Dr. Geetha is a Professor of Clinical Medicine in the Division of Nephrology, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine. A graduate of Madras Medical College, India, she completed Internal Medicine training in U.K. She did her Internal Medicine Residency at York, PA and Nephrology fellowship at Johns Hopkins Bayview Medical Center. She has been on Hopkins faculty since 1998. She is the Associate Director of the Johns Hopkins Vasculitis Center and co-director of the Johns Hopkins Glomerular Disease Clinic. She is a member of Royal College of Physicians (U.K.) and Fellow of the American Society of Nephrology. She was inducted to the Miller Coulson Academy of Clinical Excellence. Dr. Geetha is rated as a Distinguished provider by MediFind in the treatment of Goodpasture Syndrome. Her top areas of expertise are Glomerulonephritis, Microscopic Polyangiitis, Chronic Kidney Disease, Granulomatosis with Polyangiitis, and Kidney Transplant.

Dr. Antiochos sees patients in the Division of Rheumatology on the Bayview campus and conducts basic science research into the pathogenesis of rheumatic diseases in the Division's laboratory. Lab website: Brendan Antiochos MD. Dr. Antiochos is rated as an Advanced provider by MediFind in the treatment of Goodpasture Syndrome. His top areas of expertise are Granulomatosis with Polyangiitis, Necrotizing Vasculitis, Sjogren Syndrome, and Vasculitis.

Dr. Philip Seo is an Associate Professor in the Division of Rheumatology. A graduate of Harvard College and the College of Physicians and Surgeons at Columbia University, Dr. Seo completed his Internal Medicine training as a member of the Osler Medical Service at the Johns Hopkins Hospital. Since then, he has worked at Johns Hopkins in several capacities, including as a hospitalist at Johns Hopkins Bayview Medical Center, and as an Assistant Chief of Service of the Department of Medicine at the Johns Hopkins Hospital, before joining the Division of Rheumatology. Dr. Seo is the Director of the Johns Hopkins Vasculitis Center and Director of the Johns Hopkins Rheumatology Fellowship Program. His clinical interests lie in the assessment and treatment of patients with systemic vasculitis, in particular, the ANCA-associated vasculitides, which include granulomatosis with polyangiitis, microscopic polyangiitis, and eosinophilic granulomatosis with polyangiitis. Dr. Seo is rated as an Advanced provider by MediFind in the treatment of Goodpasture Syndrome. His top areas of expertise are Granulomatosis with Polyangiitis, Vasculitis, Microscopic Polyangiitis, Takayasu Arteritis, and Tissue Biopsy.

Dr. Abbal Koirala hails from Kathmandu, Nepal. He completed a nephrology and glomerulonephritis fellowship at the University of Washington, Seattle, and held the position of Clinical Assistant Professor there from 2020 to 2024. In August 2024, he joined the faculty of the Division of Nephrology at the Johns Hopkins School of Medicine as the Assistant Professor of Medicine and Associate Director at the Johns Hopkins Glomerular Clinic. Dr. Koirala sees patients with glomerular diseases and provides second opinions upon request. His clinical and research interests revolve around glomerular diseases and onco-nephrology. Dr. Koirala is rated as an Advanced provider by MediFind in the treatment of Goodpasture Syndrome. His top areas of expertise are Goodpasture Syndrome, Lupus Nephritis, Glomerulonephritis, and Chronic Kidney Disease.

Yevgeniy Sheyn is a Rheumatologist in Clinton, Maryland. Dr. Sheyn is rated as an Advanced provider by MediFind in the treatment of Goodpasture Syndrome. His top areas of expertise are Fibromyalgia, Gout, Vitamin D Deficiency, and Tenosynovitis. Dr. Sheyn is currently accepting new patients.

Howard Hauptman is a Rheumatologist in Baltimore, Maryland. Dr. Hauptman has been practicing medicine for over 44 years and is rated as an Advanced provider by MediFind in the treatment of Goodpasture Syndrome. His top areas of expertise are Rheumatoid Arthritis (RA), Rhizomelic Pseudopolyarthritis, Sjogren Syndrome, and Polymyalgia Rheumatica. Dr. Hauptman is currently accepting new patients.

Dr. C. John Sperati is an Associate Professor of Medicine at the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine. His areas of clinical expertise include renal medicine. Dr. Sperati is Director of the Glomerular Diseases Fellowship Program since 2023 and formerly directed the Nephrology Fellowship Training Program from 2019 - 2025. He was the long-serving Firm Faculty Leader of the Barker Firm and has held leadership positions within the Osler Medical Residency training program. In addition, he co-directs the Johns Hopkins Osler Learning Initiative which brings the principles of medical residency training to executive education worldwide. He obtained his medical degree from The Pennsylvania State University College of Medicine and a Master in Health Science from the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health. He completed an internship and residency in Internal Medicine at the Johns Hopkins Hospital, followed by a year as an Assistant Chief of Service (chief resident). He subsequently pursued subspecialty training in nephrology at the Johns Hopkins Hospital and joined the faculty in the Division of Nephrology. Dr. Sperati’s clinical interests are in thrombotic microangiopathy including atypical hemolytic uremic syndrome (aHUS), complement-mediated kidney diseases including C3 glomerulopathy, glomerular disease such as glomerulonephritis (e.g., IgA nephropathy, MPGN) and nephrotic syndromes (e.g., FSGS, membranous, minimal change, amyloidosis, and others), and secondary and resistant hypertension (e.g., fibromuscular dysplasia, atherosclerotic renal arterial disease, hyperaldosteronism, and genetic hypertensive syndromes). He is the site principal investigator for clinical trials in glomerular disease, serves on editorial boards, and chairs the approval committee of the Longitudinal Knowledge Assessment for nephrology for the American Board of Internal Medicine. His clinical acumen and educational contributions have been recognized by induction into the Miller Coulson Academy of Clinical Excellence as well as the American Society of Nephrology Distinguished Educator Award in 2020. He has been recognized as a physician resource through the Atypical HUS Foundation, a NephCure glomerular disease specialist, an IgA Nephropathy Foundation specialist, and a Baltimore TopDoc. He is registered with the Florida Department of Health to perform telehealth services for patients in Florida. Dr. Sperati is rated as an Experienced provider by MediFind in the treatment of Goodpasture Syndrome. His top areas of expertise are Atypical Hemolytic Uremic Syndrome (aHUS), D-Plus Hemolytic Uremic Syndrome, Hemolytic-Uremic Syndrome, Glomerulonephritis, and Kidney Transplant.

Dr. Rebecca Ruebner is an Associate Professor of Pediatrics at the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine. She provides care for children with kidney problems of any type including hypertension, hematuria, proteinuria, kidney stones, chronic kidney disease, dialysis, and kidney transplant. She is the medical director of pediatric dialysis. Dr. Ruebner received her undergraduate and medical degrees from the University of Pennsylvania. She completed her residency at Boston Children’s Hospital where she also served as chief pediatric resident. She completed her fellowship in pediatric nephrology at the Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia. During her fellowship, she received a Master's Degree in Clinical Epidemiology from the University of Pennsylvania. Dr. Ruebner became a faculty member at the Children's Hospital of Philadelphia in 2012 before joining the Johns Hopkins faculty in 2016. Dr. Ruebner's clinical research is focused on clinical care and outcomes of children with chronic kidney disease and end-stage kidney disease. Dr. Ruebner is rated as an Experienced provider by MediFind in the treatment of Goodpasture Syndrome. Her top areas of expertise are End-Stage Renal Disease (ESRD), Chronic Kidney Disease, Hemolytic-Uremic Syndrome, D-Plus Hemolytic Uremic Syndrome, and Kidney Transplant.

Dr. Alan Baer graduated from the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine in 1978 and completed his post-graduate medical training in Internal Medicine and Rheumatology at the Johns Hopkins and Vanderbilt University Hospitals. He was a faculty member at the University at Buffalo, State University of New York, from 1986 to 2007, and served there as Chief of the Section of Rheumatology and Fellowship Program Director. He joined the faculty at Johns Hopkins in 2007 and is currently Professor of Medicine and Director of the Jerome L. Greene Sjogren's Syndrome Center. Since 2015, he has been an Investigator in the Sjogren's Syndrome Clinic at the National Institutes of Health. He was Chief of Rheumatology and Clinical Director of the Johns Hopkins University Rheumatology Practice at the Good Samaritan Hospital in Baltimore, Maryland from 2007 to 2014. Dr. Baer is currently engaged in a number of research studies in the area of Sjogren's syndrome, both at Johns Hopkins and in the NIH Sjogren's Syndrome Clinic. He was the principal investigator of the NIH subcontract to Johns Hopkins to conduct the Sjogren's International Registry (SICCA) and enrolled 300 patients into the registry. The SICCA registry has been a rich source of clinical data and biospecimens for research that Dr. Baer is conducting with colleagues at both Hopkins and the University of California-San Francisco. He is conducting a longitudinal observational study of patients with Sjogren's syndrome. Dr. Baer is rated as an Experienced provider by MediFind in the treatment of Goodpasture Syndrome. His top areas of expertise are Sjogren Syndrome, Rheumatoid Arthritis (RA), Arthritis, and Interstitial Keratitis.

Dr. Cervantes is the Director of the Nephrology Fellowship Training Program at Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine and a member of the Johns Hopkins Amyloid Center. Dedicated to medical education, she co-directed the Genes to Society Renal Physiology Course from 2021 to 2025 and previously served as Assistant Program Director for the fellowship, leading efforts in career pathway development. Her clinical and research interests include amyloidosis, paraproteinemias, hypertension, diabetic kidney disease, and quality improvement. Dr. Cervantes was selected for the 14th cohort of the Armstrong Institute Patient Safety and Quality Leadership Academy and the 3rd cohort of the International Society of Nephrology Emerging Leaders Program, reflecting her commitment to quality, advocacy, and global health. Selected Publications Cervantes CE, Atta MG. Kidney Amyloidosis: Updates on Pathogenesis and Therapeutic Frontiers. Am J Nephrol. 2024 Jun 12. PMID: 38865984. Tamargo C, Hanouneh M, Cervantes CE. Treatment of Acute Kidney Injury: A Review of Current Approaches and Emerging Innovations. J Clin Med. 2024 Apr 23;13(9):2455. Cervantes CE, Bloch EM, Sperati CJ. Therapeutic Plasma Exchange: Core Curriculum 2023. Am J Kidney Dis. 2023;81(4):475-492. Cervantes CE, Kant S, Atta M, The Link between Conventional and Novel Anti-Cancer Therapeutics with Thrombotic Microangiopathy. Drug Metab Lett. 2021 doi: 10.2174/1872312814666210716141633 PMID: 34279209 Cervantes CE, Sperati CJ. From Dropsy to Chart Biopsy- Opportunities and Pitfalls of Electronic Health Records. Kidney360. 2021; doi: 10.34067/KID.0004392021 PMID:35373111 Cervantes, CE, Atta, Mohamed G. Chapter 4. Chronic Tubulointerstitial nephritis: Hypokalemia, hyperoxaluria, and hyperuricemia. In the Book: Tubulointerstitial Nephritis. Edited by Mohamed G. Atta and Mark A. Perazella. 2022. Springer Cervantes, CE, Hanouneh, Mohamad. A New Era in Diabetic Kidney Disease. In the Book: Chronic Kidney Disease – Beyond the Basics. Edited by Prof. Ane Claudia Fernandes Nunes. 2022. IntechOpen. DOI: 10.5992/intechopen.1000197 Alvarado F, Cervantes CE, Crews D, Blanck J, Al Ammary F, Ng D, Purnell T. Examining post-donation outcomes in Hispanic/Latinx living kidney donors in the United States: A systematic review. Am J Transplant. 2022. doi: 10.1111/ajt.17017. PMID:35258164 Courses & SyllabiGenes To Society Pathophysiology Course of Medical Students, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, 2021- 2025. Dr. Pacurucu is rated as an Experienced provider by MediFind in the treatment of Goodpasture Syndrome. Her top areas of expertise are Nephrosclerosis, Renovascular Hypertension, Chronic Kidney Disease, and End-Stage Renal Disease (ESRD).

Jia Liu is a Nephrologist in Columbia, Maryland. Dr. Liu is rated as an Experienced provider by MediFind in the treatment of Goodpasture Syndrome. Her top areas of expertise are Nephrosclerosis, Renovascular Hypertension, Acute Kidney Failure, and Chronic Kidney Disease.

Dr. Sima Rozati is an Assistant Professor of Dermatology at the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine. She specializes in medical dermatology, cutaneous lymphoma, and supportive oncodermatology. She received her medical degree from the Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences in Tehran. After completing her internal medicine residency at the Cleveland Clinic, she completed a research fellowship and PhD in cutaneous lymphoma at the University Hospital of Zürich in Switzerland. She returned to the U.S. where she completed cutaneous lymphoma fellowship, under the mentorship of Dr. Youn Kim, followed by dermatology residency at Stanford University School of Medicine in California. In a multidisciplinary environment, Dr. Rozati aims to provide excellent care to patients with cutaneous lymphoma and cancer whom are experiencing cutaneous adverse events from targeted therapies, immune- and chemotherapies. Dr. Rozati’s research interest focuses on cutaneous lymphoma, understanding the biology of this heterogeneous group of malignancies by analyzing the mutational and epigenetic landscape. Her translational research efforts is directed to investigate novel targeted and immunotherapeutic for cutaneous T cell lymphoma. She is a member of different professional organizations, including the American Academy of Dermatology and Woman’s dermatologic Society. Dr. Rozati is rated as an Experienced provider by MediFind in the treatment of Goodpasture Syndrome. Her top areas of expertise are Cutaneous T-Cell Lymphoma (CTCL), T-Cell Lymphoma, Mycosis Fungoides, and Localized Scleroderma.

Rukmini Konatalapalli is a Rheumatologist in Greenbelt, Maryland. Dr. Konatalapalli is rated as an Experienced provider by MediFind in the treatment of Goodpasture Syndrome. Her top areas of expertise are Gout, Fibromyalgia, Rheumatoid Arthritis (RA), and Bursitis. Dr. Konatalapalli is currently accepting new patients.

Ajay Kumar is a Nephrologist in Columbia, Maryland. Dr. Kumar is rated as an Experienced provider by MediFind in the treatment of Goodpasture Syndrome. His top areas of expertise are Acute Kidney Failure, Nephrosclerosis, Renovascular Hypertension, and Acute Tubular Necrosis.

Maria Chou is a Rheumatologist in Clinton, Maryland. Dr. Chou is rated as an Experienced provider by MediFind in the treatment of Goodpasture Syndrome. Her top areas of expertise are Gout, Rheumatoid Arthritis (RA), Bursitis, and Tenosynovitis. Dr. Chou is currently accepting new patients.

Rohan Rengen is a Nephrologist in Frederick, Maryland. Dr. Rengen is rated as an Advanced provider by MediFind in the treatment of Goodpasture Syndrome. His top areas of expertise are Acute Kidney Failure, Low Sodium Level, Necrosis, and End-Stage Renal Disease (ESRD). Dr. Rengen is currently accepting new patients.

Neeti Bhargava is a Rheumatologist in Frederick, Maryland. Dr. Bhargava is rated as an Advanced provider by MediFind in the treatment of Goodpasture Syndrome. Her top areas of expertise are Rheumatoid Arthritis (RA), Hypersensitivity Vasculitis, Goodpasture Syndrome, and Osteoporosis. Dr. Bhargava is currently accepting new patients.

Peter Niebyl is a Dermatologist in Easton, Maryland. Dr. Niebyl is rated as an Advanced provider by MediFind in the treatment of Goodpasture Syndrome. His top areas of expertise are Epidermodysplasia Verruciformis, Sebaceous Adenoma, Syringocystadenoma Papilliferum, and Syringoma. Dr. Niebyl is currently accepting new patients.

Andrew Mrowiec is a primary care provider, practicing in Family Medicine in Aberdeen, Maryland. Dr. Mrowiec is rated as an Advanced provider by MediFind in the treatment of Goodpasture Syndrome. His top areas of expertise are Goodpasture Syndrome, Hypersensitivity Vasculitis, Familial Hypertension, and Hypertension. Dr. Mrowiec is currently accepting new patients.

Faris Hawit is a Dermatologist in Prince Frederick, Maryland. Dr. Hawit is rated as an Advanced provider by MediFind in the treatment of Goodpasture Syndrome. His top areas of expertise are Rosacea, Tinea Versicolor, Squamous Cell Skin Carcinoma, and Jock Itch. Dr. Hawit is currently accepting new patients.