Dr. Woreta joins Johns Hopkins from Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center, where she was the interim chief of the division of gastroenterology. Specializing in acute and chronic liver diseases, she sees patients with viral hepatitis, alcoholic liver disease, nonalcoholic fatty liver disease and those in need of cirrhosis liver transplantation. Dr. Woreta has authored several publications and chapters. Dr. Woreta is rated as an Advanced provider by MediFind in the treatment of Alcoholic Cirrhosis. Her top areas of expertise are Non-Alcoholic Fatty Liver Disease, Cirrhosis, Hepatitis, Liver Transplant, and Endoscopy.

Biju Alex is a Gastroenterologist in Columbia, Maryland. Dr. Alex is rated as an Experienced provider by MediFind in the treatment of Alcoholic Cirrhosis. His top areas of expertise are Colitis, Viral Gastroenteritis, Portal Hypertension, Gastrectomy, and Endoscopy.

The goal of Grishma Joy, M.D. is having clear communication with each patient. She makes sure her patients know what she is thinking and where she would like to go with their care. She makes a point to actively speak with primary care doctors and exchange emails regularly, so everyone is on the same page. Open and honest communication helps in providing quality care and satisfied patients. Learn more at www.ddamd.com. Dr. Joy is rated as an Experienced provider by MediFind in the treatment of Alcoholic Cirrhosis. Her top areas of expertise are Colitis, Familial Adenomatous Polyposis, Turcot Syndrome, Gastrectomy, and Endoscopy.

Preston Kim is a Gastroenterologist in Columbia, Maryland. Dr. Kim is rated as an Experienced provider by MediFind in the treatment of Alcoholic Cirrhosis. His top areas of expertise are Gas Bloat Syndrome, Lactose Intolerance, Gastroesophageal Reflux Disease (GERD), Endoscopy, and Gastrectomy.

Tokunbo Ajayi is a Hospital Medicine provider in Columbia, Maryland. Dr. Ajayi is rated as an Experienced provider by MediFind in the treatment of Alcoholic Cirrhosis. His top areas of expertise are Boils, Alcoholic Cirrhosis, Viral Gastroenteritis, Liver Transplant, and Gastrectomy.

Specializing in hepatology, Dr. Kim sees patients with chronic viral hepatitis, autoimmune liver diseases, fatty liver disease, abnormal liver enzymes, cirrhosis, portal hypertension, hepatocellular carcinoma and liver transplantation. She has research interests in liver lesions and hepatocellular carcinoma. Dr. Kim has been recognized with numerous awards and has authored several peer-reviewed publications in hepatology. Dr. Kim is rated as an Experienced provider by MediFind in the treatment of Alcoholic Cirrhosis. Her top areas of expertise are Hepatitis, Fibrolamellar Carcinoma, Macroamylasemia, and Visceromegaly.

Russell Schub is a Gastroenterologist in Columbia, Maryland. Dr. Schub is rated as an Experienced provider by MediFind in the treatment of Alcoholic Cirrhosis. His top areas of expertise are Heartburn, Familial Adenomatous Polyposis, Barrett Esophagus, and Tenesmus.

Eduardo Del Castillo is a Gastroenterologist in Columbia, Maryland. Dr. Del Castillo is rated as an Experienced provider by MediFind in the treatment of Alcoholic Cirrhosis. His top areas of expertise are Trichohepatoenteric Syndrome, Diarrhea, Gastric Dysmotility, Endoscopy, and Gastrectomy.

Dr. Gurakar joined Johns Hopkins from the Nazih Zuhdi Transplantation Institute at the Integris Baptist Medical Center in Oklahoma City, where he was the chief of Hepatology Research and the program director of the Liver Transplantation Medicine/ Hepatology Fellowship. He served at various capacities in the Liver Medicine Section, since its first establishment in 1993. Dr. Gurakar's clinical interests include pre and post-transplant, clinical and endoscopic management of liver diseases and viral hepatitis. His research interests include bioartificial liver dialysis systems and application of total plasma exchange in the treatment of liver disorders. Dr. Gurakar is rated as a Distinguished provider by MediFind in the treatment of Alcoholic Cirrhosis. His top areas of expertise are Hepatitis, Liver Failure, Alcoholic Cirrhosis, Liver Transplant, and Kidney Transplant.

Urooj Ahmed is a Hepatologist and a Gastroenterologist in Columbia, Maryland. Dr. Ahmed is rated as an Experienced provider by MediFind in the treatment of Alcoholic Cirrhosis. His top areas of expertise are Indigestion, Portal Hypertension, Childhood Volvulus, Gastrectomy, and Endoscopy. Dr. Ahmed is currently accepting new patients.

Darryn Potosky is a Gastroenterologist in Laurel, Maryland. Dr. Potosky is rated as an Experienced provider by MediFind in the treatment of Alcoholic Cirrhosis. His top areas of expertise are Primary Biliary Cholangitis, Reynolds Syndrome, Nonalcoholic Steatohepatitis (NASH), Liver Transplant, and Thrombectomy.

Allen Banegura is a Gastroenterologist in Catonsville, Maryland. Dr. Banegura is rated as an Experienced provider by MediFind in the treatment of Alcoholic Cirrhosis. His top areas of expertise are Familial Adenomatous Polyposis, Angiodysplasia of the Colon, Esophagitis, Gastrectomy, and Colonoscopy.

Brian Monroe is a Radiologist and an Interventional Radiologist in Ellicott City, Maryland. Dr. Monroe is rated as an Experienced provider by MediFind in the treatment of Alcoholic Cirrhosis. His top areas of expertise are Lymphofollicular Hyperplasia, Thyroid Nodule, Lung Cancer, Bone Marrow Aspiration, and Gastrostomy.

Edward Ahn is an Interventional Radiologist and a Radiologist in Columbia, Maryland. Dr. Ahn is rated as an Experienced provider by MediFind in the treatment of Alcoholic Cirrhosis. His top areas of expertise are Ascites, Pleurisy, Pleural Effusion, Bone Marrow Aspiration, and Liver Embolization.

Grice Mcmullan is a Gastroenterologist in Laurel, Maryland. Dr. Mcmullan is rated as an Experienced provider by MediFind in the treatment of Alcoholic Cirrhosis. His top areas of expertise are Heartburn, Gas Bloat Syndrome, Ascites, Gastrectomy, and Colonoscopy.

Ernest Tsao is a Gastroenterologist in Baltimore, Maryland. Dr. Tsao is rated as an Advanced provider by MediFind in the treatment of Alcoholic Cirrhosis. His top areas of expertise are Hepatitis, Gas Bloat Syndrome, Hepatitis C, Endoscopy, and Gastrectomy.

Dr. Onwueme graduated with Distinction from Yale University with dual BSc/MSc degrees in chemistry and received MD and PhD degrees from Weill Cornell Medical College. He completed his Internal Medicine residency at Brigham and Women’s Hospital (Clinical Fellow Harvard Medical School) and his Gastroenterology fellowship at Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine. He is currently the Director of clinical trials at Woodholme Gastroenterology and has an ardent interest in the role of microbial metabolites in gut diseases. Dr. Onwueme prizes commitment to quality and compassionate patient care to which he devotes his practice. He has expert knowledge in gut microbiology and a special interest in diarrheal diseases, disordered gut motility, autoimmune and inflammatory bowel disease. Dr. Onwueme is rated as an Advanced provider by MediFind in the treatment of Alcoholic Cirrhosis. His top areas of expertise are Gastric Dysmotility, Diverticular Disease, Diarrhea, Endoscopy, and Gastrectomy.

Dr. Benjamin Philosophe is the surgical director of the Johns Hopkins Comprehensive Transplant Center. He also serves as the lead transplant surgeon at Sibley Memorial Hospital’s Hepatology Multidisciplinary Center. Dr. Philosophe was the first physician to perform robotic total right and total left hepatic resections in the state of Maryland. He has expanded the application of minimally invasive surgical approaches to other hepatobiliary diseases and has improved outcomes and reduced effects of surgery on these patients. Dr. Philosophe practices out of The Johns Hopkins Hospital in Baltimore, Md., as well as Johns Hopkins Community Physician locations in Bethesda, Md. and Lutherville, Md. He is also affiliated with Suburban Hospital and Johns Hopkins Howard County Medical Center. Dr. Philosophe has a wide range of expertise, including cirrhosis; hepatic surgery, hepatitis, hepatobiliary conditions and surgeries; biliary tract surgery and hepatopancreatobiliary surgery; laparoscopic surgeries; vascular surgery; and robotic surgeries. He also has an expertise in various kinds of transplant surgeries, such as kidney, live donor liver, liver and pancreas, as well as various kinds of cancer, such as bile duct, gallbladder, hepatocellular, liver and pancreatic. Dr. Philosophe earned his medical degree from Boston University School of Medicine. He completed a residency in general surgery at Barnes-Jewish Hospital, followed by a liver transplantation fellowship at the University of Toronto. Dr. Philosophe also completed a transplant surgery fellowship at the University of Maryland, where he went on to work as a professor of surgery and the head of liver transplantation and hepatobiliary surgery. Dr. Philosophe is a member of the American Board of Surgery, the Clinical Robotic Surgery Association, the American Society of Transplant Surgeons, the Transplantation Society and the International Liver Transplantation Society. He has earned a Super Doctors Award in general surgery from the Washington Post Magazine, as well as a Top Doctor Award for hepatobiliary surgery and transplant specialists from Baltimore Magazine. Dr. Philosophe has also been repeatedly named one of America’s Top Doctors and one of America’s Top Doctors for Cancer by Castle Connolly. Dr. Philosophe has contributed to numerous publications and presentations. His research interests include uncovering the mechanisms that contribute to transplant rejection and determining characteristics that can be used to better predict donor organ function. He has completed pioneering work in developing a scoring system called the Maryland Aggregate Pathology Index (MAPI), which is used by transplant surgeons worldwide to assess the likelihood of a deceased donor’s kidney function after transplantation. MAPI has increased the utilization of donor kidneys and saved many lives. Dr. Philosophe is rated as an Advanced provider by MediFind in the treatment of Alcoholic Cirrhosis. His top areas of expertise are Hepatitis, End-Stage Renal Disease (ESRD), Cholestasis, Liver Transplant, and Kidney Transplant.

Ayana Seibles is a Vascular Surgeon in Laurel, Maryland. Dr. Seibles is rated as an Experienced provider by MediFind in the treatment of Alcoholic Cirrhosis. Her top areas of expertise are Lung Metastases, Familial Neurocardiogenic Syncope, Vertigo, and Headache.

April Tignor is a Gastroenterologist in Glen Burnie, Maryland. Dr. Tignor is rated as an Experienced provider by MediFind in the treatment of Alcoholic Cirrhosis. Her top areas of expertise are Hemorrhoids, Indigestion, Gastritis, Endoscopy, and Gastrectomy.