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Dr. Rima Jean Couzi is a cancer specialist in Towson, Maryland, caring for patients with breast cancer. Dr. Couzi earned her medical degree at the National University of Ireland. She completed residencies at St. Laurence's Hospital/Beaumont Hospitals and Galway Regional in Dublin, as well as Franklin Square Hospital in Baltimore. She performed a fellowship in medical oncology at St. Vincent's Hospital and St. James's Hospital in Dublin, and an additional fellowship in medical oncology at Johns Hopkins Oncology Center in Baltimore. She also earned a master’s degree in clinical epidemiology from the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health. Dr. Couzi joined the Johns Hopkins faculty in 2004. Dr. Couzi is a member of the American Society of Clinical Oncology and the Royal College of Physicians in Ireland. Selected Publications Antonarakis ES, Fradin JM, Petronis JD, Couzi RJ. “Not What It Seems.” Am J Med. 2007;120:408-411 Holdhoff M, Wung PK, Petronis J, Couzi R. “Persistent PET-positive liver lesions after successful chemotherapy in a patient with mediastinal seminoma.” J. Clin Oncol. 2007;25:2482-4. Li S, Couzi RJ, Thomas GH, Friedman AD, Borowitz MJ. “A novel variant three-way translocation of inversion 16 in a case of AML-M4eo following low dose methotrexate therapy.” Cancer Genet Cytogenet. 2001; 125:74-7. Schultz MJ, Tabb RD, Eagan JW, Citron JR, Couzi RJ. “Treating a male breast cancer patient with moderately differentiated, infiltrating ductal cancer of the breast.” Journal of Multidisciplinary Cancer Care. 2009 September – October. Siegelbaum MH, Citron JR, Eagan JW, Couzi RJ. “Treating a patient with Unfavorable-risk prostate cancer.” Journal of Multidisciplinary Cancer Care. 2009; July – August.
Dr. Couzi is rated as a Distinguished provider by MediFind in the treatment of Breast Cancer. Her top areas of expertise are Breast Cancer, Paget Disease of the Breast, Angiosarcoma, and Inflammatory Breast Cancer.
Her clinical research consists of co-authoring 7 peer reviewed articles and participating in 6 clinical trials. MediFind looks at clinical research from the past 15 years. In particular, she has co-authored 5 articles and participated in 6 clinical trials in the study of Breast Cancer.
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10803 Falls Road, Pavilion III STE 1500, Pavilion III STE 1500, Lutherville, MD 21093
Clinical Research
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Johns Hopkins Health Care & Surgery Center - Green Spring Station, Lutherville
Dr. Antonio Wolff is internationally recognized for his work on breast cancer biomarkers, including HER2. As a practicing oncologist and clinical translational researcher, his research has been pivotal to improve the quality of breast cancer biomarker testing in breast cancer, including HER2 and estrogen receptor testing. Among his leadership accomplishments is ensuring that sophisticated laboratory findings are translated into improved clinical care in breast cancer. He is a Fellow of the American Society of Clinical Oncology (ASCO), a Komen Scholar and a Breast Cancer Research Foundation investigator. He has served as associate editor for Journal of Clinical Oncology, and serves on the National Comprehensive Cancer Network (NCCN) Guideline Steering Committee. He is a leader of the Translational Breast Cancer Research Consortium (TBCRC), and one of the principal investigators of the Evolutionary Clinical Trial for Novel Biomarker-Driven Therapies (EVOLVE) in Metastatic Breast Cancer, which was one of the three disease groups recently awarded by ARPA-H to conduct innovative trials using Advanced Analysis for Precision Cancer Therapy (ADAPT). After many years of service as Breast Committee Chair in the ECOG-ACRIN Clinical Trial Network of the National Cancer Institute (NCI), he was elected in 2024 as Co-Chair of the NCI Breast Cancer Steering Committee and appointed to the international steering committee of the Oxford Overview Collaborative, which are positions aimed at advancing clinical trials in breast cancer. At Johns Hopkins, he is an elected member of the Miller Coulson Academy of Clinical Excellence and was honored during the 125th Anniversary Living the Hopkins Mission celebrations of the JHU School of Medicine. Dr. Wolff is rated as a Distinguished provider by MediFind in the treatment of Breast Cancer. His top areas of expertise are Breast Cancer, HER-2 Positive Breast Cancer, Triple-Negative Breast Cancer, and Inflammatory Breast Cancer.
Skip Viragh Outpatient Cancer Center
Dr. Santa-Maria completed his oncology training at Johns Hopkins, and has been focused on caring for patients with breast cancer since then. He works as both a primary oncologist and consultant for patients with all types and stages of breast cancer. His research interest is in developing new types of treatment for patients with breast cancer using immunotherapy. Dr. Santa is rated as a Distinguished provider by MediFind in the treatment of Breast Cancer. His top areas of expertise are Breast Cancer, Triple-Negative Breast Cancer, Inflammatory Breast Cancer, and Paget Disease of the Breast.
Medstar Medical Group Ii LLC
Claudine Isaacs is a Hematologist Oncology specialist and an Oncologist in Washington, Washington, D.c.. Dr. Isaacs is rated as a Distinguished provider by MediFind in the treatment of Breast Cancer. Her top areas of expertise are Breast Cancer, Paget Disease of the Breast, HER-2 Positive Breast Cancer, Angiosarcoma, and Salpingo-Oophorectomy.
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- AngiosarcomaDr. Couzi isDistinguished. Learn about Angiosarcoma.
- Breast CancerDr. Couzi isDistinguished. Learn about Breast Cancer.
- Inflammatory Breast CancerDr. Couzi isDistinguished. Learn about Inflammatory Breast Cancer.
- Paget Disease of the BreastDr. Couzi isDistinguished. Learn about Paget Disease of the Breast.
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- Ovarian CarcinosarcomaDr. Couzi isAdvanced. Learn about Ovarian Carcinosarcoma.
- Sertoli-Leydig Cell TumorDr. Couzi isAdvanced. Learn about Sertoli-Leydig Cell Tumor.
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- Bone TumorDr. Couzi isExperienced. Learn about Bone Tumor.
- Breast Cancer in MenDr. Couzi isExperienced. Learn about Breast Cancer in Men.
- ChondrosarcomaDr. Couzi isExperienced. Learn about Chondrosarcoma.
- Endometrial CancerDr. Couzi isExperienced. Learn about Endometrial Cancer.
- Familial Pancreatic CancerDr. Couzi isExperienced. Learn about Familial Pancreatic Cancer.
- Follicular LymphomaDr. Couzi isExperienced. Learn about Follicular Lymphoma.