Abdulrahman Saadalla, MBBCh

Assistant Professor (Clinical), University of Utah School of Medicine

Specialties within field of practice: Clinical pathology, immunology, and coagulation Education

• Bachelor of Medicine, Bachelor of Surgery, Alexandria University
• Residency—Clinical Pathology, Mayo Clinic
• Fellowship—Molecular Genetic Pathology, Washington University School of Medicine
• Fellowship—Special Coagulation, Mayo Clinic

Certification/Affiliations

• American Board of Pathology: Clinical Pathology and Molecular Genetic Pathology

Research Interests

• Tumor immunology
• Monoclonal gammopathies
• Antiphospholipid syndrome

Recent Publications

• Saadalla A, Stuart M, Ashrani A, et al. In special coagulation, think horses not zebras: A clotted sample from a patient with congenital disorder of glycosylation. Int J lab Hematol. 2023;45(1):e6-e9.
• Osman A, Yan B, Li Y, et al. TCF-1 controls Treg cell functions that regulate inflammation, CD8+ T cell cytotoxicity and severity of colon cancer. Nat Immunol. 2021;(9):1152-1162.
• Saadalla AM, Goldsmith SR, Neidich JA, et al. Immunoglobulin variable heavy chain somatic hypermutation testing in a patient with small lymphocytic lymphoma and multiple myeloma. J Appl Lab Med. 2021;(6):1665-1670.
• Saadalla A, Jara Aguirre J, Wockenfus AM, et al. Evaluation of automated synovial fluid total cell count and percent polymorphonuclear leukocytes on a Sysmex XN-1000 analyzer for identifying patients at risk of septic arthritis. Clin Chim Acta. 2020;510:416-420.
• Saadalla A, Seheult J, Ladwig P, et al. Sialic acid-bearing paraproteins are implicated in heparin-like coagulopathy in patients with myeloma. Blood. 2020;136(17):1988-1992.
• Bishehsari F, Engen PA, Voigt RM, et al. Abnormal eating patterns cause circadian disruption and promote alcohol-associated colon carcinogenesis. Cell Mol Gastroenterol Hepatol. 2020;9(2):219-237.
• Saadalla A, Lima MM, Tsai F, et al. Cell intrinsic deregulated ß-catenin signaling promotes expansion of bone marrow derived connective tissue type mast cells, systemic inflammation, and colon cancer. Front Immunol. 2019;10:2777.
• Saadalla AM, Singh A, Barnidge D, et al. High sensitivity M-protein detection in a case of light-chain cardiac amyloidosis without evidence of plasma cell dyscrasia. Am J Hematol. 2019;94(5):619-621.