"Dr. James Casella is a professor of pediatrics and oncology at the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine. As the Johns Hopkins’ Rainey Professor of Pediatric Hematology, Dr. Casella is chief of the Division of Pediatric Hematology at Johns Hopkins Children's and director of the Basic and Translational Research Program in Sickle Cell Disease, Comprehensive Sickle Cell Center and the Maryland Hemophilia Treatment Center at Johns Hopkins. He supervises several labs investigating the cellular and molecular basis of pediatric blood-borne diseases. He is seeking to develop better treatments for sickle cell disease and the prevention of central nervous system complications of this disorder, including stroke. Dr. Casella received his undergraduate degree in mathematics from Union College. He earned his M.D. from SUNY of Syracuse and completed a residency in pediatrics at Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, where he was subsequently a fellow in hematology/oncology. He has been a member of the Johns Hopkins’ faculty since 1983. A research scientist as well as a clinician, he co-directs the hematology/oncology fellowship program at Johns Hopkins Hospital and is an adjunct senior investigator (Pediatric Oncology Branch) in the Division of Clinical Sciences, National Cancer Institute, National Institutes of Health. He is also director of the NHLBI-funded K12 in benign hematology program at Johns Hopkins that trains young clinician/investigators in benign hematology and transfusion medicine. Dr. Casella has served on numerous university, hospital, and advisory committees, many geared toward hematology, pediatrics and transfusion. He has received many awards from the Johns Hopkins Hospital, including the Alexander ""Buck"" Schaffer Award for Outstanding Contribution to the Teaching of House Officers. He and a colleague created the Johns Hopkins/St. Agnes Comprehensive Hemophilia Clinic to improve care for patients with the disease.". Dr. Casella is rated as an Elite provider by MediFind in the treatment of Hemoglobinopathy. His top areas of expertise are Sickle Cell Disease, Congenital Hemolytic Anemia, Hemoglobinopathy, and Hemolytic Anemia.

Gayatri Nimmagadda is a Hematologist and a Hematologist Oncology provider in Columbia, Maryland. Dr. Nimmagadda is rated as an Experienced provider by MediFind in the treatment of Hemoglobinopathy. Her top areas of expertise are Breast Cancer, Paget Disease of the Breast, Iron Deficiency Anemia, and Pleuropulmonary Blastoma.

Jennie Law is a Hematologist Oncology specialist and a Hospital Medicine provider in Baltimore, Maryland. Dr. Law is rated as an Elite provider by MediFind in the treatment of Hemoglobinopathy. 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.

Dr. Rakhi P. Naik is the Associate Director for the Division of Hematology at Johns Hopkins University. She also serves as Director of the Fellowship Hematology Track and Director of Organ Systems Foundation of Medicine (OSFM), the largest pre-clerkship course in the medical school. She holds an undergraduate degree in Biomedical & Electrical Engineering from Duke University, an M.D. with. Dr. Naik is rated as a Distinguished provider by MediFind in the treatment of Hemoglobinopathy. Her top areas of expertise are Sickle Cell Disease, Hemolytic Anemia, Hemoglobinopathy, and Congenital Hemolytic Anemia.

Nicholas Demonaco is a Hematologist Oncology specialist and a Hematologist in Columbia, Maryland. Dr. Demonaco is rated as an Experienced provider by MediFind in the treatment of Hemoglobinopathy. His top areas of expertise are Pulmonary Embolism, Childhood Iron Deficiency Anemia, Iron Deficiency Anemia, and Anemia. Dr. Demonaco is currently accepting new patients.

Rita Gupta is a Hematologist Oncology specialist and a Hematologist in Columbia, Maryland. Dr. Gupta is rated as an Experienced provider by MediFind in the treatment of Hemoglobinopathy. Her top areas of expertise are Iron Deficiency Anemia, Childhood Iron Deficiency Anemia, Paget Disease of the Breast, and Breast Cancer. Dr. Gupta is currently accepting new patients.

Jose Mendoza is a Hematologist Oncology specialist and a Hematologist in Columbia, Maryland. Dr. Mendoza is rated as an Experienced provider by MediFind in the treatment of Hemoglobinopathy. His top areas of expertise are Childhood Iron Deficiency Anemia, Iron Deficiency Anemia, Anemia, and Familial Colorectal Cancer. Dr. Mendoza is currently accepting new patients.

Ayesha Khalil is a primary care provider, practicing in Internal Medicine in Columbia, Maryland. Dr. Khalil is rated as an Experienced provider by MediFind in the treatment of Hemoglobinopathy. Her top areas of expertise are Sickle Cell Disease, Pneumonia, Necrosis, Endoscopy, and Gastrostomy. Dr. Khalil is currently accepting new patients.

Dr. Robert Brodsky is a professor of medicine at the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine. His area of clinical expertise is classical hematology and haploidentical bone marrow transplant for sickle cell disease and aplastic anemia. Dr. Brodsky serves as the director of the Division of Hematology and the T32 Training Program. He is the Johns Hopkins Family Professor of Medicine and Oncology. He received his M.D. from Hahnemann University. He completed his residency at the Vanderbilt University School of Medicine. He performed a fellowship in hematology at the National Institutes of Health and a fellowship in oncology at Johns Hopkins. He joined the Johns Hopkins faculty in 1997. From 2017 to 2022 he served as Associate Editor to The Journal of Clinical Investigation (JCI) and Secretary to American Society of Hematology (ASH). He serves as President of The American Society of Hematology (ASH) in 2023. Dr. Brodsky is rated as an Advanced provider by MediFind in the treatment of Hemoglobinopathy. His top areas of expertise are Paroxysmal Nocturnal Hemoglobinuria (PNH), Paroxysmal Cold Hemoglobinuria, Anemia, Bone Marrow Transplant, and Splenectomy.

Kashif Ali is a Hematologist Oncology specialist and a Hematologist in Laurel, Maryland. Dr. Ali is rated as an Advanced provider by MediFind in the treatment of Hemoglobinopathy. His top areas of expertise are Iron Deficiency Anemia, Chronic Familial Neutropenia, Agranulocytosis, and Childhood Iron Deficiency Anemia. Dr. Ali is currently accepting new patients.

Dr. Cooke is Director of the Johns Hopkins Kimmel Cancer Center’s Pediatric Bone Marrow Transplantation Program. Prior to his appointment at Johns Hopkins, Dr. Cooke headed the Pediatric Blood and Marrow Transplantation Program at Rainbow Babies and Children’s Hospital, and University Hospitals Case Medical Center, in Cleveland, Ohio. He also co-directed the Hematologic Disorders Program of the Case Comprehensive Cancer Center at Case Western Reserve University. A nationally recognized transplantation immunology expert, Dr. Cooke focuses primarily on new strategies to prevent and treat graft-vs-host disease and lung complications following blood and bone marrow transplantation. His research efforts have been recognized by the Leukemia and Lymphoma Society and the American Society of Clinical Investigation. In addition to his younger patients, Dr. Cooke also cares for adolescents and young adults. Dr. Cooke is rated as an Experienced provider by MediFind in the treatment of Hemoglobinopathy. His top areas of expertise are Graft Versus Host Disease (GvHD), Chronic Graft Versus Host Disease (cGvHD), Anemia, Aplastic Anemia, and Bone Marrow Transplant.

Dr. Jodi Segal is a professor of medicine at the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine. She has joint appointments in health policy and management, and epidemiology at the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health. Dr. Segal is internationally recognized as a clinician-investigator in comparative effectiveness research and pharmacoepidemiology. She trains investigators to conduct research to advance Johns Hopkins Medicine as a learning health system. She serves as the associate director of the Center for Health Services and Outcomes Research (CHSOR) and the co-director of the Center for Drug Safety and Effectiveness (CDSE), both in the School of Public Health. Dr. Segal received a B.S. from The Pennsylvania State University. She earned her M.D. from the University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine and her M.P.H. from the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health. She completed her residency at the University of Chicago and a fellowship in general nternal medicine at Johns Hopkins. She is a member of Phi Beta Kappa and Alpha Omega Alpha. Dr. Segal is rated as an Experienced provider by MediFind in the treatment of Hemoglobinopathy. Her top areas of expertise are Giant Papillary Conjunctivitis, Type 2 Diabetes (T2D), Maturity Onset Diabetes of the Young, and Vernal Keratoconjunctivitis.

Dr. Alexander J. Ambinder is an instructor of medicine at the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine. He is active in the Division of Hematology Malignancies, Leukemia Program at the Sidney Kimmel Comprehensive Cancer at Johns Hopkins. Dr. Ambinder has expertise in acute myeloid leukemia (AML), myelodysplastic syndrome (MDS), and bone marrow transplantation. Dr. Ambinder received his B.A. from Washington University in St. Louis. He earned his M.D. from Emory University School of Medicine and his M.P.H. from Emory University Rollins School of Public Health. He completed the Osler Medical Residency Training Program in internal medicine at Johns Hopkins and subsequently served as an Assistant Chief of Service (Chief Resident). He completed his fellowships in Hematology and Oncology at the Sidney Kimmel Comprehensive Cancer Center at Johns Hopkins and also served as a Chief Fellow. Dr. Ambinder is a member of the American Society of Hematology and the American Society of Clinical Oncology. Dr. Ambinder’s principle research interest is in designing and conducting clinical trials inspired by laboratory insights to improve the management of acute myeloid leukemia and myelodysplastic syndrome. He also has an interest in building large databases that will yield insights that allow for more personalized approaches to the care and treatment of patients with blood cancers. Dr. Ambinder is rated as an Experienced provider by MediFind in the treatment of Hemoglobinopathy. His top areas of expertise are Acute Myeloid Leukemia (AML), Acute Myeloblastic Leukemia without Maturation, Myelodysplastic Syndrome (MDS), Bone Marrow Aspiration, and Bone Marrow Transplant.

Dr. Catherine Simpson is an assistant professor of medicine at the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine. Her areas of clinical expertise include internal medicine, pulmonary and critical care medicine, and pulmonary vascular diseases. Dr. Simpson earned her M.D. from the Louisiana State University School of Medicine. She completed her residency at Johns Hopkins, where she also performed a fellowship in pulmonary and critical care medicine and earned her M.H.S. degree from the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health. Dr. Simpson is rated as an Experienced provider by MediFind in the treatment of Hemoglobinopathy. Her top areas of expertise are Pulmonary Hypertension, Pulmonary Veno-Occlusive Disease, Sickle Cell Disease, and Acute Interstitial Pneumonia.

Dr. Jenna V. Canzoniero is an assistant professor in the Breast and Gynecological Malignancies Group at the Johns Hopkins Sidney Kimmel Cancer Center. She is a medical oncologist who specializes in treatment of patients with breast cancer. Dr. Canzoniero earned her medical degree and master's in bioinformatics from University of Michigan. She completed internal medicine residency at University of Maryland and served as Chief Resident. She joined the faculty at Johns Hopkins as an academic Hospitalist before pursuing her passion for oncology. She completed medical oncology fellowship at Johns Hopkins, including serving as Chief Fellow, and then re-joined the faculty as an oncologist. Her research focuses on expanding the use of molecular diagnostics, including liquid biopsy, to guide the treatment for patients with breast cancer. She is the liquid biopsy leader for the Johns Hopkins Molecular Tumor Board and leads the precision medicine initiative for the Breast and Gyn Malignancies Group. Previous awards include Director's Teaching Award in Clinical Science (2023) and the Marion Wright Award for Scientific Excellence (2024) from the Breast Cancer Research Fund. Dr. Canzoniero is rated as an Experienced provider by MediFind in the treatment of Hemoglobinopathy. Her top areas of expertise are Sickle Cell Disease, BRCA Positive Breast Cancer, Breast Cancer, Hemoglobin E Disease, and Gastrostomy.

Dr. DeZern is a Professor of Oncology and Medicine at The Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine. She is active in the Division of Hematology Malignancies, Leukemia Program at the Sidney Kimmel Comprehensive Cancer Center at Johns Hopkins. Dr. DeZern has expertise in aplastic anemia, myelodysplastic syndromes, paroxysmal nocturnal hemoglobinuria, acute myeloid leukemia, and bone marrow transplantation. Dr. DeZern received her medical degree at The Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine. She completed a residency in internal medicine at Johns Hopkins, followed by fellowships in medical oncology and hematology, as well as obtained a Masters in Clinical Investigations at the Bloomberg School of Public health. Dr. DeZern is a member of the American Society of Hematology, the American Society of Clinical Oncology, and the American Society for Transplantation and Cellular Therapy. Dr. DeZern’s principle research activities consist of designing and conducting clinical trials that test investigational new therapies and approaches in the treatment of bone marrow failure (aplastic anemia and myelodysplastic syndromes). She has specific expertise in the use of alternative donor bone marrow transplantation in patients with severe aplastic anemia and trials of novel therapeutics for patients with myelodysplastic syndromes. Additionally, she has taken a rigorous approach to the study of diagnostics and supportive case (such as transfusion practices) in these patient populations. She is or has been the Principal Investigator for a number of multicenter trials in collaboration with the MDS Clinical Research Consortium, the Eastern Co-operative Oncology Group (ECOG)-ACRIN and now the Bone Marrow Trials Clinical Trials Network (BMTCTN). She is the Study Chair for the multi-site BMTCTN study (CHAMP) investigating the role of haploidentical donor transplantation using post-transplantation cyclophosphamide in patients with relapsed several aplastic anemia. Dr. DeZern is the local PI as well as the Deputy Chair for The National MDS Study, a collaborative natural history study of the NHLBI and the NCI. As a clinical investigator with a focus on translation of novel treatments to the clinic, Dr. DeZern’s goal is to improve outcomes for patients with bone marrow failure at the bedside and in her research environment. Dr. Dezern is rated as an Experienced provider by MediFind in the treatment of Hemoglobinopathy. Her top areas of expertise are Myelodysplastic Syndrome (MDS), Acute Myeloid Leukemia (AML), Chronic Myelomonocytic Leukemia (CMML), Bone Marrow Transplant, and Bone Marrow Aspiration.

Frederick Min is a Hematologist Oncology specialist and an Oncologist in Laurel, Maryland. Dr. Min is rated as an Experienced provider by MediFind in the treatment of Hemoglobinopathy. His top areas of expertise are Ovarian Carcinosarcoma, Virilizing Ovarian Tumor, Chronic Familial Neutropenia, and Agranulocytosis. Dr. Min is currently accepting new patients.

Maria Baer is a Hematologist Oncology specialist and a Hematologist in Baltimore, Maryland. Dr. Baer is rated as an Advanced provider by MediFind in the treatment of Hemoglobinopathy. 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.

Ann Zimrin is a Hematologist Oncology specialist and a Hematologist in Baltimore, Maryland. Dr. Zimrin is rated as an Advanced provider by MediFind in the treatment of Hemoglobinopathy. Her top areas of expertise are Thrombocytopenia, Sickle Cell Disease, Hemoglobinopathy, Hemoglobin C Disease, and Splenectomy. Dr. Zimrin is currently accepting new patients.

Amoreena Howell is a primary care provider, practicing in Family Medicine in Baltimore, Maryland. Dr. Howell is rated as an Experienced provider by MediFind in the treatment of Hemoglobinopathy. Her top areas of expertise are Neuroretinitis, Hemoglobin C Disease, Hemoglobin E Disease, Hemoglobinopathy, and Hormone Replacement Therapy (HRT).