JohnHarmonMD

General Surgery • Baltimore, MD

Professor of Surgery, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine; Director, Surgical Research

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Office
4940 Eastern Avenue
Baltimore, MD 21224
Phone+1 410-550-0400
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Education & Training

Columbia University Vagelos College of Physicians and SurgeonsClass of 1969
Beth Israel Deaconess Medical CenterResidency, Surgery
Lahey ClinicResidency, Surgery

Certifications & Licensure

DC State Medical License 1985 - Present
MD State Medical License 1996 - 2024
American Board of Surgery Surgery

Awards, Honors, & Recognition

CMS Meaningful Use Stage 1 Certification EpicCare Ambulatory EMR, Epic Systems Corporation, 2013-2014
Fellow (FACS) American College of Surgeons

Clinical Trials

Hypoxia-inducible Factor-1 (HIF-1) Regulated Circulating Angiogenic Cells (CACs) Recruitment in Burn Wound Healing Start of enrollment: 2006 Dec 01
Terminated
Not Applicable

Publications & Presentations

PubMed

Transfection of hypoxia-inducible factor-1α mRNA upregulates the expression of genes encoding angiogenic growth factors.
Jakub Wlodarczyk, Albert Leng, Sanaz Nourmohammadi Abadchi, Niloufar Shababi, Farzad Mokhtari-Esbuie, Shayan Gheshlaghi, Mohsen Rouhani Ravari, Emma K Pippenger, Ali A...> ;Scientific Reports. 2024 Mar 20
Induction of Skin Allograft Chimerism by Pharmacological Mobilization of Endogenous Bone Marrow-Derived Stem Cells.
Ali R Ahmadi, Russell N Wesson, Jinny Huang, John Harmon, James F Burdick, Andrew M Cameron, Zhaoli Sun> ;Journal of Burn Care & Research. 2024 Jan 5
Chitosan Particles Complexed with CA5-HIF-1α Plasmids Increase Angiogenesis and Improve Wound Healing.
Louis J Born, Sameer Bengali, Angela Ting Wei Hsu, Sanaz Nourmohammadi Abadchi, Kai-Hua Chang, Frank Lay, Aerielle Matsangos, Christopher Johnson, Steven M Jay, John W...> ;International Journal of Molecular Sciences. 2023 Sep 14
Revolutionary transformation lowering the mortality of pancreaticoduodenectomy: a historical review.
Chang Wu, B., Wlodarczyk, J., Nourmohammadi Abadchi, S., Shababi, N., Cameron, J., Harmon, J.> ;Egastroenterology. 2023 Sep 1
Pioneering use of genetic analysis forto identify candidates for prophylactic total gastrectomy to prevent hereditary diffuse gastric cancer.
Mokhtari-Esbuie, F., Ravari, M., Szeglin, B., Duncan, M., Harmon, J.> ;Egastroenterology. 2023 Sep 1
Adenoviral delivery of DNA plasmid for RNA silencing: pros and cons.
Farzad Mokhtari-Esbuie, Shayan Gheshlaghi, John M Abraham, John W Harmon> ;Annals of Translational Medicine. 2023 Aug 30
2 citations
Induced Pluripotent Stem Cell-Derived Extracellular Vesicles Promote Wound Repair in a Diabetic Mouse Model via an Anti-Inflammatory Immunomodulatory Mechanism.
Daniel Levy, Sanaz Nourmohammadi Abadchi, Niloufar Shababi, Mohsen Rouhani Ravari, Nicholas H Pirolli, Cade Bergeron, Angel Obiorah, Farzad Mokhtari-Esbuie, Shayan Ghe...> ;Advanced Healthcare Materials. 2023 Oct 1
1 citations
Induced pluripotent stem cell-derived extracellular vesicles promote wound repair in a diabetic mouse model via an anti-inflammatory immunomodulatory mechanism.
Sanaz Nourmohammadi Abadchi, Niloufar Shababi, Mohsen Rouhani Ravari, Nicholas H Pirolli, Cade Bergeron, Angel Obiorah, Farzad Mokhtari-Esbuie, Shayan Gheshlaghi, John...> ;Biorxiv. 2023 Mar 23
6 citations
Mesenchymal Stem Cell Culture within Perfusion Bioreactors Incorporating 3D-Printed Scaffolds Enables Improved Extracellular Vesicle Yield with Preserved Bioactivity.
Stephanie M Kronstadt, Divya B Patel, Louis J Born, Daniel Levy, Max J Lerman, Bhushan Mahadik, Shannon T McLoughlin, Arafat Fasuyi, Lauren Fowlkes, Lauren Hoorens Van...> ;Advanced Healthcare Materials. 2023 Aug 1
9 citations
Impact of storage conditions and duration on function of native and cargo-loaded mesenchymal stromal cell extracellular vesicles.
Daniel Levy, Anjana Jeyaram, Louis J Born, Kai-Hua Chang, Sanaz Nourmohammadi Abadchi, Angela Ting Wei Hsu, Talia Solomon, Amaya Aranda, Samantha Stewart, Xiaoming He,...> ;Cytotherapy. 2023 May 1
2 citations
Potential Role of Silencing Ribonucleic Acid for Esophageal Cancer Treatment.
Bo-Chang Wu, Angela Ting-Wei Hsu, Sanaz Nourmohammadi Abadchi, Christopher R Johnson, Sameer Bengali, Frank Lay, Kelsey Melinosky, Chunbo Shao, Kai-Hua Chang, Louis J ...> ;The Journal of Surgical Research. 2022 Oct 1
6 citations
Preconditioning of surgical pedicle flaps with DNA plasmid expressing hypoxia-inducible factor-1α (HIF-1α) promotes tissue viability.
Kai Hua Chang, Pouria Shoureshi, Frank Lay, Raul Sebastian, Zahra Alikhassy Habibabady, Louis J. Born, Guy P. Marti, Stephen J. Meltzer, John M. Abraham, John W. Harmon> ;Gene Therapy. 2021 Jun 1
12 citations
Targeting the Hedgehog Pathway Using Itraconazole to Prevent Progression of Barrett's Esophagus to Invasive Esophageal Adenocarcinoma
Ronan J. Kelly, Amir Mehdi Ansari, Tomoharu Miyashita, Marianna Zahurak, Frank Lay, A. Karim Ahmed, Louis J. Born, Maryam Kherad Pezhouh, Kevan J. Salimian, Christophe...> ;Annals of Surgery. 2021 Jun 1
54 citations
HOTAIR-Loaded Mesenchymal Stem/Stromal Cell Extracellular Vesicles Enhance Angiogenesis and Wound Healing
Louis J. Born, Kai Hua Chang, Pouria Shoureshi, Frank Lay, Sameer Bengali, Angela Ting-Wei Hsu, Sanaz Nourmohammadi Abadchi, John W. Harmon, Steven M. Jay> ;Advanced Healthcare Materials. 2021 Apr 18
Corrigendum to: Tie2-dependent knockout of HIF-1 impairs burn wound vascularization and homing of bone marrow-derived angiogenic cells
Kakali Sarkar, Sergio Rey, Xianjie Zhang, Raul Sebastian, Guy P. Marti, Karen Fox-Talbot, A. V. Cardona, Junkai Du, Yee Sun Tan, Lixin Liu, Frank Lay, Frank J. Gonzale...> ;Cardiovascular Research. 2021 Mar 21
40 citations
Therapeutic potential of extracellular vesicle-associated long noncoding RNA.
Louis J. Born, John W. Harmon, Steven M. Jay> ;Bioengineering & Translational Medicine. 2020 Sep 1
15 citations
Total Gastrectomy for CDH-1 Mutation Carriers: An Institutional Experience
Sandra R. DiBrito, Alex B. Blair, Vishnu Prasath, Mehran Habibi, John W. Harmon, Mark D. Duncan> ;The Journal of Surgical Research. 2020 Mar 1
8 citations
Impact of Extravasated Platelet Activation and Podoplanin-positive Cancer-associated Fibroblasts in Pancreatic Cancer Stroma.
Tomoharu Miyashita, Hidehiro Tajima, Ryosuke Gabata, Mitsuyoshi Okazaki, Hiroyuki Shimbashi, Yoshinao Ohbatake, Koichi Okamoto, Sinichi Nakanuma, Seisho Sakai, Isamu M...> ;Anticancer Research. 2019 Oct 1
9 citations
Krüppel-like Factor 5 Promotes Sonic Hedgehog Signaling and Neoplasia in Barrett's Esophagus and Esophageal Adenocarcinoma.
Christopher Ng, Ke Ma, Yulan Cheng, Tomoharu Miyashita, John W. Harmon, Stephen J. Meltzer> ;Translational Oncology. 2019 Aug 8
43 citations
Engineering Pro-Regenerative Hydrogels for Scarless Wound Healing
Guoming Sun, Yu-I Shen, John W. Harmon> ;Advanced Healthcare Materials. 2018 Jul 1
7 citations
Preventive effect of oral hangeshashinto (TJ-14) on the development of reflux-induced esophageal cancer.
Tomoharu Miyashita, Toru Kono, Daisuke Matsui, Yuki Yamazaki, Daichi Sadatomi, Naoki Fujitsuka, Shinichi Nakanuma, Koichi Okamoto, Isamu Makino, Jun Kinoshita, Keishi ...> ;Surgery. 2018 Mar 22
16 citations
Efficacy of Chitosan-Based Dressing for Control of Bleeding in Excisional Wounds.
Anne-Heloise Stricker-Krongrad, Zahra Alikhassy, Nicolette Matsangos, Raul Sebastian, Guy Marti, Frank Lay, John W. Harmon> ;Eplasty. 2018 Mar 10
38 citations
Neoadjuvant Chemotherapy with Gemcitabine Plus Nab-paclitaxel Reduces the Number of Cancer-associated Fibroblasts Through Depletion of Pancreatic Stroma
Tomoharu Miyashita, Hidehiro Tajima, Isamu Makino, Mitsuyoshi Okazaki, Takahisa Yamaguchi, Yoshinao Ohbatake, Sinichi Nakanuma, Hironori Hayashi, Hiroyuki Takamura, It...> ;Anticancer Research. 2018 Jan 1
13 citations
Quantitative Monitoring Wound Healing Status Through Three-dimensional Imaging on Mobile Platforms.
Adam Yee, John W. Harmon, Steven Yi> ;The Journal of the American College of Clinical Wound Specialists. 2017 Dec 1
31 citations
Role for Neutrophil Extracellular Traps (NETs) and Platelet Aggregation in Early Sepsis-induced Hepatic Dysfunction
Kentaro Sakurai, Tomoharu Miyashita, Mitsuyoshi Okazaki, Takahisa Yamaguchi, Yoshinao Ohbatake, Shinichi Nakanuma, Koichi Okamoto, Seisho Sakai, Jun Kinoshita, Isamu M...> ;In Vivo. 2017 Nov 1
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