Highlights
Johns Hopkins Affiliations:
- Johns Hopkins School of Medicine Faculty
About Jessica Tao
Primary Academic Title
Assistant Professor of Oncology
Johns Hopkins Physician
Background
Dr. Jessica Tao is a medical oncologist specializing in the care of patients with breast cancer. She co-leads the Cancer Center-wide Johns Hopkins Molecular Tumor Board, a multidisciplinary effort to interpret complex genomic information and provide individualized, precision oncology treatment recommendations to patients with all types of cancer.
In addition to caring for patients, Dr. Tao maintains an active clinical-translational research program dedicated to developing novel treatments to patients with advanced cancer. Her expertise and research focuses on finding and targeting the molecular changes that drive a person’s tumor and understanding novel mechanisms of response and resistance to targeted therapies. A second major area of her research is development and application of “liquid biopsy” technologies, including circulating tumor DNA, in the early detection and disease monitoring of breast cancer.
Clinical Trial Keywords
Targeted Therapies; Precision Medicine; Early Phase Clinical Trials; Molecular Diagnostics; Early Detection and Disease Monitoring; Breast Cancer
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Locations
- Skip Viragh Outpatient Cancer Center
- 201 North Broadway Street, Viragh BLDG 10th FL, Baltimore, MD 21287
- phone: 410-955-8964
- fax: 410-367-2194
Expertise
Education
Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center
Fellowship, Hematology and Oncology, 2019Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine
Residency, Medicine, 2016Harvard Medical School
Medical Education, MD, 2013Board Certifications
Medical Oncology
American Board of Internal Medicine, 2019Internal Medicine
American Board of Internal Medicine, 2016Insurance
- Aetna
- CareFirst
- Cigna
- First Health
- Geisinger Health Plan
- HealthSmart/Accel
- Humana
- Johns Hopkins Health Plans
- MultiPlan
- Pennsylvania's Preferred Health Networks (PPHN)
- Point Comfort Underwriters
- Private Healthcare Systems (PHCS)
- UnitedHealthcare
- Veteran Affairs Community Care Network (Optum-VACCN)
Ratings & Reviews
4.9 out of 5
45 ratings, 23 reviewsThe Patient Rating score is an average of all responses to physician related questions on the national CG-CAHPS Medical Practice patient experience survey through Press Ganey. Responses are measured on a scale of 1 to 5, with 5 being the best score. Comments are also gathered from our CG-CAHPS Medical Practice Survey through Press Ganey and displayed in their entirety. Patients are de-identified for confidentiality and patient privacy.
- 5 out of 5 starsReviewed on 3/17/2025
Dr. Tao is a very knowledgeable and compassionate health care provider. I love her mannerisms and the way she explains my situation and seeks my input. She leaves no stone unturned
- 5 out of 5 starsReviewed on 3/10/2025
First visit to discuss plan for providing needed medical care for a particular disease. Dr. Tao was easy to talk to and listened/answered all my questions.
- 5 out of 5 starsReviewed on 3/6/2025
Dr. Tao released me from the clinic and helped me with finding things online to further help me.
- 5 out of 5 starsReviewed on 2/24/2025
Dr. Tao is the absolute best! She always listens to my questions and gives great medical advice and comes prepared to our appointment. She is very professional, but also warm which makes it really easy to ask her any questions that come to mind. I would absolutely recommend her to everyone.
- 5 out of 5 starsReviewed on 1/30/2025
Dr. Tao, and her team are the best. They truly care about the patient. I have been treated wonderfully.
- 5 out of 5 starsReviewed on 1/9/2025
Magnificent!
- 5 out of 5 starsReviewed on 12/9/2024
Great care team and provider
- 5 out of 5 starsReviewed on 12/2/2024
Dr Tao is very compassionate, listens and makes helpful suggestions.
- 5 out of 5 starsReviewed on 11/25/2024
Dr. Tao is an incredible oncologist and she did an amazing job at listening to my concerns, answering my questions, and explaining information and treatment plans. She was very thorough when I first came to her which resulted in me getting the proper treatment. I love Dr. Tao and would recommend her to everyone!
- 5 out of 5 starsReviewed on 11/14/2024
Dr Tao is excellent!
- 5 out of 5 starsReviewed on 10/31/2024
She was very knowledgeable . Dr. Tao made me feel relaxed and she answered all my questions .
- 5 out of 5 starsReviewed on 10/28/2024
Dr Tao always takes time and listens. She is wonderful and I never feel rushed. She is great!!
- 5 out of 5 starsReviewed on 10/14/2024
Excellent provider! Takes care of me as person and not the person with cancer
- 5 out of 5 starsReviewed on 10/7/2024
Great
- 5 out of 5 starsReviewed on 10/3/2024
Dr. Tao is the best. She is knowledgeable and easy to talk with.
- 5 out of 5 starsReviewed on 9/5/2024
Always very professional and courteous.
- 5 out of 5 starsReviewed on 8/12/2024
I am very happy with my provider, Dr. Tao.
- 5 out of 5 starsReviewed on 7/1/2024
My visit with Dr. Tao was excellent. She is very friendly, very thorough and spent ample time with me.
- 5 out of 5 starsReviewed on 6/20/2024
I think my doctor and the nurses are great. I have had some poor experiences with some other assistants in the office.
- 5 out of 5 starsReviewed on 6/10/2024
She was very proactive and took time to discuss options for my treatment and why ongoing treatment is important.
- 5 out of 5 starsReviewed on 5/20/2024
Very nice and concern about your health Issues.
- 5 out of 5 starsReviewed on 4/29/2024
Dr Tao took a long time explaining the results of testing. She was easy to talk to.
- 5 out of 5 starsReviewed on 4/29/2024
Dr. Tao is an excellent physician. She is concerned, compassionate, thoughtful. She answers all my questions thoughtfully. She is a gem.