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
• 2021 - PresPediatric Hematology/ Oncology Board Certified

Honors and Awards

• Healing Without A Harm Award, 2013
• Wolf W. Zuelzer Fellowship Research Award, 2019
• Travelling Fellowships Program Award from the 20th International Symposium on Pediatric Neuro-Oncology (ISPNO) 2022, 2022

Recent Publications view all (8)

Publication Co-Authors

Mohamed Abdelbaki

Washington University has a long tradition of collaboration amongst colleagues.The faculty above have co-authored publications with Margaret Shatara

1. Miller KE, Wheeler G, LaHaye S, Schieffer KM, Cearlock S, Venkata LPR, Bravo AO, Grischow OE, Kelly BJ, White P, Pierson CR, Boué DR, Koo SC, Klawinski D, Ranalli MA, Shaikhouni A, Salloum R, Shatara M, Leonard JR, Wilson RK, Cottrell CE, Mardis ER, Koboldt DC. Molecular Heterogeneity in Pediatric Malignant Rhabdoid Tumors in Patients With Multi-Organ Involvement. Front Oncol. 2022;12:932337. PMCID:PMC9326117  PMID:35912263 
2. Shatara M, Schieffer KM, Klawinski D, Thomas DL, Pierson CR, Sribnick EA, Jones J, Rodriguez DP, Deeg C, Hamelberg E, LaHaye S, Miller KE, Fitch J, Kelly B, Leraas K, Pfau R, White P, Magrini V, Wilson RK, Mardis ER, Abdelbaki MS, Finlay JL, Boué DR, Cottrell CE, Ghasemi DR, Pajtler KW, Osorio DS. Clinically aggressive pediatric spinal ependymoma with novel MYC amplification demonstrates molecular and histopathologic similarity to newly described MYCN-amplified spinal ependymomas. Acta Neuropathol Commun. 2021;9(1):192. PMCID:PMC8665631  PMID:34895332 
3. Harris MK, Shatara M, Funk Z, Stanek J, Boué DR, Jones J, Finlay JL, Abdelbaki MS. Recurrent Wnt medulloblastoma treated with marrow-ablative chemotherapy and autologous hematopoietic progenitor cell rescue: a dual case report and review of the literature. Childs Nerv Syst. 2021. PMID:33948723 
4. Schieffer KM, Feldman AZ, Kautto EA, McGrath S, Miller AR, Hernandez-Gonzalez ME, LaHaye S, Miller KE, Koboldt DC, Brennan P, Kelly B, Wetzel A, Agarwal V, Shatara M, Conley S, Rodriguez DP, Abu-Arja R, Shaikhkhalil A, Snuderl M, Orr BA, Finlay JL, Osorio DS, Drapeau AI, Leonard JR, Pierson CR, White P, Magrini V, Mardis ER, Wilson RK, Cottrell CE, Boué DR. Molecular classification of a complex structural rearrangement of the RB1 locus in an infant with sporadic, isolated, intracranial, sellar region retinoblastoma Acta Neuropathol Commun. 2021;9(1):61. PMCID:PMC8025529  PMID:33827698 
5. 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 
6. 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 
7. 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 
8. 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