Nita Ahuja, M.D.

Nita Ahuja, M.D. is an Assistant Professor of Surgery and Oncology at The Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine and an attending surgeon at The Johns Hopkins Hospital. Dr. Ahuja obtained her medical education at Duke University School of Medicine and her training in General Surgery at Johns Hopkins University. In addition, she completed a fellowship in surgical oncology at Johns Hopkins focused on hepatobiliary malignancies. Her primary clinical interests are cancers and tumors of the pancreas, bile duct, stomach, colon and rectum and abdominal sarcomas. Her major scientific interest is in development of genetic markers for early cancer detection, predicting cancer recurrence and predicting response to therapy.

University Appointments:

Assistant Professor of Surgery and Oncology

Degrees:

1989 B.S. Biology and Mathematics, University of Maryland (College Park, MD)
1993 M.D. Medicine, Duke University (Durham, NC)

Training:

1993-2002 Resident in General Surgery, Johns Hopkins University (Baltimore, MD)
1996-1999 Fellowship in Surgical Research, Johns Hopkins University (Baltimore, MD)
2003-2004 Fellowship in Surgical Oncology, Johns Hopkins University (Baltimore, MD)

Board Certifications and Certificates:

American Board of General Surgery
Society of Surgical Oncology Fellowship Certificate

Clinical Interests:

Gastrointestinal tumors
Sarcomas of the abdomen and retroperitoneum

Research Interests:

Molecular markers for early detection of cancer
Molecular markers for prognosis of cancer patients

Dr. Ahuja can be contacted at the following address:

1650 Orleans Street
CRB1, Room 342
Baltimore, MD 21231

Phone: 410-502-6135
Fax: 410-502-0987
Email: nahuja@jhmi.edu