Omar Abdel-Wahab is an Associate Member in the Human Oncology and Pathogenesis Program and Attending Physician in the Department of Medicine at Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center in New York. We talk about specializing in hematology, working at a cancer research institution, and being a physician-scientist.

For more information:

• Abdel-Wahab Lab website

• Frequent pathway mutations of splicing machinery in myelodysplasia by Seishi Ogawa and coworkers

• Finding Nirvana: Paths to Becoming a Physician-Scientist by Aimee S. Payne and Skip Brass