Overview
Dr. Daniel Laheru is a cancer specialist in Baltimore, caring for patients with pancreatic cancer, colorectal cancer and neuroendocrine cancers. Dr. Laheru serves as co-director of the Skip Viragh Center for Pancreas Cancer Clinical Research and Patient Care at Johns Hopkins Medicine. Dr. Laheru received his undergraduate degree in chemistry from The University of Utah. He earned his M.D. at Baylor College of Medicine. He completed his residency at The University of Utah Hospital and Clinics and performed a fellowship in medical oncology at The Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine and The Johns Hopkins Oncology Center. Dr. Laheru joined the Johns Hopkins faculty in 2001. Dr. Laheru's research interests include pancreatic cancer and chemotherapy resistance in pancreatic cancer. With Elizabeth Jaffee, M.D., he developed a vaccine that supercharges the immune system and causes immune cells, which tend to be tolerant of cancer, to seek out and kill pancreatic cancer cells throughout the body. He has given numerous invited talks on pancreatic cancer and other cancers both nationally and internationally. He has authored over 200 papers focused on pancreatic cancer. Dr. Laheru serves as associate editor of Annals of Pancreatic Cancer. He has been recognized by the American Society of Clinical Oncology with the Young Investigator Award, by the Sidney Kimmel Comprehensive Cancer Center at Johns Hopkins as an Isaac and Catharine Hecht Scholar and has been elected to the Miller-Coulson Academy of Clinical Excellence. He is a member of the American College of Physicians, the American Society of Clinical Oncology and the American Association for Cancer Research.
Dr. Laheru is rated as an Experienced provider by MediFind in the treatment of Lung Cancer. His top areas of expertise are Pancreatic Cancer, Familial Pancreatic Cancer, Neuroendocrine Tumor, Pancreaticoduodenectomy, and Pancreatectomy.
His clinical research consists of co-authoring 165 peer reviewed articles and participating in 9 clinical trials. MediFind looks at clinical research from the past 15 years. In particular, he has co-authored 4 articles in the study of Lung Cancer.
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Locations
201 North Broadway Street, Viragh BLDG 5th FL, Viragh BLDG 5th FL, Baltimore, MD 21287
10803 Falls Road, Pavilion III STE 1500, Lutherville, MD 21093
Additional Areas of Focus
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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.
9 Clinical Trials
Johns Hopkins Bayview Medical Center
Julie R. Brahmer, M.D., M.Sc. is the Director of the Thoracic Oncology Program, Professor of Oncology at the Sidney Kimmel Comprehensive Cancer Center at Johns Hopkins and the Marilyn Meyerhoff Professor in Thoracic Oncology. She also directs the Kimmel Cancer Center on the Johns Hopkins Bayview campus and is co-principal investigator on Johns Hopkins' National Clinical Trials Network. Dr. Brahmer received her undergraduate degree in Chemistry and Philosophy in 1989 from the Creighton University in Omaha, Nebraska and went on to receive her medical degree from the University of Nebraska Medical Center College of Medicine in 1993. Completing her internship and residency in Internal Medicine at the University of Utah, Dr. Brahmer later became the Chief Medical Resident until moving to Baltimore to complete her fellowship in Medical Oncology at the Kimmel Cancer Center at Johns Hopkins. Dr. Brahmer is an active clinical leader in the treatment of lung cancer and mesothelioma. She leads the organization of the multidisciplinary thoracic malignancy conference whose members meet weekly to discuss thoracic malignancy cases that need a multidisciplinary review/approach. Dr. Brahmer's research and clinical practice focuses on the development of new therapies for the treatment and prevention of lung cancer and mesothelioma. Dr. Brahmer's research interests include leading early phase immunotherapy trials of anti-PD-1 antibodies, international phase III studies of immunotherapies in lung cancer and investigator-initiated trials evaluating epigenetic therapies in combination with immunotherapies. She is a member of the American Society of Clinical Oncology and the Eastern Cooperative Oncology Group (ECOG) Thoracic Committee and Cancer Prevention Steering Committee. She is one of the founding Board members for the National Lung Cancer Partnership (formerly Women Against Lung Cancer). Within the National Lung Cancer Partnership, she currently serves as a member and the Chairman of the Scientific Executive Committee. She is also on the medical advisory board of the Lung Cancer Research Fund and the Mesothelioma Applied Research Foundation. Dr. Brahmer is rated as an Elite provider by MediFind in the treatment of Lung Cancer. Her top areas of expertise are Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer (NSCLC), Lung Cancer, Lung Adenocarcinoma, and Small Cell Lung Cancer (SCLC).
University Of Maryland Oncology Associates PA
Taofeek Owonikoko is a Hematologist Oncology specialist and a Hematologist in Baltimore, Maryland. Dr. Owonikoko is rated as an Elite provider by MediFind in the treatment of Lung Cancer. His top areas of expertise are Small Cell Lung Cancer (SCLC), Lung Cancer, Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer (NSCLC), EGFR Positive Lung Cancer, and Tissue Biopsy. Dr. Owonikoko is currently accepting new patients.
Patrick Forde is a Hematologist Oncology specialist and an Oncologist in Baltimore, Maryland. Dr. Forde is rated as an Elite provider by MediFind in the treatment of Lung Cancer. His top areas of expertise are Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer (NSCLC), Lung Cancer, Mesothelioma, Small Cell Lung Cancer (SCLC), and Bone Marrow Transplant. Dr. Forde is currently accepting new patients.
Areas of Expertise
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- Elite
- Pancreatic CancerDr. Laheru isElite. Learn about Pancreatic Cancer.
- Distinguished
- Ampullary CancerDr. Laheru isDistinguished. Learn about Ampullary Cancer.
- Cholangiocarcinoma (Bile Duct Cancer)Dr. Laheru isDistinguished. Learn about Cholangiocarcinoma (Bile Duct Cancer).
- Colorectal CancerDr. Laheru isDistinguished. Learn about Colorectal Cancer.
- Familial Colorectal CancerDr. Laheru isDistinguished. Learn about Familial Colorectal Cancer.
- Familial Pancreatic CancerDr. Laheru isDistinguished. Learn about Familial Pancreatic Cancer.
- Neuroendocrine TumorDr. Laheru isDistinguished. Learn about Neuroendocrine Tumor.
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- ALK-Positive Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer
- Appendix CancerDr. Laheru isAdvanced. Learn about Appendix Cancer.
- EGFR Positive Lung CancerDr. Laheru isAdvanced. Learn about EGFR Positive Lung Cancer.
- Fibrolamellar CarcinomaDr. Laheru isAdvanced. Learn about Fibrolamellar Carcinoma.
- Gallbladder AdenocarcinomaDr. Laheru isAdvanced. Learn about Gallbladder Adenocarcinoma.
- Gallbladder CancerDr. Laheru isAdvanced. Learn about Gallbladder Cancer.
- Experienced
- AgranulocytosisDr. Laheru isExperienced. Learn about Agranulocytosis.
- Anal CancerDr. Laheru isExperienced. Learn about Anal Cancer.
- Desmoplastic Small Round Cell TumorDr. Laheru isExperienced. Learn about Desmoplastic Small Round Cell Tumor.
- Gastroesophageal Junction CancerDr. Laheru isExperienced. Learn about Gastroesophageal Junction Cancer.
- GlucagonomaDr. Laheru isExperienced. Learn about Glucagonoma.
- HepatectomyDr. Laheru isExperienced. Learn about Hepatectomy.