
Overview
Dr. Alexander J. Ambinder is an instructor of medicine at the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine. He is active in the Division of Hematology Malignancies, Leukemia Program at the Sidney Kimmel Comprehensive Cancer at Johns Hopkins. Dr. Ambinder has expertise in acute myeloid leukemia (AML), myelodysplastic syndrome (MDS), and bone marrow transplantation. Dr. Ambinder received his B.A. from Washington University in St. Louis. He earned his M.D. from Emory University School of Medicine and his M.P.H. from Emory University Rollins School of Public Health. He completed the Osler Medical Residency Training Program in internal medicine at Johns Hopkins and subsequently served as an Assistant Chief of Service (Chief Resident). He completed his fellowships in Hematology and Oncology at the Sidney Kimmel Comprehensive Cancer Center at Johns Hopkins and also served as a Chief Fellow. Dr. Ambinder is a member of the American Society of Hematology and the American Society of Clinical Oncology. Dr. Ambinder’s principle research interest is in designing and conducting clinical trials inspired by laboratory insights to improve the management of acute myeloid leukemia and myelodysplastic syndrome. He also has an interest in building large databases that will yield insights that allow for more personalized approaches to the care and treatment of patients with blood cancers.
Dr. Ambinder is rated as an Advanced provider by MediFind in the treatment of Acute Erythroid Leukemia (AEL). His top areas of expertise are Acute Myeloid Leukemia (AML), Acute Myeloblastic Leukemia without Maturation, Myelodysplastic Syndrome (MDS), Bone Marrow Aspiration, and Bone Marrow Transplant.
His clinical research consists of co-authoring 36 peer reviewed articles. MediFind looks at clinical research from the past 15 years. In particular, he has co-authored 2 articles in the study of Acute Erythroid Leukemia (AEL).
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Locations
401 North Broadway Street, Weinberg BLDG, Weinberg BLDG, Baltimore, MD 21287
Clinical Research
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Evan Braunstein is a Hematologist Oncology specialist and a Hematologist in Baltimore, Maryland. Dr. Braunstein is rated as a Distinguished provider by MediFind in the treatment of Acute Erythroid Leukemia (AEL). His top areas of expertise are Myeloproliferative Neoplasms (MPN), Essential Thrombocythemia, Myelofibrosis, Sickle Cell Disease, and Bone Marrow Aspiration. Dr. Braunstein is currently accepting new patients.
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Dr. Ivana Gojo is a Hematologist/Oncologist in Baltimore. Her clinical focus is on diagnosis and management of patients with acute leukemias (AML, ALL) and other myeloid malignancies (MDS, MPNs, CML), with emphasis on the development of novel therapeutic approaches for these diseases. She is nationally and internationally recognized expert in clinical translation of novel therapeutics for acute leukemias and principal investigator on multiple multi-center investigator-initiated studies. Dr. Gojo joined the Johns Hopkins faculty in 2012 as the Co-Director of Leukemia Drug Development Program. She has served on the National Cancer Institute (NCI) Investigational Drug Steering Committee since 2014. Dr. Gojo received a Service Star Award from Johns Hopkins Medicine Service Excellence in 2018 for her exemplary care of leukemia patients. Dr. Gojo contributed to the clinical translational and drug development effort of multiple novel agents targeting pathogenic pathways in patients with acute leukemia. Her research efforts are now concentrated on the development and integration of novel immunotherapies into therapeutic armamentarium for patients with acute leukemia. She mentors basic and clinical research fellows and junior faculty on the development and design of novel clinical trials and mechanistic laboratory studies associated with these trials. She served as a leukemia team leader on the National Institute of Health (NIH)/NCI N01 grant (Phase II consortium) (2009-2011), and is co-principal investigator (PI) on the Experimental Therapeutics (ET)-Clinical Trial Network (CTN) UM1 grant supporting early clinical trials. Dr. Gojo has served on the National Comprehensive Cancer Network guideline panel for AML since 2019, Myeloid Growth Factor guideline panel since 2015 and previously served on the MPNs guideline panel (2016-2019). She has extensive experience in the regulatory aspects of drug development and served as the Chair (2015-2016) and Co-Chair (2014-2015) of the Cancer Research Review Committee at Sidney Kimmel Comprehensive Cancer Center (SKCCC) at Johns Hopkins, and serves as a member of the SKCCC Biostatistics Core Advisory Committee and SKCCC Clinical Research Office Coordinating Center Oversight Committee. Dr. Gojo is rated as a Distinguished provider by MediFind in the treatment of Acute Erythroid Leukemia (AEL). Her top areas of expertise are Acute Myeloid Leukemia (AML), Myelodysplastic Syndrome (MDS), Leukemia, Bone Marrow Aspiration, and Bone Marrow Transplant.
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Lukasz Gondek is a Hematologist Oncology specialist and a Hematologist in Baltimore, Maryland. Dr. Gondek is rated as a Distinguished provider by MediFind in the treatment of Acute Erythroid Leukemia (AEL). His top areas of expertise are Acute Myeloid Leukemia (AML), Acute Myeloblastic Leukemia without Maturation, Acute Monoblastic Leukemia (AmoL), Bone Marrow Aspiration, and Bone Marrow Transplant. Dr. Gondek is currently accepting new patients.
Areas of Expertise
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Learn more about MediFind’s expert tiers
- Distinguished
- Acute Myeloblastic Leukemia without MaturationDr. Ambinder isDistinguished. Learn about Acute Myeloblastic Leukemia without Maturation.
- Acute Myeloid Leukemia (AML)Dr. Ambinder isDistinguished. Learn about Acute Myeloid Leukemia (AML).
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- Acute Erythroid Leukemia (AEL)Dr. Ambinder isAdvanced. Learn about Acute Erythroid Leukemia (AEL).
- Acute Myeloblastic Leukemia with Maturation
- Bone Marrow AspirationDr. Ambinder isAdvanced. Learn about Bone Marrow Aspiration.
- Childhood Acute Myeloid LeukemiaDr. Ambinder isAdvanced. Learn about Childhood Acute Myeloid Leukemia.
- Chronic Myelomonocytic Leukemia (CMML)
- LeukemiaDr. Ambinder isAdvanced. Learn about Leukemia.
- Experienced
- Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia (ALL)Dr. Ambinder isExperienced. Learn about Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia (ALL).
- Acute Monoblastic Leukemia (AmoL)Dr. Ambinder isExperienced. Learn about Acute Monoblastic Leukemia (AmoL).
- AgranulocytosisDr. Ambinder isExperienced. Learn about Agranulocytosis.
- AnemiaDr. Ambinder isExperienced. Learn about Anemia.
- Aplastic AnemiaDr. Ambinder isExperienced. Learn about Aplastic Anemia.
- Bone Marrow TransplantDr. Ambinder isExperienced. Learn about Bone Marrow Transplant.
