Rafat Abonour, MD
Harry and Edith Gladstein Professor of Cancer Research
Rafat Abonour, MD is Professor of medicine, pathology, and laboratory medicine at Indiana University since 1995.He earned his medical degree from the University of Damascus in Syria. He completed his residency in internal medicine and fellowship in hematology at the University of Wisconsin in Madison, Wisconsin.

Dr Abonour established the multiple myeloma and plasma cell program at Indiana University. His clinical interests include studying novel therapies including immunotherapy, quality of life, and precursor conditions. Dr Abonour is principal or co-investigator of several completed and on-going clinical trials. . Dr Abonour has authored or coauthored numerous peer-reviewed manuscripts, book chapters, and review articles. His works published in key medical research journals including Blood, New England Journal of Medicine and Nature Medicine.

Dr Abonour is a member of the Eastern Cooperative Group Data Monitoring Committee for Myeloma. Dr Abonour has joined the International Myeloma Foundation in 2015 as their medical liaison to Europe. In addition, he is actively involved in a number of professional societies including the American Society of Hematology and the American Society of Clinical Oncology. He has lectured nationally and internationally and received numerous awards, including the Trustee Teaching Award from Indiana University and the Excellence in Cancer Care Award from the Indianapolis Leukemia and Lymphoma Society. Dr Abonour, M.D., received a Sagamore of the Wabash, the highest honor an Indiana governor can bestow in 2010.