Malek Safa, MD

Dr. Safa earned his degree from the American University of Beirut in Beirut, Lebanon and completedhis Internal Medicine Residency at Indiana University Medical Center in Indianapolis, Indiana. He completed his Hematology and Oncology Fellowship at the University of Cincinnati Medical Center where he joined the staff and became the director of the GI Oncology Program and the Program Director of the Oncology & Hematology Fellowship Program.

Dr. Safa is board certified in Internal Medicine, Medical Oncology and Hematology and is an Associate Clinical Professor of Medicine at Wright State University in Dayton, Ohio. He currently is a member of the Southwest Oncology Group and serves on their Gastrointestinal and Melanoma Committee as well as Kettering Medical Center’s Cancer Committee.

Dr. Safa has participated as an expert panelist for Community Cancer Education Day for Colorectal Cancer at the University of Cincinnati and has done numerous local and national presentations and lectures on Gastric Cancers including, Colorectal, Esophageal, Pancreatic and Melanoma. Dr. Safa has been published in the Journal of Clinical Oncology, and The American Journal of Hematology Oncology. He has worked extensively with the Veteran population and completed research and publications on Hematological and Oncology issues in the Veteran population with an emphasis on Gastrointestinal Cancers.