Overview
Dr. C. John Sperati is an Associate Professor of Medicine at the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine. His areas of clinical expertise include renal medicine. Dr. Sperati is Director of the Glomerular Diseases Fellowship Program since 2023 and formerly directed the Nephrology Fellowship Training Program from 2019 - 2025. He was the long-serving Firm Faculty Leader of the Barker Firm and has held leadership positions within the Osler Medical Residency training program. In addition, he co-directs the Johns Hopkins Osler Learning Initiative which brings the principles of medical residency training to executive education worldwide. He obtained his medical degree from The Pennsylvania State University College of Medicine and a Master in Health Science from the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health. He completed an internship and residency in Internal Medicine at the Johns Hopkins Hospital, followed by a year as an Assistant Chief of Service (chief resident). He subsequently pursued subspecialty training in nephrology at the Johns Hopkins Hospital and joined the faculty in the Division of Nephrology. Dr. Sperati’s clinical interests are in thrombotic microangiopathy including atypical hemolytic uremic syndrome (aHUS), complement-mediated kidney diseases including C3 glomerulopathy, glomerular disease such as glomerulonephritis (e.g., IgA nephropathy, MPGN) and nephrotic syndromes (e.g., FSGS, membranous, minimal change, amyloidosis, and others), and secondary and resistant hypertension (e.g., fibromuscular dysplasia, atherosclerotic renal arterial disease, hyperaldosteronism, and genetic hypertensive syndromes). He is the site principal investigator for clinical trials in glomerular disease, serves on editorial boards, and chairs the approval committee of the Longitudinal Knowledge Assessment for nephrology for the American Board of Internal Medicine. His clinical acumen and educational contributions have been recognized by induction into the Miller Coulson Academy of Clinical Excellence as well as the American Society of Nephrology Distinguished Educator Award in 2020. He has been recognized as a physician resource through the Atypical HUS Foundation, a NephCure glomerular disease specialist, an IgA Nephropathy Foundation specialist, and a Baltimore TopDoc. He is registered with the Florida Department of Health to perform telehealth services for patients in Florida.
Dr. Sperati is highly rated in 15 conditions, according to our data. His top areas of expertise are Atypical Hemolytic Uremic Syndrome (aHUS), D-Plus Hemolytic Uremic Syndrome, Hemolytic-Uremic Syndrome, Glomerulonephritis, and Kidney Transplant.
His clinical research consists of co-authoring 75 peer reviewed articles. MediFind looks at clinical research from the past 15 years.
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Floor 7, Baltimore, MD 21287
Additional Areas of Focus
Dr. Sperati has provided the following conditions as areas of focus. Please note that we may not have enough data to validate their experience in some of these conditions.
Clinical Research
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Areas of Expertise
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- Distinguished
- Atypical Hemolytic Uremic Syndrome (aHUS)Dr. Sperati isDistinguished. Learn about Atypical Hemolytic Uremic Syndrome (aHUS).
- Chronic Kidney DiseaseDr. Sperati isDistinguished. Learn about Chronic Kidney Disease.
- D-Plus Hemolytic Uremic SyndromeDr. Sperati isDistinguished. Learn about D-Plus Hemolytic Uremic Syndrome.
- GlomerulonephritisDr. Sperati isDistinguished. Learn about Glomerulonephritis.
- Hemolytic-Uremic SyndromeDr. Sperati isDistinguished. Learn about Hemolytic-Uremic Syndrome.
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- Acute Arterial Occlusion of KidneyDr. Sperati isAdvanced. Learn about Acute Arterial Occlusion of Kidney.
- Acute Kidney FailureDr. Sperati isAdvanced. Learn about Acute Kidney Failure.
- End-Stage Renal Disease (ESRD)Dr. Sperati isAdvanced. Learn about End-Stage Renal Disease (ESRD).
- Focal Segmental GlomerulosclerosisDr. Sperati isAdvanced. Learn about Focal Segmental Glomerulosclerosis.
- IgA NephropathyDr. Sperati isAdvanced. Learn about IgA Nephropathy.
- Membranoproliferative Glomerulonephritis
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- Cytomegalic Inclusion DiseaseDr. Sperati isExperienced. Learn about Cytomegalic Inclusion Disease.
- Cytomegalovirus InfectionDr. Sperati isExperienced. Learn about Cytomegalovirus Infection.
- Fabry DiseaseDr. Sperati isExperienced. Learn about Fabry Disease.
- Feingold SyndromeDr. Sperati isExperienced. Learn about Feingold Syndrome.
- Goodpasture SyndromeDr. Sperati isExperienced. Learn about Goodpasture Syndrome.
- High Potassium LevelDr. Sperati isExperienced. Learn about High Potassium Level.