Overview
Robyn Gartrell, MD, MS is a physician-scientist and pediatric oncologist who joined the faculty at Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine as Assistant Professor in January 2024. Dr. Gartrell completed her clinical pediatric hematology/oncology fellowship at New York Presbyterian / Columbia University Irving Medical Center (CUIMC), and a postdoctoral fellowship in Immunotherapy and Precision Medicine. She also completed a Master of Science in Patient Oriented Research as well as her first 5 years as faculty at CUIMC. Dr. Gartrell’s primary research focuses on combination approaches including radiation, chemotherapy, and other target agents with immunotherapy to improve response, increase survival, and decrease toxicity for children, adolescents, and young adults with cancer. Her laboratory uses advances in tumor immunology to develop more effective and more personalized therapies using multiplex platforms and immunogenomics to evaluate the tumor microenvironment and determine which pediatric tumor types, and which patients, will respond to immunotherapy.
Dr. Gartrell is rated as an Advanced provider by MediFind in the treatment of Glioma. Her top areas of expertise are Glioma, Diffuse Midline Glioma H3 K27M-Mutant, HER2 Negative Breast Cancer, and Pancreatic Ductal Adenocarcinoma.
Her clinical research consists of co-authoring 47 peer reviewed articles. MediFind looks at clinical research from the past 15 years. In particular, she has co-authored 18 articles in the study of Glioma.
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Locations
1800 Orleans Street, Bloomberg 11N, Bloomberg 11N, Baltimore, MD 21287
Additional Areas of Focus
Dr. Gartrell has provided the following conditions as areas of focus. Please note that we may not have enough data to validate their experience in some of these conditions.
Clinical Research
Clinical research consists of overseeing clinical studies of patients undergoing new treatments and therapies, and publishing articles in peer reviewed medical journals. Providers who actively participate in clinical research are generally at the forefront of the fields and aware of the most up-to-date advances in treatments for their patients.
Tobey Macdonald is a Pediatric Hematologist Oncology provider in Washington, Washington, D.c.. Dr. Macdonald is rated as a Distinguished provider by MediFind in the treatment of Glioma. His top areas of expertise are Medulloblastoma, Embryonal Tumor with Multilayered Rosettes, Glioma, and Diffuse Midline Glioma H3 K27M-Mutant.
Johns Hopkins Children's Center
Eric Raabe, M.D., Ph.D., is an associate professor of oncology and pathology at Johns Hopkins School of Medicine. Dr. Raabe majored in neural science at Brown University and received his M.D. and Ph.D. from the University of Cincinnati College of Medicine. He completed his pediatric internship and residency at Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia. After spending a year working in Africa as part of the Baylor International Pediatric AIDS Initiative, Dr. Raabe joined Johns Hopkins as a pediatric oncology fellow. Working in the laboratory of Charles Eberhart in Neuropathology, Dr. Raabe established a neural stem cell system to create genetically accurate models of pediatric brain tumors. In collaboration with patients and families, he has also developed multiple pediatric brain tumor cell lines that are some of the key models used for pre-clinical testing. Dr. Raabe sees patients in the pediatric oncology outpatient clinic at Johns Hopkins, with a focus on pediatric brain tumors. Dr. Raabe is also the point person in oncology for retinoblastoma care. He continues his research in the new Smith Building of the Wilmer Eye Institute in the Neuropathology Division, in collaboration with Charles Eberhart. Dr. Raabe is rated as an Elite provider by MediFind in the treatment of Glioma. His top areas of expertise are Rhabdoid Tumor, Diffuse Midline Glioma H3 K27M-Mutant, Glioma, and Pediatric Low-Grade Glioma (pLGG).
Roger Packer is a Neurologist and a Pediatrics provider in Washington, Washington, D.c.. Dr. Packer is rated as an Elite provider by MediFind in the treatment of Glioma. His top areas of expertise are Brain Tumor, Diffuse Midline Glioma H3 K27M-Mutant, Medulloblastoma, and Gliomatosis Cerebri.
Areas of Expertise
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- Advanced
- Diffuse Midline Glioma H3 K27M-MutantDr. Gartrell isAdvanced. Learn about Diffuse Midline Glioma H3 K27M-Mutant.
- GliomaDr. Gartrell isAdvanced. Learn about Glioma.
- HER2 Negative Breast CancerDr. Gartrell isAdvanced. Learn about HER2 Negative Breast Cancer.
- Experienced
- Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia (ALL)Dr. Gartrell isExperienced. Learn about Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia (ALL).
- Adult Soft Tissue SarcomaDr. Gartrell isExperienced. Learn about Adult Soft Tissue Sarcoma.
- Embryonal Tumor with Multilayered RosettesDr. Gartrell isExperienced. Learn about Embryonal Tumor with Multilayered Rosettes.
- HepatoblastomaDr. Gartrell isExperienced. Learn about Hepatoblastoma.
- Hereditary NeuroblastomaDr. Gartrell isExperienced. Learn about Hereditary Neuroblastoma.
- NeuroblastomaDr. Gartrell isExperienced. Learn about Neuroblastoma.