Thomas Smith
Skip Viragh Outpatient Cancer Center
Office
(410) 955-8964
Fax (410) 367-2194 201 North Broadway Street Viragh BLDG 5th FL Baltimore, MD 21287
Primary Specialty
Oncologist
Practice
Skip Viragh Outpatient Cancer Center
Gender
Male
About
Thomas Smith
Thomas Smith, M.D., is a professor of oncology at the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, director of Palliative Medicine for Johns Hopkins Medicine and the Harry J. Duffey Family Professor of Palliative Care. He is a medical oncologist and a palliative care specialist with a lifelong interest in better symptom management, communication, and improving access to high quality affordable care. Dr. Smith began Johns Hopkins' hospital-wide palliative care consult service as well as an inpatient unit, and he is dedicated to accelerating palliative care research and education.Dr. Smith is a Fellow in the American College of Physicians (ACP), the American Society of Clinical Oncology (ASCO) and the American Association of Hospice and Palliative Medicine (AAHPM) and is listed among the top oncologists and palliative care specialists in the country. He has taught palliative concepts in more than a dozen countries and helped start over 100 new programs.Dr. Smith received his M.D. from Yale Medical School and completed his residency at the University of Pennsylvania and a fellowship in oncology and hematology at the Virginia Commonwealth University School of Medicine. He joined the faculty at Johns Hopkins in 2011.His current interest is in the relief of chronic and neuropathic pain with Scrambler Therapy, a non-invasive way of "resetting" the central nervous system to relieve pain from chemotherapy-induced neuropathy, neurologic disease, and other pain syndromes. He is no longer practicing medical oncology.Services
Skip Viragh Outpatient Cancer Center provides oncology services in Baltimore, MD. Oncology includes the diagnosis and treatment of breast cancer, skin cancer, prostate cancer, and many other forms of cancer.Contact Thomas Smith at (410) 955-8964 for specific information about cancer treatment in Baltimore, MD.