Muzaffar H. Qazilbash

Muzaffar H. Qazilbash is a Professor of Medicine and a high senior faculty member at The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center. His research focuses on clinical transplantation medicine, specifically optimizing autologous and allogeneic stem cell transplantation, and managing hematological malignancies, with a subspecialty in multiple myeloma. His recent work addresses critical clinical challenges, including CD70-targeting CAR NK cells to overcome BCMA downregulation in high-risk myeloma, inconsistent definitions of transplant ineligibility, and the impact of social drivers of health on myeloma survival. He has also contributed to optimizing peripheral blood stem cell collection and evaluating melphalan pharmacokinetic models, advancing transplantation care for complex patient populations.