Overview
Dr. Allison L. Agwu, MD, ScM, FAAP, FIDSA is Professor of pediatric and adult infectious diseases at the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine. Her clinical interests include HIV/AIDS and infectious disease. Dr. Agwu earned her medical degree from the University of Maryland School of Medicine. She completed a residency in pediatrics and internal medicine at Case Western Reserve University (University Hospitals of Cleveland/ Rainbow Babies and Children’s Hospital), and a combined fellowship in pediatric and adult infectious diseases at the Johns Hopkins School of Medicine. Dr. Agwu's clinical and research interests focuses on children, adolescents, and young adults who are at-risk or living with HIV and their families. Clinically, she provides inpatient and outpatient pediatric infectious diseases' consultations and leads the Pediatric Adolescent HIV/AIDS Program, which provides multidisciplinary for those living with or affected by HIV. Further, she leads the young adult transition clinic, the Accessing Care Early (ACE) Clinic. Both programs are longstanding Ryan White Federal Grant-funded programs. Her overarching research goal is to decipher, address, and minimize disparities in treatment and outcomes for those living with HIV. Toward this goal, she oversees her own independent, longstanding, federally funded clinical research program and serves as principal investigator of the Johns Hopkins sites of the International Maternal, Pediatric, and Adolescent AIDS Clinical Trials (IMPAACT) Network and the Adolescent Trials' Network (ATN). Her research interests include optimizing outcomes for youth at-risk for and living with HIV, management and treatment strategies, and minimizing disparities in the use of antiretroviral therapy (ART) and outcomes. Other special interests include epidemiologic approaches to HIV, drug resistance, and clinical trials. She is a member of the Infectious Diseases Society of America, the Pediatric Infectious Diseases Society, and the American Academy of Pediatrics. Dr. Agwu is Chair of the HIV Medicine Association.
Dr. Agwu is rated as an Experienced provider by MediFind in the treatment of Pneumonia. Her top areas of expertise are HIV/AIDS, Gonorrhea, Chlamydia, and COVID-19.
Her clinical research consists of co-authoring 132 peer reviewed articles and participating in 6 clinical trials. MediFind looks at clinical research from the past 15 years. In particular, she has co-authored 4 articles and participated in 1 clinical trial in the study of Pneumonia.
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Locations
200 North Wolfe Street, Rubenstein BLDG Lower Level, Rubenstein BLDG Lower Level, Baltimore, MD 21287
200 North Wolfe Street, Building 1, Baltimore, MD 21287
1717 East Monument Street, Park Building, Ground Level, Baltimore, MD 21287
Additional Areas of Focus
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Clinical Research
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6 Clinical Trials
Milagritos Tapia is a Pediatric Infectious Disease specialist and an Infectious Disease provider in Baltimore, Maryland. Dr. Tapia is rated as an Advanced provider by MediFind in the treatment of Pneumonia. Her top areas of expertise are Parainfluenza, Measles, Meningitis, and Bacterial Meningitis. Dr. Tapia is currently accepting new patients.
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Dr. Aaron M. Milstone is a professor of pediatrics at the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine. He holds a joint appointments in Epidemiology and Health Policy and Management at the Bloomberg School of Public Health. A pediatric epidemiologist, Dr. Milstone specializes in treating infectious diseases in children. He serves as an associate hospital epidemiologist at The Johns Hopkins Hospital and the pediatric lead for infection prevention for the Johns Hopkins Health System. Dr. Milstone earned his medical degree from Yale University School of Medicine. He completed both a pediatrics residency and a research fellowship in pediatric infectious diseases at Children's Hospital of Philadelphia. He also completed a pediatric infectious diseases fellowship at Johns Hopkins. He holds a M.H.S. (Graduate Training Program in Clinical Investigation) from the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health and Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine. Dr. Milstone joined the Johns Hopkins faculty in 2007. His research interests focus on antibiotic resistance and prevention of healthcare-associated infections. He had led numerous clinical trials including the Pediatric SCRUB Trial and TREAT PARENTS Trial testing strategies to prevent organism transmission and healthcare-associated infections. He is principal investigator of the BrighT STAR Collaborative, guiding hospitals nationwide to reduce over-testing as a strategy to reduce antibiotic use and resistance. Dr. Milstone is a fellow of the American Academy of Pediatrics, the Infectious Diseases Society of America, the Pediatric Infectious Diseases Society, and the Society for Healthcare Epidemiology of America. His many other professional honors include the Pediatric Infectious Diseases Society’s 2014 Young Investigator Award, the inaugural 2013 Caroline B. Hall Clinical Innovation Award, and the Society for Healthcare Epidemiology of America 2018 Mentor Scholar Award, and 2023 Johns Hopkins Medicine Armstrong Award for Excellence in Quality & Safety. Dr. Milstone is rated as an Advanced provider by MediFind in the treatment of Pneumonia. His top areas of expertise are Sepsis, Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus Aureus (MRSA), Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome (SARS), and Neonatal Sepsis.
Mark Travassos is a Pediatric Infectious Disease specialist and an Infectious Disease provider in Baltimore, Maryland. Dr. Travassos is rated as a Distinguished provider by MediFind in the treatment of Pneumonia. His top areas of expertise are Malaria, Primary Amebic Meningoencephalitis, Sepsis, and COVID-19. Dr. Travassos is currently accepting new patients.
Areas of Expertise
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- Elite
- HIV/AIDSDr. Agwu isElite. Learn about HIV/AIDS.
- Advanced
- ChlamydiaDr. Agwu isAdvanced. Learn about Chlamydia.
- GonorrheaDr. Agwu isAdvanced. Learn about Gonorrhea.
- Experienced
- AIDS Dementia ComplexDr. Agwu isExperienced. Learn about AIDS Dementia Complex.
- AIDS Dysmorphic SyndromeDr. Agwu isExperienced. Learn about AIDS Dysmorphic Syndrome.
- COVID-19Dr. Agwu isExperienced. Learn about COVID-19.
- HepatitisDr. Agwu isExperienced. Learn about Hepatitis.
- MyelitisDr. Agwu isExperienced. Learn about Myelitis.
- PneumoniaDr. Agwu isExperienced. Learn about Pneumonia.