Overview
Dung Le, M.D. is a professor of oncology at the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine and member of the Johns Hopkins Kimmel Cancer Center. Her research interests include novel approaches to patients with gastrointestinal malignancies. She has served as the principal investigator (PI) on many clinical trials focused on testing immunotherapy in patients with gastrointestinal malignancies and she has also served as the national PI on several studies including: anti-programmed death-1 (PD-1) in tumors with mismatch repair deficiency; a clinical trial in advanced pancreatic cancer patients evaluating the safety, tolerability and immune response to CRS-207, a listeria vaccine platform which has been modified to express the tumor antigen mesothelin; a multi-center, phase 2 study testing CRS-207 as a boost to allogenic pancreatic tumor cells transfected with GM-CSF gene (GVAX) for treatment of advanced pancreatic adenocarcinoma (PDA); a trial testing GVAX/ipilimumab in the maintenance setting for metastatic pancreatic cancer; and GVAX/CRS-207 +/- nivolumab in metastatic pancreatic cancer. These studies incorporate extensive laboratory correlates and have involved collaborations with clinicians and bench scientists with expertise in the fields of immunotherapy and cancer genomics.
Dr. Le is rated as an Experienced provider by MediFind in the treatment of Stomach Cancer. Her top areas of expertise are Pancreatic Cancer, Colorectal Cancer, Gastroesophageal Junction Cancer, and Familial Pancreatic Cancer.
Her clinical research consists of co-authoring 6 peer reviewed articles. MediFind looks at clinical research from the past 15 years.
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Locations
201 North Broadway Street, Viragh BLDG 5th FL, Viragh BLDG 5th FL, Baltimore, MD 21287
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.
Skip Viragh Outpatient Cancer Center
Dr. Katherine Bever is a medical oncologist in Baltimore, caring for patients with gastrointestinal malignancies, including gastric, pancreatic, colorectal, neuroendocrine and biliary cancers. Dr. Bever received her undergraduate degree in biophysics from Johns Hopkins University. She earned her M.D. from the University of Maryland School of Medicine. She completed her residency in internal medicine at Boston University School of Medicine and performed a fellowship in medical oncology at Johns Hopkins. Dr. Bever joined the Johns Hopkins faculty in 2015. Prior to joining Johns Hopkins, Dr. Bever was an internist at the Amyloidosis Center at Boston University School of Medicine. Dr. Bever was recognized with a Pearl M. Stetler Fellowship Award in 2018. She is a member of several professional organizations, including the Society for Immunotherapy of Cancer, the American Association of Clinical Research and the American Society of Clinical Oncology. Dr. Bever is rated as an Advanced provider by MediFind in the treatment of Stomach Cancer. Her top areas of expertise are Stomach Cancer, Pancreatic Cancer, Familial Pancreatic Cancer, Appendix Cancer, and Pancreaticoduodenectomy.
Inova Health Care Services
Timothy Cannon is an Oncologist and a Hematologist in Falls Church, Virginia. Dr. Cannon is rated as a Distinguished provider by MediFind in the treatment of Stomach Cancer. His top areas of expertise are Colorectal Cancer, Pancreatic Cancer, Familial Pancreatic Cancer, and Cholangiocarcinoma (Bile Duct Cancer). Dr. Cannon is currently accepting new patients.
University Of Maryland Oncology Associates PA
Yixing Jiang is a Hematologist Oncology specialist and a Hematologist in Baltimore, Maryland. Dr. Jiang is rated as a Distinguished provider by MediFind in the treatment of Stomach Cancer. Her top areas of expertise are Colorectal Cancer, Familial Colorectal Cancer, Familial Pancreatic Cancer, Anal Cancer, and Gastrostomy. Dr. Jiang is currently accepting new patients.
Areas of Expertise
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- Pancreatic CancerDr. Le isElite. Learn about Pancreatic Cancer.
- Distinguished
- Colorectal CancerDr. Le isDistinguished. Learn about Colorectal Cancer.
- Familial Colorectal CancerDr. Le isDistinguished. Learn about Familial Colorectal Cancer.
- Familial Pancreatic CancerDr. Le isDistinguished. Learn about Familial Pancreatic Cancer.
- Gastroesophageal Junction CancerDr. Le isDistinguished. Learn about Gastroesophageal Junction Cancer.
- Neuroendocrine TumorDr. Le isDistinguished. Learn about Neuroendocrine Tumor.
- Advanced
- Ampullary CancerDr. Le isAdvanced. Learn about Ampullary Cancer.
- Lynch SyndromeDr. Le isAdvanced. Learn about Lynch Syndrome.
- PancreatoblastomaDr. Le isAdvanced. Learn about Pancreatoblastoma.
- Experienced
- Anal CancerDr. Le isExperienced. Learn about Anal Cancer.
- Bone TumorDr. Le isExperienced. Learn about Bone Tumor.
- Cholangiocarcinoma (Bile Duct Cancer)
- Endometrial CancerDr. Le isExperienced. Learn about Endometrial Cancer.
- Gallbladder AdenocarcinomaDr. Le isExperienced. Learn about Gallbladder Adenocarcinoma.
- Gallbladder CancerDr. Le isExperienced. Learn about Gallbladder Cancer.