Elham Abboud

Elham Abboud, M.D., is a board-certified pathologist and Clinical Associate Professor in the Department of Pathology at City of Hope Cancer Center Chicago, where she coordinates personalized cancer diagnostics and collaborates with oncology teams. She concurrently serves as a Clinical Assistant Professor at Rosalind Franklin University of Medicine and Science. Previously, she directed the Hematology Lab at Mount Sinai Health Systems.

She earned her M.D. from Damascus University School of Medicine (Syria) and completed residency training in Anatomic & Clinical Pathology at the University of Illinois at Chicago.

Her research focuses on Pathology, Hematology, Oncology, and Urologic Pathology, with emphasis on optimizing diagnostic techniques, hematologic disorders, and rare oncologic case studies.

Publications (1998–2002) concentrate on hematopathology, urologic specimen processing, and adrenal malignancies, reflecting expertise in cancer diagnostics and laboratory methodology.

Professional memberships include:

• College of American Pathologists
• Illinois Registry of Anatomic Pathology
• American Society of Clinical Pathologists
• Illinois Society of Pathologists