verstovsek S, Estrov Z, Pierce S, Ravandi F, Kantarjian HM, Bueso-Ramos CE, Cortes JE. MYC protein expression is an important prognostic factor in acute myeloid leukemia. Leuk Lymphoma 60(1):1-12, 2019. e-Pub 2018. PMID: 29741984.
- Short NJ, Kantarjian HM, Loghavi S, Huang X, Qiao W, Borthakur G, Kadia TM, Daver N, Ohanian M, Dinardo CD, Estrov Z, Kanagal-Shamanna R, Maiti A, Benton CB, Bose P, Alvarado Y, Jabbour E, Kornblau SM, Pemmaraju N, Jain N, Gasior Y, Richie MA, Pierce S, Cortes J, Konopleva M, Garcia-Manero G, Ravandi F. Treatment with a 5-day versus a 10-day schedule of decitabine in older patients with newly diagnosed acute myeloid leukaemia: a randomised phase 2 trial. Lancet Haematol 6(1):e29-e37, 2019. e-Pub 2018. PMID: 30545576.
- Yalniz FF, Daver N, Rezvani K, Kornblau S, Ohanian M, Borthakur G, DiNardo CD, Konopleva M, Burger J, Gasior Y, Pierce S, Kantarjian H, Garcia-Manero G. A Pilot Trial of Lirilumab With or Without Azacitidine for Patients With Myelodysplastic Syndrome. Clin Lymphoma Myeloma Leuk 18(10):658-663.e2, 2018. e-Pub 2018. PMID: 30001986.
- Masarova L, Verstovsek S, Hidalgo-Lopez JE, Pemmaraju N, Bose P, Estrov Z, Jabbour EJ, Ravandi-Kashani F, Takahashi K, Cortes JE, Ning J, Ohanian M, Alvarado Y, Zhou L, Pierce S, Gergis R, Patel KP, Luthra R, Kadia TM, DiNardo CD, Borthakur G, Bhalla K, Garcia-Manero G, Bueso-Ramos CE, Kantarjian HM, Daver N. A phase II study of ruxolitinib in combination with azacytidine in patients with myelofibrosis. Blood 132(16):1664-1674, 2018. e-Pub 2018. PMID: 30185431.
- Ohanian M, Garcia-Manero G, Levis M, Jabbour E, Daver N, Borthakur G, Kadia T, Pierce S, Burger J, Richie MA, Patel K, Andreeff M, Estrov Z, Cortes J, Kantarjian H, Ravandi F. Sorafenib Combined with 5-azacytidine (AZA) in Older Patients with Untreated FLT3-ITD Mutated Acute Myeloid Leukemia (AML). Am J Hematol 93(9):1136-1141, 2018. e-Pub 2018. PMID: 30028037.
- Lacourt TE, Kavelaars A, Ohanian M, Shah ND, Shelburne SA, Futreal A, Kontoyiannis DP, Heijnen CJ. Patient-reported fatigue prior to treatment is prognostic of survival in patients with acute myeloid leukemia. Oncotarget 9(58):31244-31252, 2018. e-Pub 2018. PMID: 30131851.
- Ohanian M, Tari Ashizawa A, Garcia-Manero G, Pemmaraju N, Kadia T, Jabbour E, Ravandi F, Borthakur G, Andreeff M, Konopleva M, Lim M, Pierce S, O'Brien S, Alvarado Y, Verstovsek S, Wierda W, Kantarjian H, Cortes J. Liposomal Grb2 antisense oligodeoxynucleotide (BP1001) in patients with refractory or relapsed haematological malignancies: a single-centre, open-label, dose-escalation, phase 1/1b trial. Lancet Haematol 5(4):e136-e146, 2018. e-Pub 2018. PMID: 29550383.
- Ohanian M, Pemmaraju N, Rozovski U, Alattar ML, Estrov Z, Kundra V, Tung C, Ravandi F, Manning J, Abruzzo LV. Ocular extramedullary myeloid leukaemia. Br J Haematol 180(5):738-740, 2018. e-Pub 2016. PMID: 27879987.
- Ragon BK, Daver N, Garcia-Manero G, Ravandi F, Cortes J, Kadia T, Oran B, Ohanian M, Ferrajoli A, Pemmaraju N, Kantarjian HM, Borthakur G. Minimal residual disease eradication with epigenetic therapy in core binding factor acute myeloid leukemia. Am J Hematol 92(9):845-850, 2017. e-Pub 2017. PMID: 28494506.
- Boddu PC, Kantarjian HM, Ravandi F, Garcia-Manero G, Verstovsek S, Jabbour EJ, Takahashi K, Bhalla K, Konopleva M, DiNardo CD, Ohanian M, Pemmaraju N, Jain N, Pierce S, Wierda WG, Cortes JE, Kadia TM. Characteristics and outcomes of older patients with secondary acute myeloid leukemia according to treatment approach. Cancer 123(16):3050-3060, 2017. e-Pub 2017. PMID: 28387922.
- Pinnix CC, Chi L, Jabbour EJ, Milgrom SA, Smith GL, Daver N, Garg N, Cykowski MD, Fuller G, Cachia D, Kamiya-Matsuoka C, Woodman K, Dinardo C, Jain N, Kadia TM, Pemmaraju N, Ohanian M, Konopleva M, Kantarjian HM, Dabaja BS. Dorsal column myelopathy after intrathecal chemotherapy for leukemia. Am J Hematol 92(2):155-160, 2017. PMID: 27874212.
- Tamamyan G, Kadia T, Ravandi F, Borthakur G, Cortes J, Jabbour E, Daver N, Ohanian M, Kantarjian H, Konopleva M. Frontline treatment of acute myeloid leukemia in adults. Crit Rev Oncol Hematol 110:20-34, 2017. e-Pub 2016. PMID: 28109402.
- Huh YO, Tang G, Talwalkar SS, Khoury JD, Ohanian M, Bueso-Ramos CE, Abruzzo LV. Double minute chromosomes in acute myeloid leukemia, myelodysplastic syndromes, and chronic myelomonocytic leukemia are associated with micronuclei, MYC or MLL amplification, and complex karyotype. Cancer Genet 209(7-8):313-20, 2016. e-Pub 2016. PMID: 27318442.
- Ohanian M, Bueso-Ramos C, Ok CY, Lin P, Patel K, Alattar ML, Khoury JD, Rozovski U, Estrov Z, Huh YO, Cortes J, Abruzzo LV. Acute Myeloid Leukemia with MYC Rearrangement and JAK2 V617F Mutation. Cancer Genet 208(11):571-4, 2015. e-Pub 2015. PMID: 26382622.
- Rozovski U, Ohanian M, Ravandi F, Garcia-Manero G, Faderl S, Pierce S, Cortes J, Estrov Z. Incidence of and risk factors for involvement of the central nervous system in acute myeloid leukemia. Leuk Lymphoma 56(5):1-6, 2015. e-Pub 2014. PMID: 25110819.
- Ohanian M, Rozovski U, Ravandi F, Garcia-Manero G, Jabbour E, Kantarjian HM, Estrov Z. Very high levels of lactate dehydrogenase at diagnosis predict central nervous system relapse in acute promyelocytic leukaemia. Br J Haematol 169(4):595-7, 2015. e-Pub 2014. PMID: 25413673.
- Ohanian M, Kantarjian H, Guy D, Thomas D, Jabbour E, O'Brien S. Inotuzumab ozogamicin in B-cell acute lymphoblastic leukemias and non-Hodgkin's lymphomas. Expert Opin Biol Ther 15(4):601-11, 2015. PMID: 25775418.
- Ohanian M, Huang RS, Yakoushina TV, Estrov Z, Juneja H, Chen L, Idowu M, Abruzzo LV. Isolated Mesenteric CD20-positive Myeloid Sarcoma. Clin Lymphoma Myeloma Leuk 14(6):e217-20, 2014. e-Pub 2014. PMID: 25131853.
- Rozovski U, Li P, Harris D, Ohanian M, Kantarjian H, Estrov Z. Interleukin-7 receptor-α gene mutations are not detected in adult T-cell acute lymphoblastic leukemia. Cancer Med 3(3):550-554, 2014. e-Pub 2014. PMID: 24678068.
- Ohanian M, Kantarjian HM, Quintas-Cardama A, Jabbour E, Abruzzo L, Verstovsek S, Borthakur G, Ravandi F, Garcia-Manero G, Champlin R, Pierce S, Alattar ML, Trinh LX, Luthra R, Ferrajoli A, Kadia T, O'Brien S, Cortes JE. Tyrosine Kinase Inhibitors as Initial Therapy for Patients with Chronic Myeloid Leukemia in Accelerated Phase. Clin Lymphoma Myeloma Leuk 14(2):155-162.e1, 2014. e-Pub 2013. PMID: 24332214.
- Ikoma N, Anderson CL, Ohanian M, Juneja HS, MacFadyen BV, Shah SK, Bajwa KS. Portal vein thrombosis after laparoscopic cholecystectomy. JSLS 18(1):125-7, 2014. PMID: 24680155.
- Ohanian M, Idowu M, Castillo B, Liu H, Nedelcu E. Diagnosis with Hemoglobin SC Disease at Age 52 After Acute Stroke and Cardiac Arrest. J Hematol 2(1), 2014.
- Ohanian M, Faderl S, Ravandi F, Pemmaraju N, Garcia-Manero G, Cortes J, Estrov Z. Is acute myeloid leukemia a liquid tumor?. Int J Cancer 133(3):534-43, 2013. e-Pub 2013. PMID: 23280377.
- Ghanem H, Kantarjian H, Ohanian M, Jabbour E. The role of clofarabine in acute myeloid leukemia. Leuk Lymphoma 54(4):688-98, 2013. e-Pub 2012. PMID: 22957815.
- Ohanian M, Borthakur G, Quintas-Cardama A, Mathisen M, Cortés JE, Estrov Z, Pemmaraju N. Ocular granulocytic sarcoma: a case report and literature review of ocular extramedullary acute myeloid leukemia. Clin Lymphoma Myeloma Leuk 13(1):93-6, 2013. e-Pub 2012. PMID: 23017332.
- Ohanian M, Leventaki V, Verstovsek S, Estrov Z, Lin P, Yin C, Kantarjian H, Huh Y, Ravandi F. Acute lymphoblastic leukemia arising in post-polycythemic myelofibrosis: a rare entity. Leuk Lymphoma 53(9):1839-41, 2012. e-Pub 2012. PMID: 22303899.
- Ohanian M, Cortes J, Kantarjian H, Jabbour E. Tyrosine kinase inhibitors in acute and chronic leukemias. Expert Opin Pharmacother 13(7):927-38, 2012. PMID: 22519766.
- Tanaka MF, Kantarjian H, Cortes J, Ohanian M, Jabbour E. Treatment options for chronic myeloid leukemia. Expert Opin Pharmacother 13(6):815-28, 2012. e-Pub 2012. PMID: 22429140.
- Ohanian M, Alaly J, Samuel S, Cable C, Halka K. Leptomeningeal myelomatosis in previously treated high-risk kappa light chain multiple myeloma. Blood and Lymphatic Cancer: Targets and Therapy 1(1):9-18, 2011.
- Ohanian M, Cable C, Halka K. Eculizumab safely reverses neurologic impairment and eliminates need for dialysis in severe atypical hemolytic uremic syndrome. Clin Pharmacol 3:5-12, 2011. e-Pub 2011. PMID: 22287852.
- Ohanian M, Cable C, Halka K. Reduced dose maintenance eculizumab in atypical hemolytic uremic syndrome (aHUS): an update on a previous case report. Clin Pharmacol 3:45-50, 2011. e-Pub 2011. PMID: 22287856.
- Bennett DD, Ohanian M, Cable CT. Rituximab in severe skin diseases: target, disease, and dose. Clin Pharmacol 2:135-41, 2010. e-Pub 2010. PMID: 22291497.
- Ohanian M, Kantarjian HM, Shoukier M, Dellasala S, Musaelyan A, Nogueras Gonzalez GM, Jabbour E, Abruzzo L, Verstovsek S, Borthakur G, Ravandi F, Garcia-Manero G, Tamamyan G, Champlin R, Pierce S, Ferrajoli A, Kadia T, Cortes JE. The Clinical Impact of Time to Response in De Novo Accelerated-Phase Chronic Myeloid Leukemia. Am J Hematol. e-Pub 2020. PMID: 32557828.
- Maiti A, Rausch CR, Cortes JE, Pemmaraju N, Daver NG, Ravandi F, Garcia-Manero G, Borthakur G, Naqvi K, Ohanian M, Short NJ, Alvarado Y, Kadia TM, Takahashi K, Yilmaz M, Jain N, Kornblau S, Montalban Bravo G, Sasaki K, Andreeff M, Bose P, Ferrajoli A, Issa GC, Jabbour EJ, Masarova L, Thompson PA, Wang S, Konoplev S, Pierce SA, Ning J, Qiao W, Welch JS, Kantarjian HM, DiNardo CD, Konopleva MY. Outcomes of relapsed or refractory acute myeloid leukemia after frontline hypomethylating agent and venetoclax regimens. Haematologica. e-Pub 2020. PMID: 32499238.
- Sasaki K, Kantarjian H, Wierda W, Ravandi F, Daver N, Burger J, DiNardo CD, Jain N, Short NJ, Estrov Z, Konopleva M, Ohanian M, Garcia-Manero G, Kadia T, Alvarado Y, Yilmaz M, Pierce S, Garris R, Cortes J, O'Brien S, Ingram A, Jabbour E. Phase 2 Study of Hyper-CMAD with Liposomal Vincristine for Patients with Newly Diagnosed Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia. Am J Hematol. e-Pub 2020. PMID: 32170867.
- Ohanian M, Telouk P, Kornblau S, Albarede F, Ruvolo P, Tidwell RSS, Plesa A, Kanagal-Shamanna R, Matera EL, Cortes J, Carson A, Dumontet C. A heavy metal baseline score predicts outcome in AML. Am J Hematol. e-Pub 2020. PMID: 31944361.
- Ohanian M, Cancelas JA, Davenport R, Pullarkat V, Hervig T, Broome C, Marek K, Kelly M, Gul Z, Rugg N, Nestheide S, Kinne B, Szczepiorkowski Z, Kantarjian H, Pehta J, Biehl R, Yu A, Aung F, Antebi B, Fitzpatrick GM. Freeze-Dried Platelets Are a Promising Alternative in Bleeding Thrombocytopenic Patients with Hematological Malignancies. Am J Hematol. e-Pub 2021. PMID: 34748664.
- Mill CP, Fiskus W, DiNardo CD, Birdwell C, Davis JA, Kadia TM, Takahashi K, Short NJ, Daver NG, Ohanian M, Borthakur G, Kornblau SM, Green MR, Qi Y, Su X, Khoury JD, Bhalla KN. Effective therapy of AML with RUNX1 mutation by co-treatment with inhibitors of protein translation and BCL2. Blood. e-Pub 2021. PMID: 34601571.
- Venugopal S, Maiti A, DiNardo CD, Qiao W, Ning J, Loghavi S, Daver NG, Kadia TM, Rausch CR, Alvarado Y, Ohanian M, Sasaki K, Short NJ, Takahashi K, Yilmaz M, Ravandi F, Kantarjian HM, Konopleva MY. Prognostic impact of conventional cytogenetics in acute myeloid leukemia treated with venetoclax and decitabine. Leuk Lymphoma:1-5. e-Pub 2021. PMID: 34474640.
- Abbas HA, Reville PK, Geppner A, Rausch CR, Pemmaraju N, Ohanian M, Sasaki K, Borthakur G, Daver N, DiNardo C, Bueso-Ramos C, Pierce S, Jabbour E, Garcia-Manero G, Konopleva M, Ravandi F, Kantarjian H, Kadia TM. Clinical and molecular characterization of myeloid sarcoma without medullary leukemia. Leuk Lymphoma:1-9. e-Pub 2021. PMID: 34380367.
- Jain N, Keating M, Thompson P, Ferrajoli A, Burger JA, Borthakur G, Takahashi K, Estrov Z, Sasaki K, Fowler N, Kadia T, Konopleva M, Alvarado Y, Yilmaz M, DiNardo C, Bose P, Ohanian M, Pemmaraju N, Jabbour E, Kanagal-Shamanna R, Patel K, Wang W, Jorgensen J, Wang SA, Garg N, Wang X, Wei C, Cruz N, Ayala A, Plunkett W, Kantarjian H, Gandhi V, Wierda WG. Ibrutinib Plus Venetoclax for First-line Treatment of Chronic Lymphocytic Leukemia: A Nonrandomized Phase 2 Trial. JAMA Oncol. e-Pub 2021. PMID: 34110383.
- Kim K, Maiti A, Loghavi S, Pourebrahim R, Kadia TM, Rausch CR, Furudate K, Daver NG, Alvarado Y, Ohanian M, Sasaki K, Short NJ, Takahashi K, Yilmaz M, Tang G, Ravandi F, Kantarjian HM, DiNardo CD, Konopleva MY. Outcomes of TP53-mutant acute myeloid leukemia with decitabine and venetoclax. Cancer. e-Pub 2021. PMID: 34255353.
Grant & Contract Support
| Title: | Metal Detoxification to Prevent Acute Myeloid Leukemia |
| Funding Source: | Duncan Family Funding |
| Role: | Principal Investigator |
| Title: | Detoxifying the Bone Marrow Microenvironment of Patients with Acute Myeloid Leukemia |
| Funding Source: | Leukemia Texas |
| Role: | Principal Investigator |
| Title: | Toxic Metals in Leukemia and Hematologic Malignancies |
| Funding Source: | Gillson Longenbaugh Foundation |
| Role: | Principal Investigator |
| Title: | The Metallomics and Genomics of Acute Leukemia |
| Funding Source: | Sister Institution Network Fund (SINF) |
| Role: | Principal Investigator |
| Title: | A Phase I, Multi-Center, Open-Label, Dose Escalation Study of Thrombosomes in Bleeding Thrombocytopenic Patients in Three Cohorts |
| Funding Source: | Cellphire, Inc |
| Role: | Principal Investigator |
| Title: | PA15-0302. Toxic and Essential Metals and Isotopic Abundance Analysis in Leukemia and Hematologic Malignancies |
| Funding Source: | UT MDACC Donor Funds (VD 114199) |
| Role: | Principal Investigator |
| Title: | A Phase IIa Single-arm, Open-label, Two-stage Clinical Trial to Evaluate the Safety, Pharmacokinetics, Pharmacodynamics, and Efficacy of BP1001 (a Liposomal Grb2 Antisense Oligonucleotide) in Combination with Low-dose Cytarabine (LDAC) in Patients with Previously Untreated Acute Myeloid Leukemia (AML) Who Are Ineligible for Intensive Induction Therapy |
| Funding Source: | Bio-Path, Inc |
| Role: | Principal Investigator |
| Title: | Toxic Metals and Acute Myeloid Leukemia in Louisiana |
| Funding Source: | Leukemia Ladies League |
| Role: | Principal Investigator |
| Title: | Clinical Innovator Award "Extramedullary myeloid leukemia (EML) in newly diagnosed acute myeloid leukemia is underreported" |
| Funding Source: | UT MD Anderson Cancer Center |
| Role: | Principal Investigator |
| Title: | A Phase Ib/IIa Single-arm, Open-label Clinical Trial to Evaluate the Safety, Pharmacokinetics, and Efficacy of BP1001 (a Liposomal Grb2 Antisense Oligonucleotide) in Combination with Dasatinib (Das) in Patients with Philadelphia Chromosome Positive (Ph+) Chronic Myelogenous Leukemia (CML) in Accelerated or Blast Phase |
| Funding Source: | Bio-Path Holdings, Inc |
| Role: | Principal Investigator |
| Title: | Cardioprotection with Dexrazoxane in Acute Myeloid Leukemia (AML), High-Risk Myelodysplastic Syndrome (MDS), Myeloid Blast Phase of Chronic Myeloid Leukemia (CML), Ph+ AML, and Myeloid Blast Phase of Myeloproliferative Neoplasms |
| Funding Source: | Donor Funds |
| Role: | Principal Investigator |
| Title: | A Phase I Dose Escalation with Two Disease Specific Expansions, Multicenter, Open-Label, Safety, Pharmacokinetic and Pharmacodynamic Study of LOR-253 in Patients with Relapsed or Refractory Hematologic Malignancies |
| Funding Source: | Aptose Therapeutics, Inc |
| Role: | Principal Investigator |
| Title: | Lead-in and Phase II Study of Clorarabine, Etoposide, Cyclophosphamide (CEC), Liposomal Vincristine (VCR), Dexamethasone and Bortezomib in Relapsed/Refractory Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia (ALL) and Lymphoblastic Lymphoma (LL) |
| Funding Source: | Spectrum Pharmaceuticals |
| Role: | Principal Investigator |
| Title: | Extramedullary Myeloid Leukemia (EML) in AML |
| Funding Source: | UT MD Anderson Cancer Center IRG |
| Role: | Principal Investigator-MDACC |
| Title: | Targeted Metal Detoxification to Prevent AML |
| Funding Source: | UT MD Anderson Cancer Center Khalifa Foundation gift |
| Role: | Principal Investigator-MDACC |