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Copyright 1994 The Baltimore Sun Company 

The Baltimore Sun 

February 8, 1994, Tuesday, FINAL EDITION 

SECTION: NEWS, Pg. 5B 

LENGTH: 678 words 

HEADLINE: Dr. Brigid Leventhal, JHU oncologist, expert on treating  cancer in 
 children 

BYLINE: DeWitt Bliss, SUN STAFF WRITER 

BODY: 
 
Dr. Brigid G. Leventhal, professor of oncology and pediatrics at the Johns 
 Hopkins School of Medicine and the first director of the Pediatric Oncology 
 Division at Hopkins' Oncology Center, died Sunday of cancer at her home in 
 Columbia. 
Dr. Leventhal, who was 58, was an expert on the development of new 
 chemotherapy treatments and the assessment of their toxicity in children. 
At her death, she was working with the U.S. Food and Drug Administration 
 on a study of agents already approved for treatment of children and of any 
 long-term side effects. 
"Dr. Leventhal's contribution to the management of childhood cancers is 
 immeasurable," said Dr. Martin D. Abeloff, director of the Oncology Center. 
 "She devoted her entire career to the pursuit of new and better ways to 
 treat childhood cancers.  
"She had a true concern for the children she treated and the long-term 
 effects the disease would have on their lives. Dr. Leventhal made a special 
 effort to pass her knowledge on to younger researchers and clinicians. Her 
 contributions will have a lasting impact on the field of oncology." 
Dr. Leventhal began working at Hopkins in 1976 and headed the pediatric 
 unit until 1984, establishing the outpatient clinic and the inpatient unit. 
The former Brigid Gray was born in London and, with her mother and younger 
 brother, came to the United States in 1940 at the height of the blitz of 
 London. They settled in Los Angeles. Her father remained in England as a 
 filmmaker in the Royal Air Force. 
She graduated from Hollywood High School in 1950, then studied for a year 
 at a boarding school in Switzerland before beginning her studies in 
 psychology at the University of California Los Angeles, from which she was 
 graduated summa cum laude in 1955. 
She began her medical studies at UCLA then transferred to the Harvard 
 University medical school, graduating in 1960. She served her internship and 
 pediatric residency at Massachusetts General Hospital. After an additional 
 year of residency at Boston City Hospital, she studied hematology on a 
 one-year fellowship at St. Elizabeth's Hospital in Boston. 
In 1964, she came to Maryland to work at the National Cancer Institute in 
 Bethesda, where she headed the Chemoimmunotherapy Section from 1973 until 
 she went to Hopkins. 
She was a member of the Recombinant DNA Advisory Committee and its 
 subcommittee on human gene therapy at the National Cancer Institute, and of 
 the advisory committees of the Leukemia Society, the Yale Cancer Center, the 
 Dartmouth Cancer Center and St. Jude's Children's Hospital. 
She was a former president of Women in Cancer Research, a member of the 
 boards of the American Society of Clinical Oncology and the American 
 Association of Cancer Research, and a founding member of the Pediatric 
 Oncology Group, a national cooperative group of those participating in 
 clinical trials, and chairman of its Hodgkin's Disease Committee. 
She was co-author of "Research Methods in Clinical Oncology" and wrote 52 
 book chapters, including several in the "Nelson Pediatric Textbook." She 
 published more than 135 articles. 
Her awards included the Outstanding Career Woman Award of the National 
 Council of Women and the Outstanding Professional Achievement Award from the 
 UCLA Alumni Association. 
Services were to be held at 10 a.m. today at the Owen Brown Interfaith 
 Center, 7246 Cradlerock Way, Columbia. 
Dr. Leventhal is survived by her husband, Dr. Carl Leventhal, a division 
 director at the National Institute for Neurological Disorders; two sons, 
 George Leventhal of Takoma Park and James Leventhal of New York City; two 
 daughters, Sarah Roark and Dinah Leventhal, both of Rockville; her mother, 
 Barbara Gray, and brother, Kevin Gray, both of Los Angeles; and a 
 granddaughter. 
Memorial donations may be made to an endowed lectureship bearing her name 
 at the Oncology Center through its development office at 550 N. Broadway, 
 Baltimore 21205.  

GRAPHIC: PHOTO, 1976 PHOTO, Dr. Brigid G. Leventhal began working at Hopkins in 
 1976.  

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