Her surgical specialization is in gastrointestinal cancers, including gastric, rectal and pancreatic cancers.Dr. Ahuja serves as the Director of Sarcoma and Peritoneal Surface Malignancy Program and the Chief of Mixed Tumor Services.Dr. Ahuja obtained her medical education at the Duke University School of Medicine and her training in general surgery at Johns Hopkins. In addition, she completed a fellowship in surgical oncology at Johns Hopkins focused on hepatobiliary malignancies. Dr. Ahuja joined the Johns Hopkins faculty in 2003.Dr. Ahuja also directs an active cancer research laboratory studying molecular markers important in early diagnosis and prognosis of gastrointestinal cancer.Dr. Ahuja was certified in surgery by the American Board of Surgery in 2003.