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Work and Credentials:
Primary Location
Position
Medical Oncologist
Board Certification
Medical Oncology and Hematology
Fellowship
Johns Hopkins University, Medical Oncology and Hematology
Residency
St. Agnes Hospital
Medical School
University of Belgrade
College
University of Belgrade
Dr. Ivan Aksentijevich earned his Medical Doctor Degree from the University of Belgrade, Serbia. After obtaining his training in Hematology and Medical Oncology at Johns Hopkins University in Baltimore, Dr. Aksentijevich joined Virginia Cancer Specialists. He currently holds the titles of Chair of the Department of Medicine, Chair of Medical Oncology, and Chair of the Blood Bank Committee at Alexandria Hospital, and is an investigator on several clinical trials. His main clinical interests are in the field of hematologic malignancies. In addition to being board certified in both Hematology and Medical Oncology, Dr. Aksentijevich is a member of the American Society of Hematology and the American society of Clinical Oncology.
Dr. Ivan Aksentijevich has received several competitive awards, including a National Institute of Health Biotechnology Award, a National Cancer Institute Technology Transfer Award, an American Society of Clinical Oncology Merit Award, and two American College of Physicians Clinical Poster Awards. He has been an invited guest speaker at many national and international cancer meetings and has published numerous book chapters and original articles in peer reviewed journals.
In addition to his passion for medicine and dedication to his patients, Dr. Aksentijevich is a family man who enjoys traveling with his wife and five children.
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Physician Publications
June 20, 2007
Paraneoplastic polyarthritis from non-small- cell lung cancer metastatic to the bladder
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Clinical outcome following autologous and allogeneic blood and marrow transplantation for relapsed diffuse large-cell non-Hodgkin’s lymphoma
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August 1, 2002
Chemotherapy and Bone Marrow Reserve: Lessons Learned from Autologous Stem Cell Transplantation.
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Monoclonal antibody therapy with autologous peripheral blood stem cell transplantation for Non-Hodgkin’s lymphoma.
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