Felix Gurman is a Pain Medicine specialist and an Anesthesiologist in Dundalk, Maryland. Dr. Gurman is rated as a Distinguished provider by MediFind in the treatment of Chronic Pain. His top areas of expertise are Chronic Pain, Sacroiliac Joint Disease, Cervical Spondylosis, and Spinal Stenosis. Dr. Gurman is currently accepting new patients.

Christopher Bednarek is a Physiatrist and a Pain Medicine provider in Dundalk, Maryland. Dr. Bednarek is rated as a Distinguished provider by MediFind in the treatment of Chronic Pain. His top areas of expertise are Chronic Pain, Cervical Spondylosis, Fibromyalgia, and Sacroiliac Joint Disease. Dr. Bednarek is currently accepting new patients.

Wai Foo is a Pain Medicine provider in Glen Burnie, Maryland. Dr. Foo is rated as a Distinguished provider by MediFind in the treatment of Chronic Pain. His top areas of expertise are Chronic Pain, Cervical Spondylosis, Sacroiliac Joint Disease, and Invertebral Disc Disease. Dr. Foo is currently accepting new patients.

Charles Simmons is a Pain Medicine specialist and a Physiatrist in Glen Burnie, Maryland. Dr. Simmons is rated as a Distinguished provider by MediFind in the treatment of Chronic Pain. His top areas of expertise are Chronic Pain, Cervical Spondylosis, Complex Regional Pain Syndrome, and Fibromyalgia. Dr. Simmons is currently accepting new patients.

Oluseyi Fadayomi is an Anesthesiologist and a Physiatrist in Glen Burnie, Maryland. Dr. Fadayomi is rated as a Distinguished provider by MediFind in the treatment of Chronic Pain. His top areas of expertise are Chronic Pain, Cervical Spondylosis, Sacroiliac Joint Disease, and Invertebral Disc Disease. Dr. Fadayomi is currently accepting new patients.

Gerard Limerick, M.D., Ph.D., is a rehabilitation physician who specializes in treating patients who have chronic pain. He sees patients with all types of pain — most commonly pain stemming from muscle and joint conditions. He also has expertise in treating pain due to nerve damage related to diabetes (diabetic neuropathy). Dr. Limerick obtained his medical degree, followed by a doctorate degree in cellular and developmental biology, from Rutgers University in New Brunswick, New Jersey. He then completed a residency in physical medicine and rehabilitation at the Temple University Hospital/MossRehab in Philadelphia. He also completed clinical and research fellowships in pain medicine in the Department of Anesthesiology and Critical Care Medicine at The Johns Hopkins Hospital. Dr. Limerick’s clinical and translational research focuses on understanding neural pathways that transmit pain signals, with an emphasis on painful peripheral neuropathies (such as diabetic neuropathy). He is also interested in exploring new treatment approaches for management of neuropathic pain. Dr. Limerick is passionate about mentoring and training future pain medicine doctors. He is the associate director for the TIME Pain Medicine course, an introductory course on pain medicine for first-year students at the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine. He is also associate program director for the Pain Medicine Fellowship at Johns Hopkins, and he regularly conducts bedside teaching with the program’s fellows. Dr. Limerick is rated as an Experienced provider by MediFind in the treatment of Chronic Pain. His top areas of expertise are Chronic Pain, Complex Regional Pain Syndrome, Phantom Limb Pain, and Neuralgia.

Dr. Agee is medical director for the Bayview Medical Offices. Her practice includes all aspects of primary care medicine, including prevention, pap smears and cortisone shots. Dr. Agee is from Annapolis. She attended Wake Forest University School of Medicine, in North Carolina, trained in general internal medicine at Johns Hopkins Bayview Medical Center. Dr. Agee is rated as an Experienced provider by MediFind in the treatment of Chronic Pain. Her top areas of expertise are Hypertension, Familial Hypertension, Glucocorticoid-Remediable Aldosteronism, and Type 2 Diabetes (T2D).

Dr. Christopher Earley's research and clinical interests are devoted to Sleep Medicine with a special interest in Restless Legs Syndrome. His current research is focused on understanding the pathophysiology of Restless Legs Syndrome and further elucidating the value of various treatments in this syndrome. Dr. Earley received his medical degree as well as a PhD in Pharmacology from the University College in Galway, Ireland. He completed a full residency in Internal Medicine at Baylor Medical College and then went to the University of Virginia in Charlottesville to complete his residency in Neurology. After then spending a year at the NIH as a fellow in the Neurobiology Unit, Dr. Earley joined the faculty at Johns Hopkins in 1991. 2008 Professor, Department of Neurology, Johns Hopkins 1994- Associate Director, Sleep Disorders Center, JHBMC Education and Training: 1973 - B.S. (General), Villanova University 1974 - B.A. (Psychology), Arizona State University 1978 - Ph.D. (Pharmacology), National University of Ireland 1983 - M.B., B.Ch. ( Medicine), National University of Ireland 1983-1984 Internship, University Hospital, Galway, Ireland 1984-1987 Resident in Internal Medicine, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX 1987-1990 Resident in Neurology, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, VA 1990-1991 Senior Staff Fellow, Neurobiology Unit, NIH/NIA Professional Experience: 1991- Full-time Staff Neurologist, Johns Hopkins 1992-1999 Assistant Professor, Department of Neurology, Johns Hopkins 1993-2001 Director, Acute Stroke Service, 1994- Associate Director, Sleep Disorders Center 1994-1999 Co-Director, Neurosciences Critical Care Unit 1996-2000 Director, Neurovascular Ultrasound Lab 1999-2008 Associate Professor, Department of Neurology, Johns Hopkins. Dr. Earley is rated as an Experienced provider by MediFind in the treatment of Chronic Pain. His top areas of expertise are Restless Legs Syndrome, Periodic Limb Movement Disorder, Narcolepsy, Seizures, and Gastrostomy.

Dr. Michael Fingerhood is a professor of medicine and public health at the Johns Hopkins University. His areas of clinical expertise include addiction medicine and internal medicine. He earned his M.D. from the Albert Einstein College of Medicine of Yeshiva University. He completed his residency at Johns Hopkins. Dr. Fingerhood's research interests include substance use disorders, contingency management, hepatitis C and HIV. He is a member of several professional organizations, including the American Society of Addiction Medicine, the American Academy of HIV Medicine, The Society of General Internal Medicine and the American College of Physicians. Dr. Fingerhood is rated as an Experienced provider by MediFind in the treatment of Chronic Pain. His top areas of expertise are Opioid Use Disorder, HIV/AIDS, Myelitis, and AIDS Dementia Complex.

Dr. Hanyok is an associate professor of medicine and practices general internal medicine at the General Internal Medicine Practice at Bayview. Originally from Calvert County in southern Maryland, Dr. Hanyok earned a medical degree at the University of Chicago. She completed residency in internal medicine at Johns Hopkins Bayview Medical Center and additionally served as chief resident. She currently serves as Assistant Dean for Graduate Medical Education at the Johns Hopkins School of Medicine. Dr. Hanyok is rated as an Experienced provider by MediFind in the treatment of Chronic Pain. Her top areas of expertise are Behcet Disease, Peripheral Artery Disease, Type 2 Diabetes (T2D), and Maturity Onset Diabetes of the Young.

Robert Mills, D.O., joins Johns Hopkins Community Physicians with many years of experience as a family medicine physician. He grew up in New Jersey and attended Villanova University for his bachelors of science in biological sciences. Upon completion, he earned his doctor of osteopathic medicine from Philadelphia College of Osteopathic Medicine. As a provider, he finds it rewarding to get to know his patients on a more personal level and help them manage their health throughout their lives. He understands medicine is challenging on both sides - for his patients and as a provider - and he knows that providing a comfortable environment, where patients feel heard and respected, is what makes a good patient-physician relationship. Dr. Mills lives with his wife in Canton and has one too many pets, including four cats and a dog. Dr. Mills is rated as an Experienced provider by MediFind in the treatment of Chronic Pain. His top areas of expertise are Glucocorticoid-Remediable Aldosteronism, Familial Hypertension, Hypertension, and Familial Combined Hyperlipidemia.

Dr. Darius Rastegar is an associate professor of medicine at the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine. His areas of clinical expertise include primary care internal medicine, addiction medicine, and HIV/AIDS. He serves as medical director of the Inpatient Addiction Medicine Unit at Johns Hopkins Bayview Medical Center and the program director for the Johns Hopkins Addiction Medicine Fellowship. Dr. Rastegar earned his M.D. from the University of Pennsylvania. He completed his internal medicine residency at Johns Hopkins Bayview Medical Center. Dr. Rastegar is rated as an Experienced provider by MediFind in the treatment of Chronic Pain. His top areas of expertise are Opioid Use Disorder, Infant Hyperglycemia, Myelitis, and HIV/AIDS.

Hardin Pantle, M.D., FACEP, FAAP, FAAEM, is an Assistant Professor of Medicine at The Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine and former Assistant Director of the Emergency Department at Johns Hopkins Bayview Medical Center. Dr. Pantle earned a medical degree at Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons in 1998 and completed residencies in pediatrics (2001) and emergency medicine (2004) at The Johns Hopkins University. He has worked in the Emergency Department at Johns Hopkins Bayview Medical Center since 2004. Dr. Pantle is rated as an Experienced provider by MediFind in the treatment of Chronic Pain. His top areas of expertise are Multisystem Inflammatory Syndrome in Children (MIS-C), Schizoaffective Disorder, Gastrointestinal Bleeding, Acute Pain, and Gastrostomy.

Dr. Paul O'Rourke is an Associate Professor of Medicine and serves as Assistant Dean for Medical Student Affairs at the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine. Dr. O'Rourke co-directs the Johns Hopkins Medical Education Pathway, a longitudinal medical education training program for Johns Hopkins Hospital and Johns Hopkins Bayview internal medicine residents. He directs the Outpatient Medicine Curriculum of the Johns Hopkins Bayview Internal Medicine Residency. He spends the majority of his time teaching and advising medical students and internal medicine residents. He is involved in medical education research with a particular focus on primary care education and advocacy, humanism in medicine, high value care, and health disparities. He is active on the national level through the Society of General Internal Medicine (SGIM) and the Association of Program Directors in Internal Medicine (APDIM). He currently serves as a national councilor for APDIM. Dr. O'Rourke provides longitudinal primary care to patients in Baltimore and also serves as a teaching attending on the inpatient general medical service at Johns Hopkins Bayview Medical Center. He completed his undergraduate and medical school education at the University of Florida followed by residency training in Internal Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania Health System. He then completed a fellowship in General Internal Medicine at Johns Hopkins University with a focus on medical education. He received a Master of Public Health degree from the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health. VideosDr. Paul O'Rourke. Dr. O'rourke is rated as an Experienced provider by MediFind in the treatment of Chronic Pain. His top areas of expertise are Cicatricial Pemphigoid, Adrenal Gland Adenoma, Hypertensive Heart Disease, and Renovascular Hypertension.

Dr. Michael Polydefkis focuses on neuromuscular diseases, particularly peripheral nerve diseases. He has a special interest in diabetic and HIV-associated peripheral neuropathy. His expertise includes nerve conduction studies, electromyography and nerve, skin and muscle biopsy reading. Dr. Michael Polydefkis received his medical degree from The Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine. He then became a Howard Hughes Medical Institute research fellow before returning to Johns Hopkins to complete an internship and residency in internal medicine, residency in neurology and a fellowship in neuromuscular diseases. Dr. Polydefkis is rated as an Experienced provider by MediFind in the treatment of Chronic Pain. His top areas of expertise are Transthyretin Amyloidosis, Familial Transthyretin Amyloidosis, Primary Amyloidosis, and Peripheral Neuropathy.

Dr. Bradley C. Strunk is an instructor of medicine at the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine. His area of clinical expertise is internal medicine. Dr. Strunk is a hospitalist at Johns Hopkins Howard County Medical Center. Dr. Strunk earned his M.D. at Johns Hopkins. He completed his residency at Johns Hopkins Bayview Medical Center. Dr. Strunk is rated as an Experienced provider by MediFind in the treatment of Chronic Pain. His top areas of expertise are Sickle Cell Disease, Renovascular Hypertension, Necrosis, Endoscopy, and Ureteroscopy.

Pediatric neurologist Eric Chin, a clinician-scientist with expertise in cerebral palsy and related neurodevelopmental disabilities, directs research at the Phelps Center for Cerebral Palsy at Kennedy Krieger Institute. After earning his medical degree from the University of Tennessee Health Science Center College of Medicine, Dr. Chin completed residency training in pediatrics at Our Lady of the Lake Regional Medical Center in Louisiana and at Penn State Hershey Medical Center. He completed neurodevelopmental disabilities training at Kennedy Krieger Institute, as well as a T32 research fellowship and a National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke NeuroNEXT-supported clinical trials fellowship. Dr. Chin researches brain- and behavior-based pain mechanisms and treatment targets in children and adults with cerebral palsy. Seeking to define the consequences of brain injury patterns across functional domains, he leads ongoing studies combining participant and caregiver input; evaluations of sensation, movement and cognition; and MRI-based assessments of brain structure and function. Ultimately, he hopes to develop evidence-based individualized pain treatment plans that can improve quality of life of individuals with cerebral palsy. Dr. Chin is rated as an Experienced provider by MediFind in the treatment of Chronic Pain. His top areas of expertise are Aphantasia, Coach Syndrome, Cerebellar Agenesis, and Lissencephaly 1.

Dr. Cristina L. Sadowsky is an assistant professor of physical medicine and rehabilitation at the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine. Her areas of clinical expertise include spinal cord injury and paralysis restoration. Dr. Sadowsky is also a founder and the clinical director of the International Center for Spinal Cord Injury at the Kennedy Krieger Institute. This program was built on the philosophy that functional restoration is possible for a long time after an injury, utilizing structured medico-rehabilitative interventions through activity-based restorative therapies (ABRT). She serves as a section editor for Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation Reports and is a recurrent invited reviewer for several peer-reviewed medical journals and government and privately funded competitive grant awards for spinal cord injury related research. Dr. Sadowsky has organized numerous courses and seminars, and has been invited to lecture in different universities and at national and international meetings, such as the American Academy of PM&R, American Spinal Cord Injury Association, International Spinal Cord Society and many more. She has published several manuscripts in highly regarded peer-reviewed journals and chapters in prominent specialty books. Dr. Sadowsky is rated as an Experienced provider by MediFind in the treatment of Chronic Pain. Her top areas of expertise are Paraplegia, Acute Flaccid Myelitis (AFM), Spasticity, Neurogenic Bowel, and Osteotomy.

Mohammad Khoshnoodi is a Neurologist in Baltimore, Maryland. Dr. Khoshnoodi is rated as an Experienced provider by MediFind in the treatment of Chronic Pain. His top areas of expertise are Peripheral Neuropathy, Chronic Polyradiculoneuritis, Guillain-Barre Syndrome, and Miller-Fisher Syndrome.

Dr. Lauren Berninger is an assistant professor at the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine and associate program director for the Hospice and Palliative Medicine Fellowship Program. Dr. Berninger received her undergraduate degree in political science from Bucknell University and her medical degree from the West Virginia School of Osteopathic Medicine. She completed internal medicine residency training at Sinai Hospital of Baltimore, where she also served as chief resident. Dr. Berninger is a graduate of the Johns Hopkins Hospice and Palliative Medicine Fellowship Training Program. Dr. Berninger's professional interests lie at the intersection of palliative medicine and clinical ethics. She holds a master's degree in bioethics from the Johns Hopkins University School of Public Health and is an active member of the Johns Hopkins Hospital ethics committee. Dr. Berninger is committed to medical education with a focus on advanced communication skills and complex-symptom management for patients with serious and life-limiting illnesses. She co-directs the medical school's TIME Palliative Care and End-of-Life Course and is dedicated to the clinical teaching of learners at all levels of training. Dr. Berninger embraces a humanistic, patient, and family-centered approach to care and is the recipient of the 2023 Clinical Excellence Award for best consulting physician at Johns Hopkins Hospital. Selected Publications Youssef SW, Berninger LE, Doberman DJ. Evaluation of Required End-Of-Life (EOL) Ethics Content in the Ten Residency Programs Offering Hospice and Palliative Medicine Fellowship. Am J Hosp Palliat Care. Published online April 2, 2025. McGeehan CB, Berninger LE. Autonomous by Extension: Balancing Patient Autonomy and Vulnerability in Surrogate Decision-making. AACN Adv Crit Care. 2024 Sep 15;35(3):228-237. Berninger, LE, Corey Tapper Opioid Rotation: Considerations, Controversy, and Clinical Practice #440. J Pall Med 2022. Wang, Eric, Berninger, LE, Olga Komargodski, Thomas Smith. Painful Diabetic Neuropathy: Spinal Cord Stimulation, Peripheral Nerve Stimulation, Transcutaneous Electrical Nerve Stimulation, and Scrambler Therapy: A Narrative Review. Pain Physician. 2022 Nov;25(8): E1163-E1173. Wang EJ, Berninger LE, Pantelyat AY, Hunsberger JB, Smith TJ. Scrambler Therapy for the Treatment of Multiple System Atrophy-Parkinsonian Subtype Pain: A Case Report. A A Pract. 2022 Jan 18;16(1):e01560. Berninger LE, Smith TJ, Scrambler therapy for incident pain in bone metastases. J Osteopathic Med. 2021; 121 (6) 539-542. Courses & Syllabi Co-director: TIME Palliative Care and End of Life Course. Dr. Berninger is rated as an Experienced provider by MediFind in the treatment of Chronic Pain. Her top area of expertise is Chronic Pain.