Dr. Wise is a pulmonary, critical care physician. He is an expert in the diagnosis and treatment of patients with obstructive lung disease, including those with asthma and COPD. He is a consultant for patients with scleroderma and interstitial lung disease. He has expertise in pulmonary physiology and lung function testing. Dr. Wise’s research focus is the conduct of multi-center clinical trials in airway diseases and related translational research. Dr. Wise is the co-director of the Pulmonary T32 Multi-disciplinary Training Program in Pulmonary Disease. Dr. Wise is rated as a Distinguished provider by MediFind in the treatment of Bronchiectasis. His top areas of expertise are Systemic Sclerosis (SSc), Interstitial Lung Disease, Acute Interstitial Pneumonia, and Sarcoidosis.

Dr. Belz is a specialist in Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine. He is Director of Bronchiectasis at the Johns Hopkins Center for Nontuberculous Mycobacteria and Bronchiectasis. He is an expert in the care of patients with bronchiectasis, asthma, COPD, and NTM pulmonary disease, and in the care of critically ill patients in the ICU. His research is dedicated to decreasing health disparities in the treatment of obstructive lung diseases such as COPD and bronchiectasis. He participates in clinical trials researching new treatments for bronchiectasis and NTM lung disease. He provides teaching to medical students, residents, and fellows at Johns Hopkins. Dr. Belz is rated as an Advanced provider by MediFind in the treatment of Bronchiectasis. His top areas of expertise are Bronchiectasis, Lung Metastases, Cystic Fibrosis, and Allergic Bronchopulmonary Aspergillosis.

Dr. Liu is a pulmonary physician with additional expertise in allergy and immunology. He is an expert in the diagnosis and treatment of patients with severe asthma with a focus on developing new treatments for severe disease that has failed to respond to standard therapies. Dr. Liu is rated as an Advanced provider by MediFind in the treatment of Bronchiectasis. His top areas of expertise are Eosinophilic Asthma, Chronic Eosinophilic Pneumonia, Eosinophilic Pneumonia, Simple Pulmonary Eosinophilia, and Gastrostomy.

Gary Kazlow is a Pulmonary Medicine provider in Elkridge, Maryland. Dr. Kazlow is rated as an Experienced provider by MediFind in the treatment of Bronchiectasis. His top areas of expertise are Empyema, Bronchitis, Upper Tract Urothelial Carcinoma (UTUC), and Lung Metastases.

Dr. Merlo is an internist who specializes in pulmonary and critical care medicine. Dr. Merlo also has clinical expertise in the care of patients with cystic fibrosis as well as clinical expertise in the care of patients with advanced lung disease who may require or have undergone lung transplantation. Dr. Merlo holds a joint appointment in epidemiology at the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health. Dr. Merlo attended the College of the Holy Cross and completed medical school and residency training in internal medicine at Georgetown University. He completed both clinical and research fellowships in pulmonary and critical care medicine at Johns Hopkins, and earned his M.P.H. at the Bloomberg School of Public Health. His research interests include outcomes in lung transplantation and cystic fibrosis, HIV-related pulmonary disease, and outcomes in Osler Weber Rendu. Dr. Merlo serves as the Associate Program Director of Scholarship for the Osler Medical Housestaff Training Program. He has contributed numerous scientific papers and book chapters related to cystic fibrosis and lung transplantation, and his awards include the Harry Shwachman Clinical Investigator Award from the Cystic Fibrosis Foundation. Dr. Merlo is rated as an Experienced provider by MediFind in the treatment of Bronchiectasis. His top areas of expertise are Cystic Fibrosis, Secondary Immunodeficiency (SID), Aspergillosis, Lung Transplant, and Endoscopy.

Dr. Anthony T. Fojo is a general internal medicine fellow at the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine. Dr. Fojo earned his M.D. at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis. He completed a residency at Barnes-Jewish Hospital. His research interests include the mathematical modeling of disease. Dr. Fojo is rated as an Experienced provider by MediFind in the treatment of Bronchiectasis. His top areas of expertise are HIV/AIDS, Heart Failure, Pulmonary Edema, and COVID-19.

Aparna Balasubramanian is a Pulmonary Medicine provider in Baltimore, Maryland. Dr. Balasubramanian is rated as an Experienced provider by MediFind in the treatment of Bronchiectasis. Her top areas of expertise are Pulmonary Hypertension, Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD), Pulmonary Veno-Occlusive Disease, Emphysema, and Lung Transplant.

Dr. Lechtzin is a pulmonary and critical care medicine physician. He directs the Adult CF program and the neuromuscular pulmonary clinic at Johns Hopkins and is an expert in the treatment of cystic fibrosis, pulmonary complications of neuromuscular disease and the care of critically ill patients in the Medical ICU. He is a member of the Longcope Firm Faculty and provides teaching to medical students and residents at Johns Hopkins. Dr. Lechtzin is rated as an Experienced provider by MediFind in the treatment of Bronchiectasis. His top areas of expertise are Cystic Fibrosis, Secondary Immunodeficiency (SID), Newborn Jaundice, Lung Transplant, and Endoscopy.

Dr. Kristina Montemayor is an Assistant Professor of Medicine in the Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine at Johns Hopkins. She worked as a bedside nurse for five years prior to receiving her medical degree with honors from the University of Texas Medical Branch and then completed her Internal Medicine residency and Pulmonary and Critical Care fellowship training at Johns Hopkins. Her clinical and research areas of expertise include adult cystic fibrosis, sex differences in pulmonary exacerbations, and women's health in cystic fibrosis. Her clinical work also involves caring for critically ill patients in Intensive Care Units. Dr. Montemayor joined the faculty in 2020 and has also been involved with undergraduate and graduate medical education. At the UME level, she is the Course Director for the pulmonary section of the pre-clerkship courses. At the GME level, she is Firm Faculty Leader of the Longcope Firm and Senior Associate Program Director of the Osler Medical Residency. In July 2024, she became the Director of the Fellowship Training Program in Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine. Dr. Montemayor is rated as an Experienced provider by MediFind in the treatment of Bronchiectasis. Her top areas of expertise are Cystic Fibrosis, Secondary Immunodeficiency (SID), Newborn Jaundice, and Bronchiectasis.

Dr. Natalie West is a pulmonary specialist in the Greater Baltimore area who specializes in the diagnosis and treatment of cystic fibrosis. Her focus also includes the treatment of interstitial lung disease, lung transplantation, COPD, asthma, and pulmonary hypertension. She also manages patients in the medical intensive care unit with acute respiratory failure caused by asthma, pneumonia, COPD, and the acute respiratory distress syndrome, as well as other conditions such as gastrointestinal bleeding, pulmonary embolism, diabetic ketoacidosis, and shock from sepsis, hypovolemia, and heart disease. Dr. West also serves as the associate program director of the Johns Hopkins Pulmonary and Critical Care Fellowship Program and plays an active role in recruitment of new fellows and mentoring fellows in the division. Dr. West is rated as an Experienced provider by MediFind in the treatment of Bronchiectasis. Her top areas of expertise are Cystic Fibrosis, Secondary Immunodeficiency (SID), Newborn Jaundice, Pseudomonas Stutzeri Infections, and Lung Transplant.

Dr. Pali Dedhiya Shah is a pulmonary and critical care physician. She is an expert in the diagnosis and treatment of advanced lung disease and lung transplantation. She is the medical director of the Johns Hopkins Lung Transplant program. She is a member of the International Society for Heart and Lung transplantation and provides teaching to medical students, residents and fellows at Johns Hopkins. Dr. Shah earned her medical degree from Jefferson Medical College of Thomas Jefferson University. She completed her residency at the Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania and performed a fellowship in pulmonary and critical care medicine at Johns Hopkins. Dr. Shah joined the Johns Hopkins faculty as an assistant professor of medicine in 2011. Dr. Shah is rated as an Experienced provider by MediFind in the treatment of Bronchiectasis. Her top areas of expertise are Acute Interstitial Pneumonia, Interstitial Lung Disease, Idiopathic Pulmonary Fibrosis, Lung Transplant, and Endoscopy.

Dr. Galiatsatos is a pulmonary and critical care medicine physician. He is an expert in the diagnosis and treatment of obstructive lung disease, tobacco cessation, and in the care of critically ill patients in the Medical ICU. He is a member of the Obstructive Lung Disease Group at Johns Hopkins, oversees the Tobacco Treatment Clinic and provides teaching to medical students and residents at Johns Hopkins. Dr. Galiatsatos is rated as an Experienced provider by MediFind in the treatment of Bronchiectasis. His top areas of expertise are Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD), COVID-19, Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome (SARS), and Pneumonia.

Dr. McCormack is a pulmonary, critical care physician and Associate Director of the Pulmonary & Critical Care Medicine Division. She is an expert in the diagnosis and treatment of patients with obstructive lung disease, including those with asthma and COPD. She has expertise in pulmonary physiology. She serves as the Medical Director of the Johns Hopkins University Pulmonary Function Laboratory and as the Chair of the American Thoracic Society Pulmonary Function Test Committee. She earned her M.D. from Jefferson Medical College of Thomas Jefferson University and her M.H.S. from the Bloomberg School of Public Health. She completed her residency at Thomas Jefferson University Hospital and performed a fellowship in pulmonary and critical care medicine at Johns Hopkins. She was the recipient of the Frederick L. Brancati Excellence in Mentoring Award. She plays an active role in mentoring fellows and junior faculty in the Pulmonary & Critical Care Medicine Division. Dr. Mccormack is rated as an Experienced provider by MediFind in the treatment of Bronchiectasis. Her top areas of expertise are Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD), Asthma, Acute Interstitial Pneumonia, Interstitial Lung Disease, and Lung Transplant.

Dr. Gregory Diette is a professor of medicine at the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine. He holds a joint appointment in the Department of Epidemiology in the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health. He has over 20 years of experience diagnosing and managing complex and challenging pulmonary conditions. He is expert in the diagnosis and treatment of patients with common conditions such as asthma and COPD, as well as uncommon conditions such as allergic bronchopulmonary aspergillosis (ABPA), bronchiolitis obliterans, hypersensitivity pneumonitis and others. His practice includes evaluation of patients with unexplained shortness of breath and cough as well as patients with a variety of environmental lung conditions. In addition to his outpatient practice, Dr. Diette provides inpatient care on the pulmonary, critical care and internal medicine services. Dr. Diette earned his M.D. from the Temple University School of Medicine. He completed his residency at the Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania and performed a fellowship in pulmonary and critical care medicine at Johns Hopkins. He received his M.H.S. from the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health. His research interests include environmental impacts on lung disease, epidemiology of airway disease and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease. Dr. Diette is rated as an Experienced provider by MediFind in the treatment of Bronchiectasis. His top areas of expertise are Asthma, Allergic Bronchopulmonary Aspergillosis, Pulmonary Aspergilloma, and Aspergillosis.

Dr. Neptune is a pulmonary, critical care physician with expertise in genetic disorders of the matrix with pulmonary manifestations. She is also skilled in the management of patients with advanced obstructive lung disease, especially emphysema. Dr. Neptune has extensive expertise in the diagnosis and management of the pulmonary complications of Marfan Syndrome, Loeys-Dietz Syndrome, vascular Ehlers Danlos Syndrome and other matrix disorders and serves on the Professional Advisory Board of the Marfan Foundation. She is also an expert on tobacco dependence and is the Vice-Chair of the Tobacco Action Committee of the American Thoracic Society. Dr. Neptune earned her M.D. from Harvard Medical School. She completed her residency and performed a fellowship in pulmonary and critical care at the University of California, San Francisco. She also performed a fellowship in genetics at Johns Hopkins. Her research interests include therapeutic strategies in Marfan syndrome; mechanisms and prevention of progression of COPD; and hepatocyte growth factor signaling in airspace homeostasis. Dr. Neptune is committed to creating a diverse research community and clinical workforce. She is involved in multiple diversity initiatives at Johns Hopkins and the American Thoracic Society. She is also involved in increasing awareness of tobacco dependence and the needed regulatory policies. Dr. Neptune serves on the Compliance Compensation Subcommittee for the Department of Medicine. Dr. Neptune is rated as an Experienced provider by MediFind in the treatment of Bronchiectasis. Her top areas of expertise are Eosinophilic Granulomatosis with Polyangiitis (EGPA, Churg-Strauss Syndrome), Acute Interstitial Pneumonia, Interstitial Lung Disease, and Emphysema.

Dr. Chen practices Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine. His primary area of interest is sarcoidosis, and he has extensive experience in the diagnosis and treatment of sarcoidosis in all of its forms, and the management of consequences of this systemic disease. The Sarcoidosis Clinic often serves to coordinate management of patients with multi-organ involvement with sarcoidosis, and to this end Dr. Chen actively maintains clinical and research collaborations with Cardiology, Cardiovascular Nuclear Medicine, Neurology, and Ophthalmology. Additionally, Dr. Chen participates as a Physician Champion in the Johns Hopkins Health System Epic project to improve the safety and quality of care of critically ill patients through optimization of the electronic medical record. His work involves developing systems-based approaches to complex management issues, including sepsis and severe alcohol withdrawal. Dr. Chen is rated as an Experienced provider by MediFind in the treatment of Bronchiectasis. His top areas of expertise are Sarcoidosis, Neurosarcoidosis, Lung Metastases, and Acute Interstitial Pneumonia.

Dr. Cynthia Boyd is Professor of Medicine at the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine. Dr. Boyd is the Director, Division of Geriatric Medicine and Gerontology. She holds a joint appointment in Health Policy and Management and Epidemiology at the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health. Dr. Boyd is a core faculty member at the Center for Transformative Geriatric Research, Johns Hopkins Center on Aging and Health and the Roger and Flo Lipitz Center to Advance Policy in Aging and Disability. A former Robert Wood Johnson Physician Faculty Scholar and a Beeson Scholar, Dr. Boyd is trained in internal medicine, geriatric medicine and epidemiology. Dr. Boyd’s career has focused on improving the health and well-being of older adults with multiple chronic conditions, with robust research and mentoring programs that have helped launch the careers of multiple junior faculties, fellows, medical students and other learners. She earned her M.D. from the Duke University School of Medicine and her M.P.H. from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. She completed her residency at Johns Hopkins Hospital and performed a fellowship in geriatric medicine at Johns Hopkins Bayview Medical Center. Dr. Boyd has been recognized with several honors, including the American Geriatric Society’s Outstanding Scientific Achievement for Clinical Investigation Award, election to the American Society for Clinical Investigation, and Fellowship in the American College of Physicians and the American Geriatric Society. Her research has been funded by the NIH, AHRQ, PCORI, and foundations. Dr. Boyd is rated as an Experienced provider by MediFind in the treatment of Bronchiectasis. Her top areas of expertise are Brittle Cornea Syndrome, Vascular Ehlers-Danlos Syndrome (VEDS), Musculocontractural Ehlers-Danlos Syndrome (mcEDS), and Ehlers-Danlos Syndrome (EDS).

Dr. Danoff is an Assistant Professor in the Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine and Co-Director of the Hopkins Interstitial Lung Disease Clinic. She is a specialist in diseases causing fibrosis or scarring in the lung, particularly those associated with autoimmune diseases including myositis. Dr. Danoff is rated as an Experienced provider by MediFind in the treatment of Bronchiectasis. Her top areas of expertise are Interstitial Lung Disease, Acute Interstitial Pneumonia, Pulmonary Fibrosis, Endoscopy, and Lung Transplant.

Dr. Homeira Zahiri is a Clinical Associate in the Johns Hopkins Medicine Department of Radiology and Radiological Science. She received her medical degree from Islamic Azad University - Tehran Branch. She performed residencies at Tehran University of Medical Sciences in pathology, University of Nebraska Medical Center in nuclear medicine and Creighton University School of Medicine in radiology. Dr. Zahiri completed a body imaging fellowship at Johns Hopkins Medicine. Dr. Zahiri is rated as an Experienced provider by MediFind in the treatment of Bronchiectasis. Her top areas of expertise are Pleurisy, Pleural Effusion, ALK-Positive Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer, and Visceromegaly.

Dr. Stefan Loy Zimmerman is a Professor in the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine in the Departments of Radiology and Medicine (Cardiology). He specializes in cardiothoracic imaging and is the Division Director of Diagnostic Imaging and Director of Cardiac Imaging. He is the program director for the Cardiothoracic Imaging Fellowship in Radiology. Dr. Zimmerman earned his medical degree from the University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine. He completed both a radiology residency and a cardiovascular imaging fellowship at the Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania. His research focuses on the use of CT and MR imaging in the diagnosis and management of cardiovascular diseases. He has particular interest in the use of cardiac imaging for management of arrhythmias, diagnosis and prognosis of arrhythmogenic right and left ventricular cardiomyopathy, and pulmonary hypertension. Dr. Zimmerman is rated as an Experienced provider by MediFind in the treatment of Bronchiectasis. His top areas of expertise are Paroxysmal Supraventricular Tachycardia (PSVT), Alveolar Soft Part Sarcoma, Liposarcoma, Cardiac Ablation, and Transcatheter Aortic Valve Replacement (TAVR).