Curriculum Vitae

Amin Benyounes, MD

Thoracic Medical Oncology

Inova Schar Cancer Institute

Date: April 14th, 2023

Contact Information:

• Email: [email protected]
• Foreign languages:

French, Arabic: Native

German: Fluent

Spanish: Proficient

Education

• Medical Doctor, October 2004- May 2012, University of Freiburg, Germany

Post Graduate Education and Training

Internal Medicine Residency, Einstein Medical Center Philadelphia, July 2013 – June 2016

Hematology/Oncology Fellowship, University of Maryland Medical Center, July 2016 – June 2019

Certifications

• American Board of Internal Medicine. 2016
• American Board of Internal Medicine, Hematology. 2019
• American Board of Internal Medicine, Medical Oncology. 2020

Medical Licensure

• Virginia Board of Physicians. Active. 2020

Professional Experience:

• Thoracic Medical Oncology. Inova Schar Cancer Institute. 12/2020 -> Present
• Assistant Professor of Medicine, University of Maryland Baltimore. 7/2019 -> 11/2020

Administrative Service

            Institutional Service

• Deputy Director of Molecular Tumor Board

Teaching Activities

• Inova Schar Cancer Center Fellows Clinic
• Inpatient Medical Oncology Consult Service
• Internal Medicine Residency Didactic Lecture

Publications

• Rolfo C, Meshulami N Russo A, Krammer F, García-Sastre A, Mack PC, Gomez JE, Bhardwaj N, Benyounes A, Sirera R, Moore A, Rohs N, Henschke CI, Yankelevitz D,  King J, Shyr Y, Bunn, Jr. PA, Minna JD, . Hirsch FR. Lung Cancer and Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus 2 Infection: Identifying Important Knowledge Gaps for Investigation. J Thorac Oncol. 2022 Feb; 17(2): 214–227.

• Denninghoff V, Russo A, de Miguel-Pérez D, Malapelle U, Benyounes A, Gittens A, Cardona AF, Rolfo C. Small Cell Lung Cancer: State of the Art of the Molecular and Genetic Landscape and Novel Perspective. Cancers. 2021; 13(7):1723.

Abstracts

• Benyounes A, Ma N, Kocoglu M, Patel A, Rapoport A, Binion K, Bosley R, Milliron T, Lederer E, Badros A. Racial disparities in multiple myeloma patients with durable stringent complete response. Clinical Lymphoma, Myeloma and Leukemia, Vol. 19, Issue 10, 2019, e287.
• Benyounes A, Pathak A, Binder EL, Hausner PF. An attempt to better understand radiation recall events: A literature review. J Clin Oncol 36, 2018 (suppl; abstr e22109).
• Benyounes A, Ackler J, DeVincenzo S, Tester W, Leighton Jr J.C. Adherence to oral immunomodulatory therapy at a community cancer center. Clinical Lymphoma, Myeloma and Leukemia, 2015 Vol. 15, e192.
• Benyounes A, Candelario N, Braitman L, Leighton Jr J.C, Tester W, Varadi G. Qbleed Score in an African American Cohort. Blood 2015 126:1092.
• Vargas F, Benyounes A, Varadi G. Statin use and its effect on skeletal related events in patients with multiple myeloma. Blood 2014 124:5774;
• Benyounes A, Tester W, Leighton Jr J.C. Proteinuria monitoring in patient receiving bevacizumab at a community cancer center. J Clin Oncol 32, 2014 (suppl 30; abstr 13).