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Kimmel in DC with Dr. Ashwani Rajput – Johns Hopkins in the Greater Washington DC Region

May 19, 2021

In this Kimmel in DC podcast, Dr Ashwani Rajput speaks with Carolyn Carpenter, the President of the Johns Hopkins Health System in the National Capital Region, about her career path in healthcare administration and her vision for Johns Hopkins and the Kimmel Cancer Center in the greater Washington DC area.    

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Kimmel in DC with Dr. Ashwani Rajput – Medical Student George Zhang

April 7, 2021

Dr Ashwani Rajput talks with medical student George Zhang about his educational path to becoming a doctor, pursuing a master's degree at the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, and his upcoming residency at Brigham and Women's Hospital.    

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Kimmel in DC with Dr. Ashwani Rajput – Colorectal Cancer Surgery

March 24, 2021

In this Kimmel in DC podcast, Dr Ashwani Rajput and Dr Haniee Chung discuss the screening and surgical options for colorectal cancer. March is colorectal cancer awareness month, so remember to speak with your doctor about the right time to begin screening.

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Kimmel in DC with Dr. Ashwani Rajput – Colorectal Cancer Awareness Month

March 3, 2021

March is Colorectal Cancer Awareness Month and in this Kimmel in DC podcast, Dr Ashwani Rajput speaks with Dr Valerie Lee about the importance of screening as well as the diagnosis and treatment for patients who develop the disease.  

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Kimmel in DC with Dr. Ashwani Rajput – Breast Cancer Surgery

February 10, 2021

In this Kimmel in DC podcast, Dr Ashwani Rajput and Dr Maureen O'Donnell discuss the surgery options for patients diagnosed with breast cancer.  

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World Cancer Day

February 4, 2021

Thursday, February 4, 2021 marks World Cancer Day.  This date was selected in 2000 by the Union for International Cancer Control (UICC) as a positive way to unite the globe in the fight against cancer.  Statistics compiled by the American Cancer Society show that there were 17 million cancer cases diagnosed worldwide and 9.5 million […]

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Kimmel in DC with Dr Ashwani Rajput – Gastrointestinal Cancers

February 3, 2021

In the latest Kimmel in DC podcast, Dr Ashwani Rajput talks with Dr Michael Pishvaian about treating patients with gastrointestinal cancers, specifically colorectal cancer and pancreatic cancer, as well as the importance of clinical trials in developing improved standard practices of care.      

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Kimmel In DC with Dr. Ashwani Rajput – Lung Cancer in the National Capital Region

November 11, 2020

Dr Ashwani Rajput, the Director of the Johns Hopkins Kimmel Cancer Center in the National Capital Region, begins his podcast series speaking with Dr Ben Levy from Sibley Memorial Hospital about the treatment of lung cancer and the cancer services available through the Kimmel Cancer Center in the Greater Washington DC Area.    

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Cancer Matters: Conversations About Race, Disparities, and Equity in Care

September 28, 2020

The Johns Hopkins Kimmel Cancer Center is presenting the final episode of a virtual series on December 18 at 4pm EST addressing access to cancer care, social determinants of health, and ethnic composition of cancer physicians. Cancer center leaders Dr William Nelson, Dr Akila Viswanathan, Dr Otis Brawley and Dr Ashwani Rajput hosted discussions on urgent […]

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Cancer Matters with Dr. Bill Nelson – Re-Animating Cancer Surgery

June 11, 2020

In this Cancer Matters podcast, Dr Bill Nelson and Dr Ashwani Rajput, the Director of the Kimmel Cancer Center in the National Capital Region, discuss how the Johns Hopkins Health System will deal with a backlog of cancer surgeries that were delayed by COVID-19.  

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