Ahmed Khamas Faculty Profile Return to College Directory

Biography

Dr. Khamas is a skilled and compassionate primary care physician with research interests in clinical anatomy and cancer. He earned his Ph.D. from Tokyo Medical and Dental University, focusing on epigenetics in cancer, including methylation-mediated tumor-suppressor gene silencing and methylation control in cancer stem cells.
He received his bachelor’s degree in Medicine from the University of Baghdad and practiced as a general practitioner outside the United States for more than 10 years. Prior to joining the University of Houston College of Optometry, Dr. Khamas has taught Anatomy, Physiology, and Biomedical Science at Houston Community College and College of the Mainland.