Faizal Asumda
Assistant Professor
Academic Appointment(s)
Medical College of Georgia
Department of Pediatrics
Medical College of Georgia
Department of Pediatrics: Genetics
Bio
I completed High School in Danville, PA. I completed College at Bucknell University in Lewisburg, PA. I completed graduate studies at the Florida State University in Tallahassee, FL. Medical School was completed at the University of Science, Arts & Technology in the British West Indies. My clinical training in Internal Medicine was completed at the Piedmont Athens Regional Medical Center in Athens, GA and my Clinical Genetics training was completed at the Mayo Clinic in Rochester, MN.
Education
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MBA, Business/Managerial Operations
Davenport University, 2017
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MD, Medicine
Saint James School of Medicine, 2013
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BA, Political Science and Governme
Bucknell University, 2006
Certifications
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PHY
GA Professional Licensing BRD, 2022
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Physician License
Florida Board of Medicine, 2022
Courses Taught Most Recent Academic Year
Teaching Interests
Genetics and Biochemistry
Scholarship
Selected Recent Publications
- Comparative analysis of small molecule and growth factor-derived human induced pluripotent stem cell-derived hepatocyte-like cells, 2025
Journal Article, Academic Journal
- Efficient Generation of Induced Pluripotent Stem Cell-Derived Definitive Endoderm Cells with Growth Factors and Small Molecules, 2025
Journal Article, Professional Journal
- Combined Antitumor Effect of the Serine Protease Urokinase Inhibitor Upamostat and the Sphingosine Kinase 2 Inhibitor Opaganib on Cholangiocarcinoma Patient-Derived Xenografts, 2024
Journal Article, Professional Journal
- Identification of AFG3L2 dominant optic atrophy following reanalysis of clinical exome sequencing, 2023
Journal Article, Professional Journal
- A novel case of homozygous PAX1 mutation associated with hypoparathyroidism. , 2022
Journal Article, Professional Journal
Research Interests
My research interest is to apply cancer cells, stem cells, mouse-human xenograft models, and animal models of human genetic disease to understand disease pathophysiology, and to develop therapeutic interventions. I am interested in using primary tissue cultured cells as model systems for oncogenic disease and as individualized patient-specific genetic and metabolic disease models for basic and translationally focused research.
