Abdullah Nasser

About

Medical Oncologist at Windsor Regional Hospital Cancer Center and Assistant Professor in the Department of Oncology at Western University. Clinical and research interests focus on thoracic malignancies and breast cancer, with particular emphasis on real-world outcomes in oncology.

Completed internal medicine and medical oncology residencies in Ottawa, medical school at Western University, and undergraduate degree in neurobiology from Harvard University.

Publications

Scientific

• Ramanan N, Malik MN, Upneja S, Farooq H, Kulkarni S, Gupta R, Mathews J, Nasser A, Bocicariu A, Arayan L, Porter L, Fifield BA, Luo R, Brackstone M, Hamm C. Clinical Significance of Tumor Grade in Triple-Negative Breast Cancer: A Retrospective Cohort Analysis. Biomedicines. 2025;13(5):1100.
• Patel R, Mathews J, Hamm C, Kulkarni S, Gupta R, Opperman T, Chiong JD, Nasser A. Real-World Experience with CDK4/6 Inhibitors in the First-Line Palliative Setting for HR+/HER2− Advanced Breast Cancer. Current Oncology. 2025;32(1):52.
• Opperman TD, Stewart DJ, Nasser A. Using exponential decay to model survival curves in immunotherapy trials. Journal of Clinical Oncology. 2024;42(16_suppl):e14698.
• Baird A, Nasser A, Tanuseputro P, Webber C, Wheatley-Price P, Munro C. Involvement of Palliative Care in Malignant Pleural Mesothelioma Patients and Associations with Survival and End-of-Life Outcomes. Current Oncology. 2024;31(2):76.
• Bradbury M, Akurang D, Nasser A, Moore S, Sekhon HS, Wheatley-Price P. Clinicopathological features of pulmonary mucinous adenocarcinoma: A descriptive analysis. Cancer Treatment and Research Communications. 2022;32:100567.
• Nasser A, Forse CL, Walsh C, Moyana T, Goel R. Mixed Pancreatic Acinar Cell-Ductal Adenocarcinoma: Complexities in Diagnosis and Treatment. Current Problems in Cancer: Case Reports. 2022;5:100164.
• Nasser A, Baird A, Saint-Pierre MD, Laurie SA, Wheatley-Price P. Real-world prognostic model for malignant pleural mesothelioma. Journal of Clinical Oncology. 2021;39(15_suppl):e20562.
• Nasser A, Baird A, Saint-Pierre MD, Amjadi K, Laurie S, Wheatley-Price P. Three Decades of Malignant Pleural Mesothelioma: An Academic Center Experience. Clinical Lung Cancer. 2021;22(4):e624-e632.
• Nasser A, Hartwick M, Kyeremanteng K, Wheatley-Price P. Chemotherapy for Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer in the Intensive Care Unit. Cancer Treatment and Research Communications. 2020;25:100260.
• Nasser A, Purgina B, Laurie S. Paraneoplastic manifestations of salivary gland tumours: A case report and review. Oral Oncology. 2020;103:104589.
• Kulkarni S, Nasser A. Why do breast cancer patients visit the emergency department? Journal of Clinical Oncology. 2015;33(15_suppl):e12046.
• Teodoro RO, Pekkurnaz G, Nasser A, Higashi-Kovtun ME, McLachlan IG, Schwarz TL. Ral mediates activity-dependent growth of postsynaptic membranes via recruitment of the exocyst. EMBO Journal. 2013;32(14):2039-2055.
• Nasser A. Overfishing: Economic Policies in Finite Resource Biological Pools. Undergraduate Economic Review. 2012;9(1).
• Nasser A. Can Money Buy Happiness? Easterlin Paradox From a Multinational Macroeconomic Perspective. THURJ. 2012;5(2).

Commentary

• Nasser A. Poor people need not apply. Canadian Medical Association Journal Blog. December 9, 2014.
• Nasser A. From High School to Med School: Fast Track to an MD. Washington Post. February 22, 2013.
• Nasser A. Ready-to-use therapeutic foods. University of Western Ontario Medical Journal. 2014;83(2).
• Nasser A, Chen N. Role of Information Technology in Rural Healthcare Delivery. University of Western Ontario Medical Journal. 2014;83(1).

Presentations

• Nasser A. Outcomes from Palliative Chemotherapy for Malignant Pleural Mesothelioma: The Impact of Platinum-pemetrexed. International Mesothelioma Interest Group. May 2021.
• Nasser A. Tumor Vimentin Expression as a Prognostic Factor in Malignant Pleural Mesothelioma. International Mesothelioma Interest Group. May 2021.
• Nasser A, Laurie S. Outcomes of Nonepithelioid Pleural Mesothelioma in Recent Trials. International Mesothelioma Interest Group. May 2018.
• Nasser A, Emara B. Dropless Cataract Surgery: Alternative Advanced Drug-Delivery Method for Cataract Surgery Patients. American Society of Cataract and Refractive Surgery Annual Meeting. April 2018.
• Nasser A, Kulkarni S. Why do breast cancer patients visit the emergency department? Windsor Cancer Research Group Conference. November 2014.
• Nasser A, Teodoro RO, Pekkurnaz G, Higashi-Kovtun ME, McLachlan IG, Schwarz TL. Role of RalA and RalB in hippocampal spine formation. National Collegiate Research Conference at Harvard. January 2013.