Overview
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 Breast Cancer. His top areas of expertise are Essential Thrombocythemia, Non-Hodgkin Lymphoma, Gastric Lymphoma, Chronic Lymphocytic Leukemia (CLL), and Splenectomy.
His clinical research consists of co-authoring 5 peer reviewed articles and participating in 3 clinical trials. MediFind looks at clinical research from the past 15 years. In particular, he has participated in 1 clinical trial in the study of Breast Cancer.
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5255 Loughboro Road Northwest, Building B, Building B, Washington, DC 20016
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.
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Medstar Medical Group Ii LLC
Claudine Isaacs is a Hematologist Oncology specialist and an Oncologist in Washington, Washington, D.c.. Dr. Isaacs is rated as a Distinguished provider by MediFind in the treatment of Breast Cancer. Her top areas of expertise are Breast Cancer, Paget Disease of the Breast, HER-2 Positive Breast Cancer, Angiosarcoma, and Salpingo-Oophorectomy.
Johns Hopkins Health Care & Surgery Center - Green Spring Station, Lutherville
Dr. Antonio Wolff is internationally recognized for his work on breast cancer biomarkers, including HER2. As a practicing oncologist and clinical translational researcher, his research has been pivotal to improve the quality of breast cancer biomarker testing in breast cancer, including HER2 and estrogen receptor testing. Among his leadership accomplishments is ensuring that sophisticated laboratory findings are translated into improved clinical care in breast cancer. He is a Fellow of the American Society of Clinical Oncology (ASCO), a Komen Scholar and a Breast Cancer Research Foundation investigator. He has served as associate editor for Journal of Clinical Oncology, and serves on the National Comprehensive Cancer Network (NCCN) Guideline Steering Committee. He is a leader of the Translational Breast Cancer Research Consortium (TBCRC), and one of the principal investigators of the Evolutionary Clinical Trial for Novel Biomarker-Driven Therapies (EVOLVE) in Metastatic Breast Cancer, which was one of the three disease groups recently awarded by ARPA-H to conduct innovative trials using Advanced Analysis for Precision Cancer Therapy (ADAPT). After many years of service as Breast Committee Chair in the ECOG-ACRIN Clinical Trial Network of the National Cancer Institute (NCI), he was elected in 2024 as Co-Chair of the NCI Breast Cancer Steering Committee and appointed to the international steering committee of the Oxford Overview Collaborative, which are positions aimed at advancing clinical trials in breast cancer. At Johns Hopkins, he is an elected member of the Miller Coulson Academy of Clinical Excellence and was honored during the 125th Anniversary Living the Hopkins Mission celebrations of the JHU School of Medicine. Dr. Wolff is rated as a Distinguished provider by MediFind in the treatment of Breast Cancer. His top areas of expertise are Breast Cancer, HER-2 Positive Breast Cancer, Triple-Negative Breast Cancer, and Inflammatory Breast Cancer.
Medical Faculty Associates, Inc
Pavani Chalasani is a Hematologist Oncology specialist and a Hematologist in Washington, Washington, D.c.. Dr. Chalasani is rated as a Distinguished provider by MediFind in the treatment of Breast Cancer. Her top areas of expertise are Breast Cancer, Inflammatory Breast Cancer, Angiosarcoma, and Paget Disease of the Breast. Dr. Chalasani is currently accepting new patients.
Areas of Expertise
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- Distinguished
- Chronic B-Cell Leukemia (CBCL)Dr. Kressel isDistinguished. Learn about Chronic B-Cell Leukemia (CBCL).
- Chronic Lymphocytic Leukemia (CLL)Dr. Kressel isDistinguished. Learn about Chronic Lymphocytic Leukemia (CLL).
- Endometrial CancerDr. Kressel isDistinguished. Learn about Endometrial Cancer.
- Essential ThrombocythemiaDr. Kressel isDistinguished. Learn about Essential Thrombocythemia.
- Gastric LymphomaDr. Kressel isDistinguished. Learn about Gastric Lymphoma.
- Large-Cell Immunoblastic LymphomaDr. Kressel isDistinguished. Learn about Large-Cell Immunoblastic Lymphoma.
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- Adult Soft Tissue SarcomaDr. Kressel isAdvanced. Learn about Adult Soft Tissue Sarcoma.
- ALK-Positive Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer
- AnemiaDr. Kressel isAdvanced. Learn about Anemia.
- AngiosarcomaDr. Kressel isAdvanced. Learn about Angiosarcoma.
- Aplastic AnemiaDr. Kressel isAdvanced. Learn about Aplastic Anemia.
- Autoimmune Hemolytic AnemiaDr. Kressel isAdvanced. Learn about Autoimmune Hemolytic Anemia.
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- Acute Febrile Neutrophilic DermatosisDr. Kressel isExperienced. Learn about Acute Febrile Neutrophilic Dermatosis.
- Acute Mountain SicknessDr. Kressel isExperienced. Learn about Acute Mountain Sickness.
- Acute Myeloblastic Leukemia with Maturation
- Acute Myeloblastic Leukemia without Maturation
- Acute Myeloid Leukemia (AML)Dr. Kressel isExperienced. Learn about Acute Myeloid Leukemia (AML).
- Adult Immune ThrombocytopeniaDr. Kressel isExperienced. Learn about Adult Immune Thrombocytopenia.