
Overview
Sam Wanko is a Hematologist Oncology specialist and an Oncologist in Martinsburg, West Virginia. Dr. Wanko is rated as an Advanced provider by MediFind in the treatment of Prostate Cancer. His top areas of expertise are Polycythemia Vera, Anal Cancer, Familial Colorectal Cancer, and Melanoma. Dr. Wanko is currently accepting new patients.
His clinical research consists of co-authoring 2 peer reviewed articles. MediFind looks at clinical research from the past 15 years.
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- EPO
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- HMO
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- MANAGED MEDICAID PLAN
- MEDICARE MAPD
- MEDICARE PDP
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- OTHER MEDICARE
- OTHER MEDICARE PART D
Locations
2000 Foundation Way, Suite 2600, Martinsburg, WV 25401
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.
Sibley Memorial Hospital
Dr. Channing J. Paller is a medical oncologist at Sibley Memorial Hospital and a professor of oncology at the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine. She practices out of the Prostate Cancer Multidisciplinary Clinic at Sibley Memorial Hospital in Washington, D.C., and the Sidney Kimmel Comprehensive Cancer Center at Johns Hopkins in Baltimore, MD. Dr. Paller has expertise in prostate, bladder, kidney, and testicular cancer. Dr. Paller earned her medical degree from Harvard Medical School and completed a residency in internal medicine, followed by a fellowship in hematology and oncology at Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine. In addition, Dr. Paller completed a rotation with the chief of the Investigational Drug Branch at the National Cancer Institute (NCI) Cancer Therapy Evaluation Program and a rotation with the associate director for regulatory science in the Office of Oncology Drug Products at the Food and Drug Administration. She also completed rotations at the Weizmann Institute of Israel’s Department of Biological Regulation and McCord Hospital in South Africa, where she participated in the Harvard AIDS project. In 2016, Dr. Paller was one of only five oncologists awarded the NCI Mentored Patient-Oriented Research Career Development Award. In 2015, she received the 2015 Passano Clinician Scientist Award for early-stage research that is already making a contribution to science. Earlier in her career, she was selected for both a 2011-2012 Young Investigator Award by the American Society of Clinical Oncology and for the 2011-12 Eastern Cooperative Oncology Group Paul Carbone Award. Dr. Paller is a member of the American Society of Clinical Oncology and the American Association for Cancer Research. Dr. Paller’s research focuses on evaluating new therapies for prostate cancer, particularly combination therapies that engage the immune system. She is the principal investigator on two multi-site clinical trials and was the first author on the NCI Investigational Drug Steering Committee publication, “Consensus Recommendations on the Phase I Combination Clinical Trials of the Clinical Trial Design Task Force.” Dr. Paller was the chair for the oral abstract session on genitourinary cancer at the 2015 Annual Meeting of the American Society of Clinical Oncology and she is currently funded by an NCI immunotherapy grant to look at combination therapies that link standard of care therapy with inhibition of transforming growth factor beta in prostate cancer. She is also opening trials of vitamin C with chemotherapy in prostate cancer and of mistletoe in all solid tumors. Dr. Paller is rated as a Distinguished provider by MediFind in the treatment of Prostate Cancer. Her top areas of expertise are Prostate Cancer, Familial Prostate Cancer, Muscle Invasive Bladder Cancer, Hormone Replacement Therapy (HRT), and Prostatectomy.
William Dahut is an Oncologist in Washington, Washington, D.c.. Dr. Dahut is rated as a Distinguished provider by MediFind in the treatment of Prostate Cancer. His top areas of expertise are Prostate Cancer, Urothelial Cancer, Bone Tumor, Prostatectomy, and Orchiectomy.
James Gulley is a Hematologist Oncology provider in Bethesda, Maryland. Dr. Gulley is rated as a Distinguished provider by MediFind in the treatment of Prostate Cancer. His top areas of expertise are Prostate Cancer, Olfactory Neuroblastoma, Chordoma, Urothelial Cancer, and Orchiectomy.
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.
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- Distinguished
- Polycythemia VeraDr. Wanko isDistinguished. Learn about Polycythemia Vera.
- Advanced
- Anal CancerDr. Wanko isAdvanced. Learn about Anal Cancer.
- Familial Colorectal CancerDr. Wanko isAdvanced. Learn about Familial Colorectal Cancer.
- Familial Prostate CancerDr. Wanko isAdvanced. Learn about Familial Prostate Cancer.
- MelanomaDr. Wanko isAdvanced. Learn about Melanoma.
- Pleuropulmonary BlastomaDr. Wanko isAdvanced. Learn about Pleuropulmonary Blastoma.
- Prostate CancerDr. Wanko isAdvanced. Learn about Prostate Cancer.
- Experienced
- Acute Myeloblastic Leukemia with Maturation
- Acute Myeloblastic Leukemia without Maturation
- Acute Myeloid Leukemia (AML)Dr. Wanko isExperienced. Learn about Acute Myeloid Leukemia (AML).
- Acute Promyelocytic LeukemiaDr. Wanko isExperienced. Learn about Acute Promyelocytic Leukemia.
- ALK-Positive Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer
- Anaplastic Large Cell LymphomaDr. Wanko isExperienced. Learn about Anaplastic Large Cell Lymphoma.
