Dr. Kirsten A. Hauer

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 COVID-19. Her top areas of expertise are Cytomegalic Inclusion Disease, Cytomegalovirus Infection, COVID-19, and Sepsis.

Dr. Werbel is a physician-scientist who provides consultative care for patients at Johns Hopkins who experience infectious disease complications before and after organ transplant, as well as in the setting of solid tumors or blood cancers. His research with the Johns Hopkins Transplant Research Center uses a combination of epidemiological and laboratory methods to better personalize the prevention of infectious complications among patients with complex immunodeficiencies. This includes using national cohort studies and clinical trials to optimize the use of vaccines and other prophylactic therapies for high-risk immunosuppressed populations. Dr. Werbel is rated as an Advanced provider by MediFind in the treatment of COVID-19. His top areas of expertise are COVID-19, Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome (SARS), HIV/AIDS, and Hepatitis.

Jonathan Cohen is an Infectious Disease provider in Quakertown, Pennsylvania. Dr. Cohen is rated as an Advanced provider by MediFind in the treatment of COVID-19. His top areas of expertise are COVID-19, Multisystem Inflammatory Syndrome in Children (MIS-C), Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome (SARS), Endoscopy, and Colonoscopy.