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Wafik Zaky, MD

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Associate Professor, Department of Pediatrics Patient Care, Division of Pediatrics, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center · The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center

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Region🇺🇸 Houston, TX · South Central · United StatesSpecialtyPediatric Hematology-OncologyFocusGlioma Diagnosis and Treatment+4
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Wafik Zaky is Associate Professor, Department of Pediatrics Patient Care, Division of Pediatrics, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center at The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center. OpenAlex indexes 167 publications with 1,325 citations (h-index 19); ClinicalTrials.gov lists 2 registered studies matched to this name.

Overview

Updated 27 Oct 2026

Wafik Zaky, MD, is Associate Professor, Department of Pediatrics Patient Care, Division of Pediatrics, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center. The public record shows 167 publications with 1,333 citations (h-index 19), centered on Glioma Diagnosis and Treatment, Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia research, Sarcoma Diagnosis and Treatment. It also documents an investigator role on 2 registered clinical trials.

  • Most recent indexed publication: 2025 · Neuro-oncology advances
  • Top research focus: Glioma Diagnosis and Treatment
  • 2 registered trials on ClinicalTrials.gov

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Indications focus

from trials led + research topics
Neuro-Oncology / Glioma1 trialGlioma1 trialDiffuse Intrinsic Pontine Glioma1 trialLeukemia (AML/ALL/CML/CLL)Sarcoma

Research focus

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Glioma Diagnosis and TreatmentAcute Lymphoblastic Leukemia researchSarcoma Diagnosis and TreatmentChromatin Remodeling and CancerAcute Myeloid Leukemia Research

Works with

trial sponsors and companies reporting payments
M.D. Anderson Cancer CenterClinical trials2Industry payments—

Scholarship

indexed output and impact (OpenAlex)
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167publications

Distinct works indexed by OpenAlex, matched via ORCID.

1,325citations

Total citations across indexed works.

19h-index

Hirsch index (OpenAlex). i10-index 33.

Clinical & industry

trials, payments and federal funding
2clinical trials

Investigator role on registered studies.

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Contact

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Practice address

Telephone

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Clinical trials

Updated 27 Oct 2026

Listed as an investigator on 2 registered studies on ClinicalTrials.gov. The most recent:

Congress activity

Updated 27 Oct 2026

23 congress contributions (2014–2026) across AACR, ASCO, ASTRO per OpenAlex. The most recent:

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Published abstracts are attributed via the same ORCID-disambiguated authorship as publications, so each is DOI-verified. Podium roles (invited talks, session chairs) and oral/poster type are added as program data is confirmed.

Publications

Updated 27 Oct 2026

Their five most recent publications, matched to their ORCID record and linked to PubMed.

Most-cited works

by citation count (OpenAlex)
  1. 01
    Pediatric and adult H3 K27M-mutant diffuse midline glioma treated with the selective DRD2 antagonist ONC201
    Article199 citations2019
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  2. 02
    Intensive induction chemotherapy followed by myeloablative chemotherapy with autologous hematopoietic progenitor cell rescue for young children newly‐diagnosed with central nervous system atypical teratoid/rhabdoid tumors: The head start III experience
    Article111 citations2013
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  3. 03
    Phase I study of intraventricular infusions of autologous ex vivo expanded NK cells in children with recurrent medulloblastoma and ependymoma
    Article87 citations2020
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  4. 04
    Choroid plexus carcinoma in children: The Head Start experience
    Article81 citations2015
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  5. 05
    Pharmacologic inhibition of lysine-specific demethylase 1 as a therapeutic and immune-sensitization strategy in pediatric high-grade glioma
    Article64 citations2020
    doi.org ↗
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Network

Updated 27 Oct 2026

The people this person publishes with most, by number of co-authored papers. Names link to their own profile when we have one.

Soumen Khatua81David I. Sandberg42Susan Lynne McGovern41Arnold C. Paulino33Vidya Gopalakrishnan29Gregory N. Fuller25Leena Ketonen24Jason Michael Johnson21Dean Anthony Lee20Joshua E. Allen17Joya Chandra17Sharon L. Gardner16David R. Grosshans16Rohinton S. Tarapore16Laurence J.N. Cooper14Yazmín Odia14Mary Frances McAleer14Heather B. Meador13Jonathan Benjamin Gill12Bridget A. Kennis12Jonathan L. Finlay12Michael Rytting12Tobey J. MacDonald11Zsila Sousan Sadighi11Maryam Fouladi11Dristhi S. Ragoonanan11Murali Chintagumpala11Jeffrey C. Allen11Debra Nana Yeboa11Najat C. Daw11Ziad A. Khatib11Carl Johannes Koschmann10Jason T. Huse10Dolly G. Aguilera10Sana Mohiuddin10Doured Daghistani10Cassie Kline10Matthew David Hall10Nicholas Alexander Vitanza9Jeffrey S. Weinberg9

Background & recognition

Updated 27 Oct 2026

Credentials, appointments and honors, newest first, each linked to the public source it came from.

Education

degrees and training on record
  • MBBCh in Medicine

    Cairo University

    1999
    verifiedCorroborated by FindMyKOL. We matched this record across two or more independent public sources (or a verified ORCID / NPI identifier bridge) before attributing it to this person.How we verify →faculty.mdanderson.org ↗
  • MD

    Cairo University

    provisionalFound in a cited public source but not yet independently corroborated. Published as a labeled candidate and queued for verification.How we verify →rallyfoundation.org ↗

Editorial & leadership roles

journal and society appointments
  • Member

    American Academy of Cancer Research

    2015
    verifiedCorroborated by FindMyKOL. We matched this record across two or more independent public sources (or a verified ORCID / NPI identifier bridge) before attributing it to this person.How we verify →faculty.mdanderson.org ↗
  • Member

    Harris County Medical Association

    2012
    verifiedCorroborated by FindMyKOL. We matched this record across two or more independent public sources (or a verified ORCID / NPI identifier bridge) before attributing it to this person.How we verify →faculty.mdanderson.org ↗
  • Member

    Texas Medical Association

    2012
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  • Member

    Society of Neuro-oncology

    2011
    verifiedCorroborated by FindMyKOL. We matched this record across two or more independent public sources (or a verified ORCID / NPI identifier bridge) before attributing it to this person.How we verify →faculty.mdanderson.org ↗
  • Member

    American Society of Pediatric Hematology-Oncology

    2010
    verifiedCorroborated by FindMyKOL. We matched this record across two or more independent public sources (or a verified ORCID / NPI identifier bridge) before attributing it to this person.How we verify →faculty.mdanderson.org ↗
  • Member

    American Society for Clinical Oncology

    2008
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  • Member

    Children's Oncology Group

    2008
    verifiedCorroborated by FindMyKOL. We matched this record across two or more independent public sources (or a verified ORCID / NPI identifier bridge) before attributing it to this person.How we verify →faculty.mdanderson.org ↗

Awards & honors

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Secondary affiliations

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  • Member

    Brain Tumor Center Executive Committee, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center

    2021
    verifiedCorroborated by FindMyKOL. We matched this record across two or more independent public sources (or a verified ORCID / NPI identifier bridge) before attributing it to this person.How we verify →faculty.mdanderson.org ↗
  • Member

    IRB Committee, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center

    2018
    verifiedCorroborated by FindMyKOL. We matched this record across two or more independent public sources (or a verified ORCID / NPI identifier bridge) before attributing it to this person.How we verify →faculty.mdanderson.org ↗
  • Member

    PRS Executive Council, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center

    2016
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  • Member

    Clinical Research Committee, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center

    2015
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  • Hospital affiliations: Children's Memorial Hermann Hospital; Memorial Hermann Texas Medical Center
    provisionalFound in a cited public source but not yet independently corroborated. Published as a labeled candidate and queued for verification.How we verify →memorialhermann.org ↗

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