Elham Abboud

Dr. Elham Abboud serves as a Clinical Assistant Professor in the Department of Pathology at Chicago Medical School, Rosalind Franklin University, and concurrently holds the position of Assistant Medical Director of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine at Midwestern Regional Medical Center (Cancer Treatment Centers of America). Previously, she directed the Hematology Lab at Mount Sinai Health Systems in Chicago.

Her educational background includes:

• Medical degree from Damascus University School of Medicine, Syria (1988)
• Internship at Damascus University
• Residency in anatomic and clinical pathology at the University of Illinois at Chicago

Dr. Abboud specializes in anatomic pathology, clinical pathology, and cancer diagnostics, with significant contributions to hematology and urologic pathology. Her clinical leadership as Cancer Committee Chairperson at Midwestern demonstrates her focus on integrating pathology with oncology care. Publications in journals like Archives of Pathology & Laboratory Medicine reflect her expertise in diagnostic laboratory medicine.

Certified by the American Board of Pathology, she maintains active membership in the College of American Pathologists, American Society for Clinical Pathology, Illinois Registry of Anatomic Pathology, and Illinois Society of Pathologists. Her decade-long faculty role at Chicago Medical School underscores sustained commitment to medical education.

Dr. Abboud oversees critical laboratory operations at Midwestern Regional Medical Center, directing pathology services and cancer committee initiatives that shape institutional cancer care protocols and diagnostic standards.