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The Sidney Kimmel Comprehensive Cancer Center

Immune-Related Toxicity Team

About Us

Mission



Develop a strategic initiative to advance understanding of immune-related toxicity through collaborative research networks, and improve outcomes for patients experiencing irAEs through education and quality initiatives

Research Aims

Understand immunologic basis of irAEs
Determine risk factors for developing irAEs
Develop tailored, mechanistic strategies for treating and preventing irAEs
Evaluate strategies for decoupling toxicity from anti-tumor immunity
Determine best practices for caring for high-risk patients treated with immunotherapy

Vision

The immune-related toxicity team is a multidisciplinary group of physicians, nurses and researchers who work together to provide a comprehensive approach to the care and study of immune-related adverse events (irAEs). Efforts of the immune-related toxicity team include optimizing clinical care pathways to provide timely, accessible and appropriate care; advancing understanding and management of toxicities through clinical and translational research; and providing educational initiatives for clinicians, nurses and patients.

Our Leadership

  • Laura Cappelli, MD MHS

    • Co-Director, Immune-Related Toxicity Team

    Expertise: Rheumatology

    Primary Location: Johns Hopkins Bayview Medical Center, Baltimore, MD

  • Aliyah Pabani, MD MPH

    • Co-Director, Immune-Related Toxicity Team

    Expertise: Thoracic Medical Oncology, Head and Neck Medical Oncology, Medical Oncology

    Primary Location: Skip Viragh Outpatient Cancer Center, Baltimore, MD

Meet Our Team

Rheumatology

  • Laura Cappelli, MD MHS

    • Co-Director, Immune-Related Toxicity Team

    Expertise: Rheumatology

    Primary Location: Johns Hopkins Bayview Medical Center, Baltimore, MD

  • Ami Shah, MD

    • Director, Division of Rheumatology, Department of Medicine

    Expertise: Rheumatology

    Primary Location: Johns Hopkins Bayview Medical Center, Baltimore, MD

  • Clifton Oragon Bingham, MD

    • Director, Johns Hopkins Arthritis Center

    Expertise: Rheumatology

    Primary Location: Johns Hopkins Bayview Medical Center, Baltimore, MD

  • Alan Baer, MD

    • Director, Jerome Greene Sjogren's Syndrome Clinic

    Expertise: Rheumatology

    Primary Location: Johns Hopkins Bayview Medical Center, Baltimore, MD

Endocrine

  • Jenna S. Mammen, MD PhD

    Expertise: Endocrinology, Hospital Medicine

    Primary Location: Johns Hopkins Bayview Medical Center, Baltimore, MD

  • Jordan Emily Perlman, MD

    Expertise: Endocrinology

    Primary Location: Johns Hopkins Outpatient Center, Baltimore, MD

  • Kendall Moseley, MD

    • Clinical Director, Division of Endocrinology, Diabetes & Metabolism

    Expertise: Endocrinology

    Primary Location: Johns Hopkins Bayview Medical Center, Baltimore, MD

  • Roberto Salvatori, MD

    • Medical Director, Johns Hopkins Pituitary Center

    Expertise: Endocrinology

    Primary Location: Johns Hopkins Outpatient Center, Baltimore, MD

Pulmonary

  • Karthik Suresh, MD

    • Associate Fellowship Program Director

    Expertise: Pulmonology, Critical Care Medicine, Hospital Medicine, Medical Oncology

    Primary Location: Johns Hopkins Health Care & Surgery Center - Green Spring Station, Lutherville, Lutherville, MD

  • Sonye Danoff, MD

    • Co-Director, Johns Hopkins Interstitial Lung Disease/Pulmonary Fibrosis Program

    Expertise: Pulmonology

    Primary Location: Johns Hopkins Bayview Medical Center, Baltimore, MD

  • Lonny Yarmus, DO

    • Vice Chair for Clinical Business Development & Strategy, Department of Medicine

    Expertise: Pulmonology

    Primary Location: The Johns Hopkins Hospital, Baltimore, MD

  • Jeffrey Thiboutot, MD MHS

    Expertise: Pulmonology

    Primary Location: Johns Hopkins Bayview Medical Center, Baltimore, MD

Gastroenterology

  • Alyssa Parian, MD

    Expertise: Gastroenterology, Hospital Medicine

    Primary Location: Johns Hopkins Bayview Medical Center, Baltimore, MD

  • Joanna Miller Peloquin Melia, MD

    Expertise: Gender Affirming Care, Gastroenterology

    Primary Location: Johns Hopkins Health Care & Surgery Center - Green Spring Station, Lutherville, Lutherville, MD

  • Eun Ji Shin, MD

    Expertise: Gastroenterology

    Primary Location: Johns Hopkins Endoscopy & Surgery Center - Columbia, Columbia, MD

  • Amy Kim, MD

    Expertise: Gastroenterology

    Primary Location: Skip Viragh Outpatient Cancer Center, Baltimore, MD

  • Vikesh Singh, MD MSC

    • Director of Pancreatology

    Expertise: Gastroenterology

    Primary Location: Johns Hopkins Health Care & Surgery Center - Green Spring Station, Lutherville, Lutherville, MD

Neurology

John C. Probasco, MD

  • Vice Chair for Quality, Safety, and Service, Department of Neurology, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine

Expertise: Neurology

Primary Location: Johns Hopkins Outpatient Center, Baltimore, MD

Cardiology

  • Joban Vaishnav, MD

    • Director, Johns Hopkins Comprehensive Amyloidosis Center

    Expertise: Cardiology

    Primary Location: Johns Hopkins Outpatient Center, Baltimore, MD

  • Tala K Al-Talib, MD

    • Medical Director, Johns Hopkins Cardiology at Greenspring Station

    Expertise: Cardiology

    Primary Location: Johns Hopkins Health Care & Surgery Center - Green Spring Station, Lutherville, Lutherville, MD

  • Luigi Adamo, MD PhD

    • Director, Cardiac Immunology

    Expertise: Cardiology

    Primary Location: Greater Baltimore Medical Center, Baltimore, MD

Nephrology

  • Jose Manuel Monroy Trujillo, MD

    • Associate Program Director, Nephrology Fellowship

    Expertise: Nephrology

    Primary Location: Johns Hopkins Bayview Medical Center, Baltimore, MD

  • Farah Abifaraj, MD

    Expertise: Nephrology

    Primary Location: Johns Hopkins Community Physicians - Johns Hopkins Health Care & Surgery Center, White Marsh, Nottingham, MD

Otolaryngology

Jean Kim, MD PhD

Expertise: Otolaryngology

Primary Location: Johns Hopkins Bayview Medical Center, Baltimore, MD

Dermatology

  • Jihad Alhariri, MD

    Expertise: Dermatology

    Primary Location: Johns Hopkins Outpatient Center, Baltimore, MD

  • Inbal B Sander, MD

    • Director of Medical Student Rotations/Clerkships, Department of Dermatology

    Expertise: Dermatopathology, Dermatology

    Primary Location: Howard County Medical Pavilion, Columbia, MD

Oncology

  • Aliyah Pabani, MD MPH

    • Co-Director, Immune-Related Toxicity Team

    Expertise: Thoracic Medical Oncology, Head and Neck Medical Oncology, Medical Oncology

    Primary Location: Skip Viragh Outpatient Cancer Center, Baltimore, MD

  • Julie Brahmer, MD

    • Co-Director of the Upper Aerodigestive Department within the Bloomberg~Kimmel Institute for Cancer Immunotherapy

    Expertise: Medical Oncology

    Primary Location: Skip Viragh Outpatient Cancer Center, Baltimore, MD

  • Evan Lipson, MD

    Expertise: Head and Neck Medical Oncology, Medical Oncology

    Primary Location: Sibley Memorial Hospital, Washington, DC

  • Patrick Forde, MBBCH

    • Co-Director, Division of Upper Aerodigestive Malignancies

    Expertise: Medical Oncology

    Primary Location: Johns Hopkins Bayview Medical Center, Baltimore, MD

  • William Sharfman, MD

    • Director, Cutaneous Oncology

    Expertise: Head and Neck Medical Oncology, Medical Oncology

    Primary Location: Johns Hopkins Health Care & Surgery Center - Green Spring Station, Lutherville, Lutherville, MD

  • Kristen A. Marrone, MD

    • Program Director, Hematology/Medical Oncology Fellowship Program

    Expertise: Medical Oncology

    Primary Location: Johns Hopkins Bayview Medical Center, Baltimore, MD

  • Cesar Augusto Santa-Maria, MD MSCI

    Expertise: Medical Oncology

    Primary Location: Skip Viragh Outpatient Cancer Center, Baltimore, MD

  • Yasser Mohamed Ali Ged, MBBS

    • Co-Director, Kidney Cancer Research Program

    Expertise: Medical Oncology

    Primary Location: Skip Viragh Outpatient Cancer Center, Baltimore, MD

  • Matthias Holdhoff, MD PhD

    • Co-Director, Brain Cancer Disease Group, Sidney Kimmel Comprehensive Cancer Center

    Expertise: Medical Oncology

    Primary Location: Skip Viragh Outpatient Cancer Center, Baltimore, MD

  • Tania Jain, MBBS

    • Director, Immune Effector Cell Therapy Program, Johns Hopkins University

    Expertise: Hematology Oncology

    Primary Location: Sidney Kimmel Comprehensive Cancer Center, Baltimore, MD

  • Mark Yarchoan, MD

    Expertise: Medical Oncology

    Primary Location: Skip Viragh Outpatient Cancer Center, Baltimore, MD

Oncology Nursing

 

Joanne Riemer | [email protected]
Anna Ferguson | [email protected]
Maureen Berg | [email protected]

 
 

Medicine

Laura Cappelli, MD MHS

  • Co-Director, Immune-Related Toxicity Team

Expertise: Rheumatology

Primary Location: Johns Hopkins Bayview Medical Center, Baltimore, MD

Ophthalmology

  • Meghan Berkenstock, MD

    Expertise: Uveitis, Comprehensive Ophthalmology

    Primary Location: Bel Air Surgery Center, Bel Air, MD

  • Jennifer Thorne, MD PhD

    • Chief, Division of Ocular Immunology

    Expertise: Uveitis

    Primary Location: The Johns Hopkins Hospital, Baltimore, MD

Infectious Diseases

  • Robin Kimiko Avery, MD

    Expertise: Infectious Diseases

    Primary Location: Johns Hopkins Health Care & Surgery Center - Green Spring Station, Lutherville, Lutherville, MD

  • Olivia Saturno Kates, MD MA

    Expertise: Infectious Diseases

    Primary Location: The Johns Hopkins Hospital, Baltimore, MD

Hematology

Rakhi Naik, MD MHS

  • Director, Hematology Fellowship Track

Expertise: Hematology

Primary Location: Johns Hopkins Bayview Medical Center, Baltimore, MD