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Dr Bill Nelson talks with Dr Rick Jones about the genesis of the bone marrow transplant program at Johns Hopkins, the breakthroughs over the last five decades that have led to increasingly better outcomes for patients, and the founder of the BMT Program, Dr George Santos.

Dr Bill Nelson and Dr Ross Donehower discuss the origins of the drug development program at our cancer center and the first director, Dr O. Michael Colvin.

In the next podcast looking back at the first 50 years of the cancer center at Johns Hopkins, Dr Bill Nelson speaks with Dr Steven Piantadosi about the origin of quantitative sciences in cancer research.

Dr Bill Nelson speaks with Dr Srinivasan Yegnasubramanian and Dr Sean Taverna about their research into cell function and how that knowledge can be used to detect and prevent disease.

Dr Bill Nelson and Dr Ted DeWeese, the interim Dean of Faculty and CEO of Johns Hopkins Medicine, review the history of radiation oncology at Johns Hopkins.

In this edition of our podcast series on the history of our cancer center, Dr Bill Nelson speaks to Ed Miller, the former Dean of the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine and CEO of Johns Hopkins Medicine, about the second Director of the Johns Hopkins Kimmel Cancer Center, Dr Martin Abeloff.

Dr Ashwani Rajput talks with Dr Khaled El-Shami about the diagnosis, treatment, and care for patients with leukemias, lymphomas, and myelomas.

In the second edition of our podcast series looking back on the history of the Johns Hopkins Kimmel Cancer Center, Dr Bill Nelson speaks with Dr Donald Small, the Director of Pediatric Oncology, about the role Johns Hopkins played in the creation of the discipline of pediatric oncology.

Dr Akila Viswanathan and Dr Jean Wright discuss the most recent recommendations for treating breast cancer with radiation as part of our series for Seminars in Radiation Oncology.

2023 marks the 50th anniversary of the founding of the cancer center at Johns Hopkins. In recognition, this year will feature a series of podcasts looking back at the individuals that made our institution what it is today. We begin with Dr Bill Nelson speaking to Dr Jonathan Simons about the first leaders of the cancer center, Dr Albert Owens and Dr Donald Coffey.  

Dr Bill Nelson speaks with Lindsey Ledwin, a patient diagnosed with Chronic Myeloid Leukemia in 2018, and Dr Tania Jain one of her oncologists, about her cancer journey and advocacy for other patients being treated at the Johns Hopkins Kimmel Cancer Center.

Dr Bill Nelson speaks with Dr Valsamo Anagnostou, the Co-Director of the Johns Hopkins Kimmel Cancer Center's molecular tumor board, to explain what they do and how their work contributes to the treatment and care of patients with cancer.

Dr Bill Nelson speaks with Dr Stacy Cooper about the treatment of pediatric leukemia.

Dr Bill Nelson speaks with Dr Ralph Hruban, co-author of the new book, A Scientific Revolution: Ten Men and Women Who Reinvented American Medicine, about the founders of the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine and the generations of leaders in research and patient care that they would inspire. Click here for more information or to purchase the book.

Dr Otis Brawley speaks with Dr Qasim Hussaini, a Fellow in the Hematology and Medical Oncology Fellowship Program, about a study he recently presented on the impact of historical housing discrimination on present-day colon cancer outcomes.

Dr Akila Viswanathan speaks with Dr Xun Jia, Director of the Medical Physics Division at Johns Hopkins, on how physicists help create and execute radiation treatments for patients with cancer.

Dr Akila Viswanathan talks with Dr Michael Goldstein about his research into DNA Damage Response and how the damage to the DNA of cancer cells can be exploited to better treat patients.

Dr Ashwani Rajput speaks with Dr Karim Boudadi about treating head and neck cancers, including HPV-related cancers.

Dr Ashwani Rajput speaks with the Very Reverend Randy Hollerith, Dean of the Washington National Cathedral, about racial reconciliation, disparities in health care, and finding hope in discovery. Learn more about the Cathedral at cathedral.org.

Dr Bill Nelson speaks with Dr Ambereen Mehta and Dr Nathan Gray from the Palliative Care Program at Johns Hopkins Bayview Medical Center about the many ways patients can benefit from palliative care.