JamesRichardEshlemanJr.MD

Pathology • Baltimore, MD

Blood Banking & Transfusion Medicine, Anatomic Pathology, Clinical Pathology

Professor of Pathology, Professor of Oncology, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine; Associate Director, Molecular Diagnostics Laboratory

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Office
1800 Orleans Street
Baltimore, MD 21287
Phone+1 410-955-5000

Fax+1 410-955-5001

Education & Training

University of Pennsylvania Health SystemFellowship, Blood Banking/Transfusion Medicine, 1992 - 1993
University of Pennsylvania Health SystemResidency, Pathology-Anatomic and Clinical, 1989 - 1992
Temple University HospitalInternship, Internal Medicine, 1988 - 1989
Perelman School of Medicine at the University of PennsylvaniaClass of 1988

Certifications & Licensure

MD State Medical License 1997 - 2026
PA State Medical License 1992 - 2006
OH State Medical License 1993 - 1998
American Board of Pathology Clinical Pathology

Publications & Presentations

PubMed

PD-L1 pfeRNAs as blood-based predictors of treatment response of unresectable malignant pleural mesothelioma patients administered Durvalumab with cisplatin and pemetr...
Andrei Gurau, Suguru Yamauchi, Kaitlyn Ecoff, Kristen P Rodgers, James R Eshleman
Non-Coding RNA Research. 2025-06-01
Revision of interpretation criteria to define microsatellite instability in mismatch repair-deficient neoplasms with subtle electropherogram changes.
Ming-Tseh Lin, Eric Christenson, Suping Chen, Emily Adams, Matthew Bayes
American Journal of Clinical Pathology. 2025-03-06
Establishment and Characterization of Three Human Ocular Adnexal Sebaceous Carcinoma Cell Lines.
Su-Chan Lee, Cornelia Peterson, Kaixuan Wang, Lujain Alaali, James Eshleman
International Journal of Molecular Sciences. 2024-09-23

Journal Articles

Clinical Validation of Coexisting Driver Mutations in Colorectal Cancers
Junaid Ibrahim, James R Eshleman, Gang Zheng, Christopher D Gocke, Rena Xian, ScienceDirect

Press Mentions

FDA Clears Promega OncoMate™ MSI Dx Analysis SystemJuly 28th, 2021
PD-1 Blockade in Tumors with Mismatch-Repair DeficiencyFebruary 10th, 2016

Grant Support

Identifying Familial Pancreatic Cancer Predisposition GenesNational Cancer Institute2012
Novel Human Cancer Cell Isolation SystemNational Cancer Institute2008–2011
Novel Tumor Suppressor Gene Discovery In Pancreatic CancerNational Cancer Institute2007–2008
Mutator Phenotypes In Microsatellite Stable Colon CancerNational Cancer Institute1999–2003
Mechanisms Underlying Genetic Defects In Colon CancerNational Cancer Institute1997–2000
Mechanisms Underlying Genetic Defects In Colon CancerNational Cancer Institute1996

External Links

Johns Hopkins Physicianshttp://www.hopkinsmedicine.org/james-eshleman