Rate My Professor Fadi Abdul-Karim

Fadi Abdul-Karim, MD, is an Instructor in Specialty Medicine at Ohio University Heritage College of Osteopathic Medicine, serving at the South Pointe South facility in Cleveland since 2020. In this role, he contributes to medical education within the Heritage College's clinical training programs. Prior to this appointment, Dr. Abdul-Karim held the distinguished position of Professor Emeritus in the Department of Pathology at Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine, where he advanced through a long career focused on anatomic pathology and cytopathology. He earned his Doctor of Medicine degree from the American University of Beirut Faculty of Medicine in 1979 and completed his residency training in anatomic pathology at Case Western Reserve University. His professional trajectory also includes affiliations with University Hospitals of Cleveland and Cleveland Clinic, underscoring his extensive experience in clinical and academic pathology.

Dr. Abdul-Karim's research specializations center on diagnostic pathology, particularly in surgical pathology, cytopathology, and gynecologic pathology. He has authored or co-authored over 160 peer-reviewed publications, accumulating thousands of citations and demonstrating substantial impact in the field. Key publications include 'Prognosis and Reproducibility of New and Existing Binary Grading Systems for Endometrial Biopsy Pathology' (International Journal of Gynecological Cancer, 2011), which evaluated grading reproducibility in endometrial samples; 'Nuclear KLLN expression associates with improved relapse-free survival in lung cancer' (Endocrine-Related Cancer, 2014), exploring biomarker expression in oncology; 'Comparison of cell block preparation methods for the diagnosis of malignant cells' (Cancer Cytopathology, 2007), advancing cytological techniques; and 'CT-guided liver biopsy: An update' (Clinical Imaging, 1991), improving interventional diagnostics. More recently, he co-edited the book 'Differential Diagnoses in Surgical Pathology: Tumors and Their Mimickers' (2021), a valuable resource for pathologists. His contributions extend to studies on tumor biomarkers, angiogenic factors in cancer trials, and rare tumors such as extraovarian granulosa cell tumors. Dr. Abdul-Karim's work has shaped clinical practices in pathology, enhancing diagnostic accuracy and prognostic assessments in malignancies.