Eyad Cheikh, M.D. received his medical degree from the University of Damascus School of Medicine. He completed residency training in Internal Medicine at Saint Agnes Hospital in Baltimore, and finished his fellowship in Infectious Diseases at Carilion Clinic in Carilion Roanoke Memorial Hospital. Dr. Cheikh's areas of interest include general Infectious Diseases, HIV care and infection control. Learn more at idmaryland.com. Dr. Cheikh is rated as an Advanced provider by MediFind in the treatment of Sepsis. His top areas of expertise are Sepsis, Hospital-Acquired Pneumonia, Pneumonia, and Multisystem Inflammatory Syndrome in Children (MIS-C).

Robert Ross, M.D. received his medical degree from the Oregon Health and Science University in Portland, Oregon. He completed an Internal Medicine residency at the University of Maryland Medical System. Dr. Ross completed his training with an Infectious Diseases fellowship at the National Institutes of Health. While at the NIH, Dr. Ross was part of the research programs at the NIAID HIV research clinic and the Vaccine Research Center. His areas of interest are HIV care, orthopedic infections and general Infectious Diseases. Learn more at idmaryland.com. Dr. Ross is rated as an Experienced provider by MediFind in the treatment of Sepsis. His top areas of expertise are Sepsis, Infectious Arthritis, Lymphangitis, and Osteomyelitis.

Shakunmala Gupta is a primary care provider, practicing in Hospital Medicine in Columbia, Maryland. Dr. Gupta is rated as an Experienced provider by MediFind in the treatment of Sepsis. Her top areas of expertise are Dementia, Movement Disorders, Parkinson's Disease, and Anemia.

William Saway is a primary care provider, practicing in Internal Medicine in Columbia, Maryland. Dr. Saway is rated as an Experienced provider by MediFind in the treatment of Sepsis. His top areas of expertise are Cirrhosis, Xanthoma, Familial Combined Hyperlipidemia, and Hypertensive Heart Disease.

Marcelino Albuerne is a primary care provider, practicing in Family Medicine in Catonsville, Maryland. Dr. Albuerne is rated as an Experienced provider by MediFind in the treatment of Sepsis. His top areas of expertise are Glycine Encephalopathy, Anemia, Familial Hypertension, Gastrostomy, and Endoscopy.

James Tansinda is a primary care provider, practicing in Family Medicine in Catonsville, Maryland. Dr. Tansinda is rated as an Experienced provider by MediFind in the treatment of Sepsis. His top areas of expertise are Gangrene, Type 2 Diabetes (T2D), Hypertension, Endoscopy, and Pancreatectomy.

Dr. Motaz Baibars is a hospitalist at Johns Hopkins Howard County Medical Center. Dr. Baibars is rated as an Advanced provider by MediFind in the treatment of Sepsis. His top areas of expertise are Sepsis, Pneumonia, Hospital-Acquired Pneumonia, Hip Replacement, and Endoscopy.

Mark Landrum, M.D. received his medical degree from the University of Maryland School of Medicine. He completed residency training in Internal Medicine and Pediatrics and a fellowship in Infectious Diseases at the University of Maryland Medical System. His areas of interest include general Infectious Diseases, HIV care, and travel health. He serves as the Chief of the Division of Infectious Diseases at Johns Hopkins Howard County Medical Center and is the physician leader for epidemiology and infection prevention for the Johns Hopkins community hospitals. Learn more at idmaryland.com. Videos 2015 Innovations in Clinical Care Award - Mark Landrum, M.D., Howard County General Hospital. Dr. Landrum is rated as an Advanced provider by MediFind in the treatment of Sepsis. His top areas of expertise are Sepsis, Pneumonia, Cellulitis, and Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus Aureus (MRSA).

Mihaela Carter, M.D. earned her medical degree from the University of Medicine and Pharmacy in Iuliu Hatieganu, Romania. Following this, she pursued her internal medicine training at Albert Einstein College of Medicine-Jacobi Medical Center in Bronx, NY. Subsequently, she completed an Infectious Disease fellowship at the University of Maryland Medical Center. After completing her fellowship, in 2015, she joined Infectious Disease Associates private practice and has been with the company since then. Dr. Carter specializes in the diagnosis and treatment of a wide range of infections, including urinary tract infections, pneumonia, bacteremia, infective endocarditis, osteomyelitis, HIV, hepatitis B and C, among others. She maintains a particular interest in general Infectious Diseases. Dr. Carter sees patients in both office and hospital settings, including critically ill patients. For more information, please visit idmaryland.com. Dr. Carter is rated as an Advanced provider by MediFind in the treatment of Sepsis. Her top areas of expertise are Osteomyelitis, Sepsis, Osteomyelitis in Children, and Lymphangitis.

Prashanth Santhekadur, M.D. received his medical degree from Sri Devaraj Urs Medical College in Kolar, India. He completed an Internal Medicine residency at a facility affiliated with Michigan State University, McLaren Regional Medical Center in Flint Michigan. Dr. Santhekadur completed his training with an Infectious Diseases fellowship at William Beaumont Hospital in Royal Oak, Michigan. His area of interest is general Infectious Diseases. Learn more at idmaryland.com. Dr. Santhekadur is rated as an Advanced provider by MediFind in the treatment of Sepsis. His top areas of expertise are Osteomyelitis, Sepsis, Osteomyelitis in Children, and Cellulitis.

Eli Perencevich is an Infectious Disease provider in Baltimore, Maryland. Dr. Perencevich is rated as a Distinguished provider by MediFind in the treatment of Sepsis. His top areas of expertise are Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus Aureus (MRSA), Sepsis, Pneumonia, and Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome (SARS).

John Baddley is an Infectious Disease provider in Baltimore, Maryland. Dr. Baddley is rated as a Distinguished provider by MediFind in the treatment of Sepsis. His top areas of expertise are Cryptococcosis, Shingles, Sepsis, and Febrile Neutropenia.

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 a Distinguished provider by MediFind in the treatment of Sepsis. His top areas of expertise are Sepsis, Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus Aureus (MRSA), Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome (SARS), and Neonatal Sepsis.

Dr. Cosgrove is a Professor of Medicine in the Division of Infectious Disease (ID) at Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine and has a joint appointment in the Department of Epidemiology at the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health. She is the Director of Research for the ID Fellowship Program and PI of the T32 training grant that supports ID fellow training. She serves as the Director of the Department of Antimicrobial Stewardship and an Associate Hospital Epidemiologist at The Johns Hopkins Hospital. Dr. Cosgrove’s research interests include the epidemiology and outcomes of antimicrobial resistance, the development of tools and programs to promote the rational use of antimicrobials, the prevention of hospital-acquired infections, and the epidemiology and management of S. aureus bacteremia. Early in her career, she recognized the critical need to study antimicrobial stewardship strategies and has led a series of outcomes studies over the past 20 years that have defined the practice of antimicrobial stewardship in the United States. Her recent research focuses on strategies for implementation of antimicrobial stewardship activities across all healthcare settings via a large, multi-center project including hospitals, long-term care facilities and ambulatory practices funded by the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, and approaches to improve how antibiotics are given via a randomized trial to compare intravenous and oral therapy for Gram negative bacteremia funded by PCORI. She is the PI of the Johns Hopkins Prevention Epicenter, a Centers for Disease Control and Prevention-funded program that integrates antimicrobial stewardship, healthcare epidemiology, human factors engineering, data science, and implementation science to address knowledge gaps and develop strategies to optimize patient safety by preventing transmission of pathogens and improving antibiotic use in diverse healthcare settings and patient populations. She is a past voting member of the Presidential Advisory Council on Combating Antibiotic-Resistant Bacteria. She is a Past President of the Society for Healthcare Epidemiology’s Board of Directors. Dr. Cosgrove received her undergraduate degree from Columbia College, her medical degree from Baylor College of Medicine, and her master of science degree in epidemiology from Harvard School of Public Health. She completed her postgraduate training in internal medicine at The Johns Hopkins Hospital and underwent subsequent training in ID at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center. Dr. Cosgrove is rated as a Distinguished provider by MediFind in the treatment of Sepsis. Her top areas of expertise are Sepsis, Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus Aureus (MRSA), Pneumonia, and Pseudomonas Stutzeri Infections.

Dr. Robin Avery is an infectious disease physician who joined the Johns Hopkins faculty in 2012, with two decades of experience in transplant infectious disease. She is a past chair of the American Society of Transplantation (AST) Infectious Disease Community of Practice, was a co-editor of the first edition of the AST ID Guidelines, and serves on a Guidelines Committee for the Infectious Disease Society of America (IDSA) on immunizations in the immunocompromised host. She was the founding head of the Transplant Infectious Disease Section at the Cleveland Clinic and served as the founding director of the Cleveland Clinic Transplant ID Special Fellowship, authoring a curriculum that served as the basis for curricula later endorsed by the AST and IDSA. Her clinical and research interests include pre-transplant donor and recipient evaluation, and prevention and treatment of post-transplant infections, particularly transplant-associated viruses, viral load monitoring, novel therapies for CMV, hypogammaglobulinemia, immunizations, and strategies for safer living post-transplant. She has a strong interest in patient education and co-authored the script for a video designed to educate patients on decreasing post-transplant infection risks. Dr. Avery is rated as a Distinguished provider by MediFind in the treatment of Sepsis. Her top areas of expertise are Cytomegalic Inclusion Disease, Cytomegalovirus Infection, COVID-19, and Sepsis.

Dr. Sanjivani Kolge is a hospitalist at Johns Hopkins Howard County Medical Center. Dr. Kolge is rated as an Experienced provider by MediFind in the treatment of Sepsis. Her top areas of expertise are Sickle Cell Disease, Sepsis, Cellulitis, Pacemaker Implantation, and Endoscopy.

Ethel Mojoko, M.D., is an adult hospitalist at Johns Hopkins Howard County Medical Center. She received her medical degree from Morehouse School of Medicine, and completed her residency in internal medicine & pediatrics at University of Minnesota Hospital and Clinics. Dr. Mojoko is rated as an Experienced provider by MediFind in the treatment of Sepsis. Her top areas of expertise are Sickle Cell Disease, Sepsis, Transient Ischemic Attack (TIA), Necrosis, and Pacemaker Implantation.

Dr. Maryam Keshtkar Jahromi is an assistant professor of medicine at the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine. Her area of clinical expertise is infectious diseases. Dr. Keshtkar Jahromi is a hospitalist at Johns Hopkins Howard County Medical Center. Dr. Keshtkar Jahromi earned her M.D. at Shiraz University of Medical Sciences in Iran. She completed an infectious diseases residency at Iran’s Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences and an internal medicine residency at Union Memorial Hospital in Baltimore. She performed a fellowship in infectious diseases at Penn State Milton S. Hershey Medical Center. Lab Website Maryam Jahromi Lab The Maryam Jahromi Lab researches infectious diseases such as influenza, tuberculosis, endocarditis, viral hemorrhagic fevers, brucellosis, Clostridium difficile and Crimean-Congo hemorrhagic fever. We are particularly interested in the impact of the influenza vaccine on systemic inflammation. Recent areas of focus include the relationship between influenza vaccination and cardiovascular outcomes, the emergence of Crimean-Congo hemorrhagic fever in Iran, and prospects for vaccines and therapies for Crimean-Congo hemorrhagic fever. Dr. Jahromi is rated as an Experienced provider by MediFind in the treatment of Sepsis. Her top areas of expertise are Togaviridae Disease, Cryptococcosis, Western Equine Encephalitis, and Viral Hemorrhagic Fever.

Sameer Ismailjee is an Internal Medicine provider in Columbia, Maryland. Dr. Ismailjee is rated as an Advanced provider by MediFind in the treatment of Sepsis. His top areas of expertise are COVID-19, Sepsis, Chronic Inflammatory Response Syndrome (CIRS), Hip Replacement, and Gastrostomy.

Dr. Sridharan only sees patients who are in the hospital, he does not have outpatient clinic appointments. He is a hospitalist at Johns Hopkins Howard County Medical Center. Videos 2018 Armstrong Award for Excellence in Quality and Safety - Anirudh Sridharan, M.D. Dr. Sridharan is rated as an Experienced provider by MediFind in the treatment of Sepsis. His top areas of expertise are Sepsis, Necrosis, Non-Muscle Invasive Bladder Cancer, Muscle Invasive Bladder Cancer, and Gastrostomy.