Dr. Lazarev joined Johns Hopkins from the Mount Sinai Medical Center in New York, where he completed the Present-Levison advanced inflammatory bowel disease fellowship. A specialist in the diagnosis and management of Crohn's disease and ulcerative colitis, Dr. Lazarev has published numerous peer-reviewed articles, abstracts and chapters. Dr. Lazarev is rated as an Elite provider by MediFind in the treatment of Crohn's Disease. His top areas of expertise are Crohn's Disease, Viral Gastroenteritis, Ulcerative Colitis, Colonoscopy, and Endoscopy.

Raymond Cross is a Gastroenterologist in Baltimore, Maryland. Dr. Cross is rated as an Elite provider by MediFind in the treatment of Crohn's Disease. His top areas of expertise are Crohn's Disease, Ulcerative Colitis, Viral Gastroenteritis, Endoscopy, and Colonoscopy.

Geoffrey Nguyen is a Gastroenterologist in Baltimore, Maryland. Dr. Nguyen is rated as an Elite provider by MediFind in the treatment of Crohn's Disease. His top areas of expertise are Viral Gastroenteritis, Ulcerative Colitis, Hemorrhagic Proctocolitis, Endoscopy, and Colonoscopy.

Dr. Melia specializes in inflammatory bowel disease (IBD), and her clinical expertise includes ulcerative colitis, Crohn’s disease, microscopic colitis, collageneous colitis and Celiac disease. Her primary research interest is improving approaches for individualized care for patients with IBD through functional genomic studies, particularly related to diet, host, and microbiota interactions. She has authored numerous peer-reviewed publications. Dr. Melia is rated as an Advanced provider by MediFind in the treatment of Crohn's Disease. Her top areas of expertise are Viral Gastroenteritis, Crohn's Disease, Colitis, Endoscopy, and Colonoscopy.

Dr. Marshall Bedine is an assistant professor of medicine at the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine. His areas of clinical expertise include gastroenterology, inflammatory bowel disease and irritable bowel syndrome. He earned his M.D. from the Boston University School of Medicine. Dr. Bedine is rated as an Advanced provider by MediFind in the treatment of Crohn's Disease. His top areas of expertise are Crohn's Disease, Hemorrhoids, Attenuated Familial Adenomatous Polyposis, Colonoscopy, and Endoscopy.

Patricia Savadel is a primary care provider, practicing in Internal Medicine in Lutherville Timonium, Maryland. Dr. Savadel is rated as an Advanced provider by MediFind in the treatment of Crohn's Disease. Her top areas of expertise are Sitosterolemia, Crohn's Disease, Postmenopausal Osteoporosis, and Osteoporosis.

Dr. Po-Hung (Victor) Chen is a transplant hepatology and addiction medicine physician. He is jointly appointed by the Division of Gastroenterology and Hepatology and the Division of Addiction Medicine. Dr. Chen's clinical focus is to care for patients with general or transplant-related liver conditions, including alcohol-associated liver disease (ALD), metabolic dysfunction-associated steatotic liver disease (MASLD), viral hepatitis, autoimmune liver diseases, hemochromatosis, and other diagnoses. He directed the creation of a Johns Hopkins Medicine informational webpage on ALD. He is also a frequent consultant for other Johns Hopkins clinicians regarding inquiries about ALD, including biomarker interpretation, acute hepatitis management, and addiction treatment delivery. Dr. Chen is a member of multiple professional medical and public health organizations (see below). He is a Fellow of the American College of Gastroenterology and a Fellow of the American Society of Addiction Medicine. Dr. Chen is rated as an Experienced provider by MediFind in the treatment of Crohn's Disease. His top areas of expertise are Hepatitis, Hepatitis C, Alcoholic Cirrhosis, Liver Transplant, and Endoscopy.

David Hutcheon is a Gastroenterologist in Lutherville, Maryland. Dr. Hutcheon is rated as an Experienced provider by MediFind in the treatment of Crohn's Disease. His top areas of expertise are Gastrointestinal Bleeding, Intestinal Cancer, Angiodysplasia of the Colon, Colonoscopy, and Endoscopy.

Dr. Elham Afghani is an assistant professor of Medicine at the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine. She joins us from Cedars Sinai Medical Center in Los Angeles. She received her medical degree from University of California, Irvine. She completed her internal medicine residency as well as an extra year as chief resident at the University of California, Irvine, Medical Center. She then completed her gastroenterology and hepatology fellowship with additional training in pancreatic diseases at the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine. With a unique specialization in pancreatic disease, she has participated in numerous research projects at the Cedars Sinai division of pancreatico-biliary diseases and was involved in a U01 Consortium for the study of chronic pancreatitis, diabetes and pancreatic cancer. Dr. Afghani’s areas of expertise include acute and chronic pancreatitis, pancreatic cysts and pancreatic exocrine insufficiency. She is an accomplished researcher with multiple publications in prestigious peer-reviewed journals as well as presentations at national meetings. Dr. Afghani is rated as an Experienced provider by MediFind in the treatment of Crohn's Disease. Her top areas of expertise are Hereditary Pancreatitis, Acute Pancreatitis, Chronic Pancreatitis, Endoscopy, and Lithotripsy.

Dr. Veloso joins Johns Hopkins from University Hospitals Case Medical Center, where she was the director of outpatient clinics at the University Hospitals Digestive Health Institute, Westlake. She has special interests in Celiac disease, Colon Cancer, Microscopic Colitis and Inflammatory Bowel Disease. Dr. Veloso received several commendations in her teaching role at the University Hospitals Case Medical Center, the primary affiliate of Case Western Reserve University, and was an active participant in the Filipino American community where she was a member of the board of trustees for the American Philippine Physicians of Ohio. Dr. Veloso is rated as an Experienced provider by MediFind in the treatment of Crohn's Disease. Her top areas of expertise are Gas Bloat Syndrome, Chronic Idiopathic Constipation (CIC), Diarrhea, Colonoscopy, and Endoscopy.

Dr. Michael G. Goggins is a professor of pathology, medicine and oncology at the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine. He serves as director of the Pancreatic Cancer Early Detection Laboratory and is an attending physician in medicine in the Division of Gastroenterology and Hepatology at The Johns Hopkins Hospital. He is the Sol Goldman Professor of Pancreatic Cancer Research. Dr. Goggins’ research interests include developing tests to improve the early detection in pancreas cancer, evaluating outcomes of pancreatic surveillance and identifying gene variants responsible for inherited susceptibility to pancreatic cancer. He obtained his medical degree in 1988 from Trinity College of the University of Dublin, Ireland. He completed a residency in internal medicine and a fellowship in Gastroenterology at St. James' Hospital in Dublin. He obtained his Membership of the Royal College of Physicians of Ireland in 1991 and his European Diploma in Gastroenterology in 1995. He joined the Johns Hopkins faculty in 1999. Dr. Goggins is a member of the Royal College of Physicians of Ireland. He sits on the editorial boards of Gut. Dr. Goggins is rated as an Experienced provider by MediFind in the treatment of Crohn's Disease. His top areas of expertise are Familial Pancreatic Cancer, Pancreatic Cancer, Pancreatic Ductal Adenocarcinoma, Pancreatectomy, and Pancreaticoduodenectomy.

Joseph Dirocco is a Colorectal Surgeon in Towson, Maryland. Dr. Dirocco is rated as an Experienced provider by MediFind in the treatment of Crohn's Disease. His top areas of expertise are Encopresis, Hemorrhoids, Bowel Incontinence, Bladder Reconstruction, and Hemorrhoidectomy.

Sudhir Dutta is a Gastroenterologist in Lutherville, Maryland. Dr. Dutta is rated as an Experienced provider by MediFind in the treatment of Crohn's Disease. His top areas of expertise are Gastrointestinal Bleeding, Choledocholithiasis, Hiatal Hernia, Colonoscopy, and Gastrectomy.

Lisa Simonson is a primary care provider, practicing in Internal Medicine in Lutherville Timonium, Maryland. Dr. Simonson is rated as an Experienced provider by MediFind in the treatment of Crohn's Disease. Her top areas of expertise are Prerenal Azotemia, Familial Hypertension, Glucocorticoid-Remediable Aldosteronism, and Hypertension.

Ernest Tsao is a Gastroenterologist in Baltimore, Maryland. Dr. Tsao is rated as an Advanced provider by MediFind in the treatment of Crohn's Disease. 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 Crohn's Disease. His top areas of expertise are Gastric Dysmotility, Diverticular Disease, Diarrhea, Endoscopy, and Gastrectomy.

Dr. Mullin is an associate professor of medicine at The Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine. Dr. Mullin has more than 30 years of clinical experience in the field of general gastroenterology. Dr. Mullin is a reviewer and also serves on the editorial board of numerous gastroenterology journals. Videos Hopkins at Home presents, A Woman's Journey: Is It Celiac Disease?. Dr. Mullin is rated as an Advanced provider by MediFind in the treatment of Crohn's Disease. His top areas of expertise are Small Bowel Bacterial Overgrowth, Irritable Bowel Syndrome (IBS), Diarrhea, Endoscopy, and Colonoscopy.

Maria Oliva is a Pediatric Gastroenterologist in Baltimore, Maryland. Dr. Oliva is rated as an Advanced provider by MediFind in the treatment of Crohn's Disease. Her top areas of expertise are Viral Gastroenteritis, Crohn's Disease, Hemorrhagic Proctocolitis, Gastrostomy, and Colonoscopy.

Neil Goldberg is a Gastroenterologist in Baltimore, Maryland. Dr. Goldberg is rated as an Advanced provider by MediFind in the treatment of Crohn's Disease. His top areas of expertise are Crohn's Disease, Bile Acid Malabsorption, Diarrhea, Endoscopy, and Gastrectomy.

Jamie Walters is a Gastroenterologist in Towson, Maryland. Dr. Walters is rated as an Advanced provider by MediFind in the treatment of Crohn's Disease. Her top areas of expertise are Irritable Bowel Syndrome (IBS), Gastroesophageal Reflux Disease (GERD), Chronic Erosive Gastritis, Gastrectomy, and Endoscopy.