Shai Shimony, MD, MPH

Shai Shimony, MD, MPH

Medical Oncology

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617-632-1906

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617-632-2933

Appointments

617-632-1906
857-215-3262 (Inpatient Transfers)

Biography

Shai Shimony, MD, MPH

Dr. Shimony received his MD from the Hebrew University and Hadassah Medical Center, Jerusalem, Israel. He completed residency training in Internal Medicine at Rabin Medical Center Hospital in 2017 and served as Chief Medical Resident in 2016-2017. He completed fellowship in Hematology and Haemato-Oncology at Rabin Medical Center in 2020. He completed the DFCI Foley Family advanced fellowship in Leukemia,  where he also graduated from the Program of Clinical Effectiveness at Harvard School of Public Health and earned a Master of Public Health (MPH) in Clinical Effectiveness. Dr. Shimony's clinical focus is on care of patients with acute leukemia with special interest in acute myeloid leukemia, acute lymphoblastic leukemia and blastic plasmacytoid dentritic cell neoplasm. Dr. Shimony's research interest is utilizing real-world data to perform correlative studies and understanding the impact of genetic mutations on patient outcomes.

Researcher

Physician

Physician
Instructor in Medicine, Harvard Medical School

Centers/Programs

Adult Leukemia Program

Fellowship

  • Davidoff Cancer Center, Rabin Medical Center, Hematology and Hematology Oncology

Residency

  • Internal Medicine, Rabin Medical Center

Medical School

  • Hebrew University Medical School

Publications

    • Acute Myeloid Leukemia: 2025 Update on Diagnosis, Risk-Stratification, and Management. Am J Hematol. 2025 May; 100(5):860-891. View in: Pubmed

    • Venetoclax plus low-intensity chemotherapy for adults with acute lymphoblastic leukemia. Blood Adv. 2025 Feb 11; 9(3):617-626. View in: Pubmed

    • Sharpening the Tools to Get the Edge on Leukemia. Am J Hematol. 2025 May; 100(5):750-751. View in: Pubmed

    • Biology and Management of Acute Myeloid Leukemia With Mutated NPM1. Am J Hematol. 2025 Apr; 100(4):652-665. View in: Pubmed

    • Autologous stem cell transplantation for multiple myeloma patients whose myeloma-defining event was SLiM. Br J Haematol. 2025 Feb; 206(2):607-614. View in: Pubmed

    • Blastic plasmacytoid dendritic cell neoplasm: Extensive disease, Langer lines, and blood burden in a retrospective study of 66 cases. J Am Acad Dermatol. 2025 Mar; 92(3):628-630. View in: Pubmed

    • Venous thromboembolism in adolescents and young adults with acute lymphoblastic leukemia treated on a pediatric-inspired regimen. Blood Cancer J. 2024 10 31; 14(1):191. View in: Pubmed

    • Intensive induction chemotherapy vs hypomethylating agents in combination with venetoclax in NPM1-mutant AML. Blood Adv. 2024 09 24; 8(18):4845-4855. View in: Pubmed

    • Subunit-specific analysis of cohesin-mutant myeloid malignancies reveals distinct ontogeny and outcomes. Leukemia. 2024 Sep; 38(9):1992-2002. View in: Pubmed

    • Acute myeloid leukemia (AML) with chromosome 3 inversion: biology, management, and clinical outcome. Leuk Lymphoma. 2024 Nov; 65(11):1541-1551. View in: Pubmed

    • Chronic Lymphocytic Leukemia (CLL)-Derived Extracellular Vesicles Educate Endothelial Cells to Become IL-6-Producing, CLL-Supportive Cells. Biomedicines. 2024 Jun 21; 12(7). View in: Pubmed

    • Organ involvement in adults with BPDCN is associated with sun exposure history, TET2 and RAS mutations, and survival. Blood Adv. 2024 06 11; 8(11):2803-2812. View in: Pubmed

    • Gilteritinib with or without venetoclax for relapsed/refractory FLT3-mutated acute myeloid leukaemia. Br J Haematol. 2024 Sep; 205(3):932-941. View in: Pubmed

    • Combination therapy with hypomethylating agents and venetoclax versus intensive induction chemotherapy in IDH1- or IDH2-mutant newly diagnosed acute myeloid leukemia-A multicenter cohort study. Am J Hematol. 2024 08; 99(8):1640-1643. View in: Pubmed

    • Targetable leukaemia dependency on noncanonical PI3K? signalling. Nature. 2024 Jun; 630(8015):198-205. View in: Pubmed

    • Molecular ontogeny underlies the benefit of adding venetoclax to hypomethylating agents in newly diagnosed AML patients. Leukemia. 2024 Jul; 38(7):1494-1500. View in: Pubmed

    • Hypomethylating agents plus venetoclax compared with intensive induction chemotherapy regimens in molecularly defined secondary AML. Leukemia. 2024 04; 38(4):762-768. View in: Pubmed

    • Nelarabine: when and how to use in the treatment of T-cell acute lymphoblastic leukemia. Blood Adv. 2024 01 09; 8(1):23-36. View in: Pubmed

    • Tri-ing to decipher trisomy AML. Br J Haematol. 2024 Mar; 204(3):751-752. View in: Pubmed

    • Treatment completion, asparaginase completion, and oncologic outcomes among children, adolescents and young adults with acute lymphoblastic leukemia treated with DFCI Consortium Protocols. Leukemia. 2024 03; 38(3):482-490. View in: Pubmed

    • Targetable leukemia dependency on noncanonical PI3K? signaling. bioRxiv. 2023 Dec 15. View in: Pubmed

    • Untangling Complexities of Acute Myeloid Leukemia Review Series. Acta Haematol. 2024; 147(2):119-121. View in: Pubmed

    • SOHO State of the Art Updates and Next Questions | Approach to Older Adults With Phildadelphia-Chromosome Negative Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia. Clin Lymphoma Myeloma Leuk. 2024 03; 24(3):133-140. View in: Pubmed

    • Unraveling KMT2A-rearranged ALL. Blood. 2023 11 23; 142(21):1764-1766. View in: Pubmed

    • Diffuse large B cell lymphoma characteristics and outcomes during the COVID-19 pandemic in two tertiary centers - an Israeli/ Italian study. Ann Hematol. 2024 Mar; 103(3):803-811. View in: Pubmed

    • FLT3-ITD does not predict inferior prognosis in acute myeloid leukemia patients aged =60 years. Blood Adv. 2023 09 26; 7(18):5354-5358. View in: Pubmed

    • Effect of BMI on toxicities and survival among adolescents and young adults treated on DFCI Consortium ALL trials. Blood Adv. 2023 09 26; 7(18):5234-5245. View in: Pubmed

    • All systems are not GO: ongoing challenges in interpreting gemtuzumab ozogamicin clinical trial results. Lancet Haematol. 2023 09; 10(9):e706-e707. View in: Pubmed

    • Safety and efficacy of FLAG-Ida-based therapy combined with venetoclax for the treatment for newly diagnosed and relapsed/refractory patients with AML - A systematic review. Leuk Res. 2023 10; 133:107368. View in: Pubmed

    • Incidence and predictors of anthracycline-related left ventricular dysfunction in acute myeloid leukemia. Leuk Res. 2023 09; 132:107351. View in: Pubmed

    • Rituximab versus obinutuzumab-based first-line chemoimmunotherapy for follicular lymphoma-a real-world multicenter retrospective cohort study. Ann Hematol. 2023 Aug; 102(8):2127-2136. View in: Pubmed

    • Epidemiology and Pathogenesis of Myelodysplastic Syndrome. Cancer J. 2023 May-Jun 01; 29(3):111-121. View in: Pubmed

    • Nelarabine combination therapy for relapsed or refractory T-cell acute lymphoblastic lymphoma/leukemia. Blood Adv. 2023 04 11; 7(7):1092-1102. View in: Pubmed

    • Why do we not have more drugs approved for MDS? A critical viewpoint on novel drug development in MDS. Blood Rev. 2023 07; 60:101056. View in: Pubmed

    • Acute myeloid leukemia: 2023 update on diagnosis, risk-stratification, and management. Am J Hematol. 2023 03; 98(3):502-526. View in: Pubmed

    • Investigational venetoclax combination therapy in acute myeloid leukemia - a systematic review and meta-analysis. Haematologica. 2022 12 01; 107(12):2955-2960. View in: Pubmed

    • Venetoclax-based salvage therapy in patients with relapsed/refractory acute myeloid leukemia previously treated with FLT3 or IDH1/2 inhibitors. Leuk Lymphoma. 2023 01; 64(1):188-196. View in: Pubmed

    • Correction to: Gilteritinib monotherapy for relapsed/refractory FLT3 mutated acute myeloid leukemia: a real-world, multi-center, matched analysis. Ann Hematol. 2022 Sep; 101(9):2011. View in: Pubmed

    • Syndromes predisposing to leukemia are a major cause of inherited cytopenias in children. Haematologica. 2022 09 01; 107(9):2081-2095. View in: Pubmed

    • Efficacy of FLT3 and IDH1/2 inhibitors in patients with acute myeloid leukemia previously treated with venetoclax. Leuk Res. 2022 11; 122:106942. View in: Pubmed

    • Prevalence and Clinical Characteristics of Paraproteinemia Associated with Chronic Myeloid Leukemia. Acta Haematol. 2022; 145(6):619-626. View in: Pubmed

    • Gilteritinib monotherapy for relapsed/refractory FLT3 mutated acute myeloid leukemia: a real-world, multi-center, matched analysis. Ann Hematol. 2022 Sep; 101(9):2001-2010. View in: Pubmed

    • Venetoclax in combination with FLAG-IDA-based protocol for patients with acute myeloid leukemia: a real-world analysis. Ann Hematol. 2022 Aug; 101(8):1719-1726. View in: Pubmed

    • Prediction of life-threatening and disabling bleeding in patients with AML receiving intensive induction chemotherapy. Blood Adv. 2022 05 10; 6(9):2835-2846. View in: Pubmed

    • Venetoclax combination therapy in acute myeloid leukemia and myelodysplastic syndromes. Curr Opin Hematol. 2022 03 01; 29(2):63-73. View in: Pubmed

    • Autoimmune and inflammatory manifestations associated with acute myeloid leukemia with Trisomy 8-Case series and review of the literature. Eur J Haematol. 2022 Mar; 108(3):199-203. View in: Pubmed

    • Allogeneic hematopoietic cell transplantation for acute myeloid leukemia in first complete remission after 5-azacitidine and venetoclax: a multicenter retrospective study. Ann Hematol. 2022 Feb; 101(2):379-387. View in: Pubmed

    • Maintenance therapy after allogeneic hematopoietic transplant for acute myeloid leukemia: a systematic review and meta-analysis. Acta Oncol. 2021 Oct; 60(10):1335-1341. View in: Pubmed

    • Late onset neutropenia after rituximab and obinutuzumab treatment - characteristics of a class-effect toxicity. Leuk Lymphoma. 2021 12; 62(12):2921-2927. View in: Pubmed

    • Post-transplantation maintenance with sorafenib or midostaurin for FLT3 positive AML patients - a multicenter retrospective observational study. Leuk Lymphoma. 2021 10; 62(10):2475-2481. View in: Pubmed

    • Venous thromboembolism incidence and risk assessment in lung cancer patients treated with immune checkpoint inhibitors. J Thromb Haemost. 2021 05; 19(5):1250-1258. View in: Pubmed

    • Risk factors for high-dose methotrexate associated acute kidney injury in patients with hematological malignancies. Hematol Oncol. 2020 Oct; 38(4):584-588. View in: Pubmed

    • Early detection of infectious complications during induction therapy for acute leukemia with serial C-reactive protein biomarker assessment. Leuk Lymphoma. 2020 11; 61(11):2708-2713. View in: Pubmed

    • Safety and efficacy of blinatumomab: a real world data. Ann Hematol. 2020 Apr; 99(4):835-838. View in: Pubmed

    • Romidepsin treatment for relapsed or refractory peripheral and cutaneous T-cell lymphoma: Real-life data from a national multicenter observational study. Hematol Oncol. 2019 Dec; 37(5):569-577. View in: Pubmed

    • Incidence, predictors and prognostic implications of dyspnea at admission among acute coronary syndrome patients without heart failure. Int J Cardiol. 2020 02 15; 301:29-33. View in: Pubmed

    • Necrotizing Hemorrhagic Gastritis following Acute Myeloid Leukemia Induction with Midostaurin: An Unexpected Complication. Acta Haematol. 2020; 143(1):65-68. View in: Pubmed

    • Structural and Functional Echocardiographic Changes Following Kidney Transplantation: The Role of Allograft Function. Isr Med Assoc J. 2019 Apr; 21(4):246-250. View in: Pubmed

    • FDG PET/CT as a diagnostic and prognostic tool for the evaluation of marginal zone lymphoma. Hematol Oncol. 2019 Apr; 37(2):168-175. View in: Pubmed

    • Apixaban Levels in Octogenarian Patients with Non-valvular Atrial Fibrillation. Drugs Aging. 2019 02; 36(2):165-177. View in: Pubmed

    • Effects of natural and novel synthetic jasmonates in experimental metastatic melanoma. Br J Pharmacol. 2007 Mar; 150(6):738-49. View in: Pubmed

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