Adam Levin, MD, joined the Johns Hopkins Department of Orthopaedic Surgery as an assistant professor in orthopaedic oncology. Dr. Levin comes to Johns Hopkins after working as an orthopaedic oncologist at the North Shore/LIJ Health System in New York. He completed his residency in orthopaedic surgery at Long Island Jewish Medical Center, and a fellowship in orthopaedic oncology at the Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center. Dr. Levin offers care and consultations for adults and children with bone and soft tissue tumors of the pelvis and extremities. He has extensive experience in performing limb-sparing and complex extremity reconstruction surgeries. Dr. Levin has a special interest in surgical palliation and biologic reconstruction. Dr. Levin is a member of the American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons and the Musculoskeletal Tumor Society. Dr. Levin is rated as an Elite provider by MediFind in the treatment of Adult Soft Tissue Sarcoma. His top areas of expertise are Adult Soft Tissue Sarcoma, Osteosarcoma, Ollier Disease, Hip Replacement, and Osteotomy.

Javed Khan is a Pediatric Hematologist Oncology provider in Bethesda, Maryland. Dr. Khan is rated as an Elite provider by MediFind in the treatment of Adult Soft Tissue Sarcoma. His top areas of expertise are Rhabdomyosarcoma, Adult Soft Tissue Sarcoma, Neuroblastoma, and Embryonal Tumor with Multilayered Rosettes.

Lee Helman is an Oncologist in Bethesda, Maryland. Dr. Helman is rated as an Elite provider by MediFind in the treatment of Adult Soft Tissue Sarcoma. His top areas of expertise are Ewing Sarcoma, Osteosarcoma, Rhabdomyosarcoma, and Adult Soft Tissue Sarcoma.

Paul Meltzer is a Pediatric Hematologist Oncology provider in Bethesda, Maryland. Dr. Meltzer is rated as an Elite provider by MediFind in the treatment of Adult Soft Tissue Sarcoma. His top areas of expertise are Osteosarcoma, Adult Soft Tissue Sarcoma, Ewing Sarcoma, Rhabdomyosarcoma, and Pancreaticoduodenectomy.

Dr. Christine Pratilas is a pediatric medical oncologist at the Sidney Kimmel Comprehensive Cancer Center and Associate Professor of Oncology, Pediatrics & Cellular and Molecular Medicine at the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine. She joined the Hopkins pediatric sarcoma team in 2014. Dr. Pratilas received her undergraduate degree in Biology from Drew University in New Jersey and her medical degree from UMDNJ - Robert Wood Johnson Medical School (now Rutgers University), where she also completed her internship and residency from 1999 to 2002. From 2002 to 2005 she was a fellow in hematology and oncology in the Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center (MSKCC) Department of Pediatrics, and in the Department of Pediatric Hematology and Oncology at New York Weill Cornell Medical Center. She was a postdoctoral research fellow in Dr. Neal Rosen’s Molecular Oncogenesis Laboratory at MSKCC. From 2006 to 2014 she was attending in Pediatric Oncology at MSKCC, specializing in developmental therapeutics & sarcoma. She has been the director of the pediatric sarcoma program at Hopkins since 2018. Dr. Pratilas focuses her research on cancer-associated pathways and signal transduction, which involves figuring out how a cell’s internal molecular pathways work, and how those pathways can be molecularly controlled. This knowledge is the basis for developing promising new molecularly targeted cancer therapies, which is the focus of Dr. Pratilas’s research. Among her important scientific contributions is advancing our understanding of how certain proteins that can be mutated in cancer, known as RAF kinases (specifically BRAF), affect a cancer cell’s behavior. The research in Dr. Pratilas' laboratory is focused on RAS signal transduction pathways, concentrating on pediatric sarcomas such as rhabdomyosarcoma and malignant peripheral nerve sheath tumors, in order to develop novel therapeutics for children with these tumors. Dr. Pratilas is rated as a Distinguished provider by MediFind in the treatment of Adult Soft Tissue Sarcoma. Her top areas of expertise are Malignant Peripheral Nerve Sheath Tumor, Neurofibromatosis Type 1 (NF1), Neurofibromatosis, Adult Soft Tissue Sarcoma, and Osteotomy.

Dr. Meyer will serve as the lead medical oncologist for adult sarcoma patients, and will focus on building the Adult Sarcoma and Connective Tissue Oncology Program. In collaboration with pediatric oncologist David Loeb, M.D., Ph.D., and orthopaedic surgeon Kristy Weber, M.D., Meyer will bring novel therapies to the clinic for sarcoma patients. Meyer received his bachelors and masters degrees in cell and molecular biology from Stanford University. From there, he joined the Medical Scientist Training Program at Baylor College of Medicine and earned his medical degree followed by a doctorate in immunology. Meyer completed his residency at the University of Maryland and served as chief resident in medicine from 2004-2005. Afterward, he joined our fellowship program in medical oncology and has been working in the laboratory of Jonathan Powell, M.D., Ph.D., on projects relating to the characterization of molecular regulatory pathways involved in T-cell activation and energy. As a third-year fellow, Meyer served as the chief fellow for our Training Programs in Hematology and Medical Oncology and he received a Young Investigator Award from the American Society of Clinical Oncology in 2010. Dr. Meyer is rated as a Distinguished provider by MediFind in the treatment of Adult Soft Tissue Sarcoma. His top areas of expertise are Mesenchymoma, Undifferentiated Pleomorphic Sarcoma, Bone Tumor, and Ganglioneuroblastoma.

William Regine is a Radiation Oncologist in Baltimore, Maryland. Dr. Regine is rated as a Distinguished provider by MediFind in the treatment of Adult Soft Tissue Sarcoma. His top areas of expertise are Pancreatic Cancer, Adult Soft Tissue Sarcoma, Undifferentiated Pleomorphic Sarcoma, and Anal Cancer.

Brock Lindsey, M.D., is an orthopaedic surgeon specializing in orthopaedic oncology. He treats children and adults with all types of bone and soft tissue sarcomas. Dr. Lindsey has expertise in nanoparticle delivery of immunotherapy, immunodiagnostics as a novel treatment for osteosarcoma, as well as complex reconstruction after amputation, including osseointegration. Dr. Lindsey earned his medical degree from the University of Cincinnati. He then completed an orthopaedic surgery residency at West Virginia University’s (WVU) J.W. Ruby Memorial Hospital, becoming the department’s first to complete a research fellowship during residency. Dr. Lindsey also pursued a fellowship in musculoskeletal oncology at the University of Pittsburgh Medical Center (UPMC) and UPMC Children’s Hospital before returning to WVU Medicine as an attending physician. During his 12 years at WVU Medicine, Dr. Lindsey created programs in musculoskeletal oncology and adult reconstruction as well as a multidisciplinary amputation clinic. He also led a musculoskeletal research laboratory into the national rankings for federal funding for orthopaedic surgery departments. His research focuses on improving treatment strategies for metastatic osteosarcoma and exploring human/machine interfaces for amputees. His work has been published in local, national and international basic science and clinical research journals. Dr. Lindsey has experience mentoring and training students at all levels from undergraduate and graduate students to postdoctoral positions. He won Press Ganey’s “Top Provider” award every year between 2013 and 2018. He also founded ICaPath, a biotech startup derived from his laboratory research that is currently working toward a first in-human clinical trial. Videos Brock Lindsey, M.D.Orthopaedic Oncologist OsseointegrationQ&A with Dr. Brock Lindsey. Dr. Lindsey is rated as a Distinguished provider by MediFind in the treatment of Adult Soft Tissue Sarcoma. His top areas of expertise are Bone Tumor, Adult Soft Tissue Sarcoma, Osteosarcoma, Hip Replacement, and Knee Replacement.

Dr. Noah Hahn is a medical oncologist in the Baltimore area, caring for patients with bladder cancer. He serves as the deputy director of the Greenberg Bladder Cancer Institute at the Johns Hopkins School of Medicine. Dr. Hahn earned his M.D. from Indiana University School of Medicine. He completed his residency in internal medicine at Duke University School of Medicine and performed a fellowship in medical oncology at Indiana University School of Medicine. Dr. Hahn joined the Johns Hopkins faculty in 2014. Prior to joining Johns Hopkins, Dr. Hahn was the director of the Genitourinary Medical Oncology Program at Indiana University and chief scientific officer for the Hoosier Oncology Group, a cancer research organization that evaluates innovative and promising approaches to cancer treatment. He is currently conducting clinical trials to test new therapies for bladder cancer, including those for early stage bladder cancer. Dr. Hahn is a member of the Bladder Cancer Task Force for the National Cancer Institute’s Genitourinary Cancer Steering Committee and is chair of the Bladder Cancer Subcommittee of the Eastern Cooperative Oncology Group. Dr. Hahn is rated as a Distinguished provider by MediFind in the treatment of Adult Soft Tissue Sarcoma. His top areas of expertise are Bladder Cancer, Urothelial Cancer, Muscle Invasive Bladder Cancer, Upper Tract Urothelial Carcinoma (UTUC), and Nephrectomy.

Dr. Michael A. Carducci is the AEGON Professor in Prostate Cancer Research at the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine. He serves as the Vice Chair of Solid Tumor Oncology in the Department of Oncology. Dr. Carducci has an expertise in various types of cancer including prostate, kidney, and testicular. He also has an expertise in clinical trials, pain and palliative care for oncology, urological oncology, urology and medical oncology. A graduate of Georgetown University, Dr. Carducci received his medical degree with high distinction from Wayne State University School of Medicine. He completed an internal medicine internship, residency and chief residency at the University of Colorado Health Sciences Center. He went on to complete medical oncology and research fellowships at the Johns Hopkins Oncology Center at Johns Hopkins Hospital. He was promoted to Professor of Oncology and Urology in 2008 and installed into the inaugural AEGON Professorship in Prostate Cancer Research in 2009. He served as Co-Director of the GU Oncology program until 2013. In 2013, he assumed the leadership role of Associate Director for Clinical Research until being named Vice-Chair of Solid Tumor Oncology in 2024. A fellow of the American College of Physicians and a fellow of the American Society of Clinical Oncology, Dr. Carducci has received peer-reviewed funding for his clinical research from the National Cancer Institute, Department of Defense, and the Prostate Cancer Foundation. Mentorship of students, fellows, and junior faculty has been another focus of Dr. Carducci’s career in medicine, receiving numerous teaching awards. Dr. Carducci received the Michaele Christian Award and Lectureship for Oncology Drug Development at the National Cancer Institute in 2011. He chaired the Genitourinary Oncology Committee of ECOG-ACRIN from 2011-2024. In this role, he served on the GU Steering Committee for the NCI. Dr. Carducci is a member of the Investigational Drug Steering Committee for the NCI, and chaired that Committee for four years. He served as Associate Editor for GU Cancers for the Journal of Clinical Oncology from 2013-2024. Overall, his clinical research focus is on the development and evaluation of new therapies for urologic cancers. Incorporation of pharmacodynamics, novel biomarkers, and targeted imaging has been key elements of many of the trials led by Dr. Carducci. To complete these studies, Dr. Carducci facilitates and brings together a multidisciplinary team from urologists, radiation oncologists, pathologists, biostatisticians, and medical oncologists. Other areas of interest include palliative and end of life care, survivorship, and use of patient reported outcomes in clinical research and care. This provider is registered with the Florida Department of Health to perform telehealth services for patients in Florida. Dr. Carducci is rated as a Distinguished provider by MediFind in the treatment of Adult Soft Tissue Sarcoma. His top areas of expertise are Prostate Cancer, Chromophobe Renal Cell Carcinoma, Renal Cell Carcinoma (RCC), Hormone Replacement Therapy (HRT), and Orchiectomy.

Akila Viswanathan, M.D., M.P.H., is the director for the Department of Radiation Oncology and Molecular Radiation Sciences, and a professor of radiation oncology, gynecology/obstetrics and oncology for Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine. Dr. Viswanathan leads the department emphasizing excellence in clinical care, research and education. She has expertise with gynecologic cancers and their treatment, including cervical and uterine cancers and image-guided brachytherapy. She has developed numerous clinical innovations and initiated several system-wide integration efforts at all sites, including Green Spring Station, Bayview, Johns Hopkins Hospital, Suburban's Rockledge site, and Sibley Memorial Hospital for the Johns Hopkins Department of Radiation Oncology. Dr. Viswanathan earned her undergraduate degree at Harvard University, her medical degree at the University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, followed by her Masters in Public Health and Masters in Epidemiology at the Harvard School of Public Health. She completed a residency in radiation oncology at the Joint Center for Radiation Therapy at Harvard Medical School, where she served as chief resident. She has had research grant funding through the National Cancer Institute K07, R21 and R01 programs to support efforts in gynecologic cancers, specifically looking at the identification of gynecologic tumors at the time of brachytherapy under magnetic resonance imaging. The research team has developed several novel clinical innovations. Dr. Viswanathan has been named one of America's Top Doctors by Newsweek, Who’s who in America, and a Super Doctor by the Washington Post magazine. Dr. Viswanathan served as President and Chair of the Board of the American Brachytherapy Society; Chair of Education Committee for American Society for Radiation Oncology; and, on the Gynecologic Cancer Steering Committee and the uterine cancer task force for the National Cancer Institute. Dr. Akila Viswanathan has published more than 200 articles and chapters, and lectures nationally and internationally. She is the Editor-in-Chief for Seminars in Radiation Oncology. She is on the editorial board of Gynecologic Oncology and Brachytherapy, and is an editor of several textbooks including Gynecologic Radiation Therapy: Novel Approaches to Image-Guidance and Management, Radiation Therapy Techniques for Gynecologic Cancers, and Gunderson and Tepper's Clinical Radiation Oncology. Make A Gift. Dr. Viswanathan is rated as a Distinguished provider by MediFind in the treatment of Adult Soft Tissue Sarcoma. Her top areas of expertise are Vaginal Cancer, Cervical Cancer, Vulvar Cancer, Vulvectomy, and Cordotomy.

Md Siddiqui is a Hematologist Oncology specialist and a Hematologist in Salisbury, Maryland. Dr. Siddiqui is rated as an Experienced provider by MediFind in the treatment of Adult Soft Tissue Sarcoma. His top areas of expertise are Pulmonary Embolism, Inflammatory Breast Cancer, Angiosarcoma, and Childhood Iron Deficiency Anemia. Dr. Siddiqui is currently accepting new patients.

Debashish Bose is a Surgical Oncologist and a General Surgeon in Baltimore, Maryland. Dr. Bose is rated as an Experienced provider by MediFind in the treatment of Adult Soft Tissue Sarcoma. His top areas of expertise are Pancreatic Pseudocyst, Pancreatic Cancer, Familial Pancreatic Cancer, Pancreatectomy, and Small Bowel Resection. Dr. Bose is currently accepting new patients.

Ramya Ramaswami is an Oncologist in Bethesda, Maryland. Dr. Ramaswami is rated as a Distinguished provider by MediFind in the treatment of Adult Soft Tissue Sarcoma. Her top areas of expertise are Castleman Disease, Lymphoid Hyperplasia, Multicentric Castleman Disease (MCD), and Adult Soft Tissue Sarcoma.

Vincent Ng is an Orthopedics provider in Baltimore, Maryland. Dr. Ng is rated as a Distinguished provider by MediFind in the treatment of Adult Soft Tissue Sarcoma. His top areas of expertise are Adult Soft Tissue Sarcoma, Bone Tumor, Epithelioid Sarcoma, Hip Replacement, and Osteotomy. Dr. Ng is currently accepting new patients.

Brigitte Widemann is a Pediatric Hematologist Oncology provider in Bethesda, Maryland. Dr. Widemann is rated as a Distinguished provider by MediFind in the treatment of Adult Soft Tissue Sarcoma. Her top areas of expertise are Neurofibromatosis Type 1 (NF1), Neurofibromatosis, Malignant Peripheral Nerve Sheath Tumor, Adult Soft Tissue Sarcoma, and Thyroidectomy.

Christine Heske is a Pediatric Hematologist Oncology provider in Bethesda, Maryland. Dr. Heske is rated as a Distinguished provider by MediFind in the treatment of Adult Soft Tissue Sarcoma. Her top areas of expertise are Rhabdomyosarcoma, Ewing Sarcoma, Adult Soft Tissue Sarcoma, Osteosarcoma, and Tissue Biopsy.

Sharon Savage is a Pediatric Hematologist Oncology provider in Bethesda, Maryland. Dr. Savage is rated as a Distinguished provider by MediFind in the treatment of Adult Soft Tissue Sarcoma. Her top areas of expertise are Dyskeratosis Congenita, Aplastic Anemia, Aase Syndrome, Bone Marrow Transplant, and Hormone Replacement Therapy (HRT).

Michael Phelan is an Urologist and a General Surgeon in Baltimore, Maryland. Dr. Phelan is rated as a Distinguished provider by MediFind in the treatment of Adult Soft Tissue Sarcoma. His top areas of expertise are Renal Cell Carcinoma (RCC), WT1-Related Wilms Tumor Syndromes, Chromophobe Renal Cell Carcinoma, Nephrectomy, and Reconstructive Urology Surgery. Dr. Phelan is currently accepting new patients.

David Mcdermott is an Urologist and a General Surgeon in Bowie, Maryland. Dr. Mcdermott is rated as a Distinguished provider by MediFind in the treatment of Adult Soft Tissue Sarcoma. His top areas of expertise are Congenital Mesoblastic Nephroma, Urothelial Cancer, Non-Muscle Invasive Bladder Cancer, Nephrectomy, and Reconstructive Urology Surgery. Dr. Mcdermott is currently accepting new patients.