Samir K Ballas
Thomas Jefferson University, USA
Biography
Samir K Ballas received his MD with distinction from the American University of Beirut-Lebanon in 1967. He completed his training in Hematology at Thomas Jefferson University in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. He is board certified in internal medicine, hematology, blood banking, pain medicine and pain management. He is currently Emeritus Professor of Medicine and Pediatrics at Thomas Jefferson University and honorary Staff Member of Hemorio, the Hematology Institute in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. He has authored or co-authored over 800 articles, book chapters and abstracts. He also published two editions of a book on sickle cell pain in 1998 and 2014 respectively.