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 Gastrointestinal Stromal Tumor. His top areas of expertise are Mesenchymoma, Undifferentiated Pleomorphic Sarcoma, Bone Tumor, and Ganglioneuroblastoma.

Dr. William H. Sharfman is an associate professor of oncology and dermatology at the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine. His areas of clinical expertise include cutaneous oncology, dermatology and immunotherapy. He helped create the well-established Melanoma Program at the Johns Hopkins Kimmel Cancer Center in 1994. Dr. Sharfman serves as the director of cutaneous oncology and clinical co-director for oncology at the Johns Hopkins Melanoma Program. He earned his M.D. from the University of Toledo College of Medicine. He completed his residency at Cleveland Clinic and performed a fellowship in hematology and oncology at Cleveland Clinic. Dr. Sharfman's research interests include novel therapies for high risk and advanced melanoma patients. Dr. Sharfman is rated as an Experienced provider by MediFind in the treatment of Gastrointestinal Stromal Tumor. His top areas of expertise are Melanoma, Merkel Cell Carcinoma, Eccrine Porocarcinoma, and Familial Pancreatic Cancer.

Vikesh Singh is a gastroenterologist who specializes in pancreatology and pancreaticobiliary endoscopy. He evaluates and treats patients with inflammatory diseases of the pancreas, including acute and chronic pancreatitis and autoimmune pancreatitis as well as the complications of these diseases. After earning his medical degree from the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Dr. Singh remained at Johns Hopkins to complete residency training in internal medicine. He pursued fellowship training in gastroenterology at Brigham and Women’s Hospital, and earned a master’s degree in epidemiology from the Harvard T. H. Chan School of Public Health. He then returned to Johns Hopkins, where he completed a two-year advanced endoscopy fellowship with a focus on pancreaticobiliary endoscopy. Dr. Singh has been on the faculty at Johns Hopkins since 2008, and rose to the rank of professor in 2021. His research interests include acute and chronic pancreatitis, autoimmune pancreatitis, exocrine pancreatic insufficiency, and novel methods to evaluate and treat abdominal pain. Dr. Singh is a member of the board of directors of the National Pancreas Foundation, chair of the Pancreatic Disorders Section of the American Gastroenterological Association, a councilor for the International Association of Pancreatology and a member of the inaugural medical advisory board for the Familial Chylomicronemia Syndrome Foundation. Dr. Singh is rated as an Experienced provider by MediFind in the treatment of Gastrointestinal Stromal Tumor. His top areas of expertise are Exocrine Pancreatic Insufficiency, Hereditary Pancreatitis, Acute Pancreatitis, Pancreatectomy, and Endoscopy.

Syed Nasir is a Hematologist and an Oncologist in Towson, Maryland. Dr. Nasir is rated as an Advanced provider by MediFind in the treatment of Gastrointestinal Stromal Tumor. His top areas of expertise are Familial Colorectal Cancer, Colorectal Cancer, Lynch Syndrome, and Paget Disease of the Breast.

Susan Molinaro is a primary care provider, practicing in Internal Medicine in Lutherville Timonium, Maryland. Dr. Molinaro is rated as an Experienced provider by MediFind in the treatment of Gastrointestinal Stromal Tumor. Her top areas of expertise are Sitosterolemia, Hypothyroidism, Postmenopausal Osteoporosis, and Osteoporosis.

Maitri Kalra is a Hematologist Oncology specialist and an Oncologist in Lutherville, Maryland. Dr. Kalra has been practicing medicine for over 17 years and is rated as an Experienced provider by MediFind in the treatment of Gastrointestinal Stromal Tumor. Her top areas of expertise are Breast Cancer, Paget Disease of the Breast, Inflammatory Breast Cancer, and Angiosarcoma.

Dr. Elliot K. Fishman is a Professor in the Johns Hopkins Medicine Department Radiology and Radiological Science, Department of Oncology and Department of Surgery. He serves as a member of the Johns Hopkins Kimmel Cancer Center. His clinical and research interests focus on medical imaging with specific emphasis on three-dimensional (3D) imaging and computed tomography (CT). Dr. Fishman received his B.S. in 1973 and M.D. in 1977 from the University of Maryland. After a residency at Sinai Hospital in Baltimore, he completed a fellowship in CT at Johns Hopkins in 1980 and joined the Johns Hopkins faculty in 1981 as an Assistant Professor. In 1986, he became Associate Professor and, in 1991, Professor of Radiology and Oncology. He is a leader in the development of 3D imaging and rendering, including its impacts on and uses in patient care and management. He was involved from the beginning in the development of 3D imaging through his work with Pixar, which was a spin-off from LucasFilms in San Rafael, California. Over the last 25 years, Dr. Fishman continued to help develop 3D imaging and has been a leader in the development of interactive 3D rendering. His team is consistently at the forefront of research and development of new visualization and post-processing techniques and technologies. Dr. Fishman's extensive body of work in CT has resulted in over 1,000 peer-reviewed publications, and he is the author or co-author of 10 textbooks. He is the recipient of three prestigious Aunt Minnie Awards, honoring his outstanding contributions as both an educator and researcher. In 2007, he was named by Medical Imaging Magazine as the Top Radiologist in the Nation. He is a member of editorial boards for more than 35 journals, an active member of several professional radiology associations and is a past-president of the Society of Body CT/MR. Dr. Fishman is rated as an Advanced provider by MediFind in the treatment of Gastrointestinal Stromal Tumor. His top areas of expertise are Neuroendocrine Tumor, Pancreatic Ductal Adenocarcinoma, Cavernous Lymphangioma, Pancreaticoduodenectomy, and Pancreatectomy.

Gastroenterologist Mouen Khashab specializes in therapeutic endoscopy, and he oversees this group of practitioners across the Johns Hopkins enterprise. Nationally and internationally known in the field of interventional endoscopy, Dr. Khashab has contributed immensely to the field’s advancement as a minimally invasive means to treat gastrointestinal and pancreaticobiliary disorders. Dr. Khashab earned his medical degree from the American University of Beirut Faculty of Medicine, and subsequently completed a residency in internal medicine and a fellowship in gastroenterology at Indiana University. He then completed a two-year fellowship at The Johns Hopkins Hospital before joining the faculty in 2011. A busy researcher, Dr. Khashab has published more than 600 papers in peer-reviewed journals. In 2013, he described the procedure called gastric peroral endoscopic myotomy (known as G-POEM) and was able to disseminate and teach it all over the world. Other procedures that he expanded include peroral endoscopic myotomy (POEM), peroral endoscopic myotomy with fundoplication (POEM-F), Zenker’s peroral endoscopic myotomy (Z-POEM) and full thickness resection. In 2022, he received the Master Endoscopist Award from the American Society for Gastrointestinal Endoscopy (ASGE) for his numerous contributions to the field. His procedural expertise includes endoscopic retrograde cholangiopancreatography (ERCP), endoscopic ultrasound (EUS), interventional EUS, submucosal endoscopy, POEM/achalasia, endoscopic mucosal resection, endoscopic submucosal dissection, luminal stenting, large polyp resection and Barrett’s therapy, among others. Dr. Khashab is involved with multiple gastrointestinal societies and has served on many committees, including the ASGE Standards of Practice Committee, which is in charge of formulating guidelines for the practice of endoscopy. He has also served as an associate editor for the journal Endoscopy, a premier journal in the field. Khashab is a highly sought-after speaker at national and international conferences, and he has participated in multiple live endoscopy conferences. Outside of academic medicine, Dr. Khashab is an entrepreneur. His major interest is in new technology and medical devices, and his goal is to disrupt the field by introducing technology that makes endoscopic procedures safer, easier, efficient and more scalable. Dr. Khashab is rated as an Advanced provider by MediFind in the treatment of Gastrointestinal Stromal Tumor. His top areas of expertise are Achalasia, Pancreatic Pseudocyst, Bile Duct Obstruction, Endoscopy, and Gastric Bypass.

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 Gastrointestinal Stromal Tumor. 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.

Ilene S. Browner, M.D. specializes in geriatric oncology. Dr. Browner is rated as an Advanced provider by MediFind in the treatment of Gastrointestinal Stromal Tumor. Her top areas of expertise are Colorectal Cancer, Familial Colorectal Cancer, Pancreatic Cancer, Familial Pancreatic Cancer, and Endoscopy.

Dr. Duncan specializes in gastrointestinal surgical oncology, including surgery of the esophagus, stomach, intestine, colon and rectum, gallbladder and pancreas, adrenal and retroperitoneal sarcoma. He has national and international expertise in gastric cancer and hereditary gastric cancer including CDH-1. He wrote the Johns Hopkins Patient Guide for Cancer of the Stomach and Esophagus. Dr. Duncan gives lectures and presentations nationally and internationally on Gastric and GI cancer surgery and works with Johns Hopkins International on cancer programs and centers overseas. Dr. Duncan is rated as an Advanced provider by MediFind in the treatment of Gastrointestinal Stromal Tumor. His top areas of expertise are Stomach Cancer, Familial Colorectal Cancer, Gastrointestinal Stromal Tumor, Gastrectomy, and Hernia Surgery.

Richard Schraeder is a Hematologist Oncology specialist and a Hematologist in Towson, Maryland. Dr. Schraeder is rated as an Advanced provider by MediFind in the treatment of Gastrointestinal Stromal Tumor. His top areas of expertise are Pleuropulmonary Blastoma, Lung Cancer, Small Cell Lung Cancer (SCLC), and Retroperitoneal Liposarcoma. Dr. Schraeder is currently accepting new patients.

Paul Celano is an Oncologist and a Hematologist in Baltimore, Maryland. Dr. Celano is rated as an Advanced provider by MediFind in the treatment of Gastrointestinal Stromal Tumor. His top areas of expertise are Ovarian Cancer, Testicular Yolk Sac Tumor, Virilizing Ovarian Tumor, and Ovarian Carcinosarcoma.

Niraj Jani is a Gastroenterologist in Baltimore, Maryland. Dr. Jani is rated as an Advanced provider by MediFind in the treatment of Gastrointestinal Stromal Tumor. His top areas of expertise are Acute Pancreatitis, Gastroesophageal Reflux Disease (GERD), Choledocholithiasis, Endoscopy, and Colonoscopy.

Gang Chen is a Hematologist Oncology specialist and a Hematologist in Baltimore, Maryland. Dr. Chen is rated as an Experienced provider by MediFind in the treatment of Gastrointestinal Stromal Tumor. His top areas of expertise are Colorectal Cancer, Myelodysplastic Syndrome (MDS), Familial Colorectal Cancer, Paget Disease of the Breast, and Hepato-Pancreato-Biliary Surgery. Dr. Chen is currently accepting new patients.

Anthony Kalloo is a professor of medicine with special interests in natural orifice translumenal endoscopic surgery, therapeutic endoscopy and sphincter of Oddi dysfunction. After receiving his medical degree at the University of the West Indies Medical School, Dr. Kalloo interned at Port of Spain General Hospital in Trinidad and performed his internal medicine residency at Howard University Hospital in Washington, D.C., where he was also chief resident. He completed fellowship training at the combined Georgetown University, Veterans Affairs Medical Center and National Institutes of Health program. Dr. Kalloo was an instructor of medicine at Georgetown University prior to joining the Johns Hopkins faculty in 1988. He was director of the Johns Hopkins Division of Gastroenterology and Hepatology from 2005–2020, and was an associate editor of Gastrointestinal Endoscopy. In 2009, Dr. Kalloo was recognized by the American Society for Gastrointestinal Endoscopy as the Distinguished Educator of the Year. In 2014, he received the Endoscopy Award from the German Society for Endoscopy for outstanding research and contribution in the field of endoscopy. In 2015, he received the BJ Vakil Oration from the Society of Gastrointestinal Endoscopy of India, which is bestowed on an international expert for his contribution to the field of gastrointestinal endoscopy. He has authored over 200 peer-reviewed publications and has more than 100 patents, including the use of botulinum toxin in the gastrointestinal tract, endoscopic cryotherapy and the winged biliary/pancreatic stent, as well as others related to natural orifice surgery. He is the pioneer of natural orifice translumenal endoscopic surgery, a technique that will enable abdominal surgery without the use of incisions. In 2015, he became a member of the inaugural chapter of the National Academy of Inventors at The Johns Hopkins University. This group represents the top 3% of all faculty inventors since 1969, and the top 1.5% of active Johns Hopkins faculty. Dr. Kalloo is a past panel chair for gastroenterology and urology devices with the United States Food and Drug Administration. He aims to advance the understanding, diagnosis, treatment and prevention of gastrointestinal and liver disease through patient care, education and research. Dr. Kalloo is rated as an Experienced provider by MediFind in the treatment of Gastrointestinal Stromal Tumor. His top areas of expertise are Hereditary Pancreatitis, Acute Pancreatitis, Achalasia, Endoscopy, and Gastrectomy.

"Dr. Katarzyna J. Macura is a professor in the Johns Hopkins Medicine department of radiology and radiological science, a professor of oncology and urology at the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, and a member of the Johns Hopkins Kimmel Cancer Center and the Johns Hopkins Precision Medicine Center of Excellence for Prostate Cancer. She is a radiologist consultant for the Prostate Cancer Multidisciplinary Clinic at The Johns Hopkins Hospital in Baltimore, MD. Dr. Macura established a clinical and research prostate imaging program with a focus on magnetic resonance imaging (MRI). Dr. Macura has expertise in cross-sectional body imaging, MRI and prostate cancer, and image-guided biopsies. Dr. Macura earned her medical degree from the Medical University of Lodz in Poland. She completed a residency in diagnostic radiology at the Medical College of Georgia and a fellowship in cross-sectional body imaging at Johns Hopkins University. Prior to arrival at Hopkins in 2000, Dr. Macura completed post-doctoral research in Artificial Intelligence at the University of Georgia in Athens, GA. With a PhD degree in Medical Informatics, she had pioneered early applications of Artificial Intelligence for medical decision support, a domain that is now rapidly expanding owing to the advancement of computer technologies and recent recognition that decision support augments appropriate utilization of medical technologies, provides second opinion systems for improved diagnostics and management, and allows optimization of medical care delivery with the assessment of quality and safety. Dr. Macura is a certified knowledge engineer. Dr. Macura is a member of several national and international radiology organizations. She served as president of the Maryland Radiological Society, the Maryland Chapter of the American College of Radiology (ACR), between 2013 and 2015, as well as president of the American Association for Women in Radiology (AAWR) in 2005. She was a Chancellor on the ACR Board of Chancellors, serving as the Inaugural Chair of the ACR Commission for Women and Diversity, between 2013 and 2019. She served as Vice-President of the ACR 2019-2020. She was named the Outstanding Teacher of the Year by Hopkins Radiology Residents in 2005 and 2021, and received the Resident Mentoring Awards in 2018 and 2024. Dr. Macura was also named the Honored Educator by the Radiological Society of North America in 2012 and 2014. In 2016, she received the ""Diamond"" Jim Brady Urology Residents teaching award and the AAWR Marie Sklodowska-Curie award. In 2022, she received the Gold Medal from the American College of Radiology. Dr. Macura is a Fellow of the American College of Radiology (FACR), the Society for Advanced Body Imaging (FSABI), and the American Association for Women in Radiology (FAAWR).". Dr. Macura is rated as an Experienced provider by MediFind in the treatment of Gastrointestinal Stromal Tumor. Her top areas of expertise are Muscle Invasive Bladder Cancer, Fibrolamellar Carcinoma, Renal Cell Carcinoma (RCC), Prostatectomy, and Penectomy.

Dr. Linda Chi Hang Chu is an Associate Professor in the Johns Hopkins Medicine Department of Radiology and Radiological Science. Her clinical expertise includes body CT, MRI and US. Her research interests include abdominal imaging, cancer imaging, radiomics, and artificial intelligence. Dr. Chu graduated from the University of Toronto in 2003 and was awarded the Governor General's Silver Medal, the highest academic achievement from the undergraduate program. She earned her medical degree as a member of AOA and phi beta kappa from Johns Hopkins University in Baltimore, MD in 2007. She completed her Diagnostic Radiology residency and body MRI fellowship at Johns Hopkins Hospital. Dr. Chu joined the Johns Hopkins faculty in 2013. Dr. Chu is rated as an Experienced provider by MediFind in the treatment of Gastrointestinal Stromal Tumor. Her top areas of expertise are Pancreatic Ductal Adenocarcinoma, ALK-Positive Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer, Muscle Invasive Bladder Cancer, Pancreaticoduodenectomy, and Gallbladder Removal.

William Burns, M.D., is an assistant professor of surgery at the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine and a surgeon within the Division of Hepato-Pancreato-Biliary & Gastrointestinal Surgical Oncology at The Johns Hopkins Hospital. Prior to joining the faculty at Johns Hopkins, Dr. Burns served as an assistant professor of surgery at the University of Michigan, as well as an attending physician at the University of Michigan Health Systems and the VA Ann Arbor Healthcare System. Dr. Burns received his medical degree from Yale University School of Medicine and was awarded a research training fellowship by the Howard Hughes Medical Institute. He completed an internship and residency in general surgery at The Johns Hopkins Hospital followed by clinical fellowship training in complex general surgical oncology at The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center. Additionally, he completed postgraduate research fellowships in the field of cancer immunotherapy and tumor immunology at the National Cancer Institute and the MD Anderson Cancer Center. Dr. Burns specializes in treating patients with tumors of the pancreas and gastrointestinal tract, sarcoma and melanoma. He is trained in traditional and minimally invasive surgical techniques. Furthermore, he works closely with colleagues in medical and radiation oncology to provide comprehensive cancer care. His research focuses on immune cell-tumor cell interactions to improve outcomes in patients with pancreatic cancer, cancer immunotherapy for solid tumors, the role of lymph node surgery in the treatment of cancer, and human biospecimen analysis to guide therapy in patients with cancer. He is a member of several professional societies, including the American College of Surgeons, Society of Surgical Oncology, Association of Academic Surgery, and Society of Immunotherapy for Cancer. Dr. Burns is rated as an Experienced provider by MediFind in the treatment of Gastrointestinal Stromal Tumor. His top areas of expertise are Neuroendocrine Tumor, Familial Pancreatic Cancer, Familial Colorectal Cancer, Small Bowel Resection, and Pancreatectomy.

Richard Burkhart, M.D., is an Associate Professor of Surgery at The Johns Hopkins Hospital with a focus on complex minimally-invasive surgery and research for cancers of the pancreas, liver and bile ducts. Dr. Burkhart received his medical degree from Boston University and completed his surgical residency and research fellowships at the Thomas Jefferson University Hospital in Philadelphia and the Cold Spring Harbor Laboratories. He is a member of several professional organizations, including the American Association of Cancer Research, the American College of Surgeons, the Society of Surgery for the Alimentary Tract, the Pancreas Club, and the Society of Surgical Oncology. Outside the operating room, Dr. Burkhart heads a multidisciplinary laboratory team dedicated to bringing next-generation precision medicine approaches into the routine clinical care of patients that we serve. He has a particular research interest in using personalized models of pancreas cancer, made from tumor during and immediately after surgical resection, to select the best chemotherapy for each patient to support long-term survival and improve rates of disease cure. The laboratory team, funded in part by the National Institutes of Health, the National Cancer Institute, the Lustgarten Foundation and Stand Up to Cancer, is also thankful to the many patients who have supported the work through philanthropic gift. Dr. Burkhart is rated as an Experienced provider by MediFind in the treatment of Gastrointestinal Stromal Tumor. His top areas of expertise are Pancreatic Cancer, Pancreatic Ductal Adenocarcinoma, Familial Pancreatic Cancer, Pancreatectomy, and Pancreaticoduodenectomy.