Overview
Dr. Lydia H. Pecker is a pediatric hematologist and Director of the Young Adult Clinic at the Sickle Cell Center for Adults at Johns Hopkins. Dr. Pecker received her undergraduate degree in Africana studies from Brown University and earned her M.D. at the University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine. She completed residency training at Children’s Hospital at Montefiore and completed a fellowship at Children’s National Medical Center and the National Institutes of Health’s National Heart, Lung and Blood Institute before joining the Hopkins faculty in 2016. Dr. Pecker's NIH and foundation-funded research focuses on reproductive health in people with ovaries and sickle cell disease.
Dr. Pecker is rated as an Experienced provider by MediFind in the treatment of Hemoglobin SC Disease. Her top areas of expertise are Sickle Cell Disease, Congenital Hemolytic Anemia, Hemoglobinopathy, Hemolytic Anemia, and Tubal Ligation.
Her clinical research consists of co-authoring 77 peer reviewed articles and participating in 1 clinical trial. MediFind looks at clinical research from the past 15 years.
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Locations
Park BLDG, STE 110, Baltimore, MD 21287
Additional Areas of Focus
Dr. Pecker has provided the following conditions as areas of focus. Please note that we may not have enough data to validate their experience in some of these conditions.
Clinical Research
Clinical research consists of overseeing clinical studies of patients undergoing new treatments and therapies, and publishing articles in peer reviewed medical journals. Providers who actively participate in clinical research are generally at the forefront of the fields and aware of the most up-to-date advances in treatments for their patients.
1 Clinical Trials
University Of Maryland Oncology Associates PA
Jennie Law is a Hematologist Oncology specialist and a Hospital Medicine provider in Baltimore, Maryland. Dr. Law is rated as a Distinguished provider by MediFind in the treatment of Hemoglobin SC Disease. Her top areas of expertise are Sickle Cell Disease, Hemoglobinopathy, Hemoglobin SC Disease, Hemoglobin E Disease, and Bone Marrow Aspiration. Dr. Law is currently accepting new patients.
University Of Maryland Oncology Associates PA
Maria Baer is a Hematologist Oncology specialist and a Hematologist in Baltimore, Maryland. Dr. Baer is rated as an Elite provider by MediFind in the treatment of Hemoglobin SC Disease. Her top areas of expertise are Acute Myeloid Leukemia (AML), Myelodysplastic Syndrome (MDS), Acute Promyelocytic Leukemia, Bone Marrow Aspiration, and Splenectomy. Dr. Baer is currently accepting new patients.
Maryland Oncology Hematology PA
Alida Espinoza is a Hematologist Oncology specialist and an Oncologist in Silver Spring, Maryland. Dr. Espinoza is rated as a Distinguished provider by MediFind in the treatment of Hemoglobin SC Disease. Her top areas of expertise are Paget Disease of the Breast, Breast Cancer, Childhood Iron Deficiency Anemia, and Iron Deficiency Anemia. Dr. Espinoza is currently accepting new patients.
Areas of Expertise
MediFind evaluates expertise by pulling from factors such as number of articles a doctor has published in medical journals, participation in clinical trials, speaking at industry conferences, prescribing and referral patterns, and strength of connections with other experts in their field.
Learn more about MediFind’s expert tiers
- Elite
- AnemiaDr. Pecker isElite. Learn about Anemia.
- Congenital Hemolytic AnemiaDr. Pecker isElite. Learn about Congenital Hemolytic Anemia.
- HemoglobinopathyDr. Pecker isElite. Learn about Hemoglobinopathy.
- Hemolytic AnemiaDr. Pecker isElite. Learn about Hemolytic Anemia.
- Sickle Cell DiseaseDr. Pecker isElite. Learn about Sickle Cell Disease.
- Experienced
- Alpha ThalassemiaDr. Pecker isExperienced. Learn about Alpha Thalassemia.
- End-Stage Renal Disease (ESRD)Dr. Pecker isExperienced. Learn about End-Stage Renal Disease (ESRD).
- Hemoglobin SC DiseaseDr. Pecker isExperienced. Learn about Hemoglobin SC Disease.
- Hemolytic Transfusion ReactionDr. Pecker isExperienced. Learn about Hemolytic Transfusion Reaction.
- ThalassemiaDr. Pecker isExperienced. Learn about Thalassemia.
- Tubal LigationDr. Pecker isExperienced. Learn about Tubal Ligation.