Overview
Rebecca Shaffer, M.D., is an infectious disease physician with Johns Hopkins Community Physicians. Dr. Shaffer cares for patients who need in-patient/hospital-based infectious disease management, as well as out-patient general infectious disease care. She has specialized expertise in HIV, HIV prevention, urinary tract infections, soft tissue infections, orthopedic infections and fever of unknown origin. As a physician, she enjoys engaging with her patients in collaborative partnerships to achieve the best possible outcomes and optimize infection prevention. Dr. Shaffer provides a welcoming space to discuss concerns, to be heard and to move forward together with a clear plan. Dr. Shaffer and her family live in Maryland. In her free time, she enjoys attending live music performances, playing golf and fly fishing.
Dr. Shaffer is rated as an Experienced provider by MediFind in the treatment of Strep Throat. Her top areas of expertise are Myelitis, AIDS Dementia Complex, HIV/AIDS, and AIDS Dysmorphic Syndrome.
Insurance
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Locations
Suite 300, Washington, DC 20016
Raul Isturiz is an Infectious Disease provider in Washington, Washington, D.c.. Dr. Isturiz is rated as a Distinguished provider by MediFind in the treatment of Strep Throat. His top areas of expertise are Strep Throat, Pneumonia, Meningitis, and Sepsis.
Johns Hopkins Health Care & Surgery Center - Green Spring Station, Lutherville
Ulrike Kirsten Buchwald is an infectious diseases and HIV physician who attended Medical School in Germany and completed training in internal medicine residency and infectious diseases at New York University. In 2010, she joined the University of Maryland School of Medicine, Division of Infectious Diseases and the Institute of Human Virology. Dr. Buchwald received training in anal cancer screening and high-resolution anoscopy (HRA) and started a dedicated anal cancer screening clinic known as the Anal Lesion Evaluation Research Treatment (ALERT) clinic at the University of Maryland. She was the director of the ALERT clinic and in 2017 co-founded the Maryland Consortium for Anal Cancer Screening (MCACS) with Dr. Joyce Jones, Johns Hopkins Department of Medicine, and colleagues from the Department of Colorectal Surgery, to strengthen clinical care and research for HPV-related anal disease. She joined the Division of Gastroenterology and Hepatology at Johns Hopkins in 2019 to build a multi-disciplinary team dedicated to anal cancer screening, and to increase access to high-resolution anoscopy services and HPV-related anal dysplasia treatment for high-risk patients in Baltimore and the region. Recent News Articles and Media Coverage Making Anal Cancer Screening a Priority for High-Risk Patients Hopkins Medicine. Dr. Buchwald is rated as an Advanced provider by MediFind in the treatment of Strep Throat. Her top areas of expertise are Strep Throat, Chronic Graft Versus Host Disease (cGvHD), Pneumonia, and Meningitis.
Ellen Yang is an Infectious Disease provider in Annapolis, Maryland. Dr. Yang is rated as an Advanced provider by MediFind in the treatment of Strep Throat. Her top areas of expertise are Lymphangitis, Strep Throat, Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus Aureus (MRSA), and Osteomyelitis.
Areas of Expertise
MediFind evaluates expertise by pulling from factors such as number of articles a doctor has published in medical journals, participation in clinical trials, speaking at industry conferences, prescribing and referral patterns, and strength of connections with other experts in their field.
Learn more about MediFind’s expert tiers
- Advanced
- AIDS Dementia ComplexDr. Shaffer isAdvanced. Learn about AIDS Dementia Complex.
- AIDS Dysmorphic SyndromeDr. Shaffer isAdvanced. Learn about AIDS Dysmorphic Syndrome.
- HIV/AIDSDr. Shaffer isAdvanced. Learn about HIV/AIDS.
- MyelitisDr. Shaffer isAdvanced. Learn about Myelitis.
- Experienced
- CellulitisDr. Shaffer isExperienced. Learn about Cellulitis.
- Infectious ArthritisDr. Shaffer isExperienced. Learn about Infectious Arthritis.
- LymphangitisDr. Shaffer isExperienced. Learn about Lymphangitis.
- MeningitisDr. Shaffer isExperienced. Learn about Meningitis.
- Nontuberculous Mycobacterial Lung DiseaseDr. Shaffer isExperienced. Learn about Nontuberculous Mycobacterial Lung Disease.
- OsteomyelitisDr. Shaffer isExperienced. Learn about Osteomyelitis.