Expertise in
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Dr. Faheem Farooq

Oncology | Hematology
Penn Medicine
Penn Blood Disorders Center
3400 Civic Center Boulevard, South Pavilion, 1st Floor, 
Philadelphia, PA 
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10 Years of Experience

Expertise in
1
conditions
Penn Medicine
Penn Blood Disorders Center
3400 Civic Center Boulevard, South Pavilion, 1st Floor, 
Philadelphia, PA 
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Overview

Faheem Farooq is a Hematologist and an Oncologist in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Dr. Farooq has been practicing medicine for over 10 years and is rated as an Experienced provider by MediFind in the treatment of Beta Thalassemia. His top areas of expertise are Sickle Cell Disease, Anemia, Iron Deficiency Anemia, and Thrombocytopenia. Dr. Farooq is currently accepting new patients.

His clinical research consists of co-authoring 10 peer reviewed articles. MediFind looks at clinical research from the past 15 years.

Graduate Institution
University Of Miami, 2016
Residency
SUNY at Stony Brook Medical Center
Specialties
Oncology
Hematology
Licenses
Internal Medicine in NJ
Board Certifications
Hematology, 2023
Medical Oncology, 2023
Internal Medicine, 2020
Fellowships
Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital
Hospital Affiliations
Hospital Of Univ Of Pennsylvania
University Medical Center Of Princeton At Plainsboro
Languages Spoken
English
Gender
Male

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Locations

Penn Blood Disorders Center
3400 Civic Center Boulevard, South Pavilion, 1st Floor, Philadelphia, PA 19104
Call: 609-853-6590
Other Locations
Princeton Medicine Physicians - Hematology-Oncology
5 Plainsboro Road, Medical Arts Pavilion Suite 540, Plainsboro, NJ 8536.

Additional Areas of Focus

Dr. Farooq has provided the following conditions as areas of focus. Please note that we may not have enough data to validate their experience in some of these conditions.

Pernicious Anemia
Esophageal Cancer
Thalassemia
Myelofibrosis
Lung Cancer
Bladder Cancer
Anemia
Thyroid Cancer
Colorectal Cancer
Testicular Cancer
Hodgkin Lymphoma
Waldenstrom Macroglobulinemia
Liver Cancer
Prostate Cancer
Beta Thalassemia
Gallbladder Cancer
Sickle Cell Disease
Blood Clots
Pancreatic Cancer
Anal Cancer
Iron Deficiency Anemia
Multiple Myeloma
Autoimmune Hemolytic Anemia
Cryoglobulinemia
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Clinical Research

Clinical research consists of overseeing clinical studies of patients undergoing new treatments and therapies, and publishing articles in peer reviewed medical journals. Providers who actively participate in clinical research are generally at the forefront of the fields and aware of the most up-to-date advances in treatments for their patients.


10 Total Publications

The individual isoforms of ORMDL, the regulatory subunit of serine palmitoyltransferase, have distinctive sensitivities to ceramide.
The individual isoforms of ORMDL, the regulatory subunit of serine palmitoyltransferase, have distinctive sensitivities to ceramide.
Journal: bioRxiv : the preprint server for biology
Published: April 01, 2025
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