Theodoros Karantanos
Advanced in Leukemia
Advanced in Leukemia
1800 Orleans Street, 
Baltimore, MD 

Overview

Dr. Karantanos graduated from the School of Health Sciences at the University of Athens, Greece and received a Ph.D. in cancer biology. He completed a post-doctoral research fellowship in molecular oncology and cancer therapeutics at MD Anderson Cancer Center/University of Texas. He did his internal medicine residency and Chief residency training at Boston University and his medical oncology fellowship training at Johns Hopkins. As a research fellow at Johns Hopkins he studied malignant hematopoiesis and his work led to the identification of CCRL2, as an inducer of MDS/sAML cells growth and a mediator of azacitidine resistance.

Dr. Karantanos is rated as an Advanced provider by MediFind in the treatment of Leukemia. His top areas of expertise are Acute Myeloid Leukemia (AML), Myelodysplastic Syndrome (MDS), Leukemia, Bone Marrow Aspiration, and Splenectomy.

His clinical research consists of co-authoring 91 peer reviewed articles. MediFind looks at clinical research from the past 15 years. In particular, he has co-authored 26 articles in the study of Leukemia.

Graduate Institution
National And Kapodistrian University Of Athens, Cancer Biology, PhD, 2016
Residency
Boston Medical Center, Internal Medicine, 2017
Specialties
Transplant Surgery
Hematology Oncology
Licenses
Internal Medicine in MA
Board Certifications
American Board Of Internal Medicine
Fellowships
Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Oncology, 2022
Hospital Affiliations
The Johns Hopkins Hospital
Languages Spoken
English
Greek
Gender
Male

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Locations

The Johns Hopkins Hospital
1800 Orleans Street, Baltimore, MD 21287

Clinical Research

Clinical research consists of overseeing clinical studies of patients undergoing new treatments and therapies, and publishing articles in peer reviewed medical journals. Providers who actively participate in clinical research are generally at the forefront of the fields and aware of the most up-to-date advances in treatments for their patients.


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