Judith E. Karp

Professor Emerita of Oncology and Medicine. The Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD.

Dr. Judith Karp, MD is a Professor Emerita of Oncology and Medicine at Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine where she was Professor of oncology and Director of the Adult Leukemia Program in the Division of Hematologic Malignancies at The Sidney Kimmel Comprehensive Cancer Center, until 2013. Dr. Karp’s primary clinical interest is the experimental therapeutics of acute leukemias. She has authored 275 peer-reviewed articles and 35 book chapters, and edited 2 textbooks on acute leukemias, most recently ​an innovative textbook entitled “Acute Leukemia: An Illustrated Guide to Diagnosis and Treatment.” Dr. Karp maintains active involvement with former fellows and faculty in terms of clinical trials development, design and analysis, and serves on the central IRB for the National Cancer Institute and is Chairman of the DSMC for The Leukemia & Lymphoma Society Beat AML Umbrella Clinical Trial and for the Tolero Phase II Biomarker-Driven Study of the Cyclin Dependent Kinase Inhibitor Alvocidib. She has received the Dr. John J. Kenny and Spiral of Life Awards from the Leukemia Lymphoma Society.