Tatyana Kushnir is a primary care provider, practicing in Family Medicine in Lutherville, Maryland. Dr. Kushnir is rated as a Distinguished provider by MediFind in the treatment of Pneumonia. Her top areas of expertise are Bronchitis, Acute Cystitis, Atypical Pneumonia, and Hospital-Acquired Pneumonia. Dr. Kushnir is currently accepting new patients.

Qinglin Gao is a primary care provider, practicing in Internal Medicine in Timonium, Maryland. Dr. Gao is rated as an Advanced provider by MediFind in the treatment of Pneumonia. His top areas of expertise are Pleurisy, Atypical Pneumonia, Hospital-Acquired Pneumonia, Endoscopy, and Gastrostomy.

Dr. Howard Steiner is an instructor of medicine at the Johns Hopkins School of Medicine. He has been practicing pulmonary and sleep consultative medicine since 1989. In his role as a diagnostician, he guides the evaluation and management of respiratory problems including infectious, malignant, allergic, autoimmune, and sleep-related disorders. He has been part-time faculty in the Johns Hopkins Pulmonary Division since 1991, is a Fellow in the American College of Chest Physicians, and mentors medical students, residents, and pulmonary fellows training at the Johns Hopkins Hospital. Contact for Research Inquiries 10755 Falls Road Pavilion I, Suite 200 Lutherville, MD 21093 Phone: (410) 583-7124 Selected Publications Lwebuga-Mukasa JS, Steiner H. Monoclonal antibody to rat lung Maclura Pomifera agglutinin (MPA) lectin binding glycoprotein localizes apically on rat and human type II pneumocytes and Clara cells. J Cell Biol 107:71a, 1989. Roberts PJ, McBean GJ, Steiner H, Kohler C, Schwarcz R. Lesioning Effects of Ibotenate in the immature rat brain and protection by 2-amino-7 phosphonoheptanoic acid. Soc Neurosci Abst 9:261, 1983. Steiner H, Ingbar DI. Mechanisms of lung injury and repair. In: Matthay RA, Matthay MA, Wiedemann HP eds. Annual Review of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine. Hanley & Belfus (Philadelphia, 1989), pp 205-223. Steiner H, Lwebuga-Mukasa JS. A549 cells display distinct functional and morphologic properties depending on their culture substratum. J Cell Biol 107:71a, 1989. Steiner H, Lwebuga-Mukasa JS. A549 cells produce a factor which is Mitogenic for human lung fibroblasts. Amer Rev Resp Dis 139:A492 1989. Steiner H, McBean GJ, Kohler C, Roberts PJ, Schwarcz R. Ibotenate Induced neuronal degeneration in immature rat brain. Brain Research 307:117-124, 1984. Dr. Steiner is rated as an Advanced provider by MediFind in the treatment of Pneumonia. His top areas of expertise are Bronchiectasis, Obstructive Sleep Apnea, Lung Metastases, and Interstitial Lung Disease.

Dr. Karthik Suresh is a pulmonary and critical care physician. His clinical interests include acute lung injury and critical care medicine. He also specializes in the diagnosis and management of immune-related lung injury, especially in the context of autoimmune conditions and chemotherapy/immunotherapy for cancer. Dr. Suresh is a member of the Hopkins immune-related adverse events (irAE) tox team. He also takes care of critically ill patients in the medical and oncology ICUs. He’s a firm faculty member for the Janeway Firm of the Osler Housestaff Medical Service and provides teaching to medical students, housestaff and fellows. Dr. Suresh is rated as an Advanced provider by MediFind in the treatment of Pneumonia. His top areas of expertise are Interstitial Lung Disease, Acute Interstitial Pneumonia, Pneumonia, and Lung Metastases.

Stacey-ann Brown is a Pulmonary Medicine provider in Lutherville, Maryland. Dr. Brown is rated as an Advanced provider by MediFind in the treatment of Pneumonia. Her top areas of expertise are Acute Interstitial Pneumonia, Interstitial Lung Disease, Hypersensitivity Pneumonitis, and Cholesterol Pneumonia.

Dr. Robin Avery is an infectious disease physician who joined the Johns Hopkins faculty in 2012, with two decades of experience in transplant infectious disease. She is a past chair of the American Society of Transplantation (AST) Infectious Disease Community of Practice, was a co-editor of the first edition of the AST ID Guidelines, and serves on a Guidelines Committee for the Infectious Disease Society of America (IDSA) on immunizations in the immunocompromised host. She was the founding head of the Transplant Infectious Disease Section at the Cleveland Clinic and served as the founding director of the Cleveland Clinic Transplant ID Special Fellowship, authoring a curriculum that served as the basis for curricula later endorsed by the AST and IDSA. Her clinical and research interests include pre-transplant donor and recipient evaluation, and prevention and treatment of post-transplant infections, particularly transplant-associated viruses, viral load monitoring, novel therapies for CMV, hypogammaglobulinemia, immunizations, and strategies for safer living post-transplant. She has a strong interest in patient education and co-authored the script for a video designed to educate patients on decreasing post-transplant infection risks. Dr. Avery is rated as an Advanced provider by MediFind in the treatment of Pneumonia. Her top areas of expertise are Cytomegalic Inclusion Disease, Cytomegalovirus Infection, COVID-19, and Sepsis.

Mark Sulkowski, MD, is a Professor of Medicine at the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine and the Director of the Division of Infectious Diseases at Johns Hopkins Bayview Medical Center. He also serves as the Medical Director of the Viral Hepatitis Center in the Divisions of Infectious Diseases and Gastroenterology/Hepatology in the Department of Medicine and is the Senior Associate Dean for Clinical Trials. He received his MD from Temple University School of Medicine, Philadelphia, PA (1992), pursued training in Internal Medicine at Duke University School of Medicine, Durham, NC (1995) and completed his Fellowship in Infectious Diseases (1998) at the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine. Prof. Sulkowski has been the principal investigator for more than 120 clinical trials related to the management of viral hepatitis B and C in persons with and without HIV co-infection. He was the global principal investigator for more than a dozen trials, including the largest clinical trial of agents for the treatment of hepatitis C (New England Journal of Medicine, 2009) and the vanguard study of combination therapy with direct inhibitors of the HCV NS5A and NS5B non-structural proteins (New England Journal of Medicine, 2014). He is the past-chair of the Hepatitis Transformative Sciences Group of the National Institute of Health-funded adult AIDS Clinical Trials Group (ACTG) where he led translational studies of liver disease, namely hepatitis B and C virus. He is an elected member of the American Society for Clinical Investigation (2011) and the American Association of Physicians (2017). Prof. Sulkowski is a member of numerous professional societies including the American Association for the Study of Liver Diseases (AASLD), the European Association for the Study of the Liver (EASL), and the Infectious Diseases Society of America (IDSA). With more than 300 peer-reviewed articles, he is widely published with works in Annals of Internal Medicine, New England Journal of Medicine, JAMA, Clinical Infectious Diseases, Journal of Hepatology, and Hepatology. In 2017, 2018 and 2019, he was named as a Highly Cited Researcher (Clarivate Analytics) defined as the being in the top 1% of global researchers in 21 fields of the sciences and social sciences based on the number of citations for papers. As an invited lecturer, he has been frequently invited to present at major national and international medical congresses and has educated learners in more than 25 countries. Dr. Sulkowski is rated as an Experienced provider by MediFind in the treatment of Pneumonia. His top areas of expertise are Hepatitis C, Hepatitis, HIV/AIDS, and Hepatitis B.

Dr. Paul Auwaerter is a professor of medicine at the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine. His areas of clinical expertise include Lyme disease, Epstein-Barr virus and fever of unknown origin. Dr. Auwaerter serves as the clinical director of the Division of Infectious Diseases. He is also the director of the Fisher Center for Environmental Infectious Diseases and the chief medical officer of the Point of Care-Information Technology (POC-IT) Center. He earned his M.D. from the Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons. His research interests include tick-borne diseases and point of care information technology. Dr. Auwaerter serves on the Clinical Compensation Subcommittee for the Johns Hopkins Department of Medicine. He was recognized with a Healthnetworks Service Excellence Award in 2014. He is a member of the American Society of Microbiology and the Infectious Diseases Society of America. Dr. Auwaerter is rated as an Experienced provider by MediFind in the treatment of Pneumonia. His top areas of expertise are Lyme Disease, Infectious Myocarditis, Babesiosis, and Osteomyelitis.

Linda Barr is a Pulmonary Medicine specialist and an Intensive Care Medicine provider in Towson, Maryland. Dr. Barr is rated as an Advanced provider by MediFind in the treatment of Pneumonia. Her top areas of expertise are Lung Metastases, Bronchiectasis, Asthma, Gastrostomy, and Endoscopy. Dr. Barr is currently accepting new patients.

Eun Kim is a primary care provider, a Pediatrics specialist and a General Practice provider in Lutherville, Maryland. Dr. Kim is rated as an Advanced provider by MediFind in the treatment of Pneumonia. Her top areas of expertise are Bronchitis, Acute Cystitis, Multisystem Inflammatory Syndrome in Children (MIS-C), and COVID-19.

Adam Faill is a primary care provider, practicing in Internal Medicine in Lutherville, Maryland. Dr. Faill is rated as an Advanced provider by MediFind in the treatment of Pneumonia. His top areas of expertise are Acute Cystitis, Bronchitis, Atypical Pneumonia, and Hospital-Acquired Pneumonia.

Vasantha Udugampola is a primary care provider, practicing in Family Medicine in Lutherville, Maryland. Dr. Udugampola is rated as an Advanced provider by MediFind in the treatment of Pneumonia. Her top areas of expertise are Bronchitis, Juvenile Idiopathic Arthritis (JIA), Cellulitis, and Multisystem Inflammatory Syndrome in Children (MIS-C). Dr. Udugampola is currently accepting new patients.

Jayant Hirpara is a primary care provider, practicing in Internal Medicine in Towson, Maryland. Dr. Hirpara is rated as an Advanced provider by MediFind in the treatment of Pneumonia. His top areas of expertise are Pneumonia, Dementia, Swallowing Difficulty, and Painful Swallowing. Dr. Hirpara is currently accepting new patients.

Andrew Buscemi is a primary care provider, practicing in Family Medicine in Baltimore, Maryland. Dr. Buscemi is rated as an Advanced provider by MediFind in the treatment of Pneumonia. His top areas of expertise are Bronchitis, Multisystem Inflammatory Syndrome in Children (MIS-C), COVID-19, and Sinusitis. Dr. Buscemi is currently accepting new patients.

Christa Fistler is an Intensive Care Medicine specialist and a Pulmonary Medicine provider in Baltimore, Maryland. Dr. Fistler has been practicing medicine for over 18 years and is rated as an Advanced provider by MediFind in the treatment of Pneumonia. Her top areas of expertise are Atypical Pneumonia, Hospital-Acquired Pneumonia, Pneumonia, Liver Embolization, and Gastrostomy. Dr. Fistler is currently accepting new patients.

Zainab Syed is a Pulmonary Medicine specialist and an Intensive Care Medicine provider in Baltimore, Maryland. Dr. Syed is rated as an Advanced provider by MediFind in the treatment of Pneumonia. Her top areas of expertise are Atypical Pneumonia, Hospital-Acquired Pneumonia, Pneumonia, and Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD). Dr. Syed is currently accepting new patients.

Ahmed Ibrahim is a primary care provider, practicing in Geriatrics and Internal Medicine in Towson, Maryland. Dr. Ibrahim is rated as an Advanced provider by MediFind in the treatment of Pneumonia. His top areas of expertise are Cellulitis, Acute Pancreatitis, Sepsis, Gastrostomy, and Endoscopy.

Faranak Moghadam is a primary care provider, practicing in Family Medicine in Owings Mills, Maryland. Dr. Moghadam is rated as a Distinguished provider by MediFind in the treatment of Pneumonia. Her top areas of expertise are Acute Cystitis, Bronchitis, Hospital-Acquired Pneumonia, and Atypical Pneumonia.

Motti Mulleta is a primary care provider, practicing in Family Medicine and Internal Medicine in Owings Mills, Maryland. Dr. Mulleta is rated as a Distinguished provider by MediFind in the treatment of Pneumonia. His top areas of expertise are Hospital-Acquired Pneumonia, Atypical Pneumonia, Acute Cystitis, and Bronchitis.

Victor Mcglaughlin is a primary care provider, practicing in Family Medicine in Owings Mills, Maryland. Dr. Mcglaughlin is rated as a Distinguished provider by MediFind in the treatment of Pneumonia. His top areas of expertise are Acute Cystitis, Hospital-Acquired Pneumonia, Atypical Pneumonia, and Pneumonia.