Geneve Allison, MD

Assistant Professor of Medicine
Tufts University School of Medicine
Division of Geographic Medicine and Infectious Diseases
Tufts Medical Center
Boston, Massachusetts

Dr. Geneve Allison is currently Assistant Professor of Medicine at Tufts University School of Medicine, Associate Program Director for the Infectious Diseases fellowship, and an attending physician in the Division of Geographic Medicine and Infectious Diseases at Tufts Medical Center, Boston, MA.  Dr. Allison graduated from Harvard College, Cambridge, MA in 1993 cum laude with B.A. in Biology and from University of Massachusetts Medical School, Worcester, MA in 2000.  She was an intern, resident and chief resident at Alameda County Medical Center in Oakland, CA from 2000-2004, where she was resident of the year for 2002-3.  She joined Tufts Medical Center as an Infectious Diseases fellow in 2004.  During her T32 NIH-funded research years she studied humoral immunity to Crytosporidium in Bangladeshi children with diarrhea, resulting in several publications.  She was awarded the Tufts Medical Center Gorbach prize for best clinical/translational research by an Infectious Diseases fellow in 2005.

Mohamed G. Atta, MD, MPH

Associate Professor of Medicine
Division of Nephrology
The Johns Hopkins University
School of Medicine
Baltimore, Maryland

Mohamed G. Atta, MD, MPH, is Associate Professor of Medicine at The Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine in Baltimore, Maryland, and Medical Director of the Dialysis Center, DaVita Health Care in East Baltimore, Maryland. Dr Atta received his MPH degree from Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health in 2005. Dr Atta is a member of the Health Disparity Committee at the Department of Health and Mental Hygiene in Maryland, the Scientific Council on Kidney of the American Heart Association, the International Society of Nephrology, and the American Society of Nephrology. Dr Atta has participated as principal investigator in several studies and serves as a peer reviewer for the American Journal of Medicine, Kidney International, Clinical Journal of the American Society of Nephrology, and a host of other journals. He authored or co-authored numerous articles and abstracts published in Genomics, the Journal of Biological Chemistry, Clinical Infectious Disease, American Journal of Medicine, American Journal of Transplantation, the Journal of Ultrasound in Medicine, Clinical Journal of the American Society of Nephrology, American Journal of Kidney Disease, Nephrology Dialysis Transplantation, and Kidney International, among others .

Paul G. Auwaerter, MD

Associate Professor of Medicine 
Clinical Director, Division of Infectious Diseases 
The Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine
Baltimore, MD

Dr. Auwaerter is an Associate Professor of Medicine at the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine and the Clinical Director for the Division of Infectious Diseases. He serves as the Chief Medical Officer of the Johns Hopkins Point of Care–Information Technology (POC–IT) Center responsible for producing the Johns Hopkins ABX [Antibiotic] Guide and Johns Hopkins HIV Guide. Concurrently, he is the managing editor for the  JH ABX Guide . Dr. Auwaerter's research interests include Lyme disease, Epstein-Barr virus and respiratory tract infections.

John G. Bartlett , MD

Professor of Medicine 
Department of Medicine 
The Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine
Baltimore, MD

Dr. Bartlett has studied anaerobic infections, antibiotic-associated colitis, pneumonia, and AIDS for more than 20 years. He joined the Johns Hopkins faculty in 1980 and holds a joint appointment in the Department of Epidemiology at the School of Public Health. The chief of the Division of Infectious Diseases and Director of the Johns Hopkins AIDS Service, Dr. Bartlett has published 13 books, over 300 book chapters and reviews, and more than 300 articles. In recognition of his excellence in teaching, seven graduating classes from the School of Medicine, have nominated him as Graduation Marshal.

Gail V. Berkenblit, MD, PhD

Associate Professor of Medicine
Division of General Internal Medicine
The Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine
Baltimore, Maryland

Dr. Berkenblit earned her BS from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and her MD from the Johns Hopkins School of Medicine.  Her thesis on embryonic implantation earned her a PhD from Harvard.  She then underwent her medical training at Johns Hopkins in internal medicine.  She joined the faculty as a clinician educator at Johns Hopkins and has been there ever since.  Gail has a general medicine as well as an HIV practice in the Johns Hopkins Moore Clinic.  She is also a Firm Faculty Leader for the Osler Residency Program in Internal Medicine and is active in resident teaching. 

Dr Berkenblit’s research has investigated current practices in resident training in HIV care.  She also has been the educational director of the SGIM’s HIV Prevention Program.  She is currently Chair of the Society for General Internal Medicine HIV Task Force. 

Anthony Bilenki, MA, RRT

Technical Director
Respiratory Care Services
Division of Anesthesiology and Critical Care Medicine
The Johns Hopkins Hospital
Baltimore, Maryland

As the Director of Respiratory Care Services, Anthony Bilenki is responsible for all the administrative and operational activities related to respiratory care services which include all the critical care and inpatient areas of the hospital. He also places a key role in maintaining and assuring operation of hospital’s Extra Corporeal Membrane Oxygenation (ECMO) service and the blood gas laboratories in Pediatric and Neonatal Intensive Care Units.

Clifton Bingham, MD

Associate Professor of Medicine
Associate Director, Johns Hopkins Arthritis Center

Director, Rapid Arthritis Care and Evaluation Clinic M.D.: Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons Internship and Residency : Columbia-Presbyterian Medical Center Post–doctoral Fellowship : Brigham and Women's Hospital, Rheumatology and Allergy and Immunology

Michael P. Boyle, MD, FCCP

Associate Professor of Medicine 
Director, Adult Cystic Fibrosis Program
The Johns Hopkins University 
Baltimore, MD 

Dr. Boyle attended the University of Maryland, and received his M.D. from the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine. He completed both his residency in internal medicine and his fellowship in pulmonary and critical care medicine at Johns Hopkins. In addition to his role as Director of the Adult Cystic Fibrosis Program, he is Director of Education and Fellowship Recruiting for the Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine.

Neil M. Bressler, MD

James P. Gills
Professor of Ophthalmology
The Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine 
Chief, Retina Division
Wilmer Eye Institute at Johns Hopkins
Baltimore, MD

Neil Bressler, MD, is currently the Chief of the Retina Division, and has an endowed chair as the inaugural James P. Gills Professor of Ophthalmology. His main research interests have been collaborative efforts in clinical trials of common retinal diseases, including age-related macular degeneration and diabetic retinopathy. He also chairs the NIH-sponsored Diabetic Retinopathy Clinical Research Network, chairs the National Eye Institute’s Data and Safety Monitoring Committee for intramural clinical trials, and is a voting member of the FDA Ophthalmic Devices Panel.

Susan B. Bressler, MD

Julia G. Levy, PhD, Professor of Ophthalmology
The Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine
Johns Hopkins Hospital
Baltimore, MD

Dr. Bressler became only the second woman physician promoted to professor of Ophthalmology at the Wilmer Eye Institute. In May 2004 she was inducted as the inaugural recipient of the endowed position of Julia G. Levy, PhD, Professor of Ophthalmology. Her main research interest has been collaborative efforts in clinical trials, with specific emphasis on the treatment of choroidal neovascularization in age-related macular degeneration.

Raymond T. Chung, MD

Vice Chief, Gastrointestinal Unit
Medical Director, Liver Transplant Program

Dr. Ray Chung is Director of Hepatology, Vice Chief of Gastroenterology and Medical Director of the Liver Transplant Program at Mass. General Hospital in Boston. He is also Associate Professor of Medicine at Harvard Medical School. He has been a leading researcher in translational research in HCV infection. Much of his laboratory's work has focused on mechanisms of viral persistence, characterization of host factors that support replication, and the identification of novel targets for antiviral strategies. His lab has also focused on mechanisms of enhanced liver disease pathogenesis in HCV-HIV coinfection. He has been an active member of the ACTG and been responsible for carrying out many of the key studies in HCV-HIV coinfection. He currently serves as Associate Editor of Gastroenterology and the Journal of Infectious Diseases.

Joseph Cofrancesco, MD, MPH, FACP

Associate Professor of Medicine
Director, Institute for Excellence in Education
The Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine
Baltimore, Maryland

Dr. Cofrancesco earned a Bachelor of Arts degree from Columbia University and a doctor of medicine degree from the Mount Sinai School of Medicine (elected to Alpha Omega Alpha). He completed his internship in internal medicine at the Columbia College of Physicians and Surgeons and residency in primary care/medicine at the Montefiore Medical Center/Albert Einstein College of Medicine, where he served as the institution’s first primary care chief resident. Dr. Cofrancesco completed his fellowship in general internal medicine at The Johns Hopkins School of Medicine and received a master’s degree in public health from The Johns Hopkins School of Hygiene and Public Health (elected to Delta Omega). He has been on the Johns Hopkins faculty ever since and is currently an associate professor of medicine and an attending physician at The Johns Hopkins Hospital. Dr. Cofrancesco is an active member of the HIV service and directs the HIV practice at Green Spring station. He also serves as the director of the Institute for Excellence in Education.

Bernard A. Cohen, MD

Professor of Pediatrics and Dermatology
Director of Pediatric Dermatology 
Johns Hopkins Children's Center
Baltimore, MD

Dr. Cohen is Professor of Pediatrics and Dermatology and Director of Pediatric Dermatology at the Johns Hopkins Children's Center. A Hopkins medical school graduate, his residency in pediatrics and fellowship in dermatology were also from Johns Hopkins. He is Board Certified in pediatrics and dermatology, and pediatric dermatology. His clinical interests include pediatric dermatology and cutaneous laser surgery. Research interests include hemangiomas and vascular malformations, infections and infestations, and pediatric pharmacotherapeutics.

Sara E. Cosgrove, MD, MS 

Assistant Professor of Medicine, 
Division of Infectious Diseases 
Associate Hospital Epidemiologist 
The Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine 
Baltimore, MD 

Dr. Cosgrove is an Assistant Professor at the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine. She serves as the Director of the Antiobiotic Management Program and as an Associate Hospital Epidemiologist in the Division of Infectious Diseases at the Johns Hopkins Hospital. Dr. Cosgrove's research interests include methods to optimize hospital preparedness for bioterrorism and SARS, syndromic surveillance for infectious diseases including agents of bioterrorism, epidemiology and outcomes of antimicrobial resistance, development of tools and programs to promote the rational use of antimicrobials, and prevention of hospital-acquired infections.

Jason E. Farley, PhD(c), MPH, NP

Adult Nurse Practitioner, Infectious Disease
Clinical Instructor
Department of Medicine
The Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine
Baltimore, MD

Dr. Farley is an Adult Nurse Practitioner with clinical appointments in both infectious disease and emergency medicine at Johns Hopkins University. As a nurse, he has worked in infection control and has lectured and consulted both nationally and internationally on infection control topics.

Nancy M. Holekamp, MD

Associate Professor
Clinical Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences
Washington University School of Medicine
St. Louis, MI 

Dr. Holekamp is an Associate Professor of Clinical Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences at the Washington University School of Medicine. She is also a partner in the Barnes Retina Institute. Dr. Holekamp is actively involved in clinical research, having been principal investigator or sub-investigator in more than 10 national clinical trials dealing with age-related macular degeneration, retinal vascular occlusion, and diabetic retinopathy.

Edward E. Lawson, MD

Professor
Department of
Pediatrics–Neonatology
The Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine 
Baltimore, MD

Dr. Lawson's research has centered on the neurodevelopmental aspects of controlling breathing. Lately, Dr. Lawson's laboratory has been investigating protracted effects of hypoxia on neurotransmitter and receptor gene expression in the respiratory control centers of the brainstem. Other interests have included fluid flux across the respiratory epithelium in newborns, as well as various clinical projects.

Mark Lebwohl, MD

Professor and Chairman
Department of Dermatology 
the Mount Sinai School of Medicine
New York, NY

Dr. Lebwohl is Professor and Chairman of the Department of Dermatology at the Mount Sinai School of Medicine, having served as President of the New York Dermatological Society, the Manhattan Dermatologic Society, and the New York State Society of Dermatology, and as Chairman of the Dermatology Section of the New York Academy of Medicine. Dr. Lebwohl has served as Chairman of the Psoriasis Task Force of the American Academy of Dermatology and as Chairman of the Scientific Assembly Council.

Hannah M. Lee, MD

Gastroenterologist Assistant Professor, Tufts University School of Medicine

Dr. Hannah Lee is Assistant Professor of Medicine in the Division of Gastroenterology/ Hepatology at Tufts Medical Center-Tufts University School of Medicine in Boston.
Her specialty is in general hepatology and transplant hepatology. She has a special interest in viral hepatitis, and is the director of the Asian Pacific Liver Wellness Program at Tufts Medical Center, located in the heart of Chinatown, in Boston, Massachusetts. Her research is currently focused on studying best practices among primary care physicians in Hepatitis B screening in the Boston area and improving Hepatitis B screening rates in the Boston Asian community. She is actively involved in addressing Asian health disparities, particularly in the area of Hepatitis B, both at the local and national level. She is on the board committee for the Asian health initiative at Tufts Medical Center, and is on the advisory board for the Asian Health Foundation. Read More...

Christoph U. Lehmann, MD

Associate Professor
Department of
Pediatrics–Neonatology
The Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine
Baltimore, MD

Dr. Lehmann's research interests focus on medical informatics, especially on the use of computers in the prevention of medical errors and in computer-assisted learning. Dr. Lehmann has designed multiple clinical computing applications and evaluated their impact on patient safety and staff satisfaction. He developed popular medical educational websites such as Dermatlas and Harriet Lane Links.

Peter J. Mogayzel, Jr., MD, PhD

Associate Professor of Pediatrics 
Director, Cystic Fibrosis Center 
The Johns Hopkins University
Baltimore, MD

Dr. Mogayzel has been the Director of the Cystic Fibrosis Center since 2002 and Medical Director of the Pediatric Lung Transplantation Program since 1998. An Associate Professor of Pediatrics, he attended Brown University and received his MD and PhD degrees from Boston University. The thrust of his research is on the regulatory properties of the CFTR gene. He is also a lung transplant specialist whose work in that field was showcased on ABC’s documentary Hopkins 24/7 .

Lawrence M. Nogee, MD

Professor
Department of
Pediatrics–Neonatology
The Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine
Baltimore, MD

Dr. Nogee is involved in research concerning genetic mechanisms that cause or contribute to the development of lung disease in newborns, children and adults, with a particular focus on the epidemiology, molecular genetics, and pathophysiology of inborn errors of surfactant metabolism

Calvin Q. Pan, MD, FACP, FACG

American Board of Internal Medicine
American Board of Gastroenterology & Hepatology

Dr. Calvin Q. Pan is a research scientist and board certified physician in Internal Medicine, Gastroenterology and Hepatology. Specializing in liver and digestive disorders as well as nutrition support, he has been providing patient care services in Flushing area in Queens, New York since 1999. He is a teaching faculty and Associate Professor in Clinical Medicine at Mount Sinai School of Medicine in New York. Currently, He is appointed as the Director of Clinical Research/Hepatology at the Department of Medicine, Mount Sinai Services at Elmhurst Hosptital Medical Center. He is also on the staff of The New York Hospital in Queens. He serves as a principle clinical investigator in multiple national studies and clinical trials for hepatitis. He lectures, teaches and writes journal articles on his basic science and his clinical research findings.

.Donna W. Peeler, RN, BSN

Pediatric Clinical Coordinator 
Cystic Fibrosis Center 
The Johns Hopkins University 
Baltimore, MD

Donna Peeler received her Bachelor of Science in Nursing from the University of Maryland, and began her nursing career in the NICU at Johns Hopkins in 1979. She was the Nursing Supervisor and co-owner of a pediatric nursing agency in Baltimore, MD. She has been a part of the Johns Hopkins CF Center since 1988, working with CF and pulmonary patients in the outpatient setting.

Susan Matra Rabizadeh, MD, MBA

Benest Dermatology
Burbank, CA

Dr. Rabizadeh graduated from the Tufts University School of Medicine, where she also earned an MBA in Healthcare Management. She completed training in dermatology at the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, where she also served as chief resident. Dr. Rabizadeh is currently in private practice in the Los Angeles area. Her interests include general, cosmetic, and surgical dermatology

Meghan Ramsay, MS, CRNP

Adult Clinical Coordinator 
Cystic Fibrosis Center 
The Johns Hopkins University 
Baltimore, MD 

Meghan Ramsay has been with the Johns Hopkins Hospital for 10 years, previously as a staff nurse and currently as a nurse practitioner.  She has been with the Adult Cystic Fibrosis Program for the past 3 years. She is a certified nurse practitioner from the American Nurses Credentialing Center and is a current member of the Nurse Practitioner Association of Maryland.

Jonathan Samuels, MD

Dr. Samuels is Assistant Professor in the Department of Medicine (Rheumatology), working with rheumatoid arthritis (RA) patients in many capacities over the last 8 years. He spent a few years, during a fellowship at Cornell, focusing on a translational research study about B cell tolerance in RA, and enrolling clinic patients. The last five years Dr. Samuels has treated a large number of RA patients at NYU Hospital for Joint Diseases, and participated in a number of clinical trials involving RA patients. Dr. Samuels also teaches medical students, residents and fellows throughout the year, and have given lectures on extra-articular manifestations and comorbidities of RA. He uses musculoskeletal ultrasound in his practice for diagnostic help and procedure (joint injection/aspiration) guidance, and teaches this technique to rheumatologists at conferences throughout the country.

He has written more than 20 publications, and serves a variety of leadership functions for clinical rheumatology. Dr. Samuels received his medical degree from Cornell University Medical College in 1999.

Paul J. Scheel, Jr., M.D., M.B.A.

Paul J. Scheel, Jr, MD, MBA, is Associate Professor and Director of the Division of Nephrology at The Johns Hopkins Hospital and Johns Hopkins Bayview Medical Center, both in Baltimore, Maryland. In addition, Dr. Scheel serves as Medical Director of Integrated Renal Solutions in Glen Burnie, Maryland.

After earning his medical degree from Georgetown University School of Medicine in Washington, DC, Dr. Scheel completed an internship and residency in internal medicine on the Osler Medical Service at The Johns Hopkins Hospital. Subsequently, he completed a fellowship in nephrology at The Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine and a master of business administration degree at The Johns Hopkins University School of Professional Studies and Education.

Dr. Scheel is board-certified in nephrology. Additionally, he is a Fellow of The American Society of Nephrology and is certified by the American Society of Hypertension

Elizabeth Sloand, PhD, CRNP

Assistant Professor of Pediatric Nursing 
Johns Hopkins University School 
of Nursing 
Baltimore, MD

Dr. Sloand is an assistant professor of pediatric nursing at the Johns Hopkins University School of Nursing. Drawing on her interests in International health and preventive medicine in vulnerable populations, Dr. Sloand provides primary care services to children and adolescents, both domestically and globally. Child health and survival of rural Haitian children and nursing education strategies are some of her research interests.

Aruna K. Subramanian, MD 

Assistant Professor of Medicine
Division of Infectious Disease
Department of Medicine
Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine
Baltimore, MD

Dr. Subramanian is the recipient of many grants, and her research focuses on reducing surgical site infections, treating RSV in lung and bone marrow transplants, studying outcomes of kidney and liver transplants in stable HIV patients, and the spectrum and severity of Infectious complications in Johns Hopkins Incompatible Kidney Transplant Program (InKTP). She is a Diplomate of the ABIM, a member of IDSA and AST, and sits on the Practice Guidelines Committee and chairs the Infectious Diseases Educational Initiatives Committee at the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine.

Mark S. Sulkowski, MD

Associate Professor of Medicine
Medical Director of the Viral Hepatitis Center
in the Divisions of Infectious Diseases and
Gastroenterology/Hepatology
The Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine
Baltimore, Maryland

Dr. Sulkowski received his MD from Temple University School of Medicine and completed a fellowship in infectious diseases at Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine. Dr. Sulkowski has been the principal investigator for numerous clinical trials of agents for treating viral hepatitis, including novel agents. He is the co-investigator for adult patients at the Johns Hopkins site of the National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases (NIDDK) Hepatitis B Clinical Research Network. Dr. Sulkowski is a member of numerous professional societies, including the American Association for the Study of Liver Diseases, the European Association for the Study of the Liver, and the Infectious Diseases Society of America. He has published widely, with papers in the Annals Internal Medicine, New England Journal of Medicine, Journal of the American Medical Association, Journal of Infectious Diseases, and Hepatology . As an invited lecturer, he has discussed the management of viral hepatitis at numerous, major national and international medical meetings.

Mary Terhaar, DNSc, RN 

Assistant Professor of Undergraduate Instruction
Johns Hopkins University School of Nursing
Baltimore, MD

Mary Terhaar is currently Assistant Professor at the Johns Hopkins School of Nursing. She has been responsible for outcomes management and professional development for the past fifteen years, has served as clinical faculty, and practiced as a perinatal and neonatal clinical nurse specialist in the Mid-Atlantic region.

Glenn J. Treisman MD, PhD

Professor of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences.
Professor of Internal Medicine.
Director of AIDS Psychiatry Services
Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine
Baltimore, Maryland

Glenn Jordan Treisman is the Director of the AIDS Psychiatry Service, Co-Director of the Chronic Pain Treatment Program, Professor of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences and Internal Medicine at the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine. Dr. Treisman is internationally known for his engaging presentations, his scholarly defense of psychiatry, and his vigorous commitment to the betterment of patient care for underserved populations. He is best known for his groundbreaking work in the field of HIV, where he has been described as “the father of AIDS psychiatry.” He is involved in the care of psychiatrically ill HIV infected patients and has been since early in the epidemic, and has described and raised awareness of the role of mental illness as a driving force in the HIV epidemic as well as a barrier to effective care. He is the author of The Psychiatry of AIDS, the first comprehensive textbook on the subject, as well as numerous articles on the issues of mental health in the HIV clinic. He was recognized for this work by the American College of Physicians with the presentation of the William C. Menninger Memorial Award for Distinguished Contribution to the Science of Mental Health in 2006. Starting with his Ph.D. in Pharmacology and his background in geriatric psychiatry, Dr. Treisman has worked at the interface between medicine and psychiatry, and has become a noted clinical expert on depression, addiction, personality disorders, chronic pain, and the interaction between psychiatric disorders and medical illness.

Tram Tran, MD 

Medical Director, Liver Transplantation

Tram Tran, MD is Medical Director of Liver Transplantation at the Liver Disease and Transplant Center at Cedars-Sinai. Dr. Tran has broad research interests in the areas of viral hepatitis, liver transplantation and recurrent disease following transplantation. She is a nationally recognized expert on chronic hepatitis B, and is active in patient and community advocacy on hepatitis B prevention and treatment. She has authored and co-authored numerous abstracts, papers and chapters in these fields.

Dr. Tran is a member of numerous professional organizations including the American Association for the Study of Liver Diseases, the American Society of Transplantation and the American Gastroenterological Association.

Dr. Tran received her medical degree at New York Medical College and completed her internship and residency in internal medicine at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, where she twice received the Leo G. Rigler Award for clinical excellence. She then went on to complete fellowships in Gastroenterology and Hepatology/Liver Transplant at University of California, Los Angeles and Cedars-Sinai Medical Center.