John Baddley is an Infectious Disease provider in Baltimore, Maryland. Dr. Baddley is rated as an Advanced provider by MediFind in the treatment of Pneumocystis Jiroveci Pneumonia. His top areas of expertise are Cryptococcosis, Shingles, Sepsis, and Febrile Neutropenia.

Dr. Deborah Persaud is a professor of pediatrics at the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, and the director of the Division of Pediatric Infectious Diseases at Johns Hopkins Children's Center. She holds joint appointments in international health and molecular microbiology and immunology at the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health. A clinician and researcher specializing in the study and treatment of HIV-1 infection in children, she directs the pediatric infectious diseases fellowship program at the Johns Hopkins Children’s Center. Dr. Persaud received her B.S. in chemistry from York College in New York. A 1985 graduate of the New York University School of Medicine, she trained in pediatrics at Babies Hospital/Columbia Presbyterian Medical Center in New York, where she was chief resident. She was an infectious disease fellow, an Aaron Diamond postdoctoral research fellow and a faculty member at New York University. She joined the Johns Hopkins faculty in 1997, following a visiting lectureship at the Moi University in Eldoret, Kenya. Her research interests include HIV/AIDS drug development and mother-to-child HIV transmission. Dr. Persaud is the scientific chair of the HIV CURE Scientific Committee of the International Maternal, Pediatric Adolescent AIDS Clinical Trials (IMPAACT) group. She was awarded the prestigious Elizabeth Glaser Scientist Award for her HIV research and was recognized by Nature magazine in 2013 as one of “Ten People Who Mattered This Year.” She was recognized by Time magazine as among the “100 Most Influential People of 2013” for her pediatric HIV treatment research. Dr. Persaud is rated as an Experienced provider by MediFind in the treatment of Pneumocystis Jiroveci Pneumonia. Her top areas of expertise are HIV/AIDS, Sepsis, Multisystem Inflammatory Syndrome in Children (MIS-C), and Pneumocystis Jiroveci Pneumonia.

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 Pneumocystis Jiroveci Pneumonia. Her top areas of expertise are Pulmonary Hypertension, Hypertension, Pulmonary Veno-Occlusive Disease, and Scleroderma.

Dr. Lode J. Swinnen is a cancer specialist in Baltimore caring for patients with lymphoma. Dr. Swinnen received his M.B.Ch.B. degree from the University of Cape Town Medical School. He completed his residency at Presence Saint Joseph Hospital and performed a fellowship in hematology-oncology at Loyola University Stritch School of Medicine. Dr. Swinnen joined the Johns Hopkins faculty in 2002. His research interests include lymphomas and immunodeficiency-associated malignancies. Dr. Swinnen is a member of the Eastern Cooperative Oncology Group and the National Comprehensive Cancer Network. Dr. Swinnen is rated as an Experienced provider by MediFind in the treatment of Pneumocystis Jiroveci Pneumonia. His top areas of expertise are Non-Hodgkin Lymphoma, Diffuse Large B-Cell Lymphoma (DLBCL), Hodgkin Lymphoma, Small Lymphocytic Lymphoma (SLL), and Bone Marrow Transplant.

Dr. Nate Permpalung is an Associate Professor of Medicine and serves as the Director of Mycology Research in the Division of Infectious Diseases and Associate Director for Clinical Trials of Transplant Research Center at Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine. In his capacity as a Transplant Infectious Disease physician at Johns Hopkins Hospital, he provides specialized care to immunocompromised patients, including those who have undergone solid organ transplants and those undergoing cancer treatment. His research focuses are respiratory viral infections, invasive fungal infections, fungal-viral interactions, fungal diagnostics, and human pythiosis. Nationally, Dr. Permpalung has served on the panel for the IDSA Aspergillosis Guidelines development and has held editorial positions as Associate Editor for Medical Mycology and as an Editorial Board Member for the Journal of Heart and Lung Transplantation Open. Dr. Permpalung is rated as an Experienced provider by MediFind in the treatment of Pneumocystis Jiroveci Pneumonia. His top areas of expertise are Febrile Neutropenia, Parainfluenza, Pneumocystis Jiroveci Pneumonia, and COVID-19.

Jeffrey Thiboutot is a primary care provider, practicing in Pulmonary Medicine in Baltimore, Maryland. Dr. Thiboutot is rated as an Experienced provider by MediFind in the treatment of Pneumocystis Jiroveci Pneumonia. His top areas of expertise are Lung Nodules, Pleurisy, Lymphofollicular Hyperplasia, Lung Cancer, and Endoscopy.

Dr. Buescher is a pulmonary critical care physician. He has been deeply involved in clinical teaching of both medical students, interns, residents and fellows throughout his career. He is the director of the Medical/Surgical Critical Care Units at MedStar Union Memorial Hospital as well as MedStar Good Samaritan Hospital. He is president of a large community private practice pulmonary and critical group (Pulmonary and Critical Care Associates of Baltimore) He serves at Hopkins on the part-time clinical faculty. Research Summary Dr. Buescher is involved in multiple clinical research projects. Dr. Buescher is rated as an Experienced provider by MediFind in the treatment of Pneumocystis Jiroveci Pneumonia. His top areas of expertise are Sarcoidosis, Neurosarcoidosis, Lung Metastases, Endoscopy, and Gastrostomy.

Dr. Gregory Kirk is a professor of medicine at the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine. He holds joint appointments in oncology and, at the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, in epidemiology. His areas of clinical expertise include epidemiology, hepatitis, HIV, AIDS and infectious diseases. He serves as the vice chair for clinical and translational research at the Johns Hopkins School of Medicine. Dr. Kirk received his undergraduate degree from Oklahoma State University. He earned a Ph.D. and M.P.H. from the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health. He earned his M.D. from the University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center College of Medicine. He completed a residency in preventative medicine at the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health and in internal medicine at Georgetown University. He performed a fellowship in infectious diseases at the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases. His research focuses on understanding and preventing the long-term consequences of chronic HIV infection, particularly the malignant complications of HIV and viral hepatitis. He has extensive research and clinical experience in Africa, leading the Gambia Liver Cancer Study, one of the largest studies of hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) performed in the continent, in addition to years of collaborative research in Uganda. Dr. Kirk pioneered the use of elastography and application of novel aflatoxin-associated biomarkers of HCC risk to be applied in Consortium projects. He has strong, multidisciplinary team leadership skills as principal investigator of the ALIVE cohort and several other collaborative studies in Baltimore. Dr. Kirk is rated as an Experienced provider by MediFind in the treatment of Pneumocystis Jiroveci Pneumonia. His top areas of expertise are HIV/AIDS, Hepatitis C, Hepatitis, and Hepatitis B.

Dr. Werbel is a physician-scientist who provides consultative care for patients at Johns Hopkins who experience infectious disease complications before and after organ transplant, as well as in the setting of solid tumors or blood cancers. His research with the Johns Hopkins Transplant Research Center uses a combination of epidemiological and laboratory methods to better personalize the prevention of infectious complications among patients with complex immunodeficiencies. This includes using national cohort studies and clinical trials to optimize the use of vaccines and other prophylactic therapies for high-risk immunosuppressed populations. Dr. Werbel is rated as an Experienced provider by MediFind in the treatment of Pneumocystis Jiroveci Pneumonia. His top areas of expertise are COVID-19, Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome (SARS), HIV/AIDS, and Hepatitis.

Dr. Galiatsatos is a pulmonary and critical care medicine physician. He is an expert in the diagnosis and treatment of obstructive lung disease, tobacco cessation, and in the care of critically ill patients in the Medical ICU. He is a member of the Obstructive Lung Disease Group at Johns Hopkins, oversees the Tobacco Treatment Clinic and provides teaching to medical students and residents at Johns Hopkins. Dr. Galiatsatos is rated as an Experienced provider by MediFind in the treatment of Pneumocystis Jiroveci Pneumonia. His top areas of expertise are Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD), COVID-19, Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome (SARS), and Pneumonia.

Dr. Geetha is a Professor of Clinical Medicine in the Division of Nephrology, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine. A graduate of Madras Medical College, India, she completed Internal Medicine training in U.K. She did her Internal Medicine Residency at York, PA and Nephrology fellowship at Johns Hopkins Bayview Medical Center. She has been on Hopkins faculty since 1998. She is the Associate Director of the Johns Hopkins Vasculitis Center and co-director of the Johns Hopkins Glomerular Disease Clinic. She is a member of Royal College of Physicians (U.K.) and Fellow of the American Society of Nephrology. She was inducted to the Miller Coulson Academy of Clinical Excellence. Dr. Geetha is rated as an Experienced provider by MediFind in the treatment of Pneumocystis Jiroveci Pneumonia. Her top areas of expertise are Glomerulonephritis, Microscopic Polyangiitis, Chronic Kidney Disease, Granulomatosis with Polyangiitis, and Kidney Transplant.

Dr. Mejia is an Assistant Professor of Medicine at the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine. Her areas of clinical expertise include chronic and acute kidney disease, and kidney and pancreas transplantation. Dr. Mejia earned her M.D. from the University of the Philippines. She completed her residency at the University of the Philippines-Philippine General Hospital. She completed her General Nephrology Fellowship at Thomas Jefferson University in Philadelphia where she served as chief fellow. She then pursued a fellowship in Transplant Nephrology at the Johns Hopkins University after which she joined as faculty. Dr. Mejia is rated as an Experienced provider by MediFind in the treatment of Pneumocystis Jiroveci Pneumonia. Her top areas of expertise are Chronic Kidney Disease, Low Sodium Level, Focal Segmental Glomerulosclerosis, Kidney Transplant, and Nephrectomy.

Dr. Danoff is an Assistant Professor in the Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine and Co-Director of the Hopkins Interstitial Lung Disease Clinic. She is a specialist in diseases causing fibrosis or scarring in the lung, particularly those associated with autoimmune diseases including myositis. Dr. Danoff is rated as an Experienced provider by MediFind in the treatment of Pneumocystis Jiroveci Pneumonia. Her top areas of expertise are Interstitial Lung Disease, Acute Interstitial Pneumonia, Pulmonary Fibrosis, Endoscopy, and Lung Transplant.

Albert Polito is an Intensive Care Medicine provider in Baltimore, Maryland. Dr. Polito is rated as an Experienced provider by MediFind in the treatment of Pneumocystis Jiroveci Pneumonia. His top areas of expertise are Lung Metastases, Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD), Interstitial Lung Disease, and Acute Interstitial Pneumonia.

Atul Mehta is an Intensive Care Medicine provider in Baltimore, Maryland. Dr. Mehta is rated as an Experienced provider by MediFind in the treatment of Pneumocystis Jiroveci Pneumonia. His top areas of expertise are Cerebral Hypoxia, Interstitial Lung Disease, Acute Interstitial Pneumonia, and Eosinophilic Granulomatosis with Polyangiitis (EGPA, Churg-Strauss Syndrome).

Nirav Shah is an Intensive Care Medicine provider in Baltimore, Maryland. Dr. Shah is rated as an Experienced provider by MediFind in the treatment of Pneumocystis Jiroveci Pneumonia. His top areas of expertise are Interstitial Lung Disease, Neurosarcoidosis, Acute Interstitial Pneumonia, Sarcoidosis, and Gastrostomy.

Marcela Ferrada is a Rheumatologist in Baltimore, Maryland. Dr. Ferrada is rated as an Experienced provider by MediFind in the treatment of Pneumocystis Jiroveci Pneumonia. Her top areas of expertise are MAGIC Syndrome, Chickenpox, Subglottic Stenosis, and Shingles.

Caleb Chan is an Intensive Care Medicine provider in Baltimore, Maryland. Dr. Chan is rated as an Experienced provider by MediFind in the treatment of Pneumocystis Jiroveci Pneumonia. His top areas of expertise are Cerebral Hypoxia, Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome (ARDS), and Pneumocystis Jiroveci Pneumonia.

Daniel Baram is an Intensive Care Medicine specialist and a Pulmonary Medicine provider in Baltimore, Maryland. Dr. Baram is rated as an Experienced provider by MediFind in the treatment of Pneumocystis Jiroveci Pneumonia. His top areas of expertise are Atypical Pneumonia, ALK-Positive Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer, Squamous Cell Lung Carcinoma, Small Cell Lung Cancer (SCLC), and Advanced Bronchoscopy.

Karen Carroll is an Infectious Disease provider in Baltimore, Maryland. Dr. Carroll is rated as an Experienced provider by MediFind in the treatment of Pneumocystis Jiroveci Pneumonia. Her top areas of expertise are Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus Aureus (MRSA), Sepsis, Pneumonia, Meningitis, and Bone Marrow Aspiration. Dr. Carroll is currently accepting new patients.