Dr. Jaishri Blakeley received her medical degree from Baylor College of Medicine. She then completed a year of medical internship at Baylor prior to coming to the Johns Hopkins University for her residency in Neurology. She has recently completed two years of specialty training in Neuro-Oncology at the Johns Hopkins University.

Dr. Blakeley is now an Assistant Professor in Neurology, Oncology and Neurosurgery. She focuses her clinical efforts on the diagnosis and management of primary brain tumors in adults such as glioblastoma multiforme, anaplastic astrocytoma, anaplastic oligodendroglioma and low grade gliomas. She is also the Co-Director of The Johns Hopkins Hospital Comprehensive Neurofibromatosis Center.

Dr. Blakeley’s research focus is in designing and conducting clinical trials to advance promising therapies for brain tumors. She is particularly focused on developing techniques to assess and maximize drug delivery to brain tumors. Dr. Blakeley is a member of the New Approaches to Brain Tumor Therapy (NABTT) consortium, a group of collaborating brain tumor centers funded by the National Cancer Institute devoted to discovering new brain tumor therapies.

Dr. Blakeley conducts Neuro-oncology Clinic weekly in the Sidney Kimmel Comprehensive Cancer Center in the Weinberg Pavilion Outpatient Center on Mondays from 9:30-5:30. New patient appointments can be scheduled by calling 410.614.8906. Return visits can be scheduled by calling 410.955.8893. The Johns Hopkins Hospital Comprehensive Neurofibromatosis Center (adult and pediatric neurology, neurosurgery and genetic counseling) holds clinic one Friday per month in the Johns Hopkins Outpatient Center. Appointments and consultations can be requested by calling Lisa Pittman-Drones at 410-614-3853.