Overview
Dr. Guarda is the Stephen and Jean Robinson Professor of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences at the Johns Hopkins School of Medicine and has been the Director of the Eating Disorders Program at Johns Hopkins Hospital since 1997. She graduated from Johns Hopkins University, obtained her medical degree from the University of Maryland School of Medicine and completed a residency in Psychiatry at Johns Hopkins including an externship in eating disorders at the Maudsley Hospital in London. She is an active clinician, educator and researcher. Her clinical research interests include improving treatment outcomes and rates of meal-based weight restoration for anorexia nervosa and ARFID. She has received grant funding from both the NIH and the Klarman Family Foundation and is actively involved in neuroimaging research examining neural mechanisms of appetite dysregulation that may contribute to the driven nature of eating disorders. Dr Guarda is a Distinguished Fellow of the American Psychiatric Association, an inducted member of the Miller Coulson Academy of Clinical Excellence and has been named every year since 2009 in Castle Connolly’s “America’s Top Doctors” for eating disorders.
Dr. Guarda is rated as an Advanced provider by MediFind in the treatment of Bulimia. Her top areas of expertise are Anorexia, Bulimia, Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD), and Major Depression.
Her clinical research consists of co-authoring 49 peer reviewed articles. MediFind looks at clinical research from the past 15 years. In particular, she has co-authored 4 articles in the study of Bulimia.
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Locations
1800 Orleans St, Baltimore, MD 21287
10755 Falls Rd, Lutherville, MD 21093
Clinical Research
Clinical research consists of overseeing clinical studies of patients undergoing new treatments and therapies, and publishing articles in peer reviewed medical journals. Providers who actively participate in clinical research are generally at the forefront of the fields and aware of the most up-to-date advances in treatments for their patients.
Weronika Micula-Gondek is a Psychiatrist in Columbia, Maryland. Dr. Micula-Gondek is rated as an Advanced provider by MediFind in the treatment of Bulimia. Her top areas of expertise are Anorexia, Bulimia, Cyclic Vomiting Syndrome, and Delirium. Dr. Micula-Gondek is currently accepting new patients.
Tracy Kuniega-Pietrzak is a Psychiatrist in Hunt Valley, Maryland. Dr. Kuniega-Pietrzak is rated as an Advanced provider by MediFind in the treatment of Bulimia. Her top areas of expertise are Cyclic Vomiting Syndrome, Anorexia, Bulimia, and Generalized Anxiety Disorder (GAD). Dr. Kuniega-Pietrzak is currently accepting new patients.
Steven Crawford is a Psychiatrist in Baltimore, Maryland. Dr. Crawford is rated as an Advanced provider by MediFind in the treatment of Bulimia. His top areas of expertise are Anorexia, Cyclic Vomiting Syndrome, Bulimia, and Major Depression. Dr. Crawford is currently accepting new patients.
Areas of Expertise
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Learn more about MediFind’s expert tiers
- Distinguished
- AnorexiaDr. Guarda isDistinguished. Learn about Anorexia.
- Advanced
- BulimiaDr. Guarda isAdvanced. Learn about Bulimia.
- Experienced
- Major DepressionDr. Guarda isExperienced. Learn about Major Depression.
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)Dr. Guarda isExperienced. Learn about Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD).