Warren B. Fingrut
Department of Stem Cell Transplantation and Cellular Therapy, Division of Cancer Medicine
Present Title & Affiliation
Primary Appointment
Assistant Professor, Department of Stem Cell Transplantation, Division of Cancer Medicine, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX
Hematologist, University of Texas at MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX
Internal Medicine Physician, Department of Leukemia/ Bone Marrow Transplantation Program of BC, Leukemia/ Bone Marrow Transplantation Program of BC, Vancouver General Hospital, Vancouver
Education & Training
Degree-Granting Education
| 2015 | University of British Columbia, Vancouver, British Columbia, CA, MD |
| 2011 | McMaster University, Hamilton, CA, Life Science, BS |
Postgraduate Training
| 2022-2023 | Research Fellowship, Cancer Care Disparities, Sloan Kettering Institute, New York NY, New York |
| 2020-2022 | Clinical Fellowship, Adult Bone Marrow Transplantation, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, New York NY, New York |
| 2018-2020 | Clinical Fellowship, Hematology, University of British Columbia, Vancouver |
| 2015-2018 | Clinical Residency, Internal Medicine, University of Toronto, Ontario |
Board Certifications
| 2020 | Board Certification in Hematology, American Board of Internal Medicine |
| 2020 | Specialty Certification in Hematology, Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Canada |
| 2019 | Certification, American Board of Internal Medicine, Diplomate |
| 2019 | Specialty Certification in Internal Medicine, Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Canada |
Honors & Awards
| 2023 | Recognition in the Media, CBC News |
| 2023 | Faculty of Medicine Alumni Spotlight, University of British Columbia |
| 2023 | Highest scoring abstract in meeting, Canadian Society of Transfusion Medicine Annual Meeting |
| 2023 | Readers Choice: The best of Bone Marrow Transplantation 2022, Bone Marrow Transplantation Journal |
| 2023 | Recognition in the Media, ASCO Post |
| 2023 | Recognition in the Media, ASH Clinical News |
| 2023 | Recognition in the Media, CBC News |
| 2023 | Recognition in the Media, CTV News |
| 2023 | Recognition in the Media, Global News |
| 2023 | Recognition in the Media, Healio |
| 2023 | Recognition in the Media, Medscape |
| 2023 | Recognition in the Media, Recognition in the Media |
| 2022 | ASCO Merit Award, American Society of Clinical Oncology |
| 2022 | Incentive Prize, World Marrow Donor Day, World Marrow Donor Association |
| 2022 | Recognition in the Media, ASCO Post |
| 2022 | Recognition in the Media, Beautiful News |
| 2022 | Recognition in the Media, CBC News |
| 2022 | Recognition in the Media, CBC News |
| 2022 | Recognition in the Media, Elsevier Practice Updates |
| 2022 | Recognition in the Media, Global News |
| 2022 | Recognition in the Media, Global News |
| 2022 | Recognition in the Media, Global News |
| 2022 | Recognition in the Media, Healio |
| 2022 | Recognition in the Media, Healio |
| 2022 | Recognition in the Media, Healthing |
| 2022 | Recognition in the Media, Medscape |
| 2022 | Recognition in the Media, Signals |
| 2022 | Recognition in the Media, Toronto Star |
| 2022 | Recognition in the Media, U.S. News |
| 2021 | Recognition in the Media, City News |
| 2021 | Finalist, Unite for Sight Global Health Innovation Challenge, Unite for Sight |
| 2021 | Recognition in the Media, CBC News |
| 2021 | Recognition in the Media, CBC News “Being Black in Canada” |
| 2021 | Recognition in the Media, CTV News |
| 2021 | Recognition in the Media, CTV News |
| 2021 | Recognition in the Media, CTV News |
| 2021 | Recognition in the Media, CTV News (National) |
| 2021 | Recognition in the Media, CTV News (National) |
| 2021 | Recognition in the Media, CTV News (Top News Stories in Canada) |
| 2021 | Recognition in the Media, Castanet News |
| 2021 | Recognition in the Media, Chatham Daily |
| 2021 | Recognition in the Media, City News |
| 2021 | Recognition in the Media, City News |
| 2021 | Recognition in the Media, Global News |
| 2021 | Recognition in the Media, London Free Press |
| 2021 | Recognition in the Media, Signals |
| 2021 | Recognition in the Media, Victoria News |
| 2021 | Recognition in the Media, Victoria News |
| 2021 | Recognition in the Media, Victoria News |
| 2021 | Scholar, Clinical Research Training Course, American Society for Transplantation and Cellular Therapy (ASTCT) |
| 2020 | Recognition in the Media, Waterloo Chronicle |
| 2020 | Recognition in the Media, CBC News |
| 2020 | Recognition in the Media, CTV News |
| 2020 | Recognition in the Media, London Free Press |
| 2020 | Recognition in the Media, Sudbury Star |
| 2020 | Recognition in the Media, Toronto Sun |
| 2019 | Recognition in the Media, Signals |
| 2019 | Recognition in the Media, London Free Press |
| 2019 | Recognition in the Media, Toronto Star |
| 2018 | ASH Abstract Achievement Award, American Society of Hematology |
| 2018 | Recognition in the Media, Global News |
| 2016 | Best Poster Presentation, Till and McCulloch Meeting |
| 2016 | Best Selected Abstract, World Marrow Donor Association (WMDA) International Donor Registry Conference (IDRC) |
| 2015 | Medical Student Intern, Pediatric Bone Marrow Transplantation, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center |
| 2014 | Recognition in the Media, Sing Tao Daily |
| 2014 | Elizabeth K. Craig Memorial Scholarship for research achievement, University of British Columbia |
| 2013 | Best Poster Presentation, World Stem Cell Summit |
| 2012 | Philanthropy Award, Hillel of British Columbia |
| 2012 | Recognition in the Media, Canadian Jewish News |
| 2011 | Zoom Media Community Contribution Award, McMaster University |
| 2010 | Auburn Industrial Services Ltd. Community Contribution Award, McMaster University |
Professional Memberships
Selected Publications
Peer-Reviewed Articles
- Fingrut WB, Scaradavou A, Barker J. Accurate analysis of race/ethnicity and socioeconomic status. Blood Adv. e-Pub 2024. PMID: 39121365.
- Park B, Pires K, Jian CY, Sano L, Laganière N, Conway MA, Henstridge-Goudie J, Pavlenkova A, Pedram S, Okonofua S, Gélinas A, Bah B, Fattouh R, Farahbakhsh F, Fingrut WB. A library of TikToks to engage diverse populations to hematopoietic stem cell donation. Bone Marrow Transplant 59(8):1184-1189, 2024. e-Pub 2024. PMID: 38755459.
- Khera N, Ailawadhi S, Brazauskas R, Patel J, Jacobs B, Ustun C, Ballen K, Abid MB, Diaz Perez MA, Al-Homsi AS, Hashem H, Hong S, Munker R, Schears RM, Lazarus HM, Ciurea S, Badawy SM, Savani BN, Wirk B, LeMaistre CF, Bhatt NS, Beitinjaneh A, Aljurf M, Sharma A, Cerny J, Knight JM, Kelkar AH, Yared JA, Kindwall-Keller T, Winestone LE, Steinberg A, Arnold SD, Seo S, Preussler JM, Hossain NM, Fingrut WB, Agrawal V, Hashmi S, Lehmann LE, Wood WA, Rangarajan HG, Saber W, Hahn T. Trends in volumes and survival after hematopoietic cell transplantation in racial/ethnic minorities. Blood Adv 8(13):3497-3506, 2024. e-Pub 2024. PMID: 38661372.
- Fingrut WB, Troyer J, Russell E, Aviles MM, Della-Moretta S, Dobson D, Hasanali ZS, Hu B, Lapite A, Pillai PM, Schramm J, Villagomez L, Vo P, Wang'ondu R, Yui JC, Weyand AC. The American Society of Hematology Health Equity Compendium: examining health equity across the Blood Journals. Blood Adv. e-Pub 2024. PMID: 38968146.
- Locke FL, Siddiqi T, Jacobson CA, Ghobadi A, Ahmed S, Miklos DB, Perales MA, Munoz J, Fingrut WB, Pennisi M, Gauthier J, Shadman M, Gowda L, Mirza AS, Abid MB, Hong S, Majhail NS, Kharfan-Dabaja MA, Khurana A, Badar T, Lin Y, Bennani NN, Herr MM, Hu ZH, Wang H, Baer A, Baro E, Miao H, Spooner C, Xu H, Pasquini MC. Real-World and Clinical Trial Outcomes in Large B-cell Lymphoma with Axicabtagene Ciloleucel Across Race and Ethnicity. Blood. e-Pub 2024. PMID: 38635762.
- Fingrut WB, Davis E, Archer A, Brown S, Devlin SM, Nhaissi M, Rapoport C, Chinapen S, Kelly A, Wells DS, Scaradavou A, Gyurkocza B, Papadopoulos EB, Politikos I, Shaffer BC, Barker J. Racial/ ethnic disparities in availability of volunteer unrelated donors for allogeneic transplantation. Blood Adv. e-Pub 2024. PMID: 38429097.
- Fingrut WB, Davis E, Archer A, Brown S, Devlin S, Chinapen S, Scaradavou A, Politikos I, Blouin AG, Shaffer BC, Barker JN. Gender disparities in allograft access due to HLA-sensitization in multiparous women. Blood Adv 8(2):403-406, 2024. e-Pub 2024. PMID: 38029385.
- Pryce A, Van Eerden E, Cody M, Oakes J, DeSalvo A, Bannon S, Burlton C, Pawson R, Fingrut W, Barriga F, Ward J, Ingram C, Walsh M, El-Ghariani K, Ocheni S, Machin L, Allan D, Mengling T, Anthias C. Genetic Findings of Potential Donor Origin following Hematopoietic Cell Transplantation: Recommendations on Donor Disclosure and Genetic Testing from the World Marrow Donor Association. Transplant Cell Ther. e-Pub 2023. PMID: 38056629.
- Fingrut WB, Gyurkocza B, Flynn J, Davis E, Devlin S, Scaradavou A, Chinapen S, Quach S, Cho C, Giralt SA, Jakubowski AA, Lin RJ, Papadopoulos EB, Perales MA, Ponce D, Shaffer BC, Tamari R, Young JW, Politikos I, Barker JN. Analysis of disparities in time to allogeneic transplantation in adults with acute myelogenous leukemia. Blood Adv 7(15):3824-3833, 2023. e-Pub 2023. PMID: 36240477.
- Fingrut WB, Chinapen S, Flynn J, Katrichis A, Stewart M, Davis E, Shaffer BC, Shah GL, Barker JN. Association between non-European ancestry, low socioeconomic status, and receipt of HLA-disparate allografts in adult BMT recipients. Blood Adv 7(15):3834-3837, 2023. e-Pub 2023. PMID: 37083929.
- Warren B Fingrut MD, Gyurkocza B, Flynn J, Davis E, Devlin S, Scaradavou A, Chinapen S, Quach S, Cho C, Giralt SA, Jakubowski AA, Lin RJ, Papadopoulos EB, Perales M, Ponce D, Shaffer BC, Tamari R, Young JW, Politikos I, Barker JN. Analysis of disparities in time to allogeneic transplantation in adults with acute myelogenous leukemia. Blood Advances 7(15):3824-3833, 2023. e-Pub 2023.
- Fingrut WB, Davis E, Chinapen S, Naputo K, Politikos I, Scaradavou A, Barker JN. Inaccuracies in assignment of patient race and ethnicity: implications for unrelated donor searches and health care delivery. Blood Adv 7(10):1996-1999, 2023. e-Pub 2023. PMID: 36156708.
- Davis E, Archer A, Flynn J, Nhaissi M, Rapoport C, Suri B, Wells D, Papadopoulos E, Politikos I, Fingrut WB, Scaradavou A, Barker JN. An Optimized Search Prognosis Tool to Predict 8/8 HLA Allele-Matched Unrelated Donor Procurement. Transplant Cell Ther 29(5):312.e1-312.e5, 2023. e-Pub 2023. PMID: 36822475.
- Tomas AA, Fein JA, Fried S, Flynn JR, Devlin SM, Warren B Fingrut MD, Anagnostou T, Alperovich A, Shah N, Fraint E, Lin RJ, Scordo M, Batlevi CL, Besser MJ, Dahi PB, Danylesko I, Giralt S, Imber BS, Jacoby E, Kedmi M, Nagler A, Palomba M, Roshal M, Salles GA, Sauter C, Shem-Tov N, Shimoni A, Yahalom J, Yerushalmi R, Shah GL, Avigdor A, Perales M, Shouval R. Outcomes of first therapy after CD19-CAR-T treatment failure in large B-cell lymphoma. Leukemia 37(1):154-163, 2023. e-Pub 2023.
- Nath K, Tomas AA, Flynn J, Fein JA, Alperovich A, Anagnostou T, Batlevi CL, Dahi PB, Fingrut WB, Giralt SA, Lin RJ, Palomba ML, Peled JU, Salles G, Sauter CS, Scordo M, Fraint E, Feuer E, Shah N, Slingerland JB, Devlin S, Shah GL, Gupta G, Perales MA, Shouval R. Vitamin D Insufficiency and Clinical Outcomes with Chimeric Antigen Receptor T-Cell Therapy in Large B-cell Lymphoma. Transplant Cell Ther 28(11):751.e1-751.e7, 2022. e-Pub 2022. PMID: 35944603.
- Fingrut WB. Prioritising health equity alongside donation safety. Lancet Haematol 9(11):e802-e803, 2022. e-Pub 2022. PMID: 36156200.
- Fingrut WB, Gyurkocza B, Davis E, Flynn J, Chinapen S, Naputo KA, Quach S, Cho C, Giralt SA, Jakubowski AA, Lin RJ, Papadopoulos E, Perales MA, Ponce DM, Shaffer BC, Sauter CS, Tamari R, Young JW, Scaradavou A, Politikos I, Barker JN. Racial disparities in access to alternative donor allografts persist in the era of "donors for all". Blood Adv 6(20):5625-5629, 2022. e-Pub 2022. PMID: 35675518.
- Jagelaviciute G, Kum E, Li EW, Rosenfeld A, Williams K, Kandel R, DeGurse N, Park B, Okonofua S, Sano L, Gerofsky M, Sharp A, Hatkar R, Thyagu S, Fingrut WB. Why We Swab: A library of stories in stem cell donation. Transfusion 62(10):2095-2107, 2022. e-Pub 2022. PMID: 36062961.
- Fingrut WB, DeGurse N, Hrycyshyn A, Lam B, Farrokhi K, Hatkar R, Williams K, Kumar SV, Chan SWS, Coupal D, Okonofua S, Wroot H, Pires K, Jayasinghe S, Stubbs T. Towards a more inclusive unrelated donor registry. Bone Marrow Transplant 57(4):688-690, 2022. e-Pub 2022. PMID: 35169283.
- Fingrut WB, Chen AC, Green M, Weiss JT, Mercer D, Allan D. Development and evaluation of checklists to support the recruitment of committed hematopoietic stem cell donors. Transfusion 62(4):887-896, 2022. e-Pub 2022. PMID: 35182432.
- Warren B Fingrut MD, DeGurse N, Hrycyshyn A, Lam B, Farrokhi K, Hatkar R, Williams K, Kumar SV, Samuel Chan SW, Coupal D, Okonofua S, Wroot H, Pires K, Jayasinghe S, Stubbs T. Towards a more inclusive unrelated donor registry. Bone Marrow Transplantation 57(4):688-690, 2022. e-Pub 2022.
- Shouval R, Alarcon Tomas A, Fein JA, Flynn JR, Markovits E, Mayer S, Olaide Afuye A, Alperovich A, Anagnostou T, Besser MJ, Batlevi CL, Dahi PB, Devlin SM, Fingrut WB, Giralt SA, Lin RJ, Markel G, Salles G, Sauter CS, Scordo M, Shah GL, Shah N, Scherz-Shouval R, van den Brink M, Perales MA, Palomba ML. Impact of TP53 Genomic Alterations in Large B-Cell Lymphoma Treated With CD19-Chimeric Antigen Receptor T-Cell Therapy. J Clin Oncol 40(4):369-381, 2022. e-Pub 2022. PMID: 34860572.
- Warren Fingrut MD, Law A, Lam W, Michelis FV, Viswabandya A, Lipton JH, Kumar R, Mattsson J, Hwan Kim DD. Post-transplant ferritin level predicts outcomes after allogeneic hematopoietic stem cell transplant, independent from pre-transplant ferritin level. Annals of Hematology 100:789-798, 2021. e-Pub 2021.
- Warren Fingrut MD, Cuperfain AB, Samuel Chan SW, Ptak E, Kahlon M, Dhaliwal J, Naidu A, Wang Y, Baribeau O, Mahmoudi T, Lee A, Suppiah R, Luo OD, Green M, Weiss JT, Mercer D, Elmoazzen H, Petraszko T, Allan D. Development and evaluation of stem cell collection procedure diagrams to support the education and recruitment of committed stem cell donors. Vox Sanguinis 116(2):239-248, 2021. e-Pub 2021.
- Li EW, Lee A, Vaseghi‐Shanjani M, Anagnostopoulos A, Jagelaviciute G, Kum E, Petraszko T, Elmoazzen H, Allan D, Warren Fingrut MD. Multimedia resources to support the recruitment of committed hematopoietic stem cell donors: perspectives of the most‐needed donors. Transfusion 61(1):274-285, 2021. e-Pub 2021.
- Warren Fingrut MD, Chen LY. Double Counting of Patients in Meta-analyses of Observational Studies. JAMA oncology 6(5):786-787, 2020. e-Pub 2020.
- Warren Fingrut MD, Messner HA, Allan D. Targeted recruitment of optimal donors for unrelated hematopoietic cell transplantation: The Stem Cell Club process. Hematology/oncology and stem cell therapy 13(4):220-231, 2020. e-Pub 2020.
- Li EW, Lee A, Vaseghi-Shanjani M, Anagnostopoulos A, Jagelaviciute G, Kum E, Petraszko T, Elmoazzen H, Allan D, Warren Fingrut MD. Development and evaluation of a whiteboard video series to support the education and recruitment of committed unrelated donors for hematopoietic stem cell transplantation. Biology of Blood and Marrow Transplantation 26(11):2155-2164, 2020. e-Pub 2020.
- W Fingrut MD, Beck LA, Lo D. Oncology communities of practice: insights from a qualitative analysis. Current Oncology 25(6):378-383, 2018. e-Pub 2018.
- W Fingrut MD, Beck LA, Lo D. Building an oncology community of practice to improve cancer care. Current Oncology 25(6):371-377, 2018. e-Pub 2018.
- Cheung KW, Wong IW, Warren Fingrut MD, Yu Tsai AP, Ke SR, Shojaie S, Brubacher JR, Stewart LC, Erdelyi S. Randomized controlled trial of emergency department initiated smoking cessation counselling and referral to a community counselling service. Canadian Journal of Emergency Medicine 20(4):556-564, 2018. e-Pub 2018.
- Warren Fingrut MD, Parmar S, Cuperfain A, Rikhraj K, Charman E, Ptak E, Kahlon M, Graham A, Luong S, Wang Y, Yu J, Arora N, Suppiah R, Li EW, Lee A, Welsh C, Benzaquen M, Thatcher A, Baharmand I, Ladd A, Petraszko T, Allan D, Messner H. The Stem Cell Club: a model for unrelated stem cell donor recruitment. Transfusion 57(12):2928-2936, 2017. e-Pub 2017.
- Warren Fingrut MD, Stewart L, Cheung KW. Choice of smoking cessation counselling via phone, text, or email in emergency department patients. Preventive medicine reports 4:597-600, 2016. e-Pub 2016.
- Fingrut W, MD. Anatomy of a Stem Cell Drive: An Evidence-Based Approach to Stem Cell Drive Organization. UBCMJ 6(2):44-46, 2015. e-Pub 2015.
- Fingrut W, MD. Top of the world stem cell drive: A case study in rural stem cell donor recruitment. UBC Med J 6:41-43, 2014. e-Pub 2014.
Grant & Contract Support
| Date: | 2023 - 2026 |
| Title: | Black Donors Save Lives: A campaign to engage Black peoples to donation of blood, stem cells, and organs & tissues |
| Funding Source: | Canadian Aid & Action Fund, Royal College Foundation |
| Role: | PI |
| Date: | 2023 - 2024 |
| Title: | Black Donors Save Lives: A campaign to engage Black peoples to donation of blood, stem cells, and organs & tissues |
| Funding Source: | Canadian Donation and Transplantation Research Program: Economic/ legal/ ethics/ social analysis support |
| Role: | PI |
| Date: | 2022 - 2023 |
| Title: | Addressing racial disparity in blood, stem cell, and organ & tissue donor pools |
| Funding Source: | Canadian Blood Services BloodTechNet Award |
| Role: | PI |
| Date: | 2020 - 2021 |
| Title: | Engaging gay, bisexual, and other men who have sex with men as stem cell donors in Canada |
| Funding Source: | Canadian Federation of Medical Students |
| Role: | PI |
| Date: | 2020 - 2021 |
| Title: | Blood and stem cell donation for men who have sex with men in Canada: A toolkit for healthcare professionals |
| Funding Source: | Canadian Blood Services BloodTechNet Grant |
| Role: | PI |
| Date: | 2018 - 2019 |
| Title: | Development of a Stem Cell Donation Whiteboard Video Series |
| Funding Source: | Canadian Blood Services Multimedia Grant |
| Role: | PI |
| Date: | 2018 - 2019 |
| Title: | Stem Cell Transplantation Multimedia Toolkit |
| Funding Source: | Canadian Blood Services BloodTechNet Grant |
| Role: | PI |
| Date: | 2016 - 2017 |
| Title: | Engaging Medical and Nursing Students to Develop Professional Skills |
| Funding Source: | Canadian Blood Services BloodTechNet Grant |
| Role: | PI |
| Date: | 2015 - 2016 |
| Title: | Blood and stem cell donation for men who have sex with men in Canada: A toolkit for healthcare professionals |
| Funding Source: | Canadian Blood Services BloodTechNet Grant |
| Role: | PI |
| Date: | 2015 - 2001 |
| Title: | Building Ethnic Diversity onto Canada’s Stem Cell Donor Database |
| Funding Source: | Equity Enhancement Fund, University of British Columbia |
| Role: | PI |
Patient Reviews
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