
Overview
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 Advanced provider by MediFind in the treatment of Primitive Neuroectodermal Tumor (PNET). His top areas of expertise are Melanoma, Merkel Cell Carcinoma, Eccrine Porocarcinoma, and Familial Pancreatic Cancer.
His clinical research consists of co-authoring 52 peer reviewed articles and participating in 3 clinical trials. MediFind looks at clinical research from the past 15 years.
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Locations
Pavilion III STE 1500, Lutherville, MD 21093
201 North Broadway Street, Viragh BLDG 5th FL, Baltimore, MD 21287
Additional Areas of Focus
Dr. Sharfman 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.
3 Clinical Trials
Skip Viragh Outpatient Cancer Center
Dr. Matthias Holdhoff is a medical oncologist and co-director of the Brain Cancer Disease Group at the Sidney Kimmel Comprehensive Cancer Center at Johns Hopkins. He is a professor of oncology, neurology and neurological surgery at Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine. Dr. Holdhoff’s expertise is in primary brain cancers and central nervous system lymphomas. He earned his medical degree from Freie Universität Berlin, received his doctorate degree at Charité University Medicine Berlin. Dr. Holdhoff completed residency training in internal medicine at Johns Hopkins Bayview Medical Center, followed by a fellowship in medical oncology at Johns Hopkins Hospital with research training at the Ludwig Center for Cancer Genetics and Therapeutics (Kinzler-Vogelstein lab). As a clinical investigator in neuro-oncology, his research is focused on novel trials and translational biomarker studies in malignant gliomas and primary central nervous system lymphomas. He has led and contributed to numerous clinical trials, publications and presentations. Dr. Holdhoff serves as the director of the solid tumor inpatient service at the Sidney Kimmel Comprehensive Cancer Center. He is passionately involved in mentoring and teaching of fellows, residents and students. He is the director of the UCNS-certified neuro-oncology fellowship program at Johns Hopkins, and he is a teaching attending physician for the Osler internal medicine residency program. Dr. Holdhoff is rated as an Elite provider by MediFind in the treatment of Primitive Neuroectodermal Tumor (PNET). His top areas of expertise are Glioma, Glioblastoma, Astrocytoma, and Brain Tumor.
Skip Viragh Outpatient Cancer Center
Stuart Grossman, M.D., is a professor of oncology at the Johns Hopkins Kimmel Cancer Center. He has served as Principal Investigator and Director of the Central Operations office of the National Cancer Institute-funded phase I/II brain tumor consortia (New Approaches to Brain Tumor Therapy CNS Consortium and the Adult Brain Tumor Consortium) for the past 22 years. He has led many phase I, II, and III institutional and cooperative group translational and clinical brain cancer research projects. Dr. Grossman's expertise is in brain cancers, translational and clinical research, and directing large, multicenter, multidisciplinary clinical trial groups and training programs. Dr. Grossman was an intern and resident at Strong Memorial Hospital in Rochester, NY, and a fellow at the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine. He received his M.D. from the University of Rochester. Dr. Grossman is rated as an Elite provider by MediFind in the treatment of Primitive Neuroectodermal Tumor (PNET). His top areas of expertise are Glioblastoma, Astrocytoma, Glioma, and Gliomatosis Cerebri.
Inova Health Care Services
Adam Cohen is an Oncologist in Fairfax, Virginia. Dr. Cohen is rated as a Distinguished provider by MediFind in the treatment of Primitive Neuroectodermal Tumor (PNET). His top areas of expertise are Glioblastoma, Embryonal Tumor with Multilayered Rosettes, Neuroepithelioma, Bone Marrow Aspiration, and Liver Embolization. Dr. Cohen is currently accepting new patients.
Areas of Expertise
MediFind evaluates expertise by pulling from factors such as number of articles a doctor has published in medical journals, participation in clinical trials, speaking at industry conferences, prescribing and referral patterns, and strength of connections with other experts in their field.
Learn more about MediFind’s expert tiers
- Elite
- MelanomaDr. Sharfman isElite. Learn about Melanoma.
- Merkel Cell CarcinomaDr. Sharfman isElite. Learn about Merkel Cell Carcinoma.
- Distinguished
- Eccrine PorocarcinomaDr. Sharfman isDistinguished. Learn about Eccrine Porocarcinoma.
- Familial Pancreatic CancerDr. Sharfman isDistinguished. Learn about Familial Pancreatic Cancer.
- Pancreatic CancerDr. Sharfman isDistinguished. Learn about Pancreatic Cancer.
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- AngiosarcomaDr. Sharfman isAdvanced. Learn about Angiosarcoma.
- Breast CancerDr. Sharfman isAdvanced. Learn about Breast Cancer.
- Familial Colorectal CancerDr. Sharfman isAdvanced. Learn about Familial Colorectal Cancer.
- GliomaDr. Sharfman isAdvanced. Learn about Glioma.
- Melanoma of the EyeDr. Sharfman isAdvanced. Learn about Melanoma of the Eye.
- Neuroendocrine TumorDr. Sharfman isAdvanced. Learn about Neuroendocrine Tumor.
- Experienced
- Adult Soft Tissue SarcomaDr. Sharfman isExperienced. Learn about Adult Soft Tissue Sarcoma.
- ALK-Positive Non-Small Cell Lung CancerDr. Sharfman isExperienced. Learn about ALK-Positive Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer.
- Alveolar Soft Part SarcomaDr. Sharfman isExperienced. Learn about Alveolar Soft Part Sarcoma.
- Anal CancerDr. Sharfman isExperienced. Learn about Anal Cancer.
- Angiosarcoma of the ScalpDr. Sharfman isExperienced. Learn about Angiosarcoma of the Scalp.
- Basal Cell Skin CancerDr. Sharfman isExperienced. Learn about Basal Cell Skin Cancer.
