
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 Advanced provider by MediFind in Pancreaticoduodenectomy. 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 7 articles in the study of Pancreaticoduodenectomy.
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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
Dr. Laheru 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.
9 Clinical Trials
Skip Viragh Outpatient Cancer Center
Ana De Jesus is an Oncologist in Baltimore, Maryland. Dr. De Jesus is rated as a Distinguished provider by MediFind in Pancreaticoduodenectomy. Her top areas of expertise are Pancreatic Cancer, Neuroendocrine Tumor, Pancreatic Islet Cell Tumor, Pancreaticoduodenectomy, and Pancreatectomy.
Elizabeth Jaffee is an Oncologist in Baltimore, Maryland. Dr. Jaffee is rated as a Distinguished provider by MediFind in Pancreaticoduodenectomy. Her top areas of expertise are Pancreatic Cancer, Pancreatic Ductal Adenocarcinoma, Fibrolamellar Carcinoma, Pancreaticoduodenectomy, and Hepato-Pancreato-Biliary Surgery.
Johns Hopkins Health Care & Surgery Center - Green Spring Station, Lutherville
Dr. Ross C. Donehower is an oncologist in the Baltimore area, caring for patients with gastrointestinal cancers. He was part of the team that developed premedications that allowed paclitaxel — a chemotherapy medication now used to treat several types of cancers — to be safely given to patients. The Virginia and D.K. Ludwig Professor in Clinical Investigation of Cancer, he serves as the director of the Hematology & Medical Oncology Fellowship Program and director of the Division of Medical Oncology at the Johns Hopkins School of Medicine. Dr. Donehower received his undergraduate degree from Hamline University and earned his M.D. from the University of Minnesota. He completed his residency at The Johns Hopkins Hospital. Dr. Donehower joined the Johns Hopkins faculty in 1980. Prior to joining Johns Hopkins, Dr. Donehower was a surgeon with the U.S. Public Health Service and a clinical associate of the medicine branch and clinical pharmacology branch at the National Cancer Institute. His research interests include gastrointestinal cancers, new anticancer drug development and pharmacology. Dr. Donehower serves on the editorial boards of numerous scholarly journals, including the International Journal of Oncology. He has been recognized by the American Society of Clinical Oncology with a 2017 Excellence in Teaching Award. He is a member of several professional organizations, including the American College of Physicians, the American Society of Clinical Oncology and the American Association for Cancer Research. Dr. Donehower is rated as a Distinguished provider by MediFind in Pancreaticoduodenectomy. His top areas of expertise are Colorectal Cancer, Neuroendocrine Tumor, Familial Colorectal Cancer, Pancreaticoduodenectomy, and Hepato-Pancreato-Biliary Surgery.
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.
- Advanced
- 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.


