
Overview
Dr. Joel Blankson is an associate professor of medicine at the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine. He also holds an appointment in molecular and comparative pathobiology. His areas of clinical expertise include HIV pathogenesis and infectious disease. Dr. Blankson earned his M.D. from Cornell University Medical College and his Ph.D. from Rockefeller University. He completed his residency and a fellowship in infectious disease at Johns Hopkins. His research interests include the natural control of HIV-1 infection.
Dr. Blankson is rated as an Experienced provider by MediFind in the treatment of Syphilis. His top areas of expertise are HIV/AIDS, Myelitis, AIDS Dementia Complex, and AIDS Dysmorphic Syndrome.
His clinical research consists of co-authoring 131 peer reviewed articles. MediFind looks at clinical research from the past 15 years.
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Locations
1800 Orleans Street, 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.
Johns Hopkins Bayview Medical Center
Khalil Ghanem's, M.D., Ph.D., research interests include sexually transmitted infections and the vaginal microbiome. In 2008, he received his Ph.D. degree in Clinical Investigation from the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health. Dr. Ghanem is rated as a Distinguished provider by MediFind in the treatment of Syphilis. His top areas of expertise are Neurosyphilis, Syphilis, Gonorrhea, and Chlamydia.
Brian Agan is an Infectious Disease provider in Bethesda, Maryland. Dr. Agan is rated as a Distinguished provider by MediFind in the treatment of Syphilis. His top areas of expertise are HIV/AIDS, Syphilis, Long Haul COVID, and COVID-19.
Johns Hopkins Bayview Medical Center
Dr. Susan Tuddenham is an associate professor of medicine at the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine. She received her M.P.H. from the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health and her M.D. from the David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA. She completed her residency in internal medicine and her fellowship in infectious diseases at the Johns Hopkins Hospital. Her research interests are in sexually transmitted infections, HIV, and the human microbiome in the context of infectious diseases. Her outpatient clinical practice focuses on recurrent vaginitis (including Bacterial Vaginosis and Vulvovaginal Candidiasis), Sexually Transmitted Infections, and recurrent Urinary Tract Infections in women. Dr. Tuddenham is rated as an Advanced provider by MediFind in the treatment of Syphilis. Her top areas of expertise are Neurosyphilis, Syphilis, Gonorrhea, and Vaginal Yeast Infection.
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
- Elite
- HIV/AIDSDr. Blankson isElite. Learn about HIV/AIDS.
- Advanced
- AIDS Dementia ComplexDr. Blankson isAdvanced. Learn about AIDS Dementia Complex.
- AIDS Dysmorphic SyndromeDr. Blankson isAdvanced. Learn about AIDS Dysmorphic Syndrome.
- Common ColdDr. Blankson isAdvanced. Learn about Common Cold.
- HepatitisDr. Blankson isAdvanced. Learn about Hepatitis.
- Hepatitis CDr. Blankson isAdvanced. Learn about Hepatitis C.
- MyelitisDr. Blankson isAdvanced. Learn about Myelitis.
- Experienced
- CellulitisDr. Blankson isExperienced. Learn about Cellulitis.
- COVID-19Dr. Blankson isExperienced. Learn about COVID-19.
- CryptococcosisDr. Blankson isExperienced. Learn about Cryptococcosis.
- GonorrheaDr. Blankson isExperienced. Learn about Gonorrhea.
- MonkeypoxDr. Blankson isExperienced. Learn about Monkeypox.
- NeurosyphilisDr. Blankson isExperienced. Learn about Neurosyphilis.

