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Prof. Salem Alshemmari
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Prof. Salem Alshemmari

Professor of Medicine
Hematology & Oncology Research Lab
85 publications

2026

João Antonio Goncalves Garreta Prats, Khalil Al Farsi, Murtadha Al-Khabori, Nameer Al-Saadawi, Salem H. Alshemmari, Honar Cherif, Dima Ibrahim, Panayotis Kaloyannidis, Robert Lodu Serafino Wani Swaka. BMC Infectious Diseases
Rafal Al-Shibly, Nabeel Qassim, Khalil Alfarsi, Salem AlShemmari, Mohammed Yassin. Annals of Hematology
Al-Asa’d Y., Alshemmari S.H., Qasem N.M., Al Battah A., Yassin M.A.. Karger Oncology
Salem H. Alshemmari, Ahmad AlSarraf, Reem Ameen, Maryam Alanjawi, Mohan Saroj Ram, Mohamed Yassin, Andy Kaempf. Clinical Lymphoma Myeloma and Leukemia
Salem H. Alshemmari, Ahmed Alsarraf, Abdulaziz Dashti, Yousef Hajji, Habiba Babul, Nourah Almutairi, Anita Kunhikrishnan, Mohmad Yassin. Medical Principles and Practice
Jean El Cheikh, Ali Tarhini, Ali Bazarbachi, Ibrahim Muhsen, Rawad Rihani, Hasan Hashem, Amr Hanbali, Muhammad Ayaz Younus Mir, Khadija Bano, Riad Youniss, Maryam Gharacheh, Mansour Alfayez, Ahmad Ibrahim, Mohammed Marei, Salem Alshemmari, Tariq Ghafoor, Riad El Fakih, Mahmoud Aljurf. Bone Marrow Transplantation

2025

Rafal Al-Shibly, Elrazi A Ali, Nabeel M Qasem, Abdulrahman Al-Abdulmalek, Khalil AL-Farsi, Salem AlShemmari, Mohamed A Yassin. Cureus
Ibrahim N. Muhsen, Dietger Niederwieser, Laurent Garderet, Olaf Penack, Hildegard T. Greinix, Riad El Fakih, Nour Ben Abdeljelil, Ibraheem Abosoudah, Sameer Alamoudi, Amal Albeihany, Saad Ahmed Al Daama, Mohammad Hamad Alshahrani, Salem Alshemmari, Murtadha Al-Khabori, Ahlam Almasari, Abdulhakim Al Rawas, Medhat Askar, Jean El-Cheikh, Mohammed-Amine Bekadja, Malek Benakli, Munira Borhany, Maria El kababri, Khalid Halahleh, Amir Ali Hamidieh, Mahmoud Hammad, Ahmad Ibrahim, Solaf Kanfar, Mohamed Hamed Khalaf, Mohammed Marei, Muhammad Ayaz Mir, Dania Monagel, Asma Quessar, Rawad Rihani, Munira Shabbir-Moosajee, Marwan Shaheen, Almetwaly Mohamed Sultan, Mohammad Vaezi, Damiano Rondelli, Mickey Boon Chai Koh, Zina Peric, Yoshiko Atsuta, Naeem Chaudhri, Mahmoud Aljurf. Hematology/Oncology and Stem Cell Therapy
Ibrahim N. Muhsen, Dietger Niederwieser, Laurent Garderet, Olaf Penack, Hildegard T. Greinix, Riad El Fakih, Nour Ben Abdeljelil, Ibraheem Abosoudah, Sameer Alamoudi, Amal Albeihany, Saad Ahmed Al Daama, Mohammad Hamad Alshahrani, Salem Alshemmari, Murtadha Al-Khabori, Ahlam Almasari, Abdulhakim Al Rawas, Medhat Askar, Ali Bazarbachi, Mohammed-Amine Bekadja, Malek Benakli, Munira Borhany, Maria El Kababri, Khalid Halahleh, Amir Ali Hamidieh, Mahmoud Hammad, Ahmad Ibrahim, Solaf Kanfar, Mohamed Hamed Khalaf, Mohammed Marei, Muhammad Ayaz Mir, Dania Monagel, Asma Quessar, Rawad Rihani, Munira Shabbir-Moosajee, Marwan Shaheen, Almetwaly Mohamed Sultan, Mohammad Vaezi, Damiano Rondelli, Mickey Boon Chai Koh, Zina Peric, Yoshiko Atsuta, Naeem Chaudhri, Mahmoud Aljurf. Hematology/Oncology and Stem Cell Therapy
Salem Alshemmari, Abdulaziz Hamadah, Samar Ousia, Rasha Abdel Tawab Hamed, Hany Zaky. Hematology Reports

2024

Salem H. Alshemmari, Mazyad Almazyad, Ahmed Alsarraf, Anita Kunhikrishnan, Asha M. Isaac, Andy Kaempf. Hematology/Oncology and Stem Cell Therapy
Maria Benkhadra, Nuha Fituri, Soha Aboukhalaf, Rola Ghasoub, Mervat Mattar, Khalil Alfarsi, Salem Alshemmari, Mohamed A. Yassin. Cancers
Ahmed Badr, Maria Benkhadra, Basel Elsayed, Omar Metwally, Mohamed Elhadary, Amgad Mohamed Elshoeibi, Rola Ghasoub, Raghad Mohamed Elshoeibi, Salem Alshemmari, Mervat Mattar, Khalil Alfarsi, Mohamed Yassin. Oncology
A. Campanella, A. Capasso, S. Heltai, C. Taccetti, E. Albi, Y. Herishanu, S. Haggenburg, T. Chatzikonstantinou, M. Doubek, M. Kättström, K. Giannopoulos, M. Simkovic, C. Moreno, M. Massaia, H. Bumbea, S. Alshemmari, P. Ranghetti, E. Perotta, F. Martini, E. Sant'Antonio, M. Colia, C. Combi, S. Levi, A. P. Kater, M. Hazenberg, I. S. Nijhof, Q. Hofsink, C. Demosthenous, J. Kotaskova, J. Zaleska, F. Vrbacky, A. Mora Raya, D. Bisogno, I. E. Tripoli, V. M. Popov, V. Roman, N. Stavroyianni, M. Karypidou, E. Scarano, M. Locatelli, M. Frenquelli, L. Scarfò, K. Stamatopoulos, P. Ghia. American Journal of Hematology
Salem H. Alshemmari, Mustaqeem A. Siddiqui, Ramesh Pandita, Hani Y. Osman, Honar Cherif, Susan O'Brien, Mahmoud Marashi, Khalil Al Farsi. Acta Haematologica

2023

Hani Mawardi, Nathaniel Treister, Osama Felemban, Waleed Alamoudi, Ghada Algohary, Abdulrahman Alsultan, Nawal Alshehri, Illias Tazi, Marwan Shaheen, Mohamed Alsharani, Salem Alshemmari, Mutlu Arat, Mohamed Amine Bekadja, Murtadha Al-Khabori, Samar Okaily, Natasha Ali, Husam Abujazar, Wasil Jastaniah, Amir Ali Hamidieh, Sharukh Hashmi, Mahmoud Aljurf. Hematology/Oncology and Stem Cell Therapy
Salhah Ali, Yasmine Al‐Qattan, Walaa Awny, Abdulaziz Hamadah, Karen Pinto, Salem AlShemmari. Cancer Reports

2022

Salem H. Alshemmari, Mazyad Almazyad, Mohan Ram, Liby Mariamma John, Ahmed Alhuraiji. Medical Principles and Practice
Ahmad Alhuraiji, Mahmoud Hasaneen, Mona Hassanein, Mohan Ram, Fatima Khadadah, Anita Kunhikrishnan, Abdul Rashid Shah, Abdulaziz Hamadah, Salem Alshemmari, Ramesh Pandita. Clinical Lymphoma Myeloma and Leukemia
Ahmad Alhuraiji, Mohan Ram, Fatima Khadadah, Anitha Kunhikrishnan, Abdul Rashid Shah, Abdulaziz Hamadah, Salem Alshemmari, Shakir Bahzad, Ramesh Pandita. Clinical Lymphoma Myeloma and Leukemia
Fatal COVID-19 is Associated with Reduced HLA-DR, CD123 or CD11c Expression on Circulating Dendritic Cells Q2
Hasan A., Salem Alshemmari, et al. J Inflammation Res
Raheel Iftikhar, Parvez Ahmad, Regis de Latour, Carlo Dufour, Antonio Risitano, Naeem Chaudhri, Ali Bazarbachi, Josu De La Fuente, Britta Höchsmann, Syed Osman Ahmed, Usama Gergis, Alaa Elhaddad, Constantijn Halkes, Bassim Albeirouti, Sultan Alotaibi, Austin Kulasekararaj, Hazzaa Alzahrani, Tarek Ben Othman, Simone Cesaro, Ali Alahmari, Rawad Rihani, Salem Alshemmari, Amir Ali Hamidieh, Mohamed-Amine Bekadja, Jakob Passweg, Murtadha Al-Khabori, Walid Rasheed, Andrea Bacigalupo, Qamar-Un-Nisa Chaudhry, Per Ljungman, Judith Marsh, Riad El Fakih, Mahmoud Aljurf, , Tarek Ben Othman, , Regis de Latour. Bone Marrow Transplantation
Rehab Elhagracy, Abdulaziz Hamadah, Rasha abd el Tawab, Karen Pinto, Amany Hussain, Mohammad Osmani, Salem Alshemmari. Hematology/Oncology and Stem Cell Therapy

2021

Salem Alshemmari, Mazyad Almazyad, Aisha Alwehaib, Reem Ameen. Cancer Medicine
Raheel Iftikhar, Parvez Ahmad, Regis de Latour, Carlo Dufour, Antonio Risitano, Naeem Chaudhri, Ali Bazarbachi, Josu De La Fuente, Britta Höchsmann, Syed Osman Ahmed, Usama Gergis, Alaa Elhaddad, Constantijn Halkes, Bassim Albeirouti, Sultan Alotaibi, Austin Kulasekararaj, Hazzaa Alzahrani, Tarek Ben Othman, Simone Cesaro, Ali Alahmari, Rawad Rihani, Salem Alshemmari, Amir Ali Hamidieh, Mohamed-Amine Bekadja, Jakob Passweg, Murtadha Al-Khabori, Walid Rasheed, Andrea Bacigalupo, Qamar-Un-Nisa Chaudhry, Per Ljungman, Judith Marsh, Riad El Fakih, Mahmoud Aljurf, , Tarek Ben Othman, , Regis de Latour. Bone Marrow Transplantation
Salem H. Alshemmari, Abdulaziz Hamdah, Ramesh Pandita, Anita Kunhikrishnan. Leukemia Research
Salem H. Alshemmari, Ramesh Pandita, Mohan Ram, Reshmi Rajan, Kloud Aouda, Lovely Samuel. Clinical Lymphoma Myeloma and Leukemia
Maryam H. Alrashid, Ahmad Al-Serri, Salem H. Alshemmari, Jeethu Anu Geo, Suzanne A. Al-Bustan. Cancer Biomarkers
Andreas Agathangelidis, Anastasia Chatzidimitriou, Katerina Gemenetzi, Veronique Giudicelli, Maria Karypidou, Karla Plevova, Zadie Davis, Xiao-Jie Yan, Sabine Jeromin, Christof Schneider, Lone Bredo Pedersen, Renee C. Tschumper, Lesley-Ann Sutton, Panagiotis Baliakas, Lydia Scarfò, Ellen J. van Gastel, Marine Armand, Eugen Tausch, Bella Biderman, Constance Baer, Davide Bagnara, Alba Navarro, Anne Langlois de Septenville, Valentina Guido, Gerlinde Mitterbauer-Hohendanner, Aleksandar Dimovski, Christian Brieghel, Sarah Lawless, Manja Meggendorfer, Kamila Brazdilova, Matthias Ritgen, Monica Facco, Cristina Tresoldi, Andrea Visentin, Andrea Patriarca, Mark Catherwood, Lisa Bonello, Andrey Sudarikov, Katrina Vanura, Maria Roumelioti, Hana Skuhrova Francova, Theodoros Moysiadis, Silvio Veronese, Krzysztof Giannopoulos, Larry Mansouri, Teodora Karan-Djurasevic, Raphael Sandaltzopoulos, Csaba Bödör, Franco Fais, Arnon Kater, Irina Panovska, Davide Rossi, Salem Alshemmari, Panagiotis Panagiotidis, Paul Costeas, Blanca Espinet, Darko Antic, Letizia Foroni, Marco Montillo, Livio Trentin, Niki Stavroyianni, Gianluca Gaidano, Paola Francia di Celle, Carsten Niemann, Elias Campo, Achilles Anagnostopoulos, Christiane Pott, Kirsten Fischer, Michael Hallek, David Oscier, Stephan Stilgenbauer, Claudia Haferlach, Diane Jelinek, Nicholas Chiorazzi, Sarka Pospisilova, Marie-Paule Lefranc, Sofia Kossida, Anton W. Langerak, Chrysoula Belessi, Frederic Davi, Richard Rosenquist, Paolo Ghia, Kostas Stamatopoulos. Blood
Salem H. Alshemmari, Reshmi Rajan, Reem Ameen, Mazyad Almazyad. Clinical Lymphoma Myeloma and Leukemia

2020

Reem Ameen, Salem Al Shemmari, Samantha Harris, Gayle Teramura, Meghan Delaney. Transfusion and Apheresis Science
Rasha El-Tawab, Abdulaziz Hamada, Rehab Elhagracy, Karen Pinto, Salem Alshemmari. Hematology/Oncology and Stem Cell Therapy
Kamal M. Matar, Salem H. Alshemmari, Samar Refaat, Alia Anwar. Scientific Reports

2019

Lisa E. Creary, Sandra G. Guerra, Winnie Chong, Colin J. Brown, Thomas R. Turner, James Robinson, Will P. Bultitude, Neema P. Mayor, Steven G.E. Marsh, Katsuyuki Saito, Kevin Lam, Jamie L. Duke, Timothy L. Mosbruger, Deborah Ferriola, Dimitrios Monos, Amanda Willis, Medhat Askar, Gottfried Fischer, Chee Loong Saw, Jiannis Ragoussis, Martin Petrek, Carles Serra-Pagés, Manel Juan, Catherine Stavropoulos-Giokas, Amalia Dinou, Reem Ameen, Salem Al Shemmari, Eric Spierings, Ketevan Gendzekhadze, Gerald P. Morris, Qiuheng Zhang, Zahra Kashi, Susan Hsu, Sridevi Gangavarapu, Kalyan C. Mallempati, Fumiko Yamamoto, Kazutoyo Osoegawa, Tamara Vayntrub, Chia-Jung Chang, John A. Hansen, Marcelo A. Fernández-Viňa. Human Immunology
Milena Ivanova, Lisa E. Creary, Bushra Al Hadra, Tsvetelin Lukanov, Michela Mazzocco, Nicoletta Sacchi, Reem Ameen, Salem Al-Shemmari, Ana Moise, Larisa Denisa Ursu, Ileana Constantinescu, Tamara Vayntrub, Marcelo A. Fernández-Viňa, Velizar Shivarov, Elissaveta Naumova. Human Immunology

2017

A predictive score for thrombosis associated with cancer: COMPASS-CAT study Q1
Grigoris Gerotziafas, Salem Alshemmari, et al. Oncologist

2016

Haifa H Jabara, Steven E Boyden, Janet Chou, Narayanaswamy Ramesh, Michel J Massaad, Halli Benson, Wayne Bainter, David Fraulino, Fedik Rahimov, Colin Sieff, Zhi-Jian Liu, Salem H Alshemmari, Basel K Al-Ramadi, Hasan Al-Dhekri, Rand Arnaout, Mohammad Abu-Shukair, Anant Vatsayan, Eli Silver, Sanjay Ahuja, E Graham Davies, Martha Sola-Visner, Toshiro K Ohsumi, Nancy C Andrews, Luigi D Notarangelo, Mark D Fleming, Waleed Al-Herz, Louis M Kunkel, Raif S Geha. Nature Genetics
Maryam H. Alrashid, Ahmad Al-Serri, Salem H. Alshemmari, Philip Koshi, Suzanne A. Al-Bustan. Molecular Diagnosis & Therapy
Epidemiology of de novo Acute Myeloid Leukemia in Kuwait per the 2016 WHO Classification Q2
Salem H. Alshemmari, et al. Med Princ Pract
VKORC1 and CYP2C9 polymorphisms and warfarin dosage in Kuwaiti individuals Q1
Maryam Alrashid, Salem Alshemmari, et al. Mol Diagn Ther
Salem H. Alshemmari, Reshmi Rajan, Ashkan Emadi. Medical Principles and Practice

2015

Sharjeel Usmani, Eiman Alanteri, Fahad Marafi, Abulredha Esmail, Abdullah Ali, RehabS Elhagracy, Salem Alshemmari. Indian Journal of Nuclear Medicine
Salem H Alshemmari, Amani A Elbasmi, Samy A Alsirafy. BMJ Supportive & Palliative Care
A missense mutation in TFRC causing combined immunodeficiency Q1
Haifa H. Jabara, Salem H. Alshemmari, et al. Nat Genet
Infectious complications after allogeneic bone marrow transplantation Q4
Salem Alshemmari, et al. Gulf J Oncol

2014

S. Al-Humood, A. AlQallaf, S. Al-Shemmari, L. Al-Faris, B. Al-Ayadhy. Acta Haematologica
JAK2V617F allele burden in patients with myeloproliferative neoplasms Q2
Salem Alshemmari, et al. Ann Hematol

2013

MALT lymphomas -Treated with chemotherapy or radiotherapy: Clinical Features, Prognostic factors and Survival
The Gulf journal of oncology
MALT lymphomas: Clinical features, prognostic factors and survival Q4
Salem Alshemmari, et al. Gulf J Oncol

2012

Salem Alshemmari, Hanan Ezzat, Zainab Samir, Samar Refaat, Samy A. Alsirafy. Journal of Palliative Medicine
Representation of expatriates among cancer patients in Kuwait Q3
Alshemmari SH, et al. J Psychosoc Oncol
The Palliative Prognostic Index for the prediction of survival in advanced cancer in Kuwait Q2
Salem Alshemmari, et al. J Palliat Med

2011

Haploidentical hematopoietic stem-cell transplantation in adults
Salem Alshemmari, Reem Ameen, Javid Gaziev. Bone Marrow Res
Population-based study of Hodgkin's lymphoma in Kuwait Q4
Salem Alshemmari, et al. Gulf J Oncology
Genotypic and phenotypic differences between nodal and extranodal Diffuse Large B-Cell Lymphomas Q2
Salah A. Al-Humood, Salem H. Alshemmari, et al. J Histochem Cytochem

2010

Arti Nanda, Qasem A. AlSaleh, Hejab Al-Ajmi, Homoud Al-Sabah, Muhammad Elkashlan, Salem Al-Shemmari, Marie-France Demierre. Pediatric Dermatology
Qasem A. Alsaleh, Arti Nanda, Hejab Al‐Ajmi, Homoud Al‐Sabah, Muhammad Elkashlan, Salem Al‐Shemmari, Marie‐France Demierre. International Journal of Dermatology
Efficient identification of novel mutations in patients with limb girdle muscular dystrophy Q3
Steven E. Boyden, Salem H. Alshemmari, et al. Neurogenetics
Performance status and deaths among children in Kuwait National Primary ImmunoDeficiency Disorders Registry Q3
Waleed Al-Herz, Salem H. Alshemmari, et al. Asian Pac J Allergy Immunol
Mycosis fungoides in Arab children and adolescents: 36 patients from Kuwait Q2
Arti Nanda, Salem AlShemmari, et al. Pediatr Dermatol
Symptom burden in hospitalized patients with cancer in Kuwait and the need for palliative care Q2
Salem Alshemmari, et al. Am J Hosp Palliat Care

2009

2008

Nasser S. Ballani, Haider A. Khan, Shihab H. Al-Mohannadi, Fawaz Abu Al-Huda, Sharjeel Usmani, Mahmoud M. Tuli, Salem H. Al-Shemmari, Hanan F. Al-Sawagh, Farha H. Al-Enezi. Nuclear Medicine Communications
Salem H. AlShemmari, Reem M. Ameen, Kamlesh P. Sajnani. Hematology
Role of serial quantitative gallium-67 tumor uptake in lymphoma patients Q3
Nasser Ballani, Salem H. Alshemmari, et al. Nucl Med Commun
Factors associated with successful mobilization of progenitor hematopoietic stem cells Q2
Reem M. Ameen, Salem Alshemmari, Dana Alqallaf. Clin Lymphoma Myeloma

2007

Factors influencing engraftment in autologous peripheral stem cell transplantation Q3
Salem Alshemmari, Reem M. Ameen, et al. Saudi Med J

2006

Combined applications of fine needle aspiration cytology and flow cytometric immunophenotyping for NHL. Cytojournal 2006; 3:24–28 Q2
Pranab Dey, Salem Alshemmari, et al.

2005

Reem Ameen, Ohood Al-Eyaadi, Salem Al-Shemmari, Rafiqul Chowdhury, Abdulaziz Al-Bashir. Medical Principles and Practice

2004

Mahmoud M. Tuli, Salem H. Al-Shemmari, Reem M. Ameen, Shihab Al-Muhanadi, Fawaz Abu Al-Huda, Nasser Ballani, M. Khoshi, Farha Al-Enezi, Viera Bajciova, Hubert Mottl. Clinical Lymphoma
Salem H. Al-Shemmari, Salah Al-Humood, Reem Ameen, Sajnani Kamlesh, J. Nemec, Abraham Varghese. Medical Principles and Practice

2003

Hubert Mottle, Viera Bajciova, Jaroslav Nemec, Salem Al Shemmari, Shafika Al Awadi. Pediatric Hematology and Oncology

2002

Salem H. Al-Shemmari, Salah A. Al-Humood, K.C. Muralidharan, V.A. Varghese. Medical Principles and Practice
Pediatric Hodgkin's experience in Kuwait Q4
Hubert Mottl, Viera Bajciova, Shafikah Al Awadi, Salem Alshemmari. KMJ

2000

Hodgkin's disease in Kuwait: Single institute experience
Blood

1991

Clinicoepidemiological features of mycosis fungoides in Kuwait, 1991–2006 Q1
Qasem A. Alsaleh, Salem Alshemmari, et al. Int J Dermatol