Pallavi P. Kumar, MD, is a medical oncologist board certified in oncology and internal medicine and the director of Immuno-Oncology for the Baltimore region of the MedStar Health Cancer Network. Dr. Kumar leads the charge to optimize immune based therapies and clinical trials, and advance the standard of care in the treatment of cancer. Fellowship-trained, Dr. Kumar specializes in general hematology and oncology with a focus on melanoma, gynecologic oncology and gastrointestinal cancers. Dr. Kumar has clinical interests in cancer immunotherapy and runs a variety of clinical trials for several tumor types. Other clinical interests include neuro-oncology and HIV malignancies. 

Pallavi Kumar, MD, was named a "Top Doc" by Baltimore Magazine for oncology 2016-2020.