Academic Staff

July 18, 2026, 10:21 p.m.
Rafil Toma Hurmiz Yaqo (PhD) Teaching staff
Assistance Professor
Assistant Professor in Histopathology

Pathology
College of Medicine
University of Duhok

MBChB, FICMS, FRCPATH

Currently on unpaid leave for two year (15/10/2024- 15/10/2026

Research

Authors Title Publication Volume Number Pages Year Publisher

Muhealdeen, Dana N; Shwan, Alan; Yaqo, Rafil T; Hassan, Hemin A; Muhammed, Bryar O; Ali, Rawa M; Hughson, Michael D; Burkitt’s lymphoma: incidence among IICC-3 risk-assessed countries emphasizing the Middle East with new data from Iraqi Kurdistan 2022

Yaqo, RT; Hughson, MD; Sulayvani, FK; Al-Allawi, NA; Malignant lymphoma in northern Iraq: A retrospective analysis of 270 cases according to the World Health Organization classification Indian journal of cancer 48 4 446-451 2011 Medknow

Yaqo, Rafil Toma; Keorges, Gina James; Alnaqshabandi, Sarah MM; Abdullah, Kovan Mosa; Evaluation of HER2/Neu gene in equivocal cases assessed by IHC in invasive breast cancer Archivos Venezolanos de Farmacología y Terapéutica 40 6 643-647 2021 Sociedad Venezolana de Farmacología Clínica y Terapéutica

Sadeeq, Kamiran J; Yaqo, Rafil T; Mohammed, Ayad Ahmad; Inflammatory pseudotumor of the tunica albuginea and the tunica vaginalis: case-report Urology case reports 26 100954 2019

Muhealdeen, Dana N; Shwan, Alan; Yaqo, Rafil T; Hassan, Hemin A; Muhammed, Bryar O; Ali, Rawa M; Hughson, Michael D; Epstein-Barr virus and Burkitt’s lymphoma. Associations in Iraqi Kurdistan and twenty-two countries assessed in the International Incidence of Childhood Cancer Infectious Agents and Cancer 17 1 39 2022 BioMed Central London

Al‐Qadi, Rawand; Salih, Saadallah Fareeq; AlDoski, Heleen Jalal; Nabeel, Mariam; Ali, Jumaa Hussein; Khasho, Djwar; Yaqo, Rafil Toma; Association of HLA‐B* 27 with ankylosing spondylitis in Kurdish patients International Journal of Rheumatic Diseases 20 8 980-984 2017 Wiley Online Library

SALIH, RAWA YOUSIF HAMA; YAQO, RAFIL T; AL ALLAWI, SARAH; AL-ALLAWI, NASIR; Hodgkin lymphoma and its association with Epstein-Barr virus in Kurdistan, Northern Iraq Duhok Medical Journal 13 2 74-83 2019

Yaqo, Rafil T; Jalal, Sana D; Ghafour, Kharaman J; Hassan, Hemin A; Hughson, Michael D; Non-Hodgkin lymphoma in the Middle East is characterized by low incidence rates with advancing age Journal of Global Oncology 5 1-10 2019 American Society of Clinical Oncology

Yaqo, RT; Sulayvani, FK; AlAllawi, N; Hughson, M; Lymphoma in Northern Iraq, a World Health Organization Classification of 111 Cases LABORATORY INVESTIGATION 89 292A-292A 2009 NATURE PUBLISHING GROUP 75 VARICK ST, 9TH FLR, NEW YORK, NY 10013-1917 USA

Arif, Sardar Hassan; Mohammed, Ayad Ahmad; Yaqo, Rafil T; Duodenal gangliocytic paraganglioma: A very rare cause for upper gastrointestinal bleeding: Case report with review of literature International Journal of Surgery Case Reports 75 C 408-412 2020 LWW

Merza, Muayad A; Adham, Dalshad K; Yaqo, Rafil T; Unusual recurrent skin lesions: Bazin's disease International Journal of Community Medicine and Public Health 6 2 879 2019

YAQO, RAFIL TOMA; A STUDY ON BURKITT’S LYMPHOMA AND EPSTEIN-BARR VIRUS LATENCY IN DUHOK, IRAQ. Duhok Medical Journal 17 2 2023

AbdullAh, Razan Yassin; Adil hAnoon, Rana; YAqo, Rafil T; Al qAdi, Rawand; Genetic Characterization of hlA Alleles Associated with Celiac disease Susceptibility: insights from PCR-SSP Analysis in a duhok Population

Mohammed, Avan S; Othman, Ramadhan T; Yaqo, Rafil T; Artificial Intelligence-based Digital Pathology Assessment of CD44s Expression in Breast Cancer: Association with Clinicopathological Features and Survival Outcomes ARO-THE SCIENTIFIC JOURNAL OF KOYA UNIVERSITY 13 1 266-274 2025

Lymphoma, Breast pathology, GI and Gynaecopathology, Immunohistochemistry

Two PHD Students and One Master student