Shalin Patel is an Intensive Care Medicine provider in Olney, Maryland. Dr. Patel is rated as an Experienced provider by MediFind in the treatment of Large-Cell Lung Carcinoma. His top areas of expertise are Lung Metastases, Asthma in Children, Pneumonia, and Asthma.

Manu Kaushal is an Intensive Care Medicine provider in Olney, Maryland. Dr. Kaushal is rated as an Experienced provider by MediFind in the treatment of Large-Cell Lung Carcinoma. His top areas of expertise are Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD), Lung Metastases, Asthma in Children, Asthma, and Gastrostomy.

Dr. Benjamin Levy is a thoracic medical oncologist and the clinical director of medical oncology for the Johns Hopkins Sidney Kimmel Cancer Center at Sibley Memorial Hospital, as well as an associate professor of oncology for Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine. He practices out of the Johns Hopkins Sidney Kimmel Cancer Center at Sibley Memorial Hospital. Dr. Levy is a physician scientist who is interested in innovative immunotherapeutic approaches for advanced stage lung cancer patients and biomarkers that help define those patients more likely to respond to such agents. He has an expertise in thoracic malignancies, including non-small cell lung cancer, small cell lung cancer and thymic malignancies, as well as head and neck cancer. Dr. Levy earned his medical degree from Medical College of Georgia. He completed an internal medicine residency at Georgetown University Hospital, followed by a hematology/oncology fellowship at New York Presbyterian/Weill Cornell Medical Center, where he received the Department of Medicine Research Fellow of the Year Award and the 2009 American Society of Clinical Oncology Young Investigator Award for his clinical research in prostate cancer. Dr. Levy previously worked as an assistant professor at the Icahn School of Medicine, medical director of thoracic oncology for Mount Sinai Health Systems and associate director of the Cancer Clinical Trials Office for Mount Sinai Hospital in New York City. Dr. Levy played an integral role on several American Society of Clinical Oncology (ASCO) committees and currently serves as associate editor for the ASCO University Committee. He completed a two year term on the editorial board for the Journal of Clinical Oncology and currently serves as an ad hoc reviewer for other journals, including Clinical Lung Cancer, The Oncologist and Oncotarget. Dr. Levy was recently selected as one of only 15 oncologists in the country to the prestigious ASCO Leadership Development program, whose mission is to identify and develop future leaders of ASCO. In addition to his ASCO commitments, Dr. Levy serves on the ALLIANCE Respiratory Committee, the IASLC Staging Committee and the IASLC Career Development & Fellowship Committee. Dr. Levy is rated as a Distinguished provider by MediFind in the treatment of Large-Cell Lung Carcinoma. His top areas of expertise are ALK-Positive Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer, Squamous Cell Lung Carcinoma, Small Cell Lung Cancer (SCLC), and Pleuropulmonary Blastoma.

Ankit Madan is a Hematologist Oncology specialist and a Hematologist in Olney, Maryland. Dr. Madan has been practicing medicine for over 17 years and is rated as an Advanced provider by MediFind in the treatment of Large-Cell Lung Carcinoma. His top areas of expertise are Colorectal Cancer, Lynch Syndrome, Familial Colorectal Cancer, and Inflammatory Breast Cancer. Dr. Madan is currently accepting new patients.

"Shannon C. O'Connor, M.D., is a medical oncologist with Suburban Hospital. She practices out of Maryland Oncology Hematology. Dr. O'Connor has expertise in hematology and medical oncology with a special focus in women's health, including breast cancer and gynecologic cancers. Dr. O'Connor earned her Master's Degree in Physiology at Georgetown University, followed by her medical degree from St. George's University School of Medicine. She completed a residency at Washington Hospital Center, as well as a fellowship in hematology and oncology. Dr. O'Connor is a member of the American Society of Clinical Oncology, the American Society of Hematology, the Montgomery County Medical Society and the American Medical Association. Selected Publications Catlett JP1, Williams SA, O'Connor SC, Krishnan J, Malkovska V. ""Primary lymphoma of bone: an institutional experience."" Leuk Lymphoma. 2008 Nov;49(11):2125-32. doi: 10.1080/10428190802404030.". Dr. O'connor is rated as an Experienced provider by MediFind in the treatment of Large-Cell Lung Carcinoma. Her top areas of expertise are Paget Disease of the Breast, Cervical Cancer, Neuroendocrine Carcinoma of the Cervix, and Breast Cancer.

"George A. Sotos, M.D., is the chief of hematology and oncology at Suburban Hospital, as well as a member of Suburban's Cancer Committee and the coordinator of Multidisciplinary Cancer Conferences. Dr. Sotos is a partner of Maryland Oncology & Hematology in Rockville, Maryland. Dr. Sotos has expertise in medical oncology and hematology, as well as chemotherapy. Dr. Sotos earned his Master of Science in Physiology from Georgetown University, followed by his medical degree from the Medical College of Virginia. He completed a residency in internal medicine with University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, followed by a fellowship in medical oncology with the National Cancer Institute of the National Institutes of Health. Dr. Sotos is a fellow of the American College of Physicians, as well as a member of the Montgomery County Medical Society, the Medical and Chirurgical Faculty of the State of Maryland, and the American Society of Clinical Oncology. He is also a member of the oncology specialty panel for Johns Hopkins Medicine's Formulary Management Committee and previously served as a member of Suburban Hospital's Medical Staff Executive Committee, Provider Quality Committee and Physician Advisory Board. Dr. Sotos has been named a Top Doctor by Washington Consumers' Checkbook and a Super Doctor by the Washington Post magazine. Castle Connolly has also named him a Top Doctor in the Washington, D.C., Baltimore and Washington-Baltimore areas. Dr. Sotos has contributed to numerous publications on medical oncology and hematology topics. Selected Publications Rotello, L, Albrant, D, Nossuli, K, Sotos, G, Samet, C, Rainey, T. ""Impact of a Hospital-Wide Pharmacy Implemented Weight-Based Dosing Protocol for Erythropoietin."" Chest, 124:4 (Suppl):182S (Abstract), 2003. Sotos, George A. ""Ars Brevis."" Journal of Clinical Oncology, 2013; 31:14; 1792-1794; http://jco.ascopubs.org/content/31/14/1792.full.pdf+html". Dr. Sotos is rated as an Advanced provider by MediFind in the treatment of Large-Cell Lung Carcinoma. His top areas of expertise are Lung Cancer, Pleuropulmonary Blastoma, Multiple Myeloma, and Endometrial Cancer.

Ira Berger is a Pulmonary Medicine provider in Olney, Maryland. Dr. Berger is rated as an Experienced provider by MediFind in the treatment of Large-Cell Lung Carcinoma. His top areas of expertise are Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD), Asthma in Children, Asthma, and Vertigo. Dr. Berger is currently accepting new patients.

John Downs is an Oncologist and a Hematologist in Olney, Maryland. Dr. Downs is rated as an Experienced provider by MediFind in the treatment of Large-Cell Lung Carcinoma. His top areas of expertise are Large-Cell Immunoblastic Lymphoma, Multiple Myeloma, Lung Cancer, and Pleuropulmonary Blastoma. Dr. Downs is currently accepting new patients.

Behzad Doratotaj is a Hematologist Oncology specialist and a Hematologist in Olney, Maryland. Dr. Doratotaj is rated as an Experienced provider by MediFind in the treatment of Large-Cell Lung Carcinoma. His top areas of expertise are Oligodendroglioma, Astrocytoma, Glioblastoma, and Embryonal Tumor with Multilayered Rosettes. Dr. Doratotaj is currently accepting new patients.

Geoffrey Neuner is a Radiation Oncologist in Silver Spring, Maryland. Dr. Neuner is rated as an Experienced provider by MediFind in the treatment of Large-Cell Lung Carcinoma. His top areas of expertise are Familial Prostate Cancer, Prostate Cancer, Laryngeal Cancer, and Endometrial Cancer. Dr. Neuner is currently accepting new patients.

Joseph Ball is a Pulmonary Medicine provider in Gaithersburg, Maryland. Dr. Ball is rated as an Experienced provider by MediFind in the treatment of Large-Cell Lung Carcinoma. His top areas of expertise are Lung Metastases, Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD), Pleurisy, and Pleural Effusion.

Syed Mahmood is a Hematologist and a Hematologist Oncology provider in Rockville, Maryland. Dr. Mahmood is rated as an Experienced provider by MediFind in the treatment of Large-Cell Lung Carcinoma. His top areas of expertise are Thrombocytopenia, RUNX1 Familial Platelet Disorder, Colorectal Cancer, and Lynch Syndrome.

Dr. James Xu received a bachelor of science in chemical engineering with a minor in mathematics from Brigham Young University and his medical degree from University of Minnesota. He completed his internal medicine residency at the Yale-New Haven Hospital of Yale University in New Haven, CT, and his hematology and medical oncology fellowship at the New York-Presbyterian Hospital of Columbia University in New York City. Because of his unique background in engineering and medicine, Dr. Xu was the recipient of the American Society of Clinical Oncology-Conquer Cancer Foundation Young Investigator Award in 2011 and Merit Award in 2012. Dr. Xu is a strong advocate of precision medicine and he is the first person to have proposed and preliminarily confirmed the feasibility of using deep sequencing technology to detect genetic mutation in rare cell samples such as circulating tumor cells from cancer patients’ peripheral blood. He has published in peer-reviewed journals in lung, breast, and pancreatic cancers. Dr. Xu is rated as an Experienced provider by MediFind in the treatment of Large-Cell Lung Carcinoma. His top areas of expertise are Pulmonary Embolism, Deep Vein Thrombosis, Protein S Deficiency, and Congenital Antithrombin 3 Deficiency.

John Wallmark is a Hematologist Oncology provider in Rockville, Maryland. Dr. Wallmark is rated as an Experienced provider by MediFind in the treatment of Large-Cell Lung Carcinoma. His top areas of expertise are Breast Cancer, Paget Disease of the Breast, Multiple Myeloma, and Colorectal Cancer.

Graduate of Harvard College, Weill Cornell Medical College of Cornell University. Residency in Medicine at Johns Hopkins Hospital. Fellowship in Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, Brigham and Women''s Hospital and Harvard Medical School. Research Fellowship in Respiratory Biology, Harvard School of Public Health. Private Practice, Pulmonologists PC of Montgomery County, MD since 1988. Special interest in sleep medicine. Clinical Professor of Medicine, George Washington Univ. School of Medicine since 2005. President, DC Thoracic Society, Washington DC 2014-2015. Volunteer Physician, Mercy Health Clinic, Gaithersburg MD. Member, Board of Directors, Mercy Health Clnic, 2013-15. Faculty leader, Hait mobile health clinics, Project Medishares and G.W. International Medicine, 2012- . Videos 2016 Armstrong Award for Excellence in Quality and Safety - Steven Kariya, M.D., Suburban Hospital. Dr. Kariya is rated as an Experienced provider by MediFind in the treatment of Large-Cell Lung Carcinoma. His top areas of expertise are Asthma in Children, Asthma, Lung Metastases, and Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD).

Peter G. Hamm, M.D., is a pulmonologist with Johns Hopkins Medicine Pulmonology. Dr. Hamm is also the chairman of the department of medicine and the chairman of the intensive care unit (ICU) committee at Sibley Memorial Hospital. Dr. has an expertise in annual physicals, acute and urgent care, disease management and pulmonary medicine. He earned his medical degree from Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons. He went on to complete his residency in internal medicine at St. Luke’s Hospital, followed by a fellowship in pulmonary medicine at Bellevue Hospital Center. Dr. Hamm has been named a Top Doctor in the Washington, D.C., Baltimore and Washington-Baltimore areas by Castle Connolly. He has also been named a Top MD by Consumers’ Checkbook Magazine. Dr. Hamm contributed to a publication on the diagnosis of pulmonary Kaposi’s sarcoma with fiberoptic bronchoscopy and endobronchial biopsy. Dr. Hamm is rated as an Advanced provider by MediFind in the treatment of Large-Cell Lung Carcinoma. His top areas of expertise are ALK-Positive Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer, Large-Cell Lung Carcinoma, Squamous Cell Lung Carcinoma, and Lung Adenocarcinoma.

Hassan Chami is a Pulmonary Medicine provider in Washington, Washington, D.c.. Dr. Chami is rated as an Advanced provider by MediFind in the treatment of Large-Cell Lung Carcinoma. His top areas of expertise are Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer (NSCLC), Lung Adenocarcinoma, Lung Cancer, Small Cell Lung Cancer (SCLC), and Endoscopy.

Andrew Lerner, M.D., is a clinical instructor of medicine in the pulmonary and critical care medicine department at the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, as well as the director of interventional pulmonology at the Johns Hopkins Kimmel Cancer Center at Sibley Memorial Hospital. He practices out of Sibley Memorial Hospital in Washington, D.C. Dr. Lerner is part of the Sibley Memorial Hospital Lung Nodule and Lung Cancer Screening Clinic, the Multidisciplinary Pulmonary and Thoracic Surgery Clinic, and the Multidisciplinary Thoracic Tumor Board Conference. Dr. Lerner has an expertise in minimally invasive procedures for the early diagnosis and treatment of malignant and non-malignant diseases of the airways, lungs and pleura. He is experienced in advanced diagnostic and therapeutic bronchoscopy, including endobronchial ultrasound (EBUS) bronchoscopy, navigational bronchoscopy, rigid bronchoscopy, tumor ablative techniques, airway stent placement, airway dilation, radial EBUS, conventional transbronchial needle aspiration (TBNA), bronchial thermoplasty, whole lung lavage and percutaneous lung biopsy; as well as percutaneous tracheostomy, tunneled pleural catheter placement, thoracentesis, tube thoracoscopy, medical thoracoscopy, chemical pleurodesis and upper endoscopy (EGD/PEG) placement. Dr. Lerner earned his medical degree from George Washington University School of Medicine. He completed his residency in internal medicine at Thomas Jefferson University Hospital, followed by a fellowship in pulmonary and critical care medicine at the University of California, San Diego. Dr. Lerner then completed a two-year advanced fellowship in interventional pulmonology at The Johns Hopkins Hospital, including a chief fellowship year. He has been involved in multiple research projects in the field and completed a Science of Clinical Investigation Certificate Program at Johns Hopkins University Bloomberg School of Public Health. Dr. Lerner has been a member of the Alpha Omega Alpha medical honors society since 2011 and earned The Johns Hopkins Hospital Patient Safety Star Award in 2016. Dr. Lerner has contributed to numerous presentations, lectures, publications, book chapters and abstracts. He is a reviewer for several research journals. Dr. Lerner has various research interests and is currently involved in research projects focusing on EBUS bronchoscopy, lung cancer diagnosis and staging, and other topics. Confidential email to reach Dr. Lerner for any questions: alerner@jhu.edu. Dr. Lerner is rated as an Advanced provider by MediFind in the treatment of Large-Cell Lung Carcinoma. His top areas of expertise are Lung Nodules, Lymphofollicular Hyperplasia, Pleurisy, and Pleural Effusion.

Bruce R. Kressel, M.D., is a medical oncologist at Johns Hopkins Kimmel Cancer Center at Sibley Memorial Hospital and an instructor at Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine. In addition to an expertise in breast and lung cancer, Dr. Kressel has an expertise in gynecologic oncology and general medical oncology, with specific focuses on hematologic malignancies including lymphoma, leukemia and myeloma. Dr. Kressel earned his medical degree at Tufts University School of Medicine. He completed a residency in internal medicine at George Washington University School of Medicine, followed by a fellowship in hematology and oncology, also at George Washington University School of Medicine. Dr. Kressel completed a fellowship in oncology at the Georgetown Lombardi Comprehensive Cancer Center as well. Dr. Kressel has been regularly named one of America’s Top Doctors and one of America's Top Doctors for Cancer by Castle Connolly. He has also been named a Top Doctor in the Washington D.C. and Washington-Baltimore areas by Castle Connolly, as well as a Top Doctor by Consumers’ Checkbook Magazine and Washingtonian Magazine. Dr. Kressel is a member of the American Society of Clinical Oncology and the American Society of Hematology. Dr. Kressel has contributed to numerous publications, presentations and clinical trials. Dr. Kressel is rated as an Advanced provider by MediFind in the treatment of Large-Cell Lung Carcinoma. His top areas of expertise are Essential Thrombocythemia, Non-Hodgkin Lymphoma, Gastric Lymphoma, Chronic Lymphocytic Leukemia (CLL), and Splenectomy.

Alida Espinoza is a Hematologist Oncology specialist and an Oncologist in Silver Spring, Maryland. Dr. Espinoza is rated as an Advanced provider by MediFind in the treatment of Large-Cell Lung Carcinoma. Her top areas of expertise are Paget Disease of the Breast, Breast Cancer, Childhood Iron Deficiency Anemia, and Iron Deficiency Anemia. Dr. Espinoza is currently accepting new patients.