Faculty Biographies

 

David L. Grinblatt, MD (Program Chair)
Associate Professor of Medicine
Feinberg School of Medicine Northwestern University,
Division of Hematology
Evanston Northwestern Healthcare
Evanston, Illinois

Dr David Grinblatt practices hematological oncology at Evanston Northwestern Healthcare where he is a member of the division of hematology. He is an associate professor of medicine at Feinberg School of Medicine of Northwestern University and is a member of the Robert Lorry Cancer Center. Dr Grinblatt previously served as the executive officer of the Cancer and Leukemia Group B from 1995 – 2002. He received his Bachelor of Sciences degree in Life Sciences from MIT and his M.D. degree from Case Western Reserve University. He completed his residency in internal medicine at Brush Presbyterian St. Luke’s Medical Center and his fellowship in hematology and oncology at Northwestern University in Chicago.

Dr. Abul Islam, MD, PhD, FRCPath, FACP (Program Facilitator)
Attending Physician and Researcher
Division of Hematology and Oncology
Buffalo General Hospital
Buffalo, New York

Dr. Abul Islam is currently an attending physician and researcher in the Division of Hematology and Oncology at Buffalo General Hospital in Buffalo, New York. Dr. Islam is also an associate clinical professor of medicine at the State University of New York at Buffalo and a Fellow of the College of Pathologists. He graduated from Dhaka Medical College Hospital in Bangladesh and received his PhD in pathology and hematology from London University in the UK. Dr. Islam holds four patents in bone marrow biopsy technology, speaks on the subject in many countries, and has authored numerous journal articles and book reviews.