Ali J. Zarrabi
MD
Dr. Zarrabi provides physical, emotional, and spiritual care for patients living with serious illness.
Titles and Roles
- Assistant Professor, Department of Family and Preventive Medicine
- Emory University School of Medicine
- Palliative Oncologist
- Adrenal Cancer
- Anal Cancer
- Appendix Cancer
- Bladder Cancer
- Bone Marrow and Stem Cell Transplant Center
- Brain and Spine Tumors
- Breast Cancer
- Cervical Cancer
- Colorectal Cancer
- Esophageal Cancer
- Gallbladder Cancer
- Gastrointestinal Stromal Tumor
- Head and Neck Cancer
- Kidney Cancer
- Leukemia
- Liver Cancer
- Lung Cancer
- Lymphoma
- Melanoma
- Multiple Myeloma
- Neuroendocrine Tumors
- Ocular Melanoma
- Ovarian Cancer
- Pancreatic Cancer
- Penile Cancer
- Prostate Cancer
- Sarcoma
- Skin Cancer
- Stomach Cancer
- Testicular Cancer
- Thyroid Cancer
- Uterine Cancer
- Research Program
- Cancer Prevention and Control
Biography
Ali J. Zarrabi, MD, is Assistant Professor in the Department of Family and Preventive Medicine at Emory University School of Medicine. Dr. Zarrabi is a supportive and palliative care specialist providing physical, emotional, and spiritual care for patients living with serious illness.
Dr. Zarrabi is a member of the Cancer Prevention and Control research program at Winship Cancer Institute. He is the palliative medicine clerkship director for the hematology/oncology fellowship program. He holds professional memberships with American Academy of Hospice and Palliative Medicine and American Society of Clinical Oncology.
Education
Dr. Zarrabi obtained his Medical Degree from The Warren Alpert Medical School of Brown University in Providence, Rhode Island, as a member of the Program in Liberal Medical Education (PLME). He completed his residency in internal medicine and a fellowship in palliative medicine at Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai in New York, New York.
Research
Dr. Zarrabi's research involves developing models of care to address the unmet needs of seriously ill patients – specifically pain, addiction, and emotional suffering – and examining how these interventions can improve patients' quality of life.
Publications
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