Dr. Allison Hays is a general cardiologist and Medical Director of Echocardiography Programs at the Johns Hopkins Hospital. She is also an assistant professor at the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine. Dr. Hays graduated from Stanford University with degrees in biology and English. She received her medical training at the Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons and did her residency at the New York Presbyterian Hospital at Columbia. Dr. Hays pursued cardiology fellowships at New York University Medical Center and at the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine. Dr. Hays studies ways to use noninvasive imaging to detect cardiovascular disease. She has advanced multimodality imaging training from Johns Hopkins and attends in the Adult Echocardiography Lab at Johns Hopkins Hospital. In terms of research, she uses Cardiac MRI as a tool to study coronary and systemic endothelial function. Dr. Hays is rated as an Advanced provider by MediFind in the treatment of Pediatric Myocarditis. Her top areas of expertise are Familial Ventricular Tachycardia, Cardiomyopathy, COVID-19, Heart Attack, and Tissue Biopsy.

Dr. Johnston joined the Cardiology Faculty in 2008 and currently practices Interventional Cardiology at Johns Hopkins Hospital, Bayview Medical Center, and Johns Hopkins Howard County Medical Center. His primary research interest is in novel therapies for heart failure and he is involved in both clinical trials and pre-clinical studies currently underway at Johns Hopkins. Dr. Johnston is rated as an Experienced provider by MediFind in the treatment of Pediatric Myocarditis. His top areas of expertise are Heart Attack, Apoplexy, Arterial Embolism, Bone Marrow Aspiration, and Percutaneous Coronary Intervention (PCI).

Raena Hariharan is a primary care provider, practicing in Internal Medicine in Baltimore, Maryland. Dr. Hariharan is rated as an Experienced provider by MediFind in the treatment of Pediatric Myocarditis. Her top areas of expertise are Hypertensive Heart Disease, Opioid Induced Constipation, Pediatric Myocarditis, and Renovascular Hypertension.

Lena Mathews specializes in general cardiology and echocardiography. She received her medical degree from University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine and completed an internal medicine residency at Brigham and Women’s Hospital. She completed fellowships in cardiology and echocardiography at the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine. Dr. Mathews is rated as an Experienced provider by MediFind in the treatment of Pediatric Myocarditis. Her top areas of expertise are Apoplexy, Heart Attack, Heart Failure with Preserved Ejection Fraction (HFpEF), and Atherosclerosis.

Dr. Agee is medical director for the Bayview Medical Offices. Her practice includes all aspects of primary care medicine, including prevention, pap smears and cortisone shots. Dr. Agee is from Annapolis. She attended Wake Forest University School of Medicine, in North Carolina, trained in general internal medicine at Johns Hopkins Bayview Medical Center. Dr. Agee is rated as an Experienced provider by MediFind in the treatment of Pediatric Myocarditis. Her top areas of expertise are Hypertension, Familial Hypertension, Glucocorticoid-Remediable Aldosteronism, and Type 2 Diabetes (T2D).

Dr. Ariel Green is Associate Professor of Medicine at the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine. Her areas of clinical expertise include geriatric medicine and general internal medicine, with a particular interest in reducing use of potentially harmful medications in older adults. Dr. Green earned her medical degree, Master of Public Health and PhD in Clinical Investigation from Johns Hopkins University. She completed her residency in internal medicine at Johns Hopkins Bayview Medical Center and performed a fellowship in geriatric medicine at Johns Hopkins. Her research, supported by the National Institute on Aging, is evaluating the impact on patient and caregiver outcomes of pragmatic interventions to optimize prescribing for older adults with dementia in primary care. Dr. Green is a core faculty member of the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health Center for Drug Safety and Effectiveness. She is also a member of the American Geriatrics Society Clinical Practice and Models of Care Committee. She co-authored The American Geriatrics Society’s recommendations for Choosing Wisely, a national initiative that aims to promote conversations between patients and doctors about avoiding unhelpful medical tests and treatments. A former journalist, Dr. Green has published personal essays and op-eds in Annals of Internal Medicine, The Washington Post, and The New York Times, among other publications. She has been recognized with several awards, including the American Geriatrics Society Choosing Wisely Champion Award. Dr. Green is rated as an Experienced provider by MediFind in the treatment of Pediatric Myocarditis. Her top areas of expertise are Dementia, Microscopic Polyangiitis, Lewy Body Dementia (LBD), and Reticuloendotheliosis.

Dr. Bruce Leff is a professor of medicine at the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine. He holds a joint appointment in the department of health policy and management in the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health and the Department of Community and Public Health in the Johns Hopkins School of Nursing. Dr. Leff is an internationally recognized leader and researcher in the development, evaluation and dissemination of novel models of care for older adults, including the Hospital at Home, Guided Care, geriatric service line models and medical house call practices. In addition, his research interests extend to issues related to multi-morbidity, performance measurement and case-mix issues. He has a strong interest in health policy issues, is a past Health and Aging Policy Fellow of the American Political Science Association, and has served on multiple technical expert panels for the National Quality Forum, NCQA, and Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services. An award-winning teacher and mentor, Dr. Leff directed the basic Medicine Clerkship in the School of Medicine until 2021. He is a past-president of the American Academy of Home Care Physicians, past-member of the Board of Regents of the American College of Physicians. He is also past- Chair of the Council of the American Board of Internal Medicine (ABIM), as well as the past-Chair of the ABIM Geriatric Medicine Board. He currently serves on the Board of Trustees of the ABIM Foundation. Dr. Leff received his B.A. from the University of Pennsylvania in 1983 and his M.D. from New York University in 1987. After residency and fellowship training at Johns Hopkins, he served as a medical officer in the US Army in Seoul, Korea, before joining the faculty in the Department of Medicine in 1994. Dr. Leff is rated as an Experienced provider by MediFind in the treatment of Pediatric Myocarditis. His top areas of expertise are Dementia, Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome (SARS), Hypertension, and COVID-19.

Dr. Jessica Colburn is an Assistant Professor of Medicine at the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine. Her area of clinical expertise is geriatric medicine. She earned her M.D. from University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine. She completed her residency in internal medicine at Johns Hopkins Bayview Medical Center and performed a fellowship in geriatric medicine and gerontology at Johns Hopkins. Dr. Colburn’s clinical and educational research is focused on primary care of older adults and teaching learners to care for older adults. Dr. Colburn is the Fellowship Program Director of the Johns Hopkins Geriatrics Fellowship. She also is the principal investigator of the Johns Hopkins Geriatric Workforce Enhancement Program, an educational initiative in geriatrics at Johns Hopkins aimed to improve primary care of older adults living in the community through partnerships with primary care and community-based organizations that serve older adults. In addition, Dr. Colburn is the Co-Director of the Johns Hopkins Topics in Geriatric Medicine Course; and precepts and mentors medical students, residents and fellows. In 2015, she was recognized with the Lisa J. Heiser Award for Junior Faculty Contribution in Education from the Johns Hopkins Institute for Excellence in Education. She also was selected for the Faculty Teaching Excellence Award by the Johns Hopkins Bayview internal medicine residents in both 2020 and 2021. Dr. Colburn is rated as an Experienced provider by MediFind in the treatment of Pediatric Myocarditis. Her top areas of expertise are Coronary Heart Disease, Atherosclerosis, Multiple Endocrine Neoplasia Type 2, and Dementia.

Dr. Danelle Cayea is an Associate Professor of Medicine at the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine. She is a specialist in geriatric medicine. Her clinical interests include the primary care of older adults with chronic illness and the care of hospitalized older adults. She serves as the director of the Daniel and Jeannette Hendin Schapiro Geriatric Medical Education Center, as the vice chair for education for the Department of Medicine, and as the Director of the Medicine Core Clerkship Program. Her research focuses on developing and evaluating curricula used to teach medical trainees about elder care. She has published a number of scholarly articles and book chapters on this topic and has been recognized for her teaching excellence. Dr. Cayea holds an M.S. in medical education from the University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine. She earned her medical degree at the University of Rochester School of Medicine and Dentistry. She completed internal medicine residencies at both Montefiore University Hospital and Children's Hospital of Pittsburgh, as well as a geriatric medicine fellowship at University of Pittsburgh Medical Center. Dr. Cayea is rated as an Experienced provider by MediFind in the treatment of Pediatric Myocarditis. Her top areas of expertise are Chondroma, Chondroblastoma, Mitral Stenosis, and Osteochondroma.

Olurotimi Mesubi, M.B.B.S., M.P.H., is a cardiologist, specializing in clinical cardiac electrophysiology. He practices primarily in Baltimore, Maryland. He is an assistant professor of medicine in the Division of Cardiology at the Baltimore-based Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine. As a clinical cardiac electrophysiologist, Dr. Mesubi specializes in the diagnosis and treatment of cardiac arrhythmias, which are heart rhythm disorders that cause the heart to beat irregularly. He has particular interest and expertise in inherited arrhythmia disorders and channelopathies, such as long QT syndrome, Brugada syndrome, CPVT, muscular dystrophies and arrhythmogenic cardiomyopathies. Dr. Mesubi performs pacemaker and defibrillator implantations and complex catheter ablations for cardiac arrhythmias. His basic research focus explores the molecular mechanisms linking diabetes mellitus to atrial fibrillation. Dr. Mesubi is rated as an Experienced provider by MediFind in the treatment of Pediatric Myocarditis. His top areas of expertise are Ventricular Fibrillation, Arrhythmias, Atrial Fibrillation, Pacemaker Implantation, and Cardiac Ablation.

Dr. Hanyok is an associate professor of medicine and practices general internal medicine at the General Internal Medicine Practice at Bayview. Originally from Calvert County in southern Maryland, Dr. Hanyok earned a medical degree at the University of Chicago. She completed residency in internal medicine at Johns Hopkins Bayview Medical Center and additionally served as chief resident. She currently serves as Assistant Dean for Graduate Medical Education at the Johns Hopkins School of Medicine. Dr. Hanyok is rated as an Experienced provider by MediFind in the treatment of Pediatric Myocarditis. Her top areas of expertise are Behcet Disease, Peripheral Artery Disease, Type 2 Diabetes (T2D), and Maturity Onset Diabetes of the Young.

Dr. Monica Mukherjee is an adult cardiologist and an Associate Professor of Medicine at the Johns Hopkins University Division of Cardiology and specializes in advanced cardiac imaging. She serves as Medical Director of the Echocardiography Lab at Johns Hopkins Bayview Medical Center, and as Associate Director of the Johns Hopkins Echocardiography program across the institution. Dr. Mukherjee graduated Summa Cum Laude with dual Bachelors of Science in Psychology and Behavioral Neurosciences from the University of Florida. She received her Doctorate in Medicine from the George Washington University in Washington, DC, and internal medicine residency at Drexel University, before returning to George Washington to complete her fellowship in cardiovascular disease. She has a MPH from the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health with a special concentration in Epidemiological and Biostatistical Methods for Public Health and Clinical Research. Dr. Mukherjee has an accomplished academic career with multiple research awards focused on right ventricular remodeling in heart failure, pulmonary hypertension, and scleroderma. She was the recipient of the 2020 Johns Hopkins University Clinician Scientist Award and also has been funded by the National Institutes of Health, the Scleroderma Foundation, and the CHEST Foundation. She was awarded the Top 25 Young Investigators Award from the American Society of Echocardiography in 2016. Dr. Mukherjee is rated as an Experienced provider by MediFind in the treatment of Pediatric Myocarditis. Her top areas of expertise are Pulmonary Hypertension, Heart Attack, Systemic Sclerosis (SSc), Tissue Biopsy, and Pacemaker Implantation.

Dr. Li Hua is a hospitalist at Johns Hopkins Howard County Medical Center. Dr. Hua only sees patients who are in the hospital, she does not have outpatient clinic appointments. Dr. Hua is rated as an Experienced provider by MediFind in the treatment of Pediatric Myocarditis. Her top areas of expertise are Sickle Cell Disease, Sepsis, Ogilvie Syndrome, Hip Replacement, and Gastrostomy.

Colleen Christmas is associate professor of medicine. Practicing geriatric medicine primary care and consultative geriatric medicine, she serves as the director of the Primary Care Leadership Track and faculty in the Colleges Advising Program at the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine. Her academic interests include medical education, professional identity formation, nutrition and exercise in the elderly. She received her medical degree from the University of Connecticut John Dempsey Hospital. Dr. Christmas is rated as an Experienced provider by MediFind in the treatment of Pediatric Myocarditis. Her top areas of expertise are Hypertension, Familial Hypertension, Glucocorticoid-Remediable Aldosteronism, and Diabetic Hyperglycemic Hyperosmolar Syndrome.

Dr. Jeffrey Brinker directs the cardiac pacemaker service and is an expert in interventional cardiology including pacemakers and implantable cardio defibrillators (ICDs), angioplasty, heart catheterization and lead extraction. Dr. Brinker received his undergraduate degree from Hofstra University and his medical degree AOA summa cum laude from the State University of New York’s Downstate Medical Center. He interned at Johns Hopkins Hospital and entered the residency program at Kings County Hospital, interrupting his residency for military service. After completing his residency at Kings County, he pursued a fellowship in cardiology at the University of Louisville, Kentucky and in cardiovascular disease at the Johns Hopkins Hospital. Dr. Brinker joined the Johns Hopkins faculty in 1978. He directed the Catheterization Laboratory until 1990 and the Interventional Cardiology program until 1999. Dr. Brinker has published over 250 journal articles and book chapters on topics of interventional cardiology. His research interests include cardiovascular imaging, cardiac pacemakers and lead extraction. He has served on the editorial boards of several medical journals and is the recipient of numerous awards and honors, including seven military awards and Alpha Omega Alpha Honor Society. Dr. Brinker is a Fellow of the American College of Cardiology and serves on national health care committees and task forces. Dr. Brinker is rated as an Experienced provider by MediFind in the treatment of Pediatric Myocarditis. His top areas of expertise are Familial Dysautonomia, Atrial Fibrillation, Heart Attack, Thrombectomy, and Cardiac Ablation.

Dr. Jerome Gnanaraj is on the faculty at the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine and is a hospitalist at Johns Hopkins Bayview Medical Center. His area of clinical expertise is internal medicine. He received his M.D. from Madurai Medical College and completed his residency at Yale-New Haven Hospital Saint Raphael Campus. Dr. Gnanaraj is rated as an Experienced provider by MediFind in the treatment of Pediatric Myocarditis. His top areas of expertise are Pellagra, Osmotic Demyelination Syndrome, Diabetic Hyperglycemic Hyperosmolar Syndrome, Familial Neurocardiogenic Syncope, and Endoscopy.

Dr. Marlene Stephanie Williams is an Associate professor at the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine. Her research focuses on coronary atherosclerosis and platelet function, and her particular focus is on platelet function as it relates to the acute coronary syndrome. Dr. Williams has examined platelet function and its correlation to platelet functional genomics and runs a platelet physiology laboratory on the Johns Hopkins Bayview campus. The goal for her cardiovascular platelet laboratory has been to identify the etiology of platelet dysfunction in many disease states and apply methods that may improve this dysfunction that may eventually be translated to therapies for patients with cardiovascular disease. She is a prior recipient of an NIH career mentored award (K23) examining platelet functional genomics and an NIH RO1 award addressing platelet serotonin signaling in depression and heart disease. Dr. Williams has several publications covering platelet functional changes in settings of interventional cardiology, acute coronary syndrome, and heart disease and depression. She has participated in several NHLBI advisory committees, review groups, and study sections. Dr. Williams has been the Course Director, of the advanced clinical clerkship in coronary intensive care at the Bayview Medical center and has mentored many medical residents and cardiology fellows. Dr. Williams received her undergraduate degree in biochemistry from McGill University. She earned a medical degree from the Columbia University College of Physicians & Surgeons and completed a residency at Johns Hopkins Hospital. After completing a residency, Dr. Williams was a cardiology fellow at Mount Sinai Hospital and Johns Hopkins Hospital. Dr. Williams is currently the Clinical Director of Cardiology at Johns Hopkins Bayview Medical Center. Dr. Williams is rated as an Experienced provider by MediFind in the treatment of Pediatric Myocarditis. Her top areas of expertise are Heart Attack, Apoplexy, Arterial Embolism, Pacemaker Implantation, and Hormone Replacement Therapy (HRT).

Dr. Jeffrey C. Trost is an associate professor of medicine at the Johns Hopkins School of Medicine as well as director of the Cardiac Catheterization Laboratory at Johns Hopkins Bayview Medical Center. His research there focuses on cardiac disease and cardiovascular medicine. He is also currently deputy director of clinical activities at Johns Hopkins Bayview Medical Center. Dr. Trost earned his undergraduate degree at Princeton University and medical degree at the University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine. He completed a residency at the University of Texas Southwestern School of Medicine where he was chief resident from 1999-2000. He was an assistant professor of internal medicine at the University of Texas Southwestern School of Medicine and an interventional cardiovascular fellow at Brown University before joining the Johns Hopkins faculty in 2005. Dr. Trost was most recently recognized with the 2016 Hopkins Medicine Clinical Recognition Award for Quality and Safety and the 2016 Hopkins Cardiology Fellows’ Teaching Award. Dr. Trost is rated as an Experienced provider by MediFind in the treatment of Pediatric Myocarditis. His top areas of expertise are Heart Attack, Apoplexy, Arterial Embolism, Coronary Artery Bypass Graft (CABG), and Heart Bypass Surgery.

Dr. Harry A. Silber is an associate professor of medicine at the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine. His clinical work specializes in cardiac disease and his research focuses on vascular function by MRI and non-invasive assessment of cardiac filling pressure. Dr. Silber received a doctorate in biomedical engineering as well as a medical degree from Tulane University. He completed a residency at the Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania before being selected for a fellowship in cardiology at Johns Hopkins Hospital. He joined the Johns Hopkins faculty in 2000. Dr. Silber has published extensively and holds several patents for his research for cardiovascular disease. Dr. Silber is rated as an Experienced provider by MediFind in the treatment of Pediatric Myocarditis. His top areas of expertise are Apoplexy, Heart Attack, Heart Failure, and Arterial Embolism.

Dr. Sammy Zakaria is an Associate Professor of Medicine at the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine (JHUSOM). Because he specializes in critical care cardiology, he predominately works in the Cardiac Intensive Care Unit (CICU) at the Johns Hopkins Bayview Medical Center (JHBMC) as well as the Cardiac Care Unit at Johns Hopkins Hospital (JHH). He also serves as the Director of the JHBMC CICU. His practice encompasses most of cardiology, with many of his patients having had life-threatening cardiac issues, such as shock, end-stage heart failure, or multi-organ system failure. He also has an interest in caring for pregnant women with cardiovascular disease, including those with severe preeclampsia, and his clinical research efforts focus on the effects of preeclampsia on the cardiovascular system. Additionally, his other research areas of interest include critical care issues affecting cardiac patients and studying innovations in medical education. Dr. Zakaria is heavily involved in medical education and serves as an educator for students, residents, fellows, and staff. He served as a JHUSOM Colleges Advisor for 10 years and was responsible for teaching and mentoring a cohort of medical students during their time in medical school. In his role as Interim Program Director for the JHBMC Internal Medicine Residency Program, he has helped to increase the JHBMC Internal Medicine residency program’s nationally-recognized reputation for excellence by championing curricular innovations, resident scholarly work, and resident academic careers. He also is a Core Faculty member for the JHH Osler Internal Medicine residency program and for the Johns Hopkins Cardiovascular Disease fellowship. As a result of his efforts in education, he has been honored with multiple teaching awards, including the Outstanding Achievement in Teaching Award from the Johns Hopkins Institute for Excellence in Education. Dr. Zakaria earned his undergraduate degree from the Pennsylvania State University, his medical degree from Jefferson Medical College, and his master of public health degree from the University of Maryland. He trained at Thomas Jefferson University Hospital in Internal Medicine and also practiced there as a faculty attending for one year. He then completed a fellowship in cardiovascular disease at the University of Maryland and subsequently a Critical Care Medicine fellowship at the University of California San Francisco. He joined the Johns Hopkins faculty in 2008. Dr. Zakaria is rated as an Experienced provider by MediFind in the treatment of Pediatric Myocarditis. His top areas of expertise are Apoplexy, Heart Attack, Arterial Embolism, Inappropriate Sinus Tachycardia (IST), and Pacemaker Implantation.