{"id":31159,"date":"2007-11-08T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2007-11-08T06:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.unmc.edu\/newsroom\/2007\/11\/08\/spotlight-on-new-faculty-meet-johny-elkahwaji-msc-d-ph-d\/"},"modified":"2007-11-08T00:00:00","modified_gmt":"2007-11-08T06:00:00","slug":"spotlight-on-new-faculty-meet-johny-elkahwaji-msc-d-ph-d","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.unmc.edu\/newsroom\/2007\/11\/08\/spotlight-on-new-faculty-meet-johny-elkahwaji-msc-d-ph-d\/","title":{"rendered":"Spotlight on new faculty &#8212; meet Johny Elkahwaji, MSc.D., Ph.D."},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"panel body-content\"><div class=\"panel__container\"><p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.unmc.edu\/newsroom\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/Elkahwaji1007.jpg\" border=\"2\" align=\"right\" alt=\"picture disc.\">Johny Elkahwaji, MSc.D., Ph.D., assistant professor in the adult oncology and hematology section, is among the many new faculty members at UNMC.<\/p>\n<p><B>Name:<\/B> Johny Elkahwaji, MSc.D., Ph.D. <\/p>\n<p><B>Title:<\/B> Assistant professor, adult oncology and hematology<\/p>\n<p><B>Research Interests:<\/B> Dr. Elkahwaji&#8217;s will be a full-time researcher, conducting basic and clinical translational research in GU malignancies. His specific research interests are inflammation and cancer and urologic oncology diseases including bladder, kidney and prostate cancer chemoprevention immunotherapy.<\/p>\n<p><B>Specialty:<\/B> Basic and clinical translational research in GU malignancies<\/p>\n<p><B>Degree:<\/B> MSc.D., Ph.D., Pierre and Marie Curie University, Paris<\/p>\n<p><B>Post doc:<\/B> One year post-doc fellowship in transplant surgery and immunology, department of surgery, division of transplant surgery, University of Wisconsin Hospital &amp; Clinics, Madison, Wis.; and three year post-doc fellowship in urology, department of surgery, division of urology, University of Wisconsin Hospital &amp; Clinics, Madison Wis.<\/p>\n<p><B>Previous positions:<\/B> Scientist, department of surgery, division of urology, University of Wisconsin Hospital &amp; Clinics, Madison, Wis.; and assistant professor of surgery, department of surgery, division of urologic surgery, UNMC, Omaha <\/p>\n<p><I>All UNMC departments are encouraged to send information on new faculty members to UNMC Today at <a href=\"mailto:today@unmc.edu\">today@unmc.edu<\/a>. Using the above format, please include the person&#8217;s title, specialty, previous position(s), medical degree, residency, fellowships and memberships. Also include their clinic hours and a phone number for patients interested in making an appointment. 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