
Overview
Dr. Checkley specializes in intensive care medicine. He is an expert in the diagnosis and management of acute respiratory failure and the acute respiratory distress syndrome. He also has extensive experience in the management of other life-threatening conditions commonly seen in the medical intensive care unit, including septic shock, acute gastrointestinal bleeding, acute liver failure, among other critical conditions. Dr. Checkley earned his M.D. from Northwestern University and received his Ph.D. from Johns Hopkins University. He completed his internal medicine residency training at Emory University and fellowship training in pulmonary and critical care medicine at Johns Hopkins School of Medicine. His research interests include International lung health, epidemiology, mechanical ventilation and acute lung injury. Dr. Checkley has been recognized by the National Institute of Health with the 2007 Post-doctoral National Research Service Award and the 2009 Pathway to Independence Career Award.
Dr. Checkley is highly rated in 7 conditions, according to our data. His top areas of expertise are Pneumonia, Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD), Asthma, and Cerebral Hypoxia.
His clinical research consists of co-authoring 350 peer reviewed articles and participating in 5 clinical trials. MediFind looks at clinical research from the past 15 years.
Insurance
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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.
4 Clinical Trials
Inova Health Care Services
Steven Nathan is a Pulmonary Medicine specialist and an Intensive Care Medicine provider in Fairfax, Virginia. Dr. Nathan is highly rated in 18 conditions, according to our data. His top areas of expertise are Idiopathic Pulmonary Fibrosis, Acute Interstitial Pneumonia, Interstitial Lung Disease, Lung Transplant, and Prostatectomy. Dr. Nathan is currently accepting new patients.
Johns Hopkins Bayview Medical Center
Dr. Danoff is an Assistant Professor in the Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine and Co-Director of the Hopkins Interstitial Lung Disease Clinic. She is a specialist in diseases causing fibrosis or scarring in the lung, particularly those associated with autoimmune diseases including myositis. Dr. Danoff is highly rated in 12 conditions, according to our data. Her top areas of expertise are Interstitial Lung Disease, Acute Interstitial Pneumonia, Pulmonary Fibrosis, Endoscopy, and Lung Transplant.
Johns Hopkins Outpatient Center
Paul M. Hassoun, M.D., is professor of medicine at the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine and the director of the pulmonary hypertension program at Johns Hopkins Hospital. He received his medical degree from the Faculté de Médecine Lariboisière-Saint Louis at the University of Paris, France, completed an internship and residency at Brigham and Women’s Hospital and a fellowship in Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine at Massachusetts General Hospital, both at Harvard Medical School. He was on faculty in the pulmonary division at New England Medical Center/Tufts University School of Medicine (Tufts-NEMC) in Boston, MA, until 2002 when he joined the division of pulmonary and critical care medicine at Johns Hopkins University. Dr. Hassoun has served or currently serves on numerous American Thoracic Society (ATS) assemblies and committees, including the Pulmonary Circulation Long Range Planning Committee, the Pulmonary Circulation Program Committee (for which he served as chair for 2008-2009), the ATS Scientific Advisory Council, Pulmonary Circulation Leadership Committee, and the American College of Chest Physicians Vascular Steering Committee. He served as the ATS Pulmonary Circulation chair (2011-2012) and on the ATS Publications Policy Committee. He was recently elected president of the Pulmonary Vascular Research Institute (PVRI; 2018-2019). Dr. Hassoun has held numerous editorial activities including serving on the editorial board of the American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Medicine (2010 to present), CHEST (2006-2015) and the European Respiratory Review (2008-2015). He currently serves as associate editor of the European Respiratory Journal (2013-present) and has served as associate editor for the Journal of Clinical Investigation (2017-2022). Dr. Hassoun is highly rated in 7 conditions, according to our data. His top areas of expertise are Pulmonary Hypertension, Systemic Sclerosis (SSc), Pulmonary Veno-Occlusive Disease, Cerebral Hypoxia, and Lung Transplant.
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
- Distinguished
- Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD)Dr. Checkley isDistinguished. Learn about Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD).
- PneumoniaDr. Checkley isDistinguished. Learn about Pneumonia.
- Advanced
- Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome (ARDS)
- AsthmaDr. Checkley isAdvanced. Learn about Asthma.
- BronchitisDr. Checkley isAdvanced. Learn about Bronchitis.
- Cerebral HypoxiaDr. Checkley isAdvanced. Learn about Cerebral Hypoxia.
- Pulmonary TuberculosisDr. Checkley isAdvanced. Learn about Pulmonary Tuberculosis.
- Experienced
- Acute Interstitial PneumoniaDr. Checkley isExperienced. Learn about Acute Interstitial Pneumonia.
- Asthma in ChildrenDr. Checkley isExperienced. Learn about Asthma in Children.
- COVID-19Dr. Checkley isExperienced. Learn about COVID-19.
- Interstitial Lung DiseaseDr. Checkley isExperienced. Learn about Interstitial Lung Disease.
- Pulmonary HypertensionDr. Checkley isExperienced. Learn about Pulmonary Hypertension.
- Pulmonary Veno-Occlusive DiseaseDr. Checkley isExperienced. Learn about Pulmonary Veno-Occlusive Disease.

