Dr. Ali-Fehmi is a professor of pathology and the Director of Breast Pathology and Breast Pathology Fellowship at the University of Michigan. She is also a member of Global Reach at Michigan Medicine and a member of the Center of Global Health Equity at the University of Michigan. She previously acted as Vice Chair of the Department of Pathology at Karmanos Cancer Institute and Wayne State University, where she also served as the Surgical Pathology Fellowship Director. Dr. Ali-Fehmi serves as a UNICEF USA Midwest board member and is an active member of multiple national and international professional societies. She is also the former president of the Michigan Society of Pathologists (2012-2014).
Dr. Ali-Fehmi is very interested and dedicated to teaching and research. Over the course of her career, she has mentored many gynecologic oncology and pathology fellows, which ultimately led to more than 140 peer-reviewed publications and presentations, both at national and international meetings. Her research has received many NIH grants in breast and GYN pathology.
She is also very active in the International Academy of Pathology – Arab Division, where she gives interactive lectures and workshops in most Arab countries. Dr. Ali-Fehmi has served as the liaison to the Middle East at the Global Health Research Collaborative at Wayne State University, where in 2010, she established a Clinical Training Research Associate (CTRA) program, which empowers selected IMGs from predominantly middle and lower-income Middle Eastern countries by spending 1-2 years focusing on clinical scientific research. This CTRA program has helped over 36 young doctors match into residency programs, all of whom went on to subsequently work and specialize in different locations around the country and overseas.
Dr. Ali-Fehmi is also the former president of the National Arab American Medical Association (NAAMA) and the founder and current chair of NAAMA NextGen. She has also pioneered many research studies to investigate medical and healthrelated topics in the Arab American population, including obesity in the Arab American population, the rate of HPV in Arab American women, and COVID-19 vaccine attitudes among Arab Americans which was presented at the White House. Dr. Ali-Fehmi together with NextGen students has supported Syrian refugees’ education, highlighted by the “Keys for Syrian Kids” project.