Mustafa Barbour, MD

Professor of Pediatrics

Dr. Mustafa Barbour Joined the University of Louisville Division of Pediatric Hematology and Oncology in 2017. His clinical responsibilities are to care for children with cancer and blood disorders. He is active in clinical research and is a Sub-Investigator on a large number of clinical trials open at the University of Louisville. In addition to his clinical and research activities, Dr. Barbour is the Director of the Pediatric Hematology/Oncology Fellowship Program at the University of Louisville which is an ACGME-accredited three-year training program that is designed to prepare pediatricians to become independent specialists in the field of pediatric hematology/oncology.

Publications:

Chen SJ, Hoffman NE, Shanmughapriya S, Bao L, Keefer K, Conrad K, Merali S, Takahashi Y, Abraham T, Hirschler-Laszkiewicz I, Wang J, Zhang XQ, Song J, Barrero C, Shi Y, Kawasawa YI, Bayerl M, Sun T, Barbour M, Wang HG, Madesh M, Cheung JY, Miller BA: A Splice Variant of the Human Ion Channel TRPM2 Modulates Neuroblastoma Tumor Growth through Hypoxia-inducible Factor (HIF)-1/2α. Journal of Biological Chemistry. 2014 Dec 26; 289(52):36284-302.

Davanzo J, Greiner R J, Barbour M, Rizk E. (October 19, 2017) Radiation Necrosis Following Proton Beam Therapy in the Pediatric Population: a Case Series. Cureus. 2017 Oct 19;9(10):e1785. doi: 10.7759/cureus.1785.

Barbour M, Bujold KE, Tjarks BJ, Jassim AD: A Case of Small Cell Lung Carcinoma in a 15-Year-Old Male and Literature Review. Journal of Pediatric Hematology and Oncology. 2018 Feb2. Doi: 10.1097.

Clinical:
Treating children with brain tumors and other solid tumors.

Research:
Clinical trials for pediatric brain tumors and quality improvement projects.