Dr. Jennifer Johnson
Head and Neck Surgeon
2 Podcasts on BackTable
Dr. Jennifer Johnson is a head and neck surgeon and Associate Professor in the Departments of Medical Oncology and Otolaryngology at Thomas Jefferson University in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
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Episode # 33 • 04 Nov 2025
Keynote-689: Implementation & Multidisciplinary Care for Immunotherapy in Head & Neck Cancer
When treating head and neck cancer, how can you tell the difference between true disease progression and pseudoprogression? In this episode of the BackTable Podcast, we discuss the practical implementation of the KEYNOTE-689 trial published in the New England Journal of Medicine, which demonstrated the benefit of adding neoadjuvant and adjuvant immunotherapy to standard head and neck cancer care. Our tumor board panel includes Dr. Mihir Patel, a head and neck surgeon from UNC Chapel Hill, Dr. Siddharth Sheth, a head and neck medical oncologist from UNC, Dr. Jennifer Johnson, a professor of medical oncology and otolaryngology at Sidney Kimmel Comprehensive Cancer Center, and Dr. Adam Luginbuhl, a head and neck surgical oncologist at Thomas Jefferson University.
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Dr. Johnson, who holds dual degrees in medicine and molecular genetics, focuses her research on the tumor microenvironment in head and neck cancers, particularly its metabolic and immunologic aspects. She collaborates with researchers at Jefferson to develop clinical trials targeting interactions between cancer cells and surrounding tissue. As Co-Director of the Precision Medicine Initiative at the Sidney Kimmel Cancer Center, she leads efforts to match patients to molecularly guided clinical trials and established a system-wide Molecular Tumor Board to support collaborative case discussions across Jefferson hospitals.
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