Specializing In:
- Clinical apheresis (therapeutic and stem cell collection)
- Transfusion medicine and blood banking
- Clinical pathology
Research Interests:
- Chronic Lymphocytic Leukemia (CLL) B-cell/stromal interactions
- Extracellular vesicles in CLL progression and therapy
- Tumor microenvironment biology
- Apheresis practices and therapeutic outcomes
- Blood component transport and transfusion safety
Biography
I am a board-certified Clinical Pathologist with subspecialty training in Blood Banking and Transfusion Medicine. I currently serve as the Blood Bank and Transfusion Medicine Physician and Assistant Professor of Oncology, Pathology and Laboratory Medicine. I work closely with both adult and pediatric patients requiring apheresis for stem cell collection, cellular therapies, and therapeutic procedures. My interests include improving operational quality in apheresis services and supporting innovative therapies, including CAR-T cell therapy, across multidisciplinary teams.
Positions
Roswell Park Comprehensive Cancer Center
- Assistant Professor of Oncology
- Department of Pathology & Laboratory Medicine
Background
Education and Training
- 2007 - MD - University of Juba, College of Medicine, Sudan
Residency
- 2016–2019 - Clinical Pathology, University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center, Oklahoma City, OK
Fellowship
- 2019–2022 - Blood Banking and Transfusion Medicine, National Institutes of Health (NIH) Clinical Center, Bethesda, MD
Board Certification
- American Board of Pathology – Clinical Pathology
- American Society for Clinical Pathology – Qualification in Apheresis
Professional Memberships
- American Society for Apheresis (ASFA)
- Association for the Advancement of Blood & Biotherapies (AABB)
- American Society of Hematology (ASH)
- College of American Pathologists (CAP)
- American Society for Clinical Pathology (ASCP)
Honors & Awards
- 2009 - Medal from Sudan’s Doctor Union
- 2003–2006 - Academic Excellence Award, University of Juba
Publications
Magzoub, G., Boysen, J., Nelson, M., Maiti, G.P., Sinha, S., Goswami, M., Vesely, S.K., Shanafelt, T.D., Kay, N.E., & Ghosh, A.K. (2016). Dynamics of Microvesicle Generation in B Cell Chronic Lymphocytic Leukemia: Implication in Disease Progression. Leukemia, 31(2), 350–360. PMCID: PMC5288303 | DOI: 10.1038/leu.2016.217
Tokarski, R., Catanzaro, J., Mensah, R., Scott, G., Gillespie, C., Caulfield, M., Verfurth, Q., Ghebremedhin, H., Griffin, A., Roese, A., Scott, N., Smiley, R., Phillips, A., Feinberg, D., Lipstraw, A., Bope, R., Brown, M., Burns, J., Bangura, I., Trikha, P., Magzoub, G., Green, A.P., Royero, M., James, E., William, B., & Efebera, Y. (2025). Tolerability of Teclistamab and Talquetamab in Relapse/Refractory Multiple Myeloma (RRMM) Patients with Severe Renal Insufficiency: Case Series. Transplantation and Cellular Therapy, 31(2), Supplement S424–S425.
Rudie, M., Nicely, C., Efebera, Y., Saha, N., William, B., Basuray, A., Prouty, A., Ozonma, N., Catanzaro, J., Mensah, R., Tokarski, R., Magzoub, G. (2024). Unusual location and presentation of wild type Transthyretin Amyloidosis: A case series PB71 (#223). Poster presented at Transplantation & Cellular Therapy, published by Morressier GmbH. https://doi.org/10.26226/m.65f9bf8ae6f73964e1d4ee84