
Overview
Dr. Jonathan Orens is a professor of medicine at the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine. His areas of clinical expertise include pulmonary and critical care medicine. He is an internationally recognized expert in lung transplantation. Dr. Orens received his M.D. from the University of Maryland School of Medicine. He completed his residency at the University of Maryland Medical Center and performed a fellowship in pulmonary and critical care medicine at the University of Michigan Hospitals. Dr. Orens joined the Johns Hopkins faculty in 1998. His research interests include clinical outcomes of lung transplantation, chronic allograft rejection and ischemic reperfusion injury.
Dr. Orens is rated as an Experienced provider by MediFind in the treatment of Lung Metastases. His top areas of expertise are Cystic Fibrosis, Secondary Immunodeficiency (SID), Newborn Jaundice, Lung Transplant, and Endoscopy.
His clinical research consists of co-authoring 71 peer reviewed articles. MediFind looks at clinical research from the past 15 years.
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Locations
Floor 7, Baltimore, MD 21287
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.
Puneet Garcha is a Pulmonary Medicine specialist and a Transplant Surgeon in Baltimore, Maryland. Dr. Garcha is rated as a Distinguished provider by MediFind in the treatment of Lung Metastases. His top areas of expertise are Acute Interstitial Pneumonia, Interstitial Lung Disease, Idiopathic Pulmonary Fibrosis, Lung Metastases, and Lung Transplant. Dr. Garcha is currently accepting new patients.
Johns Hopkins Outpatient Center
Dr. Pali Dedhiya Shah is a pulmonary and critical care physician. She is an expert in the diagnosis and treatment of advanced lung disease and lung transplantation. She is the medical director of the Johns Hopkins Lung Transplant program. She is a member of the International Society for Heart and Lung transplantation and provides teaching to medical students, residents and fellows at Johns Hopkins. Dr. Shah earned her medical degree from Jefferson Medical College of Thomas Jefferson University. She completed her residency at the Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania and performed a fellowship in pulmonary and critical care medicine at Johns Hopkins. Dr. Shah joined the Johns Hopkins faculty as an assistant professor of medicine in 2011. Dr. Shah is rated as a Distinguished provider by MediFind in the treatment of Lung Metastases. Her top areas of expertise are Acute Interstitial Pneumonia, Interstitial Lung Disease, Idiopathic Pulmonary Fibrosis, Lung Transplant, and Endoscopy.
Johns Hopkins Outpatient Center
Dr. Merlo is an internist who specializes in pulmonary and critical care medicine. Dr. Merlo also has clinical expertise in the care of patients with cystic fibrosis as well as clinical expertise in the care of patients with advanced lung disease who may require or have undergone lung transplantation. Dr. Merlo holds a joint appointment in epidemiology at the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health. Dr. Merlo attended the College of the Holy Cross and completed medical school and residency training in internal medicine at Georgetown University. He completed both clinical and research fellowships in pulmonary and critical care medicine at Johns Hopkins, and earned his M.P.H. at the Bloomberg School of Public Health. His research interests include outcomes in lung transplantation and cystic fibrosis, HIV-related pulmonary disease, and outcomes in Osler Weber Rendu. Dr. Merlo serves as the Associate Program Director of Scholarship for the Osler Medical Housestaff Training Program. He has contributed numerous scientific papers and book chapters related to cystic fibrosis and lung transplantation, and his awards include the Harry Shwachman Clinical Investigator Award from the Cystic Fibrosis Foundation. Dr. Merlo is rated as a Distinguished provider by MediFind in the treatment of Lung Metastases. His top areas of expertise are Cystic Fibrosis, Secondary Immunodeficiency (SID), Aspergillosis, Lung Transplant, and Endoscopy.
Areas of Expertise
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Learn more about MediFind’s expert tiers
- Elite
- Lung TransplantDr. Orens isElite. Learn about Lung Transplant.
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- Cystic FibrosisDr. Orens isAdvanced. Learn about Cystic Fibrosis.
- Newborn JaundiceDr. Orens isAdvanced. Learn about Newborn Jaundice.
- Secondary Immunodeficiency (SID)
- Experienced
- Acute Interstitial PneumoniaDr. Orens isExperienced. Learn about Acute Interstitial Pneumonia.
- Allergic Bronchopulmonary Aspergillosis
- AspergillosisDr. Orens isExperienced. Learn about Aspergillosis.
- Bronchiolitis ObliteransDr. Orens isExperienced. Learn about Bronchiolitis Obliterans.
- BullaeDr. Orens isExperienced. Learn about Bullae.
- Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD)


