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Khaled M. El-Shami, M.B.Ch.B., Ph.D., is a medical oncologist at Johns Hopkins Kimmel Cancer Center at Sibley Memorial Hospital, as well as an assistant professor of oncology in the Division of Hematologic Malignancies at Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine. Listen to Dr. El-Shami's Cancer Matters podcast episode to learn more about his work. Dr. El-Shami's clinical interests are in hematologic malignancies, including leukemias, lymphomas and myelomas.. Dr. El-Shami graduated from Alexandria University Faculty of Medicine in Alexandria, Egypt, where he did a residency in the Department of Neurosurgery. He was a Chevening Scholar as a M.S. student in molecular genetics at the University of Sussex in the United Kingdom, as well as a Sam Cohen Windhoek Scholar as a Ph.D. student in cancer immunology at the Weizmann Institute in Israel. Dr. El-Shami also completed a residency in internal medicine at George Washington University School of Medicine, a fellowship in tumor immunology and biology at the National Cancer Institute, and a fellowship in medical oncology at Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine. Dr. El-Shami previously served as faculty at Georgetown University and George Washington University. Dr. El-Shami has been named a Top Doctor by Washingtonian Magazine for several years. Dr. El-Shami is a member of the American Association for Advancement of Science, the American Association of Cancer Research, the American Association of Immunologists, the American Society for Gene Therapy and the American Society of Clinical Oncology. Dr. El-Shami's research focus is on hematologic malignancies, including acute and chronic leukemias, myelodysplastic syndromes, myeloprolifetive neplasms and lymphomas. He has received the National Institutes of Health Clinical Research Scholars Award, an American Medical Association Seed Grant and an American Society of Clinical Oncology Merit Award.
Dr. El is rated as an Experienced provider by MediFind in the treatment of Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia (ALL). His top areas of expertise are Large-Cell Immunoblastic Lymphoma, Acute Myeloid Leukemia (AML), Myelodysplastic Syndrome (MDS), Acute Myeloblastic Leukemia without Maturation, and Bone Marrow Aspiration.
His clinical research consists of co-authoring 3 peer reviewed articles. MediFind looks at clinical research from the past 15 years.
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Sidney Kimmel Comprehensive Cancer Center
Dr. Webster is an Assistant Professor of Oncology 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 Center at Johns Hopkins. Dr. Webster has expertise in acute lymphoblastic leukemia (ALL), acute myeloid leukemia (AML), chronic myeloid leukemia (CML) and myelodysplastic syndrome (MDS). Dr. Webster received his medical degree from The Stanford University School of Medicine. He completed residency training in internal medicine at Johns Hopkins followed by a fellowship in medical oncology. He completed the Science of Clinical Investigation curriculum at the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public health. Dr. Webster is a member of the American Society of Hematology, and the American Society of Clinical Oncology. Dr. Webster’s research activities consist of designing and conducting clinical trials that test investigational new therapies and approaches in the treatment of acute leukemias (ALL and AML). He has specific expertise in the use of maintenance therapies following bone marrow transplantation. He has developed novel clinical trials utilizing immunotherapy for the treatment of ALL and the prevention of post-transplant relapse in both ALL and AML. He serves as the Principal Investigator for these trials of post-transplant maintenance strategies, as well as the site PI for multi-center trials that are currently being conducted through the Eastern Co-operative Oncology Group (ECOG)-ACRIN and Experimental Therapeutics Clinical Trials Network (ETCTN). As the leader of the adult ALL program at Johns Hopkins, he has focused on increasing clinical trial enrollments and improving outcomes in adult ALL. Dr. Webster is rated as a Distinguished provider by MediFind in the treatment of Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia (ALL). His top areas of expertise are Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia (ALL), Acute Myeloid Leukemia (AML), Acute Myeloblastic Leukemia without Maturation, Myelodysplastic Syndrome (MDS), and Bone Marrow Aspiration.
University Of Maryland Oncology Associates PA
Maria Baer is a Hematologist Oncology specialist and a Hematologist in Baltimore, Maryland. Dr. Baer is rated as an Elite provider by MediFind in the treatment of Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia (ALL). Her top areas of expertise are Acute Myeloid Leukemia (AML), Myelodysplastic Syndrome (MDS), Acute Promyelocytic Leukemia, Bone Marrow Aspiration, and Splenectomy. Dr. Baer is currently accepting new patients.
Sidney Kimmel Comprehensive Cancer Center
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 Lymphoblastic Leukemia (ALL). 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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- Acute Myeloblastic Leukemia without Maturation
- Acute Myeloid Leukemia (AML)Dr. El isDistinguished. Learn about Acute Myeloid Leukemia (AML).
- Large-Cell Immunoblastic LymphomaDr. El isDistinguished. Learn about Large-Cell Immunoblastic Lymphoma.
- Myelodysplastic Syndrome (MDS)Dr. El isDistinguished. Learn about Myelodysplastic Syndrome (MDS).
- T-Cell LymphomaDr. El isDistinguished. Learn about T-Cell Lymphoma.
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- Acute Myeloblastic Leukemia with Maturation
- Angioimmunoblastic T-cell Lymphoma
- B-Cell LymphomaDr. El isAdvanced. Learn about B-Cell Lymphoma.
- Childhood Acute Myeloid Leukemia
- Chronic B-Cell Leukemia (CBCL)
- Chronic Lymphocytic Leukemia (CLL)
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- Acinic Cell Carcinoma of Salivary Glands
- Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia (ALL)
- Acute Myelomonocytic LeukemiaDr. El isExperienced. Learn about Acute Myelomonocytic Leukemia.
- Acute Promyelocytic LeukemiaDr. El isExperienced. Learn about Acute Promyelocytic Leukemia.
- Adenoid Cystic CarcinomaDr. El isExperienced. Learn about Adenoid Cystic Carcinoma.
- Adult Immune ThrombocytopeniaDr. El isExperienced. Learn about Adult Immune Thrombocytopenia.