Howard Boltansky is an allergist who treats patients ages 6 and older who have a wide range of nasal allergies and sinus conditions, including allergic rhinitis, nasal polyps, sinusitis and allergic conjunctivitis. He offers medical therapy and sublingual immunotherapy for patients with a variety of environmental allergies. Dr. Boltansky earned his medical degree at the University of Maryland School of Medicine, where he remained for an internal medicine residency. He completed fellowship training in allergy and immunology at the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, which is part of the National Institutes of Health. Recent News Articles and Media Coverage Shots - Health News from NPR, More pollen, more allergies: Personalized exposure therapy treats symptoms, 04/08/2023. Dr. Boltansky is rated as an Advanced provider by MediFind in the treatment of Grass Allergy. His top areas of expertise are Asthma in Children, Asthma, Grass Allergy, and Empyema.

Matthew Mardiney is an Allergy and Immunologist in Lutherville Timonium, Maryland. Dr. Mardiney is rated as a Distinguished provider by MediFind in the treatment of Grass Allergy. His top areas of expertise are Allergic Rhinitis, Sinusitis, Hives, and Grass Allergy.

Andrew Goldstone is an otolaryngologist specializing in evaluation and treatment of ear, nose and throat disorders for adult and pediatric patients. He has been practicing in Baltimore since 1991. Dr. Goldstone takes great pride in providing compassionate and comprehensive ENT care for patients of all ages. Specialty care with attention to cutting-edge therapies and new approaches while ensuring excellence through use of well-established treatments is the principle upon which he practices. His goal is to develop long-term physician-patient relationships that enhance patient satisfaction and the quality and safety of care. Dr. Goldstone is also a member of several national and local medical societies, including the American Academy of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery. Dr. Goldstone is rated as an Experienced provider by MediFind in the treatment of Grass Allergy. His top areas of expertise are Infant Hearing Loss, DFNB1, Jones Syndrome, and Ruptured Eardrum.

Dr. Tversky was born and raised in New Jersey just outside of New York City. He attended college at Northeastern University in Boston where he spent over two years at The Massachusetts Institute of Technology and later Harvard Medical School conducting research. He earned his medical degree at the University of Sydney, Australia where he graduated in 2001 with first class honors. After finishing residency training at the University of Connecticut he completed a clinical fellowship in Allergy and Immunology at Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine. In 2008 he received a Fellows Career Development Award from the American Academy of Allergy, Asthma & Immunology and the American Thoracic Society before launching into a career in academic medicine. He then spent four years as a faculty member at the Mount Sinai School of Medicine in New York City where he helped rebuild the adult allergy practice. While in New York Dr. Tversky cofounded an iPhone app development company that went on to produce several health care applications that currently reach over one million customers worldwide. He returned to Johns Hopkins in 2013 as a fulltime faculty member, teacher and clinical research scientist. Dr. Tversky is currently an Assistant Professor and was appointed Clinical Director of the Division of Allergy and Clinical Immunology at Johns Hopkins. He is the recipient of a National Institutes of Health research grant. Dr. Tversky is rated as an Experienced provider by MediFind in the treatment of Grass Allergy. His top areas of expertise are Asthma, Angioedema, Chronic Rhinosinusitis with Nasal Polyps (CRSwNP), and Nasal Polyps.

Jean Kim is a surgeon-scientist whose clinical and translational research area of interest is in the pathogenesis of chronic rhinosinusitis with nasal polyposis. She cares for patients with the most severe forms of chronic rhinosinusitis, including patients with sinus disease, nasal polyposis and severe asthma. She also has expertise in the management and study of patients with autoimmune disease and complex sinus disease. Dr. Kim is co-director of the Jerome L. Greene Sjögren’s Disease Center, and is lead consultant for the Johns Hopkins Vasculitis Center and the Primary Ciliary Dyskinesia Foundation Clinical and Research Center at Johns Hopkins. She has considerable experience in conducting clinical trials in sinus and autoimmune diseases. With an active basic and translational research laboratory that studies the underlying mechanisms of airway epithelial dysfunction in sinus disease, Dr. Kim’s work is nationally and internationally recognized in the field of epithelial cell biology and allergic immune responses. She has held sponsored grants from the National Institutes of Health, various foundations and pharmaceutical companies to conduct her clinical, basic and translational research. Additionally, Dr Kim is interested in researching the pathogenesis of climate factors contributing to nonallergic rhinitis. Dr. Kim earned her medical and doctoral degrees from the University of Pittsburgh, and she completed her residency and fellowship training at the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine. She is a member of the editorial board of the International Forum of Allergy and Rhinology, the nationally #1 ranked rhinology journal. Dr. Kim has served as a study section reviewer for the Medical Research Council of the United Kingdom, the Flight Attendant Medical Research Institute foundation and the Johns Hopkins Institute for Clinical and Translational Research, and she has received Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine Clinician Scientist Career Development Awards. Dr. Kim is rated as an Experienced provider by MediFind in the treatment of Grass Allergy. Her top areas of expertise are Chronic Rhinosinusitis with Nasal Polyps (CRSwNP), Sinusitis, Nasal Polyps, and Sialadenitis.

Dr. Howard Steiner is an instructor of medicine at the Johns Hopkins School of Medicine. He has been practicing pulmonary and sleep consultative medicine since 1989. In his role as a diagnostician, he guides the evaluation and management of respiratory problems including infectious, malignant, allergic, autoimmune, and sleep-related disorders. He has been part-time faculty in the Johns Hopkins Pulmonary Division since 1991, is a Fellow in the American College of Chest Physicians, and mentors medical students, residents, and pulmonary fellows training at the Johns Hopkins Hospital. Contact for Research Inquiries 10755 Falls Road Pavilion I, Suite 200 Lutherville, MD 21093 Phone: (410) 583-7124 Selected Publications Lwebuga-Mukasa JS, Steiner H. Monoclonal antibody to rat lung Maclura Pomifera agglutinin (MPA) lectin binding glycoprotein localizes apically on rat and human type II pneumocytes and Clara cells. J Cell Biol 107:71a, 1989. Roberts PJ, McBean GJ, Steiner H, Kohler C, Schwarcz R. Lesioning Effects of Ibotenate in the immature rat brain and protection by 2-amino-7 phosphonoheptanoic acid. Soc Neurosci Abst 9:261, 1983. Steiner H, Ingbar DI. Mechanisms of lung injury and repair. In: Matthay RA, Matthay MA, Wiedemann HP eds. Annual Review of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine. Hanley & Belfus (Philadelphia, 1989), pp 205-223. Steiner H, Lwebuga-Mukasa JS. A549 cells display distinct functional and morphologic properties depending on their culture substratum. J Cell Biol 107:71a, 1989. Steiner H, Lwebuga-Mukasa JS. A549 cells produce a factor which is Mitogenic for human lung fibroblasts. Amer Rev Resp Dis 139:A492 1989. Steiner H, McBean GJ, Kohler C, Roberts PJ, Schwarcz R. Ibotenate Induced neuronal degeneration in immature rat brain. Brain Research 307:117-124, 1984. Dr. Steiner is rated as an Experienced provider by MediFind in the treatment of Grass Allergy. His top areas of expertise are Bronchiectasis, Obstructive Sleep Apnea, Lung Metastases, and Interstitial Lung Disease.

Jessica Nguyen is an Allergy and Immunologist in Owings Mills, Maryland. Dr. Nguyen is rated as a Distinguished provider by MediFind in the treatment of Grass Allergy. Her top areas of expertise are Allergic Rhinitis, Sinusitis, Grass Allergy, and Cold Urticaria.

Peter Creticos is an Allergy and Immunologist in Baltimore, Maryland. Dr. Creticos is rated as a Distinguished provider by MediFind in the treatment of Grass Allergy. His top areas of expertise are Giant Papillary Conjunctivitis, Grass Allergy, Allergic Rhinitis, and Vernal Keratoconjunctivitis.

Michael Rudikoff is a primary care provider, practicing in Internal Medicine in Towson,, Maryland. Dr. Rudikoff is rated as an Experienced provider by MediFind in the treatment of Grass Allergy. His top areas of expertise are Glucocorticoid-Remediable Aldosteronism, Hypertension, Familial Hypertension, and Gastroparesis.

Mohammad Rahnama is a primary care provider, practicing in Internal Medicine in Parkville, Maryland. Dr. Rahnama is rated as an Experienced provider by MediFind in the treatment of Grass Allergy. His top areas of expertise are High Cholesterol, Familial Combined Hyperlipidemia, Xanthoma, and Cirrhosis.

Hava Ladinsky is a Pediatrics provider in Pikesville, Maryland. Dr. Ladinsky is rated as a Distinguished provider by MediFind in the treatment of Grass Allergy. Her top areas of expertise are Allergic Rhinitis, Grass Allergy, Sinusitis, and Allergic Conjunctivitis.

Mark Schneyer is an Otolaryngologist in Owings Mills, Maryland. Dr. Schneyer is rated as an Advanced provider by MediFind in the treatment of Grass Allergy. His top areas of expertise are Nasal Septal Hematoma, Low Nasal Bridge, Perichondritis, and Hearing Loss.

Manuel Ramos is a primary care provider, practicing in Internal Medicine in Lutherville, Maryland. Dr. Ramos is rated as an Advanced provider by MediFind in the treatment of Grass Allergy. His top areas of expertise are Familial Hypertension, Hypertension, Glucocorticoid-Remediable Aldosteronism, and Maturity Onset Diabetes of the Young. Dr. Ramos is currently accepting new patients.

Alvin Sanico is an Allergy and Immunologist in Towson, Maryland. Dr. Sanico is rated as an Advanced provider by MediFind in the treatment of Grass Allergy. His top areas of expertise are Allergic Rhinitis, Sinusitis, Grass Allergy, and Allergic Conjunctivitis.

Dario Kunar is an Otolaryngologist in Baltimore, Maryland. Dr. Kunar is rated as an Advanced provider by MediFind in the treatment of Grass Allergy. His top areas of expertise are Chronic Rhinosinusitis with Nasal Polyps (CRSwNP), Nasal Polyps, Infant Hearing Loss, and DFNB1. Dr. Kunar is currently accepting new patients.

Tam Nguyen is an Otolaryngologist in Baltimore, Maryland. Dr. Nguyen is rated as an Advanced provider by MediFind in the treatment of Grass Allergy. Her top areas of expertise are Hearing Loss, Infant Hearing Loss, Otitis, and Ozena. Dr. Nguyen is currently accepting new patients.

Howard Freeland is a Pulmonary Medicine provider in Baltimore, Maryland. Dr. Freeland is rated as an Advanced provider by MediFind in the treatment of Grass Allergy. His top areas of expertise are Lung Metastases, Pulmonary Veno-Occlusive Disease, Pulmonary Hypertension, and Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD).

Sudhir Sekhsaria is an Allergy and Immunologist in Baltimore, Maryland. Dr. Sekhsaria is rated as a Distinguished provider by MediFind in the treatment of Grass Allergy. His top areas of expertise are Allergic Rhinitis, Sinusitis, Grass Allergy, and Hives.

Lawrence Schieken is a Pediatric Allergy and Immunologist and an Allergy and Immunologist in Owings Mills, Maryland. Dr. Schieken is rated as an Advanced provider by MediFind in the treatment of Grass Allergy. His top areas of expertise are Allergic Rhinitis, Ozena, Nonallergic Rhinopathy, and Sinusitis.

Dr. Wise is a pulmonary, critical care physician. He is an expert in the diagnosis and treatment of patients with obstructive lung disease, including those with asthma and COPD. He is a consultant for patients with scleroderma and interstitial lung disease. He has expertise in pulmonary physiology and lung function testing. Dr. Wise’s research focus is the conduct of multi-center clinical trials in airway diseases and related translational research. Dr. Wise is the co-director of the Pulmonary T32 Multi-disciplinary Training Program in Pulmonary Disease. Dr. Wise is rated as an Experienced provider by MediFind in the treatment of Grass Allergy. His top areas of expertise are Systemic Sclerosis (SSc), Interstitial Lung Disease, Acute Interstitial Pneumonia, and Sarcoidosis.