Answers questions in the following forums:

• African American Health
• Sickle Cell Anemia

Education:

• Dow Medical College / Dow University Health Science Center, Karachi, Pakistan. M.D/MB.BS

Post Graduate Training:

• 1990-1993: Internal Medicine Residency, Good Samaritan Hospital, Cincinnati, Ohio
• 1993-1995: Clinical fellowship in Medical Oncology, Texas A&M University, Temple, TX
• 1995-1997: Clinical fellowship in Hematology/Oncology, University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, Ohio

Licensure or Certification:

• American Board of Internal Medicine

Partial List of Publications:

• Zahida Yasin, Scott Witting, Mary B. Palascak, Clinto H. Joiner, Donald L. Rucknagel, Robert S. Franco. Variations In Phosphatidlyserine Externalization Related To Age And Density Changes In Sickle Red Blood Cells And Associations With Hemoglobin F. (Accepted for publication in the journal BLOOD February 2003)
• Joiner CH, Jiang M, Claussen WJ, Roszell NJ, Yasin Z, Franco RS. Dipyridamole Inhibits Sickling-Induced Cation Fluxes In Sickle Red Blood Cells. BLOOD 97; 3976-83, 2001
• Franco. R S, Yasin Z, Lohmann. J M, Palascak. M, Nemeth. TA, Weiner. M, Joiner. CH, and Rucknagel. DL, The Survival Characteristics Of Dense Sickle Cells. (BLOOD Vol. 96 No.10 : November 15, 2000)