Title(s):
Associate Professor of Oncology
Associate Professor of Medicine
Associate Professor of Medicine
Appointment Phone:
410-955-8964
Primary Location:
Johns Hopkins Sidney Kimmel Comprehensive Cancer Center
Expertise:
Bone Marrow Transplantation/ Stem Cell Transplantation, Chronic Lymphoblastic Leukemia, General Internal Medicine, Hodgkin's Disease, Lymphoma, Non-Hodgkin's Lymphoma
Education and Experience
Training
- University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine (Pittsburgh PA)/ (1999)
Residencies
- Brigham and Women's Hospital (Boston MA)/ Internal Medicine (2002)
Fellowships
- The Johns Hopkins Hospital (Baltimore MD)/ Oncology/Hematology (2005)
Certifications
- Internal Medicine, American Board of Internal Medicine (2012)
- Hematology, American Board of Internal Medicine (2005)
- Medical Oncology, American Board of Internal Medicine (2005)
Locations
Johns Hopkins Sidney Kimmel Comprehensive Cancer Center
401 N. Broadway
Baltimore, MD 21231
Phone: 41-955-8839
Appointment Phone: 410-955-8964
Fax: 410-955-8587
Location Map
Department / Division
- Oncology
- Medicine
Centers/Institutes
Centers / Institutes
- Sidney Kimmel Comprehensive Cancer Center
Bio
Expertise
- Bone Marrow Transplantation/ Stem Cell Transplantation
- Chronic Lymphoblastic Leukemia
- General Internal Medicine
- Hodgkin's Disease
- Lymphoma
- Non-Hodgkin's Lymphoma
Research
Research and Publications
Bolanos-Meade, J.; Garrett-Mayer, E.; Luznik, L.; Anders, V.; Webb, J.; Fuchs, E.J.; Huff, C.A.; Matsui, W.; Borrello, I.M.; Brodsky, R.; Kasamon, Y.L.; Swinnen, L.J.; Flinn, I.W.; Ambinder, R.F.; Jones, R.J.; Hess, A.D.; Vogelsang, G.B. Induction of autologous graft-versus-host disease: results of a randomized prospective clinical trial in patients with poor risk lymphoma. Biol Blood Marrow Transplant. 2007 Oct;13(10):1185-1191.
Kasamon, Y.L. Blood or marrow transplantation for mantle cell lymphoma. Curr Opin Oncol. 2007 Mar;19(2):128-135.
Kasamon, Y.L.; Flinn, I.W. Management of symptomatic, untreated chronic lymphocytic leukemia. Blood Rev. 2007 May;21(3):143-156.
Kasamon, Y.L.; Jones, R.J.; Wahl, R.L. Integrating PET and PET/CT into the risk-adapted therapy of lymphoma. J Nucl Med. 2007 Jan;48 Suppl 1:19S-27S.
Kasamon, Y.L.; Ambinder, R.F. Immunotherapies for Hodgkin''s lymphoma. Critical reviews in oncology/hematology. 2008 May;66(2):135-144.
Kasamon, Y.L.; Wahl, R.L. FDG PET and risk-adapted therapy in Hodgkin''s and non-Hodgkin''s lymphoma. Curr Opin Oncol. 2008 Mar;20(2):206-219.
Swinnen, L.J.; LeBlanc, M.; Grogan, T.M.; Gordon, L.I.; Stiff, P.J.; Miller, A.M.; Kasamon, Y.; Miller, T.P.; Fisher, R.I. Prospective study of sequential reduction in immunosuppression, interferon alpha-2B, and chemotherapy for posttransplantation lymphoproliferative disorder. Transplantation. 2008 Jul 27;86(2):215-222.
Bolanos-Meade, J.; Luznik, L.; Muth, M.; Matsui, W.H.; Huff, C.A.; Smith, B.D.; Levy, M.Y.; Kasamon, Y.L.; Swinnen, L.J.; Powell, J.D.; Brodsky, R.A.; Ambinder, R.F.; Jones, R.J.; Fuchs, E.J. Salvage transplantation for allograft failure using fludarabine and alemtuzumab as conditioning regimen. Bone Marrow Transplant. 2009 Mar;43(6):477-480.
Jones, R.J.; Gocke, C.D.; Kasamon, Y.L.; Miller, C.B.; Perkins, B.; Barber, J.P.; Vala, M.S.; Gerber, J.M.; Gellert, L.L.; Siedner, M.; Lemas, M.V.; Brennan, S.; Ambinder, R.F.; Matsui, W. Circulating clonotypic B cells in classic Hodgkin lymphoma. Blood. 2009 Jun 4;113(23):5920-5926.
Kasamon, Y.L.; Luznik, L.; Leffell, M.S.; Kowalski, J.; Tsai, H.L.; Bolanos-Meade, J.; Morris, L.E.; Crilley, P.A.; O''Donnell, P.V.; Rossiter, N.; Huff, C.A.; Brodsky, R.A.; Matsui, W.H.; Swinnen, L.J.; Borrello, I.; Powell, J.D.; Ambinder, R.F.; Jones, R.J.; Fuchs, E.J. Nonmyeloablative HLA-Haploidentical BMT with High-Dose Posttransplantation Cyclophosphamide: Effect of HLA Disparity on Outcome. Biol Blood Marrow Transplant. 2009 Nov 16.
Kasamon, Y.L.; Wahl, R.L.; Ziessman, H.A.; Blackford, A.L.; Goodman, S.N.; Fidyk, C.A.; Rogers, K.M.; Bolanos-Meade, J.; Borowitz, M.J.; Ambinder, R.F.; Jones, R.J.; Swinnen, L.J. Phase II study of risk-adapted therapy of newly diagnosed, aggressive non-Hodgkin lymphoma based on midtreatment FDG-PET scanning. Biol Blood Marrow Transplant. 2009 Feb;15(2):242-248.
Kasamon, Y.L.; Jones, R.J.; Brodsky, R.A.; Fuchs, E.J.; Matsui, W.; Luznik, L.; Powell, J.D.; Blackford, A.L.; Goodrich, A.; Gocke, C.D.; Abrams, R.A.; Ambinder, R.F.; Flinn, I.W. Immunologic recovery following autologous stem-cell transplantation with pre- and posttransplantation rituximab for low-grade or mantle cell lymphoma. Ann Oncol. 2010 Jun;21(6):1203-1210.
Kasamon, Y.L.; Jones, R.J.; Gocke, C.D.; Blackford, A.L.; Seifter, E.J.; Davis-Sproul, J.M.; Gore, S.D.; Ambinder, R.F. Extended Follow-Up of Autologous Bone Marrow Transplantation with 4-Hydroperoxycyclophosphamide (4-HC) Purging for Indolent or Transformed Non-Hodgkin''s Lymphomas. Biol Blood Marrow Transplant. 2010 Jul 21.
Kasamon, Y.L.; Luznik, L.; Leffell, M.S.; Kowalski, J.; Tsai, H.L.; Bolanos-Meade, J.; Morris, L.E.; Crilley, P.A.; O''Donnell, P.V.; Rossiter, N.; Huff, C.A.; Brodsky, R.A.; Matsui, W.H.; Swinnen, L.J.; Borrello, I.; Powell, J.D.; Ambinder, R.F.; Jones, R.J.; Fuchs, E.J. Nonmyeloablative HLA-haploidentical bone marrow transplantation with high-dose posttransplantation cyclophosphamide: effect of HLA disparity on outcome. Biol Blood Marrow Transplant. 2010 Apr;16(4):482-489.
Luznik, L.; Bolanos-Meade, J.; Zahurak, M.; Chen, A.R.; Smith, B.D.; Brodsky, R.; Huff, C.A.; Borrello, I.; Matsui, W.; Powell, J.D.; Kasamon, Y.; Goodman, S.N.; Hess, A.; Levitsky, H.I.; Ambinder, R.F.; Jones, R.J.; Fuchs, E.J. High-dose cyclophosphamide as single-agent, short-course prophylaxis of graft-versus-host disease. Blood. 2010 Apr 22;115(16):3224-3230.
Smith, B.D.; Kasamon, Y.L.; Kowalski, J.; Gocke, C.; Murphy, K.; Miller, C.B.; Garrett-Mayer, E.; Tsai, H.L.; Qin, L.; Chia, C.; Biedrzycki, B.; Harding, T.C.; Tu, G.H.; Jones, R.; Hege, K.; Levitsky, H.I. K562/GM-CSF immunotherapy reduces tumor burden in chronic myeloid leukemia patients with residual disease on imatinib mesylate. Clin Cancer Res. 2010 Jan 1;16(1):338-347.
Kasamon, Y.L. Prognostication and Risk-Adapted Therapy of Hodgkin''s Lymphoma Using Positron Emission Tomography. Adv Hematol. 2011;2011:271595.
Kasamon, Y.L. Blood or marrow transplantation for mantle cell lymphoma. Curr Opin Oncol. 2007 Mar;19(2):128-135.
Kasamon, Y.L.; Flinn, I.W. Management of symptomatic, untreated chronic lymphocytic leukemia. Blood Rev. 2007 May;21(3):143-156.
Kasamon, Y.L.; Jones, R.J.; Wahl, R.L. Integrating PET and PET/CT into the risk-adapted therapy of lymphoma. J Nucl Med. 2007 Jan;48 Suppl 1:19S-27S.
Kasamon, Y.L.; Ambinder, R.F. Immunotherapies for Hodgkin''s lymphoma. Critical reviews in oncology/hematology. 2008 May;66(2):135-144.
Kasamon, Y.L.; Wahl, R.L. FDG PET and risk-adapted therapy in Hodgkin''s and non-Hodgkin''s lymphoma. Curr Opin Oncol. 2008 Mar;20(2):206-219.
Swinnen, L.J.; LeBlanc, M.; Grogan, T.M.; Gordon, L.I.; Stiff, P.J.; Miller, A.M.; Kasamon, Y.; Miller, T.P.; Fisher, R.I. Prospective study of sequential reduction in immunosuppression, interferon alpha-2B, and chemotherapy for posttransplantation lymphoproliferative disorder. Transplantation. 2008 Jul 27;86(2):215-222.
Bolanos-Meade, J.; Luznik, L.; Muth, M.; Matsui, W.H.; Huff, C.A.; Smith, B.D.; Levy, M.Y.; Kasamon, Y.L.; Swinnen, L.J.; Powell, J.D.; Brodsky, R.A.; Ambinder, R.F.; Jones, R.J.; Fuchs, E.J. Salvage transplantation for allograft failure using fludarabine and alemtuzumab as conditioning regimen. Bone Marrow Transplant. 2009 Mar;43(6):477-480.
Jones, R.J.; Gocke, C.D.; Kasamon, Y.L.; Miller, C.B.; Perkins, B.; Barber, J.P.; Vala, M.S.; Gerber, J.M.; Gellert, L.L.; Siedner, M.; Lemas, M.V.; Brennan, S.; Ambinder, R.F.; Matsui, W. Circulating clonotypic B cells in classic Hodgkin lymphoma. Blood. 2009 Jun 4;113(23):5920-5926.
Kasamon, Y.L.; Luznik, L.; Leffell, M.S.; Kowalski, J.; Tsai, H.L.; Bolanos-Meade, J.; Morris, L.E.; Crilley, P.A.; O''Donnell, P.V.; Rossiter, N.; Huff, C.A.; Brodsky, R.A.; Matsui, W.H.; Swinnen, L.J.; Borrello, I.; Powell, J.D.; Ambinder, R.F.; Jones, R.J.; Fuchs, E.J. Nonmyeloablative HLA-Haploidentical BMT with High-Dose Posttransplantation Cyclophosphamide: Effect of HLA Disparity on Outcome. Biol Blood Marrow Transplant. 2009 Nov 16.
Kasamon, Y.L.; Wahl, R.L.; Ziessman, H.A.; Blackford, A.L.; Goodman, S.N.; Fidyk, C.A.; Rogers, K.M.; Bolanos-Meade, J.; Borowitz, M.J.; Ambinder, R.F.; Jones, R.J.; Swinnen, L.J. Phase II study of risk-adapted therapy of newly diagnosed, aggressive non-Hodgkin lymphoma based on midtreatment FDG-PET scanning. Biol Blood Marrow Transplant. 2009 Feb;15(2):242-248.
Kasamon, Y.L.; Jones, R.J.; Brodsky, R.A.; Fuchs, E.J.; Matsui, W.; Luznik, L.; Powell, J.D.; Blackford, A.L.; Goodrich, A.; Gocke, C.D.; Abrams, R.A.; Ambinder, R.F.; Flinn, I.W. Immunologic recovery following autologous stem-cell transplantation with pre- and posttransplantation rituximab for low-grade or mantle cell lymphoma. Ann Oncol. 2010 Jun;21(6):1203-1210.
Kasamon, Y.L.; Jones, R.J.; Gocke, C.D.; Blackford, A.L.; Seifter, E.J.; Davis-Sproul, J.M.; Gore, S.D.; Ambinder, R.F. Extended Follow-Up of Autologous Bone Marrow Transplantation with 4-Hydroperoxycyclophosphamide (4-HC) Purging for Indolent or Transformed Non-Hodgkin''s Lymphomas. Biol Blood Marrow Transplant. 2010 Jul 21.
Kasamon, Y.L.; Luznik, L.; Leffell, M.S.; Kowalski, J.; Tsai, H.L.; Bolanos-Meade, J.; Morris, L.E.; Crilley, P.A.; O''Donnell, P.V.; Rossiter, N.; Huff, C.A.; Brodsky, R.A.; Matsui, W.H.; Swinnen, L.J.; Borrello, I.; Powell, J.D.; Ambinder, R.F.; Jones, R.J.; Fuchs, E.J. Nonmyeloablative HLA-haploidentical bone marrow transplantation with high-dose posttransplantation cyclophosphamide: effect of HLA disparity on outcome. Biol Blood Marrow Transplant. 2010 Apr;16(4):482-489.
Luznik, L.; Bolanos-Meade, J.; Zahurak, M.; Chen, A.R.; Smith, B.D.; Brodsky, R.; Huff, C.A.; Borrello, I.; Matsui, W.; Powell, J.D.; Kasamon, Y.; Goodman, S.N.; Hess, A.; Levitsky, H.I.; Ambinder, R.F.; Jones, R.J.; Fuchs, E.J. High-dose cyclophosphamide as single-agent, short-course prophylaxis of graft-versus-host disease. Blood. 2010 Apr 22;115(16):3224-3230.
Smith, B.D.; Kasamon, Y.L.; Kowalski, J.; Gocke, C.; Murphy, K.; Miller, C.B.; Garrett-Mayer, E.; Tsai, H.L.; Qin, L.; Chia, C.; Biedrzycki, B.; Harding, T.C.; Tu, G.H.; Jones, R.; Hege, K.; Levitsky, H.I. K562/GM-CSF immunotherapy reduces tumor burden in chronic myeloid leukemia patients with residual disease on imatinib mesylate. Clin Cancer Res. 2010 Jan 1;16(1):338-347.
Kasamon, Y.L. Prognostication and Risk-Adapted Therapy of Hodgkin''s Lymphoma Using Positron Emission Tomography. Adv Hematol. 2011;2011:271595.
Research Interests
- clinical investigation of Hodgkin's and non-Hodgkin's lymphoma
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- Lymphoma
- Non-Hodgkin's Lymphoma
- Hodgkin's Disease
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