About me
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An internationally recognized lymphoma expert, Dr. Dunleavy is a medical oncologist and hematologist who serves as section chief, Hematology, and disease group lead, Malignant Hematology, for MedStar Georgetown University Hospital at the Georgetown Lombardi Comprehensive Cancer Center.
Dr. Dunleavy specializes in treating patients with the following conditions:
- Aggressive (fast growing) and indolent (slow growing) lymphomas
- Viral-associated lymphomas such as those associated with HIV and EBV
- Lymphomas following transplantation
- Lymphoma in adolescent and young adult (AYA) populations such as mediastinal B-cell lymphoma and Burkitt lymphoma
- Lymphomas of the central nervous system
- Chronic lymphocytic leukemia
His work combines active clinical research and outstanding patient care with the goal of developing new treatments that will improve outcomes for people with lymphoma. His clinical drug discovery work includes phase I, II, and III clinical trials as a principal investigator and co-investigator on several single and multicenter studies.
As the director of hematological malignancies at MedStar Georgetown, Dr. Dunleavy oversees the team responsible for treating blood cancers, including leukemia, lymphoma, and multiple myeloma. Our physician teams work collaboratively, engaging with each other, discussing promising treatments being developed in their specialties, sharing outcomes, and partnering on research projects.
Dr. Dunleavy serves on the scientific advisory board of the Lymphoma Research Foundation and on the editorial board of several journals. He has published more than 100 manuscripts and textbook chapters and frequently presents his research across the country and the world.
Dr. Dunleavy grew up in Ireland, where he was interested in medicine from a young age. He earned his medical degree from University College Dublin and completed fellowships in medical oncology at University College Dublin and the National Cancer Institute (NIH), where he continued to work after his fellowship as an attending physician and clinical director of the Lymphoid Malignancies Branch. Before joining MedStar Health, Dr. Dunleavy was professor of medicine, director of the lymphoma program, and co-director of the microbial oncology program in the Division of Hematology and Oncology at George Washington University Cancer Center.
Dr. Dunleavy’s Philosophy of Care
“We’re now in an era where we have developed dramatic new cancer therapies in the last few years. We have so many ways of tackling lymphoma, and scientific discovery continues to move at a fast pace. My role is to bring these leading-edge advances to the bedside, working in close collaboration with my malignant hematology colleagues across the system.
Broadly speaking, my clinical and research goals are two-fold: first, to increase the cure rate of lymphomas – many of which are highly curable – and second, to reduce treatment toxicity for patients. We have lot to offer in terms of being able to do our own studies. My role is to bring all our resources together, to find new ways of collaborating, and ultimately to improve patient outcomes. We’ll also focus on addressing cancer needs specific to the Washington, D.C., region in the research that we do, to address unmet needs with investigator-initiated studies to test new ideas and strategies.”
About MedStar Georgetown Cancer Institute
MedStar Georgetown is part of the MedStar Georgetown Cancer Institute, which combines medical expertise, the latest therapies, and research across MedStar Health. Our research engine, the Georgetown Lombardi Comprehensive Cancer Center, is the only National Can
Clinical areas of focus
- Bone Marrow Aspiration
- Chemoradiation
- Immune Cell Therapy Administration
- Lymphoma Treatment
Procedures I perform
- Antineoplastic Injection
- Blood Component Transfusion
- Bone Marrow Aspiration
- Bone Marrow Examination
- Cancer Immunotherapy
- Cancer Pain Management
- Cancer Physical Therapy Management
- Cancer Rehabilitation
- Cancer Treatment
- Chemoradiation
- Chemotherapy Administration
- Chronic Lymphocytic Leukemia Treatment
- Computed Tomography
- Conformal Radiotherapy
- Cryoprecipitate Transfusion
- Early Detection Of Cancer
- Fine Needle Aspiration Biopsy
- Fresh Frozen Plasma Transfusion
- Hemoglobin Electrophoresis
- Iliac Bone Marrow Extraction
- Immune Cell Therapy Administration
- Immune System Modulator Therapy
- Immunoglobulin Administration
- Immunohistochemistry Staining
- Immunotherapy
- Killer Cell Therapy
- Leukemia Treatment
- Lymph Node Biopsy
- Lymphoma Management
- Lymphoma Treatment
- Multiple Myeloma Treatment
- Packed Red Blood Cell Transfusion
- Peripheral Blood Stem Cell Transplantation
- Platelet Transfusion
- Therapeutic Substance Into Spinal Canal
- Ventricular Assist Device Placement
- Whole Blood Transfusion
Practice locations
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3800 Reservoir Rd NW
Lombardi Comprehensive Cancer Center
Washington, DC, 20007
Insurance
MedStar Health accepts most major health insurance plans. If you are uncertain as to whether your individual health insurance plan is accepted at MedStar Health, please call your insurance company.
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List of insurance plans we accept
- Jai Medical Systems - Maryland Health Choice
- Kaiser Permanente Select
- Kaiser Permanente Select Cardiac Global
- Anthem Federal Employee Program Standard
- United Healthcare Select HMO-EPO/NPP Cardiac Global
- CareFirst Maryland Indemnity or PPO
- Aetna HMO
- Aetna Quality Point of Service (POS)
- Choice POS
- Aetna Student Health Insurance
- UHC Group Medicare Advantage Plans (HMO, POS, PPO)
- POS OA
- Select HMO/HealthFund/Health Network
- Kaiser Permanente HMO Plus and DHMO Plus Member
- Maryland Physicians Care MCO
- IH-POS
- Mamsi Life & Health (Indem./PPO) Cardiac Global
- IH-Open POS II
- AMERIVANTAGE/Amerigroup Community Care
- Humana Gold Plus HMO
- Aetna Elect Choice/ EPO (Aetna Health Fund)
- HighMark
- Aetna HMO-Open Access/Select OA/HealthFund/Health Network Option OA
- IH-Indemnity
- Anthem Federal Employee Program Basic
- Priority Partners - Maryland Health Choice
- MultiPlan, Inc
- CIGNA POS/Network POS
- TRICARE East Select
- NYC Medicare Advantage Plus
- MD IPA (HMO) & MD IPA Preferred Cardiac Global
- IH-EPO Plus
- CareFirst Maryland Point of Service Plan
- Navigate
- IH-HMO
- UnitedHealthcare Medicare Adv. Special Needs Plans
- Private Fee-for-Service Plans (PFFS)
- Options PPO Cardiac Global
- UnitedHealthcare Medicare Advantage DSNP District of Columbia
- Aetna Premier 200PD
- CIGNA PPO
- First Health PPO
- Aetna Better Health of MD
- CareFirst FEP Blue Focus
- Great-West Healthcare POS/CIGNA
- CIGNA EPO
- Kaiser Maryland Medicaid MCO
- Aetna Advantage 6350
- HUMANA/Choice Care Medicare Plans (Choice, Gold Choice)
- Magellan Complete Care of VA - VA Medicaid MCO
- United Healthcare Navigate Cardiac Global
- Aetna Advantage 6350PD
- CIGNA HMO Open Access
- TRICARE East Prime
- TRICARE for Life East
- OCI Direct (HMO)
- MedStar Family Choice - Maryland Health Choice
- BCBS Out-of-State Medicare Plans (Blue Advantage)
- Private Health Care Systems (PPO)
- CareFirst Community Health Plan of MD
- Cigna Achieve Medicare (HMO C-SNP)
- Geisinger Medicare Advantage
- Aetna VA Exchange
- CIGNA Connect EPO
- Johns Hopkins Advantage MD PLUS PPO
- Optimum Choice
- WellPoint Maryland - Maryland Health Choice
- IH-Open HMO Option
- IH-POS Plus
- Aetna Open Choice (PPO)
- United Healthcare Choice Cardiac Global
- CareFirst (NCA) Indemnity
- Kaiser Permanente Signature - Added Choice
- Aetna Basic
- AmeriHealth Caritas DC Healthcare Alliance
- Network OA
- Coventry Health Care National Network PPO
- Amerigroup DC Healthy Families
- Anthem BCBS of VA HealthKeepers Plus
- BlueChoice Open Access
- CareFirst EPO
- CIGNA SureFit (HMO)
- United HealthCare Community Plan - Maryland Health Choice Program
- Aetna Managed Choice (POS)
- Cigna Alliance Medicare (HMO)
- Optimum Choice & Optimum Choice Preferred (POS) Cardiac Global
- Anthem BCBS of VA HealthKeepers (HMO)
- Kaiser Permanente Medicare Advantage Signature and Select
- Sentara Health
- Anthem BCBS Medi Blue Plus
- Humana Medicare Advantage - PPO
- Mamsi Life & Health (Indem./PPO)
- United Healthcare Community Plan - VA Medicaid MCO
- Aetna Classic 3500
- Kaiser Permanente Signature
- Police and Fire Clinic
- Kaiser Permanente Flexible Choice POS Cardiac Global
- CareFirst NASCO
- Anthem BCBS Medi Blue SNP
- Aetna Worker's Compensation Network
- Veterans Affairs Community Care Network
- Aetna Classic 5000PD
- CareFirst Administrators
- United Student Resources
- Alterwood Advanatge HMO & DSNP Plans
- MedStar Family Choice DC Healthcare Alliance
- Aetna Medicare Advantage HMO & PPO Plans
- CareFirst MedStar PPO
- Johns Hopkins Advantage MD PPO
- BCBS of Michigan (BCN Advantage,Security Blue, Freedom, Medicare PLUS Blue Group PPO)
- Amerigroup DC Alliance
- Advantra Platinum (PPO)
- CIGNA HMO & Network (HMO)
- Choice POS II
- TriWest Healthcare Alliance
- Choice POS II Open Access
- CIGNA PPO Plus
- CareFirst Dual Prime HMO-SNP
- United Medicare Private Fee-for-Service (PFFS) plans
- Medicare FFS
- HumanaChoice PPO
- Johns Hopkins Advantage MD HMO
- Medicare Advantage - Advantra Value (PPO)
- Healthy Blue (HMO, POS)
- CareFirst BlueCross BlueShield Advantage Core/Enhanced
- Employee Health Plan
- UnitedHealthcare and AARP Medicare Complete Plans
- Aetna Managed Choice Open Access (POS)
- IH-Open Network Only Plus
- Anthem BCBS of VA HealthKeepers (POS & POS OA)
- Cigna TotalCare (HMO D-SNP)
- CareFirst Blue Choice Opt Out Plus Open Access (POS)
- Aetna Classic 5000
- Erickson Advantage Plans
- CareFirst BlueChoice HMO
- DC/MD SHOP QHP Small Business Plans
- CareFirst Blue Choice Opt Out Open Access
- Aetna Better Health of VA
- Lasso Healthcare - Medicare Medical Savings Account
- Aetna Advantage 5750
- IH-Network Only Plus
- Optimum Choice Preferred (POS)
- Anthem BCBS Medi Blue Dual Adv
- HealthyBlue PPO
- Choice Fund PPO
- Cigna True Choice Plus Medicare (PPO)
- United Healthcare Options (PPO)
- M.D. IPA Preferred (POS)
- Optima Family Care MCO - VA Medicaid MCO
- IH-Open HMO
- Aetna Elect Choice/ Open Access (POS)
- UHC Passport
- AmeriHealth Caritas DC Healthy Families
- Kaiser Permanente Medicare Plus
- CareFirst Group Medicare Advantage
- Cigna True Choice Medicare (PPO)
- IH-PPO
- CareFirst Group Medicare Advantage prescription drug benefit (PPO)
- United Healthcare Select Plus (POS)
- Beech Street PPO
- Medicare Direct
- Fee-for-Service (FFS) District of Columbia, Maryland and Virginia Medicaid
- Aetna Signature Administrator PPO/TPA
- Uniformed Services Family Health Plan
- MedStar Family Choice DC Healthy Families
- HumanaChoice Honor's plan PPO
- Aetna Medicare Advantage PFFS Plan
- Health Services for Children with Special Needs
- M.D. IPA (HMO)
- Humana Medicare Advantage - HMO Open Access
- Kaiser Permanente Select - Added Choice
- IH-Open POS Plus
- OA Plus
- CareFirst Blue Preferred PPO
- CareFirst Blue Card Program
- First Health PPO
- Coventry Health Care of Virginia
- UnitedHealthcare Individual Exchange Plans
- Choice Care Network/HUMANA (PPO)
- Core Essential (HMO)
- Kaiser Permanente Flexible Choice 3-tier POS
- Anthem BCBS of VA Key Care POS/PPO/Indemnity
- CareFirst MedStar Select PPO
- United Healthcare Choice Plus Cardiac Global
- Tricare Reserve Select
- United Healthcare Select HMO - EPO/NPP
- Coventry of Delaware HMO/PPO
- Aetna Traditional Choice (PPO)
- Blue Choice Advantage
- CareFirst Federal Employee Program (Std. & Basic PPO)
- Kaiser Permaenete Signature - Added Choice Cardiac Global
- IH-Open EPO Plus
- Cigna Preferred Medicare (HMO)
- CIGNA Indemnity
- United Healthcare Choice
- United Healthcare Choice Plus
Education
Residency: National Institutes of Health (2006)
Graduate: Uc Davis (1994)
Medical School: University College Dublin (1994)