Stephen Joseph Meltzer, M.D.

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  • Professor of Medicine
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Languages: English, French, German

Expertise

Barrett's Esophagus, Esophageal Cancer, Gastroenterology, Gastroesophageal Reflux Disease (GERD) ...read more

Research Interests

Molecular pathophysiology and translational research in Barrett’s esophagus-associated neoplastic progression ...read more

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Locations

Johns Hopkins Medicine - Green Spring Station

Appointment Phone: 410-933-7495
2360 W. Joppa Road
Joppa Concourse Suite 205
Lutherville, MD 21093
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Background

Dr. Stephen J. Meltzer is a Professor of Medicine and Oncology at Johns Hopkins University, Division of Gastroenterology. He is the Director of GI Early Detection Biomarkers Laboratory and a member of the Johns Hopkins Kimmel Cancer Center. His research interests are Gastrointestinal cancer and precancer biomarker discover, development and validation; genomics, epigenomics and bioinformatics, early detection of cancer, outcomes research in cancer and precancer, risk stratification prediction in cancer and precancer, Barrett's esophagus, inflammatory bowel disease-associated cancer, liver cancer and gastric cancer. After receiving degree in Medicine at the State University of New York Medical School, Dr. Meltzer interned at Tulane University in New Orleans and University of Texas Medical Branch in Galveston, TX. He completed his fellowship training program in the University of Colorado and the Lenox Hill Hospital. He was an Assistant Professor in UCLA, Center for Health Science in 1987. Prior to joining the faculty at Johns Hopkins in 2006, he was Professor of Medicine and Pharmacology, Founder and Head of Aero digestive Cancer/Biomarker Program in School of Medicine, University of Maryland at Baltimore. He is an Associate Editor of Cancer Research and a member of the editorial board of Esophageal. He has published 152 original scientific papers in high-impact scientific journals. He also has 43 chapters, review articles, editorials, or letters to the editor; 1 book; and 139 abstracts to his name. He has given a plethora of invited lectures around the world, all involving his principal field of esophageal and gastrointestinal cancer research. He has been the recipient of numerous prestigious national and international awards, including the Robert and Sally D. Funderburg Award in Gastric Cancer Biology and membership in the American Society for Clinical Investigation.

Special Interests: Gastrointestinal cancer and precancer biomarker discover, development and validation; genomics, epigenomics and bioinformatics, early detection of cancer, outcomes research in cancer and precancer, risk stratification prediction in cancer and precancer. Barrett's esophagus, inflammatory bowel disease-associated cancer, liver cancer, gastric cancer

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Titles

  • Professor of Medicine
  • Professor of Oncology

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Education

Degrees

  • MD; University at Buffalo Jacobs School of Medicine & Biomedical Sciences (1979)

Residencies

  • Internal Medicine; University of Texas Medical Branch School of Medicine (1982)

Fellowships

  • Gastroenterology; Lenox Hill Hospital (1985)
  • Gastroenterology; University of Colorado Health Sciences Center (1984)

Board Certifications

  • American Board of Internal Medicine (Gastroenterology) (1985)
  • American Board of Internal Medicine (Internal Medicine) (1982)

Research & Publications

Lab

Lab Website: GI Biomarkers Laboratory

Selected Publications

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Increased expression of inducible nitric oxide synthase and cyclooxygenase-2 in Barrett's esophagus and associated adenocarcinomas KT Wilson, S Fu, KS Ramanujam, SJ Meltzer Cancer Research 58 (14), 2929-2934

Microsatellite instability in the insulin-like growth factor II receptor gene in gastrointestinal tumours. RF Souza, R Appel, J Yin, S Wang, KN Smolinski, JM Abraham, TT Zou, ... Nature genetics 14 (3), 255

PTEN1 is frequently mutated in primary endometrial carcinomas D Kong, A Suzuki, TT Zou, A Sakurada, LW Kemp, S Wakatsuki, ...Nature genetics 17 (2), 143-144

Hypermethylated APC DNA in plasma and prognosis of patients with esophageal adenocarcinoma K Kawakami, J Brabender, RV Lord, S Groshen, BD Greenwald, ... Journal of the National Cancer Institute 92 (22), 1805-1811

Generation and multiomic profiling of a TP53/CDKN2A double-knockout gastroesophageal junction organoid model

HUA ZHAO, YULAN CHENG, ANDREW KALRA, KE MA, YUEYUAN ZHENG, BENJAMIN ZIMAN, CAITLIN TRESSLER, KRISTINE GLUNDE, EUN JI SHIN, SAOWANEE NGAMRUENGPHONG, MOUEN KHASHAB, VIKESH SINGH, ROBERT A. ANDERS, SIMRAN JIT, NICOLAS WYHS, WEI CHEN, XU LI, DE-CHEN LIN, AND STEPHEN J. MELTZER 

SCIENCE TRANSLATIONAL MEDICINE, 30 Nov 2022 Vol 14, Issue 673

DOI: 10.1126/scitranslmed.abq6146

https://www.science.org/stoken/author-tokens/ST-900/full

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