Majd Jawad, MD

Assistant Professor of Pathology, Division of Hematopathology

Dr. Majd Jawad is a member of the Division of Hematopathology.

Clinical Expertise

Diagnostic Hematopathology including bone marrow and tissue pathology, interpretation of peripheral blood and body fluid smears, and flow cytometry analysis.

Certifications

American Board of Pathology – Hematopathology, 2021

American Board of Pathology – Anatomic and Clinical Pathology, 2020

Education & Training
MD – University of Aleppo, Faculty of Medicine, Syria 2014
Residency – Anatomic and Clinical Pathology, University of Massachusetts Medical School - Baystate 2020
Fellowship – Hematopathology, Mayo Clinic 2021
Research Interests

Dr. Jawad’s research interests include myeloid neoplasms and clonal hematopoiesis. Dr. Jawad participated in several studies related to cytogenetic and molecular risk factors associated with the progression of myelodysplastic syndrome and acute myeloid leukemia. Dr. Jawad also has interests in laboratory management and test utilization, and worked on several projects to address bone marrow specimen optimization.

Representative Publications

Jawad MD, Afkhami M, Ding Y, Zhang X, Li P, Young K, Xu ML, Cui W, Zhao Y, Halene S, Al-Kali A. DNMT3A R882 mutations confer unique clinicopathologic features in MDS including a high risk of AML transformation. Frontiers in Oncology. 2022 Feb 28;12:561.

Ravindran A, He R, Ketterling RP, Jawad MD, Chen D, Oliveira JL, Nguyen PL, Viswanatha DS, Reichard KK, Hoyer JD, Go RS. The significance of genetic mutations and their prognostic impact on patients with incidental finding of isolated del (20q) in bone marrow without morphologic evidence of a myeloid neoplasm. Blood cancer journal. 2020 Jan 23;10(1):7.

Jawad MD, Go RS, Reichard KK, Shi M. Increased multinucleated megakaryocytes as an isolated finding in bone marrow: A rare finding and its clinical significance. American journal of clinical pathology. 2016 Nov 1;146(5):561-6.

Jawad MD, Shi M, Oliveira JL, Hoyer JD, Christopher Hook C, Go RS. Clinical course of patients with incidental finding of 20q‐in the bone marrow without a morphologic evidence of myeloid neoplasm. American journal of hematology. 2016 Jun;91(6):556-9.

Jawad MD, Go RS, Witzig TE, Mikhael JR, Ravindran A, Murray DL. Pseudo-monoclonal gammopathy: a report of four cases. Haematologica. 2017 Nov;102(11):e466.

Jawad MD, Go RS, Ketterling RP, Begna KH, Reichard KK, Shi M. Transient monosomy 7 in a chronic myelogenous leukemia patient during nilotinib therapy: a case report. Clinical Case Reports. 2016 Mar;4(3):282.