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 an Elite provider by MediFind in the treatment of Familial Prostate Cancer. His top areas of expertise are Prostate Cancer, Chromophobe Renal Cell Carcinoma, Renal Cell Carcinoma (RCC), Hormone Replacement Therapy (HRT), and Orchiectomy.

Dr. Christian Pavlovich is Bernard L. Schwartz Distinguished Professor in Urologic Oncology at the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine and Director of the Prostate Cancer Active Surveillance Program at the Brady Urological Institute. Dr. Pavlovich treats cancer with an emphasis on minimizing morbidity and maximizing quality of life while offering patients the latest treatment options and techniques. His clinical focus is on prostate and kidney cancer, and on clinical trials regarding detection, surveillance, and immunotherapy. With more than 20 years of experience with minimally-invasive surgery for the treatment of urologic cancers, he is expert in robotic surgery and was named one of the top prostate cancer surgeons in the United States by Newsweek in 2024. In addition, he offers patients modern diagnostic biopsy techniques, and for prostate cancer patients active surveillance and ablative options including cryotherapy and TULSA. Dr. Pavlovich grew up in Washington DC, went to Harvard University, and then earned his medical degree at the University of California, San Francisco (UCSF) School of Medicine. He then completed a urology residency at New York Hospital-Cornell Medical Center and a National Cancer Institute SUO fellowship in urologic oncology before joining the Hopkins faculty in 2001. Dr. Pavlovich has published over 150 peer-reviewed articles, is Associate Editor of The Prostate and is on the Editorial Board of the British Journal of Urology International. He was the inaugural Director of the Brady Urological Institute’s SUO Urologic Oncology Fellowship (2014 -2024) and is the recipient of three “best teaching/research mentor” awards from the Urology residents at Johns Hopkins. Dr. Pavlovich speaks English, French, Spanish, German, and Serbo-Croatian. He enjoys spending time with his wife and children, following their pursuits, and skiing, diving, running, wildlife, and the great outdoors. Dr. Pavlovich is rated as a Distinguished provider by MediFind in the treatment of Familial Prostate Cancer. His top areas of expertise are Prostate Cancer, Familial Prostate Cancer, Renal Cell Carcinoma (RCC), Prostatectomy, and Nephrectomy.

Dr. Daniel (Danny) Song is a Professor of Radiation Oncology, with joint appointments in Urology and Oncology. He serves as the Co-director of the Prostate Cancer Multidisciplinary Clinic at the Johns Hopkins Hospital and the Physician Advisor and Director of Faculty Affairs for the Department of Radiation Oncology and Molecular Radiation Sciences. His area of clinical expertise is in the management of genitourinary cancers, including cancers of the prostate, bladder and urinary tract, and testicular cancer. Dr. Song applies his expertise and clinical experience in the utilization of a variety of radiation modalities including external beam radiation, image-guided and intensity-modulated radiation, prostate brachytherapy (seed implants), and stereotactic body radiation therapy. Dr. Song's research interests include the development and refinement of new imaging methods to improve radiation targeting, as well as innovative means of reducing potential side effects of radiation treatment. His research is supported by federal and private research funding programs including two R01 awards from the National Cancer Institute, Department of Defense Prostate Cancer Clinical Trial Award, the American Cancer Society, and the Hopkins-BMS Immuno-Oncology Consortium. He is a reviewer and examiner for the American Board of Radiology, which administers the national board certification examination for radiation oncologists. He has served on the editorial boards of the International Journal of Radiation Oncology, Biology, Physics and The Prostate, and on the scientific review committees for the American Society for Radiation Oncology (ASTRO), American Brachytherapy Society, and the Dept of Defense Prostate Cancer Research Program. He currently serves on the Scientific Planning Committee for the American Brachytherapy Society annual meeting. He has co-authored consensus guidelines on stereotactic body radiation therapy (TG-101) and image-guided robotic brachytherapy (TG-192) produced by the American Association of Physics in Medicine. Dr. Song sees patients at the Johns Hopkins Hospital (downtown Baltimore) as well as Greenspring Station (Timonium) practices. Make A Gift. Dr. Song is rated as a Distinguished provider by MediFind in the treatment of Familial Prostate Cancer. His top areas of expertise are Prostate Cancer, Familial Prostate Cancer, Muscle Invasive Bladder Cancer, Prostatectomy, and Endoscopy.

Dr. Misop Han is David Hall McConnell Professor of Urology and Oncology at the Johns Hopkins School of Medicine. Dr. Han is a urologist whose main clinical focus is in urological oncology with a special emphasis on prostate and kidney cancers. He specializes in robotic nerve-sparing prostatectomy and robotic nephrectomy. Dr. Han received his undergraduate and medical degrees at Johns Hopkins. After an internship in surgery and residency in urology, also at Johns Hopkins, he worked as faculty at Northwestern University and Hospital in Chicago, Illinois. In 2006, he joined the Johns Hopkins faculty. His research interests include the outcome of radical prostatectomy, medical robotics and prediction modeling (what happens to men following surgery for prostate cancer). He has published extensively in these subjects and has received international and national recognition for his research. He is actively involved in several clinical research projects with the database of more than 20,000 men who received surgery for prostate cancer at The Johns Hopkins Hospital. He is a member of the American Urological Association and the American Medical Association. Dr. Han is rated as a Distinguished provider by MediFind in the treatment of Familial Prostate Cancer. His top areas of expertise are Prostate Cancer, Ureterocele, Familial Prostate Cancer, Prostatectomy, and Nephrectomy.

William Houck is an Oncologist in Baltimore, Maryland. Dr. Houck is rated as a Distinguished provider by MediFind in the treatment of Familial Prostate Cancer. His top areas of expertise are Paget Disease of the Breast, Lung Cancer, Chronic B-Cell Leukemia (CBCL), and Chronic Lymphocytic Leukemia (CLL).

Jason Molitoris is a Radiologist and a Radiation Oncologist in Baltimore, Maryland. Dr. Molitoris is rated as a Distinguished provider by MediFind in the treatment of Familial Prostate Cancer. His top areas of expertise are Prostate Cancer, Adult Soft Tissue Sarcoma, Familial Prostate Cancer, Anal Cancer, and Gastrostomy.

Dr. Samuel Denmeade is the R. Dale Hughes Professor of Oncology and Urology at the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine and Director of the Genitourinary Oncology Division for the Johns Hopkins Kimmel Cancer Center. He also has appointments in the Department of Pharmacology and Molecular Sciences and Department of Biomolecular Engineering. His areas of clinical expertise include bladder cancer, kidney cancer, prostate cancer and testicular cancer. Dr. Denmeade earned his M.D. from the Columbia College of Physicians and Surgeons of Columbia University. He completed his residency at the University of Chicago. He performed a fellowship in oncology at The Johns Hopkins Hospital and a fellowship in medical oncology at the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine. His research interests include prostate cancer, bipolar androgen therapy, clinical trials and targeted drug development. Dr. Denmeade has published over 200 papers in the area of prostate cancer research. He has received extensive funding from the NIH, the Department of Defense Prostate Cancer Research Fund and the Prostate Cancer Foundation. He is the Editor-in-Chief of the medical journal The Prostate. Dr. Denmeade is rated as an Advanced provider by MediFind in the treatment of Familial Prostate Cancer. His top areas of expertise are Prostate Cancer, Familial Prostate Cancer, Renal Cell Carcinoma (RCC), Hormone Replacement Therapy (HRT), and Prostatectomy.

Dr. Ana Kiess's clinical focus is on the treatment of prostate cancer and head and neck cancers with external beam radiotherapy and radiopharmaceutical therapies. Her research concentrates on the integration of new radiopharmaceutical therapies and dosimetry techniques into the clinic. Dr. Kiess received her bachelors of science degree in chemical engineering from the University of Virginia, after which she obtained a doctorate of medicine and a doctorate of philosophy degree in biomedical engineering from Duke University. Following medical school, she matriculated to the resident staff at Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, receiving extensive oncologic training and research experience. She also completed a postdoctoral research fellowship at Johns Hopkins University in the Department of Radiology. Make A Gift. Dr. Kiess is rated as an Advanced provider by MediFind in the treatment of Familial Prostate Cancer. Her top areas of expertise are Prostate Cancer, Laryngeal Cancer, Throat Cancer, Gastrostomy, and Adenoidectomy.

Dr. Kristin Redmond specializes in the treatment of brain tumors and leads the spinal radiosurgery program. She received her undergraduate degree from Princeton University where she graduated magna cum laude with a focus in neuro-psychology. She attended medical school and obtained a Masters in Public Health in health systems management at Tulane University where she was elected to the Alpha Omega Alpha Honor Medical Society as well as the Gold Humanism in Medicine Honor Society. Dr. Redmonds research interest focuses on the development of novel radiation techniques and therapeutic agents to treat brain and spine tumors in order to increase tumor control and overall survival. In addition, she is working to develop innovative approaches to try to limit long term toxicities and minimize neuro-cognitive dysfunction following treatment for tumors of the central nervous system. Dr. Redmond believes in a holistic approach to medicine and feels that the social and psychological components of patient care are equally important to traditional therapies. She works closely with a team of specialists to support patients and families during their cancer journey. Make A Gift. Dr. Redmond is rated as an Advanced provider by MediFind in the treatment of Familial Prostate Cancer. Her top areas of expertise are Chordoma, Brain Tumor, Astrocytoma, and Metastatic Brain Tumor.

Dr. Catherine Marshall is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Oncology at the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine. Her areas of clinical expertise include internal medicine and oncology. She received her M.D. and M.P.H. from Johns Hopkins, where she also completed her residency and an oncology fellowship. She previously served as an Assistant Chief of Service for the Osler Medical Housestaff Training Program. Dr. Marshall is rated as an Advanced provider by MediFind in the treatment of Familial Prostate Cancer. Her top areas of expertise are Familial Prostate Cancer, Prostate Cancer, Wilms Tumor, and Familial Wilms Tumor 2.

Arthur Burnett is an Urologist in Baltimore, Maryland. Dr. Burnett is rated as an Advanced provider by MediFind in the treatment of Familial Prostate Cancer. His top areas of expertise are Priapism, Erectile Dysfunction (ED), Peyronie Disease, Prostatectomy, and Penectomy.

Dr. Kenneth Pienta is the Donald S. Coffey Professor of Urology and a professor of oncology at the Johns Hopkins School of Medicine. He also holds an appointment in the department of pharmacology and molecular sciences. He is an internationally recognized leader in prostate cancer research and translational science. Dr. Pienta serves as the director of research for the Brady Urological Institute and co-leader of the Kimmel Cancer Center's Prostate Cancer Program. Dr. Pienta has a proven, peer-reviewed track record in organizing and administering a translational research program that successfully incorporates bench research, agent development and clinical application. He has international expertise in the development of novel chemotherapeutic programs for prostate cancer and has championed the concept that translational research is often best accomplished by multi-disciplinary teams of scientists and clinicians. Under his direction, the success of these endeavors led to the receipt of the first annual American Association for Cancer Research Team Science Award in 2007. Dr. Pienta received his B.A. in human biology from the Johns Hopkins University. He earned his M.D. from the Johns Hopkins School of Medicine. He completed his residency at the University of Chicago Hospitals and Clinics and performed a fellowship in oncology at The Johns Hopkins Hospital. Prior to joining Johns Hopkins, Dr. Pienta was the associate vice president for research, health sciences for the University of the Michigan from 2012 to 2013 and director of precision medicine for the Michigan Center for Translational Pathology from 2008 to 2013. He joined the Johns Hopkins faculty in 2013. Dr. Pienta's research interests include the ecology of cancer, tumor microenvironment, metastasis, biomarker development and novel therapeutic development. Dr. Pienta is a two-time American Cancer Society Clinical Research Professor Award recipient. He holds several patents, has authored more than 350 peer-reviewed articles and has been the principle investigator on numerous local and national clinical trials. Dr. Pienta is currently actively developing clinical trials and treating patients with newly diagnosed high risk and metastatic prostate cancer. Dr. Pienta is rated as an Advanced provider by MediFind in the treatment of Familial Prostate Cancer. His top areas of expertise are Prostate Cancer, Bone Tumor, Familial Prostate Cancer, Prostatectomy, and Orchiectomy.

"Dr. Patrick C. Walsh is a professor of urology at the Johns Hopkins School of Medicine. He is recognized internationally as a pioneer in the diagnosis and treatment of prostate cancer. Dr. Walsh is best known for his pioneering work in the development of ""the anatomic approach to radical prostatectomy,"" which involves nerve-sparing techniques that have reduced the probability of impotence and incontinence, and for his 30 years as director of the Brady Urological Institute. He has also made major contributions to the basic understanding of benign and malignant neoplasms of the prostate. Along with co-workers, he was the first to describe the 5 alpha-reductase enzyme deficiency, to develop an experimental technique for the induction of benign prostatic hyperplasia, to demonstrate the influence of reversible androgen deprivation on BPH, and to characterize hereditary prostatic cancer. Dr. Walsh received his undergraduate and medical training at Case Western Reserve University. After an internship and junior residency in surgery at the Peter Bent Brigham Hospital in Boston, he conducted an assistant residency in pediatric surgery at The Children''s Hospital Medical Center in Boston, and a residency in urology as well as a fellowship in endocrinology at the University of California Los Angeles, School of Medicine. He joined the faculty of Johns Hopkins in 1974. In 2004 he was named University Distinguished Service Professor of Urology. Dr. Walsh has received dozens of national and international awards and honors. He has authored or co-authored more than 600 articles and three books, including a best-seller for lay people titled The Prostate: A Guide for Men and the Women Who Love Them. For 25 years he was the editor-in-chief of Campbell''s Textbook of Urology, which has been renamed in his honor. He is on the editorial board of the New England Journal of Medicine, is a member of numerous international professional organizations and has served as the president of both the American Association of Genitourinary Surgeons and the Clinical Society of Genitourinary Surgeons.". Dr. Walsh is rated as an Advanced provider by MediFind in the treatment of Familial Prostate Cancer. His top areas of expertise are Familial Prostate Cancer and Prostate Cancer.

Dr. Civelek is a professor in the Johns Hopkins Medicine Department of Radiology and Radiological Science. He serves as the director of the Nuclear Medicine Residency Program. Dr. Civelek earned his medical degree at Istanbul University, Istanbul School of Medicine, and completed his residency at Hacettepe University Medical Center, Ankara. He received a scholarship from the International Atomic Energy Agency when he completed his nuclear medicine residency and fellowship at Johns Hopkins in the Division of Nuclear Medicine. After his period as a postdoctoral fellow, he joined Johns Hopkins Medicine as full-time faculty until 2003. In his early years at Johns Hopkins, Dr. Civelek assisted the clinical and research programs. He later served as director of nuclear cardiology and clinical director, the director of Nuclear Medicine Residency Program, as well as medical director of the Nuclear Medicine Technologist Program. Prior to his return to Johns Hopkins, Dr. Civelek was a professor and director of nuclear medicine and PET at the University of Louisville and a professor and director of nuclear medicine at the Saint Louis University Hospital. Dr. Civelek spent two years in the body MRI and MRI-PET section, Department of Radiology and Imaging Sciences, at National Institutes of Health Clinical Center before serving as the deputy chief in their nuclear medicine section. He is a fellow of the American College of Nuclear Medicine and The American College of Angiology, and is a fellow and founding member of the American Society of Nuclear Cardiology. Dr. Civelek has trained numerous American and international physicians in nuclear medicine, including nuclear cardiology and nuclear oncology. He has a worldwide reputation in nuclear medicine and lectures at medical centers in the U.S. and internationally on nuclear medicine, including nuclear cardiology and nuclear oncology/PET-CT and PET-MRI. Dr. Civelek is committed to the continued progress of nuclear medicine, cardiology and oncology and the development of new tumor-targeting radiopharmaceuticals for imaging and therapy. He supports high quality clinical trials and patient care and safety. To date, Dr. Civelek has published more than 210 peer-reviewed manuscripts and abstracts, and he has participated in and fostered many nuclear oncology research projects. He has served on the editorial boards of several journals. He is a reviewer for multiple scientific journals, including the Journal of Nuclear Medicine, American Journal of Radiology, and Journal of Urology. Dr. Civelek is rated as an Advanced provider by MediFind in the treatment of Familial Prostate Cancer. His top areas of expertise are Neuroendocrine Tumor, Prostate Cancer, Lung Cancer, and Familial Prostate Cancer.

Peter Filderman is an Urologist in Baltimore, Maryland. Dr. Filderman is rated as an Advanced provider by MediFind in the treatment of Familial Prostate Cancer. His top areas of expertise are Enlarged Prostate (BPH), UPJ Obstruction, Urinary Tract Infection in Children, Ureteroscopy, and Bladder Reconstruction.

Kenneth Langer is an Urologist in Baltimore, Maryland. Dr. Langer is rated as an Advanced provider by MediFind in the treatment of Familial Prostate Cancer. His top areas of expertise are Enlarged Prostate (BPH), Urinary Incontinence, Frequent or Urgent Urination, Urinary Tract Infection in Children, and Ureteroscopy.

Ravin Garg is a Hematologist Oncology specialist and an Oncologist in Baltimore, Maryland. Dr. Garg is rated as an Advanced provider by MediFind in the treatment of Familial Prostate Cancer. His top areas of expertise are Large-Cell Immunoblastic Lymphoma, Paget Disease of the Breast, Breast Cancer, and Thrombotic Thrombocytopenic Purpura.

Theodore DeWeese is The Frances Watt Baker, M.D., and Lenox D. Baker Jr., M.D. Dean of the Medical Faculty and CEO, Johns Hopkins Medicine. Dr. DeWeese is professor of oncology and urology at the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine. His areas of clinical expertise include prostate cancer, radiation oncology and urological oncology. He and his colleagues focus their research on developing new ways to enhance radiation-induced killing of prostate cancer cells. This includes development of novel, prostate cancer-targeted RNA molecules as well as new ways to modulate androgen receptor signaling. He and his colleagues also developed the first adenoviral gene therapy trial for prostate cancer, using a common cold virus to target cancer cells while leaving normal cells unharmed. Dr. DeWeese earned his M.D. from the University of Colorado Health Sciences Center. He completed his residency at The Johns Hopkins Hospital, serving as chief resident, and performed a laboratory research fellowship at the Johns Hopkins Oncology Center and the James Buchanan Brady Urological Institute. Dr. DeWeese's research interests include prostate cancer, DNA damage, and radiation sensitization. Dr. DeWeese has served on numerous committees and boards including as President and Chair of the Board for the American Society for Radiation Oncology. He also serves on committees for the American Association for Cancer Research and was appointed by the National Academy of Sciences as a scientific counselor for the Radiation Effects Research Foundation in Hiroshima, Japan. He has received numerous awards and honors, including several teaching awards from Johns Hopkins. Make A Gift. Dr. Deweese is rated as an Experienced provider by MediFind in the treatment of Familial Prostate Cancer. His top areas of expertise are Prostate Cancer, Familial Prostate Cancer, Bone Tumor, Prostatectomy, and Orchiectomy.

Dr. Jean Hoffman-Censits is a genitourinary cancer specialist in Baltimore, caring for patients with urothelial cancers of the bladder and upper tract. She serves as co-leader of the Women’s Bladder Cancer Program in the Greenberg Bladder Cancer Institute at the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine. Dr. Hoffman-Censits received her undergraduate degree in neuroscience from Trinity College. She earned her M.D. degree from the Sidney Kimmel Medical College of Thomas Jefferson University. She completed her residency at Thomas Jefferson University Hospital and performed a fellowship in hematology and oncology at Temple University Medical Center. She joined the Johns Hopkins faculty in 2018. Dr. Hoffman-Censits's research interests focus on urothelial cancers. Her clinical research has helped identify urothelial cancer sub-types and establish new treatments for bladder and upper tract urothelial cancers. She is a member of the American Medical Association, the American Society of Clinical Oncology, the American Urological Association and the Society for Immunotherapy of Cancer. Dr. Hoffman is rated as an Experienced provider by MediFind in the treatment of Familial Prostate Cancer. Her top areas of expertise are Urothelial Cancer, Bladder Cancer, Muscle Invasive Bladder Cancer, Nephrectomy, and Bladder Reconstruction.

Dr. Max Kates is the R. Christian B. Evensen Professor and an associate professor of urology and oncology at the Brady Urological Institute at Johns Hopkins. He also directs the Division of Urologic Oncology for the Brady Urological Institute. Dr. Kates completed his undergraduate degree at Wesleyan University in Connecticut before pursuing his medical degree at Mount Sinai School of Medicine in New York. He then went on to train at Johns Hopkins for his urologic residency and Society of Urologic Oncology (SUO) fellowship. Dr. Kates has expertise in all areas of urologic oncology, with a particular emphasis on bladder and prostate cancer. With training in open, endoscopic, and robotic surgical approaches, Dr. Kates’ surgical philosophy is to assess the unique needs of each patient, and develop the right treatment plan for their malignancy. He is very hands on in his approach in the clinic and the operating room, and believes open communication with the patient, the patient’s family, and referring providers is key to ensuring a speedy recovery. As the clinical director of the bladder cancer multidisciplinary clinic, Dr. Kates works with the team at the Johns Hopkins Greenberg Bladder Cancer Institute to deliver a personalized approach to bladder cancer utilizing cutting edge precision medicine approaches. Dr. Kates’ research interests involve novel treatments for cancers of the urinary tract. Dr. Kates has authored more than 135 journal articles in the fields of bladder, prostate, and kidney cancer. He currently has a provisional patent for a novel intravesical chemotherapy developed with nano-engineer collaborators. Additionally, Dr. Kates has made important discoveries into the mechanism of action of intravesical BCG, the most common treatment for bladder cancer. He is the principal investigator on multiple trials, and is currently leading EA8212 BRIDGE, which is a randomized trial open in over 150 centers in the United States comparing BCG to GemDoce chemotherapy for early stage bladder cancer. To inquire about an appointment or make a referral, Dr. Kates can be contacted by phone (410) 614-0009. Dr. Kates is rated as an Experienced provider by MediFind in the treatment of Familial Prostate Cancer. His top areas of expertise are Bladder Cancer, Urothelial Cancer, Muscle Invasive Bladder Cancer, Cystectomy, and Nephrectomy.