Rima M. Saliba, PHD
Department of Stem Cell Transplantation and Cellular Therapy, Division of Cancer Medicine
Education & Training
Degree-Granting Education
1997 | University of Texas School of Public Health, Houston, TX, USA, PHD, Epidemiology/Biostatistics |
1988 | American University of Beirut, Beirut, LBN, MS, Nutrition |
1986 | American University of Beirut, Beirut, LBN, BS, Nutrition |
Experience & Service
Academic Appointments
Assistant Professor, Department of Stem Cell Transplantation - Research, Division of Cancer Medicine, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX, 2005 - 2011
Selected Publications
Peer-Reviewed Articles
- Gaballa S, Saliba R, Oran B, Brammer JE, Chen J, Rondon G, Alousi AM, Kebriaei P, Marin D, Popat UR, Andersson BS, Shpall EJ, Jabbour E, Daver N, Andreeff M, Ravandi F, Cortes J, Patel K, Champlin RE, Ciurea SO. Relapse Risk and Survival in Patients with FLT3 Acute Myeloid Leukemia Undergoing Stem Cell Transplantation. Am J Hematol. e-Pub 2017. PMID: 28052408.
- Varma A, Biritxinaga L, Saliba RM, Stich M, Jauch SF, Afrough A, Honhar M, Popat UR, Shafi MA, Shah N, Bashir Q, Dinh Y, Hosing C, Champlin RE, Qazilbash MH. Impact of Hepatitis B Core Antibody (HBcAb) Seropositivity on the Outcome of Autologous Hematopoietic Stem Cell Transplantation for Multiple Myeloma. Biol Blood Marrow Transplant. e-Pub 2017. PMID: 28063964.
- Gaballa S, Saliba RM, Srour S, Lu G, Brammer JE, Shah N, Bashir Q, Patel K, Bock F, Parmar S, Hosing C, Popat U, Delgado R, Rondon G, Shah JJ, Manasanch EE, Orlowski RZ, Champlin R, Qazilbash MH. Outcomes in patients with multiple myeloma with TP53 deletion after autologous hematopoietic stem cell transplant. Am J Hematol 91(10):E442-7, 2016. e-Pub 2016. PMID: 27420405.
- Brammer JE, Saliba RM, Jorgensen JL, Ledesma C, Gaballa S, Poon M, Maziarz RT, Champlin RE, Hosing C, Kebriaei P. Multi-center analysis of the effect of T-cell acute lymphoblastic leukemia subtype and minimal residual disease on allogeneic stem cell transplantation outcomes. Bone Marrow Transplant. e-Pub 2016. PMID: 27618682.
- Mehta RS, Saliba RM, Chen J, Rondon G, Hammerstrom AE, Alousi A, Qazilbash M, Bashir Q, Ahmed S, Popat U, Hosing C, Khouri I, Shpall EJ, Champlin RE, Ciurea SO. Post-transplantation cyclophosphamide versus conventional graft-versus-host disease prophylaxis in mismatched unrelated donor haematopoietic cell transplantation. Br J Haematol 173(3):444-55, 2016. e-Pub 2016. PMID: 26947769.
- Wilhelm K, Chemaly R, Saliba R, Gulbis A, Saunders I, Cool R, Ferguson J, Westmoreland M, Rondon G, Kebriaei P. The impact of pre-transplant valganciclovir on early cytomegalovirus reactivation after allogeneic hematopoietic stem cell transplantation. J Oncol Pharm Pract. e-Pub 2013. PMID: 24022408.
- Chakhachiro ZI, Saliba RM, Okoroji GJ, Korbling M, Alousi AM, Betul O, Anderlini P, Ciurea SO, Popat U, Champlin R, Samuels BI, Medeiros LJ, Bueso-Ramos C, Khouri IF. Cytarabine, Ki-67, and SOX11 in patients with mantle cell lymphoma receiving rituximab-containing autologous stem cell transplantation during first remission. Cancer. e-Pub 2013. PMID: 23775587.
- Sasaki K, Lu G, Saliba RM, Bashir Q, Hosing C, Popat U, Shah N, Parmar S, Dinh Y, Ahmed S, Shpall EJ, Kebriaei P, Shah JJ, Orlowski RZ, Champlin R, Qazilbash MH. Impact Of t(11;14)(q13;q32) On The Outcome Of Autologous Hematopoietic Cell Transplantation In Multiple Myeloma. Biol Blood Marrow Transplant. e-Pub 2013. PMID: 23733001.
- Poon LM, Hamdi A, Saliba R, Rondon G, Ledesma C, Kendrick M, Qazilbash M, Hosing C, Jones RB, Popat UR, Nieto Y, Alousi A, Ciurea S, Shpall EJ, Champlin RE, Kebriaei P. Outcomes of adults with acute lymphoblastic leukemia (ALL) following relapse post allogeneic hematopoietic stem cell transplantation (HSCT). Biol Blood Marrow Transplant. e-Pub 2013. PMID: 23644077.
- Bayraktar UD, de Lima M, Saliba RM, Maloy M, Castro-Malaspina HR, Chen J, Rondon G, Chiattone A, Jakubowski AA, Boulad F, Kernan NA, O'Reilly RJ, Champlin RE, Giralt S, Andersson BS, Papadopoulos EB. Ex Vivo T Cell Depleted versus Unmodified Allografts in Patients with Acute Myeloid Leukemia in First Complete Remission. Biol Blood Marrow Transplant. e-Pub 2013. PMID: 23467126.
- Alousi AM, Le-Rademacher J, Saliba RM, Appelbaum FR, Artz A, Benjamin J, Devine SM, Kan F, Laughlin MJ, Lazarus HM, Liesveld J, Perales MA, Maziarz RT, Sabloff M, Waller EK, Eapen M, Champlin RE. Who is the better donor for older hematopoietic transplant recipients: an older-aged sibling or a young, matched unrelated volunteer?. Blood. e-Pub 2013. PMID: 23361908.
- Ciurea SO, Mulanovich V, Saliba RM, Bayraktar UD, Jiang Y, Bassett R, Wang SA, Konopleva M, Fernandez-Vina M, Montes N, Bosque D, Chen J, Rondon G, Alatrash G, Alousi A, Bashir Q, Korbling M, Qazilbash M, Parmar S, Shpall E, Nieto Y, Hosing C, Kebriaei P, Khouri I, Popat U, de Lima M, Champlin RE. Improved Early Outcomes Using a T Cell Replete Graft Compared with T Cell Depleted Haploidentical Hematopoietic Stem Cell Transplantation. Biol Blood Marrow Transplant 18(12):1835-1844, 2012. e-Pub 2012. PMID: 22796535.
- de Lima M, McNiece I, Robinson SN, Munsell M, Eapen M, Horowitz M, Alousi A, Saliba R, McMannis JD, Kaur I, Kebriaei P, Parmar S, Popat U, Hosing C, Champlin R, Bollard C, Molldrem JJ, Jones RB, Nieto Y, Andersson BS, Shah N, Oran B, Cooper LJ, Worth L, Qazilbash MH, Korbling M, Rondon G, Ciurea S, Bosque D, Maewal I, Simmons PJ, Shpall EJ. Cord-blood engraftment with ex vivo mesenchymal-cell coculture. N Engl J Med 367(24):2305-15, 2012. PMID: 23234514.
- Beitinjaneh AM, Saliba R, Bashir Q, Shah N, Parmar S, Hosing C, Popat U, Anderlini P, Dinh Y, Qureshi S, Rondon G, Champlin RE, Giralt SA, Qazilbash MH. Durable Responses after Donor Lymphocyte Infusion for Patients with Residual Multiple Myeloma following Non-myeloablative Allogeneic Stem Cell Transplantation. Leuk Lymphoma 53(8):1525-1529, 2012. e-Pub 2012. PMID: 22242817.
- Anderlini P, Saliba R, Acholonu S, Okoroji GJ, Ledesma C, Andersson BS, Jones R, Popat UR, Hosing CM, Nieto Y, Qazilbash MH, Ueno NT, Giralt SA, de Lima MJ, Champlin RE. Donor leukocyte infusions in recurrent Hodgkin lymphoma following allogeneic stem cell transplant: 10-year experience at the M. D. Anderson Cancer Center. Leuk Lymphoma 53(6):1239-1241, 2012. e-Pub 2012. PMID: 22132837.
- Khouri IF, Saliba RM, Erwin WD, Samuels BI, Korbling M, Medeiros LJ, Valverde R, Alousi AM, Anderlini P, Bashir Q, Ciurea S, Gulbis AM, de Lima M, Hosing C, Kebriaei P, Popat UR, Fowler N, Neelapu SS, Samaniego F, Champlin RE, Macapinlac HA. Nonmyeloablative allogeneic transplantation with or without 90yttrium ibritumomab tiuxetan is potentially curative for relapsed follicular lymphoma: 12-year results. Blood 119(26):6373-6378, 2012. e-Pub 2012. PMID: 22586182.
- Ciurea SO, Saliba RM, Hamerschlak N, Karduss Aurueta AJ, Bassett R, Fernandez-Vina M, Petropoulos D, Worth LL, Chan KW, Couriel DR, Rondon G, Sharma M, Qazilbash M, Jones RB, Kebriaei P, McMannis J, Hosing CM, Nieto Y, Champlin RE, Shpall EJ, de Lima M. Fludarabine, Melphalan, Thiotepa and ATG Conditioning for Unrelated Cord Blood Transplantation. Leuk Lymphoma 53(5):901-6, 2012. e-Pub 2012. PMID: 21988645.
- Anderlini P, Saliba RM, Ledesma C, Chancoco C, Alousi AM, Shpall EJ, Popat UR, Hosing CM, Khouri IF, Nieto Y, Ciurea S, Younes A, Fanale MA, Acholonu S, Valverde R, Champlin RE. Gemcitabine, fludarabine and melphalan (G-FM) as a reduced-intensity conditioning regimen for allogeneic stem cell transplantation in relapsed and refractory hodgkin lymphoma: preliminary results. Leuk Lymphoma 53(3):499-502, 2012. e-Pub 2011. PMID: 21859247.
- Popat U, de Lima MJ, Saliba RM, Anderlini P, Andersson BS, Alousi AM, Hosing C, Nieto Y, Parmar S, Khouri IF, Kebriaei P, Qazilbash M, Champlin RE, Giralt SA. Long-term outcome of reduced-intensity allogeneic hematopoietic SCT in patients with AML in CR. Bone Marrow Transplant 47(2):212-6, 2012. e-Pub 2011. PMID: 21423123.
- Saliba RM, Couriel DR, Giralt S, Rondon G, Okoroji GJ, Rashid A, Champlin RE, Alousi AM. Prognostic value of response after upfront therapy for acute GVHD. Bone Marrow Transplant 47(1):125-31, 2012. e-Pub 2011. PMID: 21383686.
- Alatrash G, Pelosini M, Saliba RM, Koca E, Rondon G, Andersson BS, Chiattone A, Zhang W, Giralt SA, Cernosek AM, Kebriaei P, Alousi AM, Popat UR, Hosing C, Khouri IF, Champlin RE, de Lima MJ. Platelet Recovery Before Allogeneic Stem Cell Transplantation Predicts Posttransplantation Outcomes in Patients with Acute Myelogenous Leukemia and Myelodysplastic Syndrome. Biol Blood Marrow Transplant 17(12):1841-5, 2011. e-Pub 2011. PMID: 21684343.
- Alatrash G, de Lima M, Hamerschlak N, Pelosini M, Wang X, Xiao L, Kerbauy F, Chiattone A, Rondon G, Qazilbash MH, Giralt SA, de Padua Silva L, Hosing C, Kebriaei P, Zhang W, Nieto Y, Saliba RM, Champlin RE, Andersson BS. Myeloablative Reduced-Toxicity i.v. Busulfan-Fludarabine and Allogeneic Hematopoietic Stem Cell Transplant for Patients with Acute Myeloid Leukemia or Myelodysplastic Syndrome in the Sixth Through Eighth Decades of Life. Biol Blood Marrow Transplant 17(10):1490-6, 2011. e-Pub 2011. PMID: 21338705.
- Ciurea SO, Saliba RM, Rondon G, Patah PA, Aung F, Cano P, Andersson BS, Kebriaei P, Popat U, Fernandez-Vina M, Champlin RE, de Lima M. Outcomes of patients with myeloid malignancies treated with allogeneic hematopoietic stem cell transplantation from matched unrelated donors compared with one-human leukocyte antigen mismatched related donors using HLA typing at 10 loci. Biol Blood Marrow Transplant 17(6):923-9, 2011. e-Pub 2010. PMID: 20969970.
- Kazmi SM, Saliba RM, Donato M, Wang M, Hosing C, Qureshi S, Anderlini P, Popat U, Champlin RE, Giralt SA, Qazilbash MH. Phase II trial of high-dose topotecan, melphalan and CY with autologous stem cell support for multiple myeloma. Bone Marrow Transplant 46(4):510-5, 2011. e-Pub 2010. PMID: 20581887.
- Westin JR, Saliba RM, De Lima M, Alousi A, Hosing C, Qazilbash MH, Khouri IF, Shpall EJ, Anderlini P, Rondon G, Andersson BS, Champlin R, Couriel DR. Steroid-Refractory Acute GVHD: Predictors and Outcomes. Adv Hematol 2011(601953):8 pages, 2011. e-Pub 2011. PMID: 22110505.
- Efebera Y, Thandi R, Saliba R, Popat U, de Lima M, Alousi A, Hosing C, Rondon G, Champlin R, Giralt S. The Impact of Pre-Stem Cell Transplant Ferritin Level on Late Transplant Complications. The Internet Journal of Hematology 7(1), 2010.
- Saliba RM, Komanduri KV, Giralt S, de Souza J, Patah P, Oran B, Couriel D, Rondon G, Champlin RE, de Lima M. Leukemia burden delays lymphocyte and platelet recovery after allo-SCT for AML. Bone Marrow Transplant 43(9):685-92, 2009. e-Pub 2008. PMID: 19011667.
- Couriel D, Saliba R, Hicks K, Ippoliti C, de Lima M, Hosing C, Khouri I, Andersson B, Gajewski J, Donato M, Anderlini P, Kontoyiannis DP, Cohen A, Martin T, Giralt S, Champlin R. Tumor necrosis factor-alpha blockade for the treatment of acute GVHD. Blood 104(3):649-54, 2004. PMID: 15069017.
- Couriel DR, Saliba RM, Giralt S, Khouri I, Andersson B, de Lima M, Hosing C, Anderlini P, Donato M, Cleary K, Gajewski J, Neumann J, Ippoliti C, Rondon G, Cohen A, Champlin R. Acute and chronic graft-versus-host disease after ablative and nonmyeloablative conditioning for allogeneic hematopoietic transplantation. Biol Blood Marrow Transplant 10(3):178-85, 2004. PMID: 14993883.
- Stanzani M, Martins SL, Saliba RM, St John LS, Bryan S, Couriel D, McMannis J, Champlin RE, Molldrem JJ, Komanduri KV. CD25 expression on donor CD4+ or CD8+ T cells is associated with an increased risk for graft-versus-host disease after HLA-identical stem cell transplantation in humans. Blood 103(3):1140-6, 2004. PMID: 12907445.
- El-Zimaity M, Saliba R, Chan K, Shahjahan M, Carrasco A, Khorshid O, Caldera H, Couriel D, Giralt S, Khouri I, Ippoliti C, Champlin R, De Lima M. Hemorrhagic cystitis after allogeneic hematopoietic stem cell transplantation: donor type matters. Blood 103(12):4674-4680, 2004.
- Khouri IF, Saliba RM, Giralt SA, Lee MS, Okoroji GJ, Hagemeister FB, Korbling M, Younes A, Ippoliti C, Gajewski JL, McLaughlin P, Anderlini P, Donato ML, Cabanillas FF, Champlin RE. Nonablative allogeneic hematopoietic transplantation as adoptive immunotherapy for indolent lymphoma: low incidence of toxicity, acute graft-versus-host disease, and treatment-related mortality. Blood 98(13):3595-9, 2001. PMID: 11739162.
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