Hani M. Babiker, MD (Clinical Trials)

Hani M. Babiker, MD, is an Assistant Professor of Medicine, Director of the Early Phase Clinical Trials Program, and Assistant Director, University of Arizona Cancer Center. He is also is a Clinical Assistant Professor in the Clinical Translational Research Division at TGen. He is board-certified in Medical Oncology, Hematology, Internal Medicine, and Geriatrics and Gerontology. His research interests are in new drug development and in the treatment of gastrointestinal cancers with an emphasis on pancreatic, cholangiocarcinoma, and colon cancers. He completed a drug development scholarship at the Virginia G Piper Cancer Center Clinical Trials/HonorHealth Research Institute in Scottsdale where he served as the principal investigator and sub-investigator in many early clinical trials in solid tumors. He also has an interest in developing new biomarkers and targeted therapies in pancreatic cancer.

He earned his M.D. with High Honors from Univerzita Komenskeho (Slovak Republic), and completed a residency in Internal Medicine and a fellowship in Geriatrics and Gerontology at Weill Cornell Medical College, New York Presbyterian Hospital (Queens and New York). Dr Babiker was an instructor in medicine at the Mayo Clinic College of Medicine in Phoenix.  He completed a Hematology and Medical Oncology fellowship at the University of Arizona where he also served as Chief Fellow. Dr Babiker is a member of the American Society of Clinical Oncology, European Society of Medical Oncology, American Association for Cancer Research, Southwest Oncology Group, American Society of Hematology and the American College of Physicians. He has many abstracts and peer-reviewed manuscripts and has a passion for teaching and mentoring students and trainees.

His research interests include drug development and pancreatic cancer research.

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Terms of Appointment: October 2019 - September 2021;  October 2023 - September 2025