Department of Pediatrics

Education

• MD, University of Jordan, 2010

Training

• Internship, Istiklal Hospital, 2010 - 2011
• Pediatric Residency, St. John Hospital and Medical Center, 2013 - 2016
• Pediatric Hematology/ Oncology Fellowship, Children’s Hospital of Michigan, 2016 - 2019
• Neuro-Oncology Fellowship, Nationwide Children’s Hospital, 2019 - 2020

Licensure and Board Certification

• 2010 - PresM.D. in Medical Doctor
• 2016 - PresAmerican Board of Pediatrics
• 2019 - 2022OH, Ohio Medical License
• 2020 - PresMO, Missouri Medical License
• 2020 - PresMO, Missouri Controlled Substance Registration

Honors and Awards

• Healing Without A Harm Award, 2013
• Wolf W. Zuelzer Fellowship Research Award, 2019

Recent Publications view all (4)

1. Wang T, Shatara M, Liu F, Knight T, Edwards H, Wang G, Lin H, Wang Y, Taub JW, Ge Y. Simultaneous cotargeting of ATR and RNA Polymerase I transcription demonstrates synergistic antileukemic effects on acute myeloid leukemia. Signal Transduct Target Ther. 2019;4:44. PMCID:PMC6823485  PMID:31700693 
2. Shatara M, Xavier AC, Dombkowski A, Cukovic D, Poulik JM, Altinok D, Ge Y, Taub JW. Monozygotic twins with neuroblastoma MS have a similar molecular profile: a case of twin-to-twin metastasis. Br J Cancer. 2019;121(10):890-893. PMCID:PMC6889264  PMID:31601961 
3. Shatara M, Regling K, Sabo C, Figueroa M, Taub JW, Rajpurkar M. Ethosuximide-induced Thrombocytopenia: A Case Report. J Pediatr Hematol Oncol. 2019;41(5):420-421. PMID:30212418 
4. Knight T, Shatara M, Carvalho L, Altinok D, Poulik J, Wang ZJ. Dramatic response to trametinib in a male child with neurofibromatosis type 1 and refractory astrocytoma. Pediatr Blood Cancer. 2019;66(1):e27474. PMID:30251337