Dr. Tashkandi obtained his MD from Taibah University College of Medicine, Medina, Saudi Arabia. He completed a Research Fellowship in the Department of Pathology at the George Washington University School of Medicine and Health Sciences and a Pathology Residency at the University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio, where he also served as Chief resident. He then completed a Hematopathology Fellowship at Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center. He recently completed a Molecular Genetics Pathology Fellowship at University of Pittsburgh Medical Center. Dr. Tashkandi's clinical focus is to diagnose, prognosticate, and monitor hematologic malignancies, and to guide patient-specific therapy. His research interests include studying the morphologic, immunophenotypic, and genetic changes of hematologic malignancies and their impact on patients. He is also interested in minimal residual disease detection and molecular hematopathology education.