Hiam Abdel-Salam

Hiam Abdel-Salam, MS, CGC is a board-certified cancer genetic counselor at MD Anderson Cancer Center’s Clinical Cancer Genetics Program. Among her clinical roles is evaluating patient with a history of leukemias and lymphomas for hereditary heme malignancy syndromes. Hiam received her Bachelor of Science with Honors in Biology from the University of Chicago in 2019 and her Master of Science in Genetic Counseling from the University of Michigan in 2021. Beyond her role in clinical care, she is currently a member of the National Society of Genetic Counselors and is involved in teaching students from the University of Texas Genetic Counseling Training Program and serving as a co-chair and committee member for student’s thesis projects. Her research interests focus on addressing racial and ethnic health disparities in cancer genetics services and characterizing the prevalence of hereditary cancer syndromes in large cancer cohorts.