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Dung Le

Dung Le, MD

Medical Oncology

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Highlights

Age Groups Seen

  • Young Adult 18-25
  • Adult 26-64
  • Older Adult 65+

Languages

  • Vietnamese
  • English

Gender

Female

Johns Hopkins Affiliations:

  • Johns Hopkins School of Medicine Faculty

About Dung Le

Professional Titles

  • Bloomberg~Kimmel Professor of Cancer Immunotherapy

Primary Academic Title

Professor of Oncology

Johns Hopkins Physician

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Background

Dung Le, M.D. is a professor of oncology at the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine and member of the Johns Hopkins Kimmel Cancer Center.  Her research interests include novel approaches to patients with gastrointestinal malignancies. She has served as the principal investigator (PI) on many clinical trials focused on testing immunotherapy in patients with gastrointestinal malignancies and she has also served as the national PI on several studies including: anti-programmed death-1 (PD-1) in tumors with mismatch repair deficiency; a clinical trial in advanced pancreatic cancer patients evaluating the safety, tolerability and immune response to CRS-207, a listeria vaccine platform which has been modified to express the tumor antigen mesothelin; a multi-center, phase 2 study testing CRS-207 as a boost to allogenic pancreatic tumor cells transfected with GM-CSF gene (GVAX) for treatment of advanced pancreatic adenocarcinoma (PDA); a trial testing GVAX/ipilimumab in the maintenance setting for metastatic pancreatic cancer; and GVAX/CRS-207 +/- nivolumab in metastatic pancreatic cancer.

These studies incorporate extensive laboratory correlates and have involved collaborations with clinicians and bench scientists with expertise in the fields of immunotherapy and cancer genomics.

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Selected Publications

  • Le DT, Brockstedt DG, Nir-Paz R, Hampl J, Mathur S, Nemunaitis J, Sterman DH, Hassan R, Lutz E, Moyer B, Giedlin M, Louis JL, Sugar EA, Pons A, Cox AL, Levine J, Murphy AL, Illei P, Dubensky TW, Jr., Eiden JE, Jaffee EM, Laheru DA. A live-attenuated Listeria vaccine (ANZ-100) and a live-attenuated Listeria vaccine expressing mesothelin (CRS-207) for advanced cancers: phase I studies of safety and immune induction. Clin Cancer Res. 2012;18(3):858-868. PMCID: PMC3289408. Role: Lead investigator on multi-institutional study. Designed and conducted the study. Conducted analysis of both clinical and correlative studies and was primary author on manuscript. Funding: Received an ASCO Career Development Award to conduct this study. 

  • Le DT, Ladle BH, Lee T, Weiss V, Yao X, Leubner A, Armstrong TD, Jaffee EM. CD8(+) Foxp3(+) tumor infiltrating lymphocytes accumulate in the context of an effective anti-tumor response. Internat J Cancer. Journal international du cancer. 2011;129(3):636-647. PMCID: PMC3064958. Role: Designed and performed the experiments. Conducted data analysis. Primary author on manuscript.

  • Le DT, Lutz E, Uram JN, Sugar EA, Onners B, Solt S, Zheng L, Diaz LA Jr, Donehower RC, Jaffee EM, Laheru DA. Evaluation of ipilimumab in combination with allogeneic pancreatic tumor cells transfected with a GM-CSF gene in previously treated pancreatic cancer. J Immunotherapy. 2013;36(7):382-389. PMCID: PMC3779664. Role: Principal investigator study. Designed and conducted the study. Conducted analysis of both clinical and correlative studies and was primary author on manuscript. Funding: Wrote R21 that funded this study (R21CA126058-01A2).

  • Le DT, Uram JN, Wang H, Bartlett BR, Kemberling H, Eyring AD, Skora AD, Luber BS, Azad NS, Laheru D, Biedrzycki B, Donehower RC, Zaheer A, Fisher GA, Crocenzi TS, Le JJ, Duffy SM, Goldberg RM, de la Chappelle A, Koshiji M, Bhaijee F, Huebner T, Hruban RH, Wood LD, Cuka N, Pardoll DM, Papadopoulos N, Kinzler KW, Zhou S, Cornish TC, Taube JM, Anders RA, Eshleman JR, Vogelstein B, Diaz LA Jr. PD-1 blockade in tumors with mismatch repair deficiency. NEJM. 2015. PMCID: PMC4481136; Role: Lead investigator on multi-institutional study. Designed and conducted study. Conducted analysis of both clinical and correlative studies and was primary author on manuscript. Funding: Received a GI SPORE grant to conduct microsatellite instability testing (MSI) for prescreening component of study (P50 CA62924).

  • Le DT, Wang-Gillam A, Picozzi V, Greten TF, Crocenzi T, Springett G, Morse M, Zeh H, Cohen D, Fine RL, Onners B, Uram JN, Laheru DA, Lutz ER, Solt S, Murphy AL, Skoble J, Lemmens E, Grous J, Dubensky T Jr, Brockstedt DG, Jaffee EM. Safety and Survival With GVAX Pancreas Prime and Listeria Monocytogenes-Expressing Mesothelin (CRS-207) Boost Vaccines for Metastatic Pancreatic Cancer. J Clin Oncol. 2015 Jan 12. PMCID: PMC4397277; Role: Lead investigator on multi-institutional study. Designed and conducted the study. Conducted analysis of both clinical and correlative studies and was primary author on manuscript. Funding: Received a K23, Career Development Award to conduct this study. 1K23CA163672

Locations

  1. Skip Viragh Outpatient Cancer Center
    • 201 North Broadway Street, Viragh BLDG 5th FL, Baltimore, MD 21287
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Expertise

Education

  • Fellowship: Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Oncology, 2007
  • Residency: Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Medicine, 2004
  • Medical Education: Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, MD, 2001

Board Certifications

  • Medical Oncology: American Board of Internal Medicine, 2007

Insurance

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  • First Health
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  • Johns Hopkins Health Plans
  • MultiPlan
  • Pennsylvania's Preferred Health Networks (PPHN)
  • Point Comfort Underwriters
  • Private Healthcare Systems (PHCS)
  • Veteran Affairs Community Care Network (Optum-VACCN)

Ratings & Reviews

5 out of 5

61 ratings, 14 reviews

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    5 out of 5 stars
    Reviewed on 3/10/2026

    Well trained to assess and evaluate my situation.

    5 out of 5 stars
    Reviewed on 3/9/2026

    Dr. Le was very helpful. She was patient and understanding and gave us adequate time to understand her advice. She followed up promptly with her team at another hospital.

    5 out of 5 stars
    Reviewed on 2/26/2026

    Excellent care by Dr Dung Le and Research Nurse, [staff]

    5 out of 5 stars
    Reviewed on 2/16/2026

    Very informative

    5 out of 5 stars
    Reviewed on 2/9/2026

    Empathetic, knowledgeable and friendly

    5 out of 5 stars
    Reviewed on 1/26/2026

    Dr Le is the Best!!!

    5 out of 5 stars
    Reviewed on 12/29/2025

    She was excellent in all respectsSs

    5 out of 5 stars
    Reviewed on 11/24/2025

    Excellent!!!

    5 out of 5 stars
    Reviewed on 11/10/2025

    I'm very happy with my treatment Dr Le is providing.

    5 out of 5 stars
    Reviewed on 9/8/2025

    Doctor Le listens and is always very informative.

    5 out of 5 stars
    Reviewed on 6/16/2025

    Very professional and paid attention to me and nice

    5 out of 5 stars
    Reviewed on 6/4/2025

    I've had a great experience with Doctor Dung, she calls me directly any time there are new test results or to respond to a message I've sent her on MyChart.

    5 out of 5 stars
    Reviewed on 5/12/2025

    Great doctor

    5 out of 5 stars
    Reviewed on 4/28/2025

    My provider was respectful, courtesy, and caring