
Kathryn Lemberg, MD, PhD
Pediatric Medical Oncology
Sarcoma and Connective Tissue Medical Oncology
- Johns Hopkins School of Medicine Faculty
About Kathryn Lemberg
Primary Academic Title
Assistant Professor of Oncology
Background
Dr. Kathryn Lemberg is an Assistant Professor of Oncology and Pediatrics at the Sidney Kimmel Comprehensive Cancer Center. Her research, conducted with Johns Hopkins Drug Discovery, focuses on tumor metabolism and the development of new metabolic inhibitors to treat cancer. She has investigated novel glutamine antagonists in preclinical models of RAS-driven solid tumors. She is also interested in the effects of tumor metabolism on patient growth and development. Dr. Lemberg completed pediatrics residency training at Johns Hopkins and pediatric hematology-oncology fellowship training in the joint Johns Hopkins/National Cancer Institute program. She received her M.D. and Ph.D. degrees from the Medical Scientist Training Program at Columbia University in New York, where her graduate research focused on ferroptosis, a novel oxidative cell death in cancer models.
Dr. Lemberg sees pediatric and young adult sarcoma patients as part of the sarcoma team and has additional clinical focus on neurofibromatosis type I related solid tumors.
Locations
- Johns Hopkins Children's Center
- 1800 Orleans Street, Bloomberg 11N, Baltimore, MD 21287
- phone: 410-955-8751
- fax: 410-614-1802
Expertise
Education
Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine
Fellowship, Pediatric Hematology-Oncology, 2020National Institutes of Health
Fellowship, Pediatric Oncology, 2019Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine
Residency, Pediatrics, 2015Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons
Medical Education, MD, 2012Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons
Graduate School, PhD, 2011Board Certifications
Pediatric Hematology-Oncology
American Board of Pediatrics, 2021Pediatrics
American Board of Pediatrics, 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)