ThomasJ.SmithMDFACP FASCO FAAHPM

Hospice & Palliative

Director of Palliative Medicine, Johns Hopkins Medical Institutions, Professor of Oncology, Sidney Kimmel Comprehensive Cancer Center, Harry J. Duffey Family Professor of Palliative Medicine

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Office
201 North Broadway Street
Viragh BLDG 5th FL
Baltimore, MD 21287
Phone+1 410-614-9892

Fax+1 410-955-2098

Education & Training

Virginia Commonwealth University Health SystemFellowship, Hematology and Medical Oncology, 1987 - 1988
Virginia Commonwealth University Health SystemFellowship, Hematology and Medical Oncology, 1984 - 1987
National Institutes of Health Clinical CenterFellowship, Hematology and Medical Oncology, 1985 - 1986
University of Pennsylvania Health SystemResidency, Internal Medicine, 1979 - 1982
Yale School of MedicineClass of 1979
University of AkronB.S., Summa Cum Laude, 1971 - 1974
Chippewa Local High SchoolH.S. Diploma, Valedictorian, 1971

Certifications & Licensure

VA State Medical License 1985 - 2026
MD State Medical License 1986 - 2025
PA State Medical License 1981 - 2022
American Board of Internal Medicine Internal Medicine
American Board of Internal Medicine Hospice and Palliative Medicine
American Board of Internal Medicine Medical Oncology

Awards, Honors, & Recognition

Best Doctors in Baltimore, Hospice and Palliative Medicine Best Doctors, Baltimore Magazine
ASCO-Walther Foundation Award for Excellence in Supportive Oncology ASCO-Walther Foundation, 2019
Visionary in Palliative Care Amer Acad Hosp & Palliative Medicine, 2017
CMS Meaningful Use Stage 1 Certification EpicCare Ambulatory EMR, Epic Systems Corporation, 2014
Castle Connolly America’s National Top Doctors Award, Medical Oncology 2013
Best Doctors in Maryland 2013
Best Doctors in Maryland, oncology and hospice/palliative medicine; America's Top Doctors Editions 1-12, America's Top Doctors for Cancer Editions 1-8 Castle Connolly Medical Ltd, 2013
Award for Best Article in Medical Professionalism American Board of Internal Medicine, 2012
Top Doctors – Top 1% of medical oncologists nationwide U.S. News and World Reports, 2012
Best Doctors in America: Medical Oncology and Hospice 2010
Designated Center of Integrated Oncology and Palliative Care Award European Society of Medical Oncology (ESMO), 2010
Educational Innovation Award VCU, 2009
HOPE Oncology Practice Leadership Award: Hematology Oncology News International (HONI), 2008
“Statesman Award” for 20 years of outstanding service ASCO, 2008
Virginia A. Crockford Award Central Virginia Health Planning Agency, 2008
“Robert W. Irby MD” Award for philanthropic service to the foundation and VCU Medical College of Virginia Foundation, 2008
HOPE Small Practice Leadership Award: rural cancer outreach Hematology Oncology News International (HONI), 2008
National Palliative Care Consensus Panel Leadership Award 2008
Fellow (FASCO) American Society of Clinical Oncologists, 2008
National Award for service supporting organ donation, donor family and transplant patient advocacy UNOS, 2007
Award to best University-based palliative care program International Association of Hospice and Palliative Care University, 2006
Faculty Award for Distinguished Clinical Care VCU Medical Center Department of Medicine, 2006
“Statesman” Award for 20 years of distinguished service American Society of Clinical Oncology, 2006
“Circle of Life” award to best hospital based palliative care program American Hospital Association, 2005
Outstanding Teacher Award, Hematology/Oncology M-2 course VCU, 2005
Alpha Omega Alpha Medical Honor Society, Brown Sequard Chapter 2002
Outstanding Teacher Award, M-II Hematology/Oncology Course VCU, 2002
Salvation Army Boys and Girls Clubs Community Outreach Award 2001
America’s Top Doctors for Cancer Castle Connelly, 2001
National Top Breast Cancer Doctors Redbook Magazine, 2001
Best Doctors in Richmond: “Top medical specialists for women: breast cancer, breast diseases” Richmond Magazine, 2001
America’s Top Doctors: Medical Oncology Castle Connelly, 2001
Top Doctors in America: Oncology 2001
Top Doctors in America: Oncology Richmond Magazine, Richmond Academy of Medicine, 2001
National “Humanism in Medicine Award” for “embodying compassion and sensitivity in the delivery of New Jersey Health Care Foundation, 2000
“Distinguished Clinician Award” as the outstanding clinician at the medical center MCV-VCU, 2000
“Pioneer in Palliative Care” program designee Robert Wood Johnson Foundation and Milbank Memorial Fund, 2000
Best Physicians in Richmond, Virginia (Oncology) Richmond Magazine, 1999-2000
Pfizer Traveling Fellowship Award Clinical Research Institute of Montreal, 1996
Faculty Scholar Program on Death in America, 1995
Scholarship Award in Patient-Physician Communications Department of Human Genetics, Medical College of Virginia (used patent royalties to create this endowment), 1994
Sharon H. Kohlenberg Health care Service Award, for “commitment to the fight against breast cancer,” Virginia Breast Cancer Foundation, 1993
Jessie Ball duPont Fund Making a Difference Award for “creation of a program which meets a critical Rural Cancer Outreach Program, 1993
Outstanding Alumni Chippewa Local High School, 1992
Career Development Award American Cancer Society, 1992
Outstanding Paper (Dr. Bruce Hillner, coauthor) Society of Medical Decision-Making, 1991
Best Teacher 1989
Frank Parker Prize for the student who has shown the best qualifications to be a successful practitioner Yale University School of Medicine, 1979
Ramsey Award for “unquestioned ability and character.” (Best student in the preclinical sciences.) Yale University School of Medicine, 1977
Top MD Consumers Checkbook
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Clinical Trials

Integrating Palliative Care and Modern Palliative Care Tools Into the Care of Patients With Pancreas Cancer Start of enrollment: 2014 Apr 01
Withdrawn
Scrambler Therapy in the Treatment of Chronic Chemotherapy-Induced Peripheral Neuropathy Start of enrollment: 2015 Mar 01
Completed
Not Applicable
A Pilot Trial of Scrambler Therapy for Pain Associated With Pancreas Cancer
Improving Self-Efficacy Through a Telenovela: Feasibility Study Start of enrollment: 2020 Oct 23
Completed
Not Applicable
Auricular Point Acupressure to Manage Chemotherapy Induced Neuropathy Start of enrollment: 2021 Jul 08
Recruiting
Not Applicable
Roles: Contact, Principal Investigator
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Publications & Presentations

PubMed

Scrambler therapy as a novel treatment for unilateral ocular neuropathic pain.
Sezen Karakus, Nafiisah Rajabalee, Ugur Tunc, Thomas J Smith
The Ocular Surface. 2024-10-01
1 citations
Survivorship Care for People Affected by Advanced or Metastatic Cancer: MASCC-ASCO Standards and Practice Recommendations.
Nicolas H Hart, Larissa Nekhlyudov, Thomas J Smith, Jasmine Yee, Margaret I Fitch
JCO Oncology Practice. 2024-09-01
What Is the Value of Palliative Care for Inpatients With Cancer?
Ramy Sedhom, Thomas J Smith, J Brian Cassel, Sarina R Isenberg
JCO Oncology Practice. 2024-07-30

Journal Articles

Brief Report: Patterns of hospice use in patients dying from hematologic malignancies
Sexauer A, Cheng JM, Knight L, Smith TJ, J Palliat Med, 1/2/2014
Promoting new approaches for cancer care in the Middle East
Silbermann M, Epner DE, Charalambous H, Baider L, Puchalski CM, Balducci L, Gultekin M, Abdalla RF, Daher M, Al-Tarawneh MR, Smith TJ, Ann Oncol, 10/1/2013
Symptom assessment in elderly cancer patients receiving palliative care
Browner IS, Smith TJ, Ann Oncol, 10/1/2013
Cost-Effectiveness of Filgrastim and Pegfilgrastim as Primary Prophylaxis Against Febrile Neutropenia in Lymphoma Patients
Lathia N, Isogai PK, Angelis CD, Smith TJ, Cheung M, Mittmann N, Hoch JS, Walker S, J Natl Cancer Inst, 8/7/2013
Five things physicians and patients should question in hospice and palliative medicine
Fischberg D, Bull J, Casarett D, Hanson LC, Klein SM, Rotella J, Smith T, Storey CP Jr, Teno JM, Widera E; HPM Choosing Wisely Task Force, J Pain Symptom Manage, 3/1/2013
Doing palliative care in the oncology office
Cheng MJ, King LM, Alesi ER, Smith TJ, Journal of Oncology Practice, 1/1/2013
Integrating Palliative Care in Oncology: The Oncologist as a Primary Palliative Care Provider
Rangachari D, Smith TJ, The Cancer Journal, 1/1/2013
Talking with patients about dying
Smith TJ, Longo DL, N Engl J Med, 10/25/2012
The end-of-life experience for a cohort of patients with pulmonary arterial hypertension
Grinnan DC, Swetz KM, Pinson J, Fairman P, Lyckholm LJ, Smith T, J Palliat Med, 10/1/2012
Palliative care
Levy MH, Adolph MD, Back A, Block S, Codada SN, Dalal S, Deshields TL, Dexter E, Dy SM, Knight SJ, Misra S, Ritchie CS, Sauer TM, Smith T, Spiegel D, Sutton L, Taylor ..., J Natl Compr Canc Netw, 10/1/2012
Survival among Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer Patients with Poor Performance Status after First Line Chemotherapy
Salloum RG, Smith TJ, Jensen GA, Elston-Lafata J, Lung Cancer, 9/1/2012
Reasons why doctors do not have discussions about poor prognosis, why it matters, and what can be improved
Mack JW, Smith TJ, J Clin Oncol, 7/2/2012
A Randomized, Placebo Controlled Trial of Oral Zinc for Chemotherapy-related Taste and Smell Disorders
Lyckholm, L., Heddinger S.,Parker,G., Ramikrishnan,V., Coyne, P., Smith T., Henkin,R, J Pain Palliat Care Pharmacother, 6/1/2012
Inaccurate Prognostication after the ARCTIC Protocol
Chen C, Coyne PJ, Lyckholm L, Smith TJ, J Pain Symptom Manage, 6/1/2012
Constructing a top five list for oncology: the American Society of Clinical Oncology Top Five List
Schnipper L, Smith TJ, Raghavan D, Blayney DW, Ganz PA, Mulvey TM, Wollins DS, J Clin Oncol, 5/10/2012
ABH Gel Is Not Absorbed From the Skin of Normal Volunteers
Smith TJ, Coyne P, Fletcher D, Ritter JK, Dodson P, J Pain Symptom Manage, 5/1/2012
ASCO Identifies Five Key Opportunities to Improve Care, Reduce Costs: The Top Five List for Oncology
Schnipper LE, Smith TJ, Raghavan D, Blayney DW, Ganz PA, Mulvey TM, Wollins DS, J Clin Oncol, 4/3/2012
Palliative communications: addressing chemotherapy in patients with advanced cancer
Kadakia KC, Moynihan TJ, Smith TJ, Loprinzi CL, Ann Oncol, 4/1/2012
Wiser Use of Dose-Dense Adjuvant Therapy in Breast Cancer" Dose-Dense Adjuvant Therapy in Breast Cancer
Hillner BE, Smith TJ, J Clin Oncol, 3/10/2012
Epoprostenol Use for Pulmonary Arterial Hypertension in the Palliative Care Setting
Wozencraft CP, Coyne PJ, Grinnan DC, Morel TD, Muzevich KM, Smith TJ, J Palliat Med, 3/6/2012
American Society of Clinical Oncology Provisional Clinical Opinion: The Integration of Palliative Care into Standard Oncology Care
Smith TJ, Temin S, Alesi ER, Abernethy AP, Balboni TA, Basch EM, Ferrell BR, Loscalzo M, Meier DE, Paice JA, Peppercorn JM, Somerfield M; Stovall E, Von Roenn JH, . J Clinical Oncol, 2/26/2012
Concordance of chemotherapy use in non-small lung cancer patients with ASCO guidelines: overuse and underuse in a large community practice
Salloum H, Smith TJ, Elston-Lafata J, Summers GJ, Lung Cancer, 2/1/2012
Scrambler Therapy May Relieve Chronic Neuropathic Pain More Effectively Than Guideline Based Drug Management: Results of a Pilot Randomized Controlled Trial
Marineo G, Iorno V, Gandini C, Moschini V, Smith TJ, J Pain Symptom Manage, 1/1/2012
Organ donation after cardiac death from withdrawal of life support in patients with amyotrophic lateral sclerosis
Smith TJ, Vota S, Patel S, Coyne PJ, Bobb B, Ford TL, Lyckholm L, Bhushan A, J Palliat Med, 1/1/2012
Rethinking our use of CSFs in the adjuvant treatment of women who have estrogen receptor positive cancers
Smith TJ, Hillner BE, J Oncol Prac (JOP), 1/1/2012
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Press Mentions

Transformative Peer Connections: Early Experiences from the ASCO Palliative Care Community of PracticeJune 1st, 2024
$'Scrambler' Device Reduces Refractory Neuropathic Pain$
'Scrambler' Device Reduces Refractory Neuropathic PainMarch 23rd, 2012
‘Scrambler Therapy’ May Finally Zap Away Chronic Pain for GoodAugust 3rd, 2023
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Committees

Co-chair, 2015 Update Committee, American Society of Clinical Oncology (ASCO) 2015 - Present
Member, Update Committee of the ASCO NSCLC Expert Panel, American Society of Clinical Oncology 2015 - Present
co-chair, NCCN Palliative Care Guidelines 2015 - Present
member, ASCO Anorexia/Cachexia Guidelines 2019 - 2020