Overview
Rachel Falik, DNP, CPNP-PC, is a nurse practitioner in the Infectious Diseases Division and is the advanced practice provider lead of Infectious Diseases, Ryan White Grants and Interventional Radiology at Children's National Hospital. Falik attended the University of Pittsburgh, where she received her Bachelor of Science in nursing in 2012. Following graduation, she worked as a registered nurse caring for solid organ transplant recipients, as well as those with intestinal and liver failure. She returned to the University of Pittsburgh, where she obtained her Doctor of Nursing Practice in 2018 as a pediatric nurse practitioner. She joined the team at Children’s National in January of 2022 after four years as the outpatient nurse practitioner in the Abdominal Transplant Surgery Department at University of Pittsburgh Medical Center (UPMC) Children’s Hospital of Pittsburgh. Falik joined the Infectious Diseases team at Children’s National to assist with expansion of their outpatient program and development of standardized operating procedures for care of patients requiring Outpatient Parenteral Antibiotic Therapy (OPAT). She serves as the patient access representative for the division. She has expanded her role to include care of the immunocompromised and transplant populations, including vaccine education. Falik currently serves as the president of the DC Chapter of the National Association of Pediatric Nurse Practitioners (NAPNAP) where she is leading efforts in planning a regional conference for local advanced practice providers.
Her clinical expertise encompasses Bacterial Meningitis.
Falik, NP is board certified in Pediatric Nursing Certification Board, 2021. She is actively involved in clinical research, co-authoring 3 peer reviewed articles.
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111 Michigan Avenue Northwest, Childrens National Telemedicine, Washington, DC 20010
Rubenstein Child Health Building
Dr. Allison L. Agwu, MD, ScM, FAAP, FIDSA is Professor of pediatric and adult infectious diseases at the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine. Her clinical interests include HIV/AIDS and infectious disease. Dr. Agwu earned her medical degree from the University of Maryland School of Medicine. She completed a residency in pediatrics and internal medicine at Case Western Reserve University (University Hospitals of Cleveland/ Rainbow Babies and Children’s Hospital), and a combined fellowship in pediatric and adult infectious diseases at the Johns Hopkins School of Medicine. Dr. Agwu's clinical and research interests focuses on children, adolescents, and young adults who are at-risk or living with HIV and their families. Clinically, she provides inpatient and outpatient pediatric infectious diseases' consultations and leads the Pediatric Adolescent HIV/AIDS Program, which provides multidisciplinary for those living with or affected by HIV. Further, she leads the young adult transition clinic, the Accessing Care Early (ACE) Clinic. Both programs are longstanding Ryan White Federal Grant-funded programs. Her overarching research goal is to decipher, address, and minimize disparities in treatment and outcomes for those living with HIV. Toward this goal, she oversees her own independent, longstanding, federally funded clinical research program and serves as principal investigator of the Johns Hopkins sites of the International Maternal, Pediatric, and Adolescent AIDS Clinical Trials (IMPAACT) Network and the Adolescent Trials' Network (ATN). Her research interests include optimizing outcomes for youth at-risk for and living with HIV, management and treatment strategies, and minimizing disparities in the use of antiretroviral therapy (ART) and outcomes. Other special interests include epidemiologic approaches to HIV, drug resistance, and clinical trials. She is a member of the Infectious Diseases Society of America, the Pediatric Infectious Diseases Society, and the American Academy of Pediatrics. Dr. Agwu is Chair of the HIV Medicine Association. Dr. Agwu is highly rated in 1 condition, according to our data. Her clinical expertise encompasses HIV/AIDS. Dr. Agwu is board certified in American Board Of Pediatrics. Dr. Agwu is currently accepting new patients.
University Of Maryland Medical Center
Andrea Berry is a Pediatric Infectious Disease provider practicing medicine in Baltimore, Maryland. Dr. Berry is highly rated in 2 conditions, according to our data. Her clinical expertise encompasses Malaria and Primary Amebic Meningoencephalitis. Dr. Berry is board certified in American Board Of Pediatrics - Pediatric Infectious Diseases, 2009 and American Board Of Pediatrics - Pediatrics, 2006. Dr. Berry is currently accepting new patients.
University Of Maryland Golisano Children's Hospital
Mark Travassos is a Pediatric Infectious Disease provider practicing medicine in Baltimore, Maryland. Dr. Travassos is highly rated in 2 conditions, according to our data. His clinical expertise encompasses Malaria, Primary Amebic Meningoencephalitis, Bacterial Meningitis, and Giardia Infection. Dr. Travassos is board certified in American Board Of Pediatrics - Pediatrics, 2007 and American Board Of Pediatrics - Pediatric Infectious Diseases, 2011. Dr. Travassos is currently accepting new patients.
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