Ting Bao, MD, MS

Ting Bao, MD, MS

Medical Oncology

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617-632-3988

Appointments

617-632-3322

Biography

Ting Bao, MD, MS

Dr. Bao is the past president of the Society for Integrative Oncology (SIO) and current co-chair of SIO Education Committee.  She is the Co-Director of the Zakim Center for Integrative Therapies and Healthy Living at the Dana-Farber Cancer Institute.  She was a joint faculty member at Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center (MSK) Integrative Medicine and Breast Medicine services and the director of Integrative Breast Oncology program at MSK from 4/2014 to 7/2023.  She is a board-certified breast medical oncologist and medical acupuncturist, and integrative medicine physician.  She has conducted a number of clinical trials that examine the safety, effectiveness, and underlying mechanisms of acupuncture and yoga to improve cancer patients' quality of life and to address treatment- and disease-related symptoms. Because of her clinical and research expertise, she is a member of the National Cancer Institute (NCI) Physician Data Query Complementary and Alternative Medicine (CAM) Editorial Board.  She is also a member of the Alliance for Clinical Trials in Oncology Symptom Intervention Committee and she is a speaker and panelist for NCI conducted workshops on oncology acupuncture and cancer CAM.

 

Born and raised in Beijing, China, she received her medical education at Johns Hopkins School of Medicine, with residency at Johns Hopkins Bayview Medical Center and medical oncology fellow at the Kimmel Comprehensive Cancer Center.  Her Masters of Science in clinical research is from the University of Maryland.  Prior to her position at Memorial Sloan Kettering, she was a joint faculty member at the University of Maryland Greenebaum Cancer Center and Center for Integrative Medicine.  She is board-certified in medical oncology, internal medicine and acupuncture.  

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Physician

Physician
Co-Director, The Leonard P. Zakim Center for Integrative Therapies and Healthy Living

Clinical Interests

Integrative oncology

Board Certification

  • Medical Oncology, 2008

Fellowship

  • Johns Hopkins Sidney Kimmel Comprehensive Cancer Center

Residency

  • Johns Hopkins Bayview Medical Center, Internal Medicine

Medical School

  • Johns Hopkins School of Medicine

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Dana-Farber Cancer Institute

450 Brookline Avenue Boston, MA 02215
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Dana-Farber Cancer Institute

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Dana-Farber Cancer Institute

450 Brookline Avenue Boston, MA 02215
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42.3374, -71.1082

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