Overview

Joshua Niforatos, MD, MTS is an Emergency Physician and Assistant Professor of Emergency Medicine at The Johns Hopkins School of Medicine. He is an Attending Physician at The Johns Hopkins Hospital and The Johns Hopkins Bayview Medical Center Emergency Departments. Prior to joining the Johns Hopkins faculty, he was Assistant Professor of Emergency Medicine at the BerbeeWalsh Department of Emergency Medicine at University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health, as well as a staff emergency physician at the William S. Middleton Memorial Veterans Hospital. He completed his emergency medicine residency training at The Johns Hopkins Hospital, and received his Medical Degree from Cleveland Clinic Lerner College of Medicine with Special Qualifications in Biomedical Research. He has over 80 peer-reviewed publications focusing on meta-research and infectious diseases, financial conflicts of interest, and limitations to statistical approaches in the published literature. Joshua’s current focus and expertise relate to identifying drivers of physician practice variation, identifying and de-implementing low-value care in the ED, ED clinical pathways, systematic reviews, and randomized clinical trials. From an educational perspective, Joshua received the Emergency Medicine PGY4 Teacher of the Year Award (2023) for teaching excellence during his Emergency Medicine residency at The Johns Hopkins Hospital. He received the Emergency Medicine Faculty Award for Excellence in Teaching at the University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health in 2024. He was recently honored with the Academic Teacher of the Year Award from the Johns Hopkins Emergency Medicine Residency in 2025.

Dr. Niforatos is board certified in American Board Of Emergency Medicine. He is actively involved in clinical research, co-authoring 77 peer reviewed articles.

Graduate Institution

Boston University School Of Medicine, Theological Studies, Masters, 2014

Residency

Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Emergency Medicine, 2023

Specialties

Emergency Medicine

Licenses

Emergency Medicine in MD

Board Certifications

American Board Of Emergency Medicine

Hospital Affiliations

The Johns Hopkins Hospital
Johns Hopkins Bayview Medical Center

Languages Spoken

English

Gender

Male

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Locations

Johns Hopkins Bayview Medical Center
4940 Eastern Avenue, Baltimore, MD 21224
Other Locations
The Johns Hopkins Hospital
1800 Orleans Street, Baltimore, MD 21287

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