Email

amgad@bcm.edu

Positions

Postdoctoral Associate

Pediatrics
Hematology & Oncology - Cell and Gene Therapy
Baylor College of Medicine
Houston, Texas United States

Addresses

Center for Cell and Gene Therapy (Lab)

TX Childs Feigin Ctr
Room: TXFC-176012
Houston, TX 77030
United States
amgad@bcm.edu

Center for Cell and Gene Therapy (Office)

TX Childs Feigin Ctr
Room: TXFC-176012
Houston, TX 77030
United States
amgad@bcm.edu

Education

PhD from Baylor college of medicine

02/2024 - Houston, Texas United States

Translational Biology and Molecular Medicine

MSc from Ludwig Maximilian University

08/2013 - Munich, Bavaria Germany

Biology / immunooncology

BSc from Ain Shams University

08/2009 - Cairo, Egypt

Pharmaceutical Sciences

Selected Publications

• Fousek K, Watanabe J, Joseph S, George A, An X, Byrd TT, Martínez-Paniagua MA, Sanber K, Navai SA, Gad AZ, Salsman VS, Matthew PR, Na Kim H, Wagner DL, Brunetti L, Jang A, Baker ML, Varadarajan N, Hegde M, Kim Y, Heisterkamp N, Abdel-Azim H, Ahmed N "CAR T-cells That Target Acute B-lineage Leukemia Irrespective of CD19 Expression." Leukemia. 2021 Jan;35:75-89. Pubmed PMID: 32205861
• Donovan LK, Delaidelli A, Joseph SK et al. "Locoregional delivery of CAR T-cells to the cerebrospinal fluid as effective therapy for metastatic medulloblastoma and ependymoma." Nat Med. 2020 Apr 27; Pubmed PMID: 32341580
• Ahmed Z. Gad, Shahenda El-Naggar, Nabil Ahmed "Realism and pragmatism in developing an effective chimeric antigen receptor T-cell product for solid cancers." Cytotherapy. 2016 Nov;18(11):1382-1392. Pubmed PMID: 27601331
• Zahi Hawass, Somaia Ismail, Ashraf Selim, Sahar N Saleem, Dina Fathalla, Sally Wasef, Ahmed Z Gad, Rama Saad, Suzan Fares, Hany Amer, Paul Gostner, Yehia Z Gad, Carsten M Pusch, Albert R Zink "Revisiting the harem conspiracy and death of Ramesses III: anthropological, forensic, radiological, and genetic study." BMJ. 2012 Dec 17;345:e8268. Pubmed PMID: 23247979

Memberships

American Society of Gene & Cell Therapy

Associate member (05/2017 - 05/2024)

European Society of Gene and Cell Therapy

member (10/2012 - 10/2013)

International Society of Cell and Gene Therapy

Member (03/2022 - 12/2022)