Ilene S. Browner, M.D. specializes in geriatric oncology. Dr. Browner is highly rated in 24 conditions, according to our data. Her top areas of expertise are Colorectal Cancer, Familial Colorectal Cancer, Pancreatic Cancer, Familial Pancreatic Cancer, and Endoscopy.

Ila Mulasi is a Palliative Medicine specialist and an Infectious Disease provider in Baltimore, Maryland. Dr. Mulasi is highly rated in 4 conditions, according to our data. Her top areas of expertise are Myelitis, HIV/AIDS, AIDS Dementia Complex, and AIDS Dysmorphic Syndrome. Dr. Mulasi is currently accepting new patients.

Raya Kheirbek is a Palliative Medicine specialist and a Geriatrics provider in Baltimore, Maryland. Dr. Kheirbek is highly rated in 1 condition, according to our data. Her top areas of expertise are Hypertension and Atrial Fibrillation. Dr. Kheirbek is currently accepting new patients.

Michael Ankrom is a Palliative Medicine specialist and a Geriatrics provider in Gilchrist Elder Medical Ca, Maryland. Dr. Ankrom is highly rated in 1 condition, according to our data. His top areas of expertise are Anemia, Vitamin D Deficiency, Urinary Tract Infection (UTI), and Dementia. Dr. Ankrom is currently accepting new patients.

Nathan Gray, MD, is an Assistant Professor of Palliative Medicine at Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine. He completed medical school as well as his residency in Internal Medicine at the University of Texas Southwestern Medical School. He pursued fellowship training in Hospice and Palliative Medicine at Duke University Medical Center, where he subsequently served on faculty from 2014-2022. At Johns Hopkins, Dr. Gray has been a part of the expansion of palliative services for Sidney Kimmel Cancer Center's Thoracic Oncology Clinic and now serves as associate medical director for outpatient Palliative Care at Johns Hopkins Hospital. He sees patients in both the hospital and clinic setting. Dr. Gray's scholarly work examines the role of palliative care in serving vulnerable patient populations as well as the intersection of medicine and humanities. He is specifically interested in the power of graphic art to enhance communication in medicine. He is an award-winning comic artist, and his graphic work has been featured in the Washington Post, British Medical Journal, and Los Angeles Times, along with other outlets. Selected Publications Gray NA, Kamal AH, Hanson LC, Bull J, Kutner JS, Ritchie CS, Johnson KS. Clinician Perspectives Guiding Approach to Comprehensiveness of Palliative Care Assessment. J Palliat Med. 2022 Feb;25(2):307-311. doi: 10.1089/jpm.2021.0391. Epub 2021 Nov 16. PMID: 34788574. Nathan A Gray; Anthony L Back; Covid-19 communication aids, BMJ 2020; 369 doi: https://doi.org/10.1136/bmj.m2255 (Published 11 June 2020) Cite this as: BMJ 2020;369:m2255 Nathan A. Gray, Nathan A. Boucher, Lilia Cervantes, Nancy Berlinger, Sophia K. Smith, and Kimberly S. Johnson. Hospice Access and Scope of Services for Undocumented Immigrants: A Clinician Survey, Journal of Palliative Medicine. Aug 2021.1167-1173.http://doi.org/10.1089/jpm.2020.0547 Published in Volume: 24 Issue 8: July 16, 2021 Online Ahead of Print:December 22, 2020 Nathan A. Gray. Annals Graphic Medicine - Cicely Saunders: The Woman Who Changed How We Die. Ann Intern Med.2019;171:W64-W75. [Epub ahead of print 12 November 2019]. doi:10.7326/G18-0035 Nathan A. Gray; Nathan A. Boucher; Maragatha Kuchibhatla; Kimberly S. Johnson, Hospice Access for Undocumented Immigrants, JAMA Intern Med 2017;177(4):579-580. doi:10.1001/jamainternmed.2016.8870. His top areas of expertise are ALK-Positive Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer and Liver Embolization.

Heather Brown is a Palliative Medicine provider in Baltimore, Maryland. Her top areas of expertise are Wildervanck Syndrome, Early Infantile Epileptic Encephalopathy, Microcephaly Deafness Syndrome, and CHARGE Syndrome.

Zhu Wang is a Palliative Medicine provider in Baltimore, Maryland. Her top area of expertise is Chronic Rhinosinusitis with Nasal Polyps (CRSwNP).

Ambereen K. Mehta, MD, MPH, FAAHPM is an Associate Professor of Palliative Care in the Departments of Medicine and Neurology at the Johns Hopkins School of Medicine. After Internal Medicine Residency and Hospice and Palliative Medicine fellowship, she joined the palliative care faculty at the University of Virginia (2016-2018) and was Medical Director of the UVA/Hospice of the Piedmont Inpatient Hospice Unit. When she joined the palliative care faculty at the University of California, Los Angeles, she initiated the embedded specialty palliative care program in ALS Clinic (2018-2020). Since 2020, she has been part of the palliative care faculty at Johns Hopkins and is the only palliative care expert in the Johns Hopkins Center for ALS Specialty Care. She leads multiple studies as part of the ALS Clinical Trials Unit and has published numerous studies in high impact peer-reviewed journals on increasing access to specialty palliative care including education for neurologists and improving quality of life for people with neurological illnesses, specifically those living with ALS. She has received awards for education including the 2020 UCLA Hospice and Palliative Medicine Fellowship Faculty Award Excellence in Education Award and the 2022 Inaugural International Neuropalliative Care Society Tara Cook Award for Innovation in Neuropalliative Education. She is a content expert for the Muscular Dystrophy Association, Roon, and Northeast ALS Consortium. She currently co-chairs the Northeast ALS Consortium Palliative Subcommittee and is an ALS Association Care Services Committee member. She is the past Chair of the International Neuropalliative Care Society Strategic Communications Committee and the American Academy of Hospice and Palliative Medicine Neuropalliative Special Interest Group. Her top area of expertise is Opioid Induced Constipation.

Sherine Talaat is a Palliative Medicine specialist and a Geriatrics provider in Baltimore, Maryland. Her top areas of expertise are Postmenopausal Osteoporosis, Osteoporosis, Familial Hypertension, and Hypertension. Dr. Talaat is currently accepting new patients.

Leah Couture is a Palliative Medicine provider in Baltimore, Maryland. Her top area of expertise is Opioid Induced Constipation. Dr. Couture is currently accepting new patients.

Rachel Nathan is a Palliative Medicine provider in Baltimore, Maryland. Her top areas of expertise are Opioid Induced Constipation and Liver Failure.

Dr. Lauren Berninger is an assistant professor at the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine and associate program director for the Hospice and Palliative Medicine Fellowship Program. Dr. Berninger received her undergraduate degree in political science from Bucknell University and her medical degree from the West Virginia School of Osteopathic Medicine. She completed internal medicine residency training at Sinai Hospital of Baltimore, where she also served as chief resident. Dr. Berninger is a graduate of the Johns Hopkins Hospice and Palliative Medicine Fellowship Training Program. Dr. Berninger's professional interests lie at the intersection of palliative medicine and clinical ethics. She holds a master's degree in bioethics from the Johns Hopkins University School of Public Health and is an active member of the Johns Hopkins Hospital ethics committee. Dr. Berninger is committed to medical education with a focus on advanced communication skills and complex-symptom management for patients with serious and life-limiting illnesses. She co-directs the medical school's TIME Palliative Care and End-of-Life Course and is dedicated to the clinical teaching of learners at all levels of training. Dr. Berninger embraces a humanistic, patient, and family-centered approach to care and is the recipient of the 2023 Clinical Excellence Award for best consulting physician at Johns Hopkins Hospital. Selected Publications Youssef SW, Berninger LE, Doberman DJ. Evaluation of Required End-Of-Life (EOL) Ethics Content in the Ten Residency Programs Offering Hospice and Palliative Medicine Fellowship. Am J Hosp Palliat Care. Published online April 2, 2025. McGeehan CB, Berninger LE. Autonomous by Extension: Balancing Patient Autonomy and Vulnerability in Surrogate Decision-making. AACN Adv Crit Care. 2024 Sep 15;35(3):228-237. Berninger, LE, Corey Tapper Opioid Rotation: Considerations, Controversy, and Clinical Practice #440. J Pall Med 2022. Wang, Eric, Berninger, LE, Olga Komargodski, Thomas Smith. Painful Diabetic Neuropathy: Spinal Cord Stimulation, Peripheral Nerve Stimulation, Transcutaneous Electrical Nerve Stimulation, and Scrambler Therapy: A Narrative Review. Pain Physician. 2022 Nov;25(8): E1163-E1173. Wang EJ, Berninger LE, Pantelyat AY, Hunsberger JB, Smith TJ. Scrambler Therapy for the Treatment of Multiple System Atrophy-Parkinsonian Subtype Pain: A Case Report. A A Pract. 2022 Jan 18;16(1):e01560. Berninger LE, Smith TJ, Scrambler therapy for incident pain in bone metastases. J Osteopathic Med. 2021; 121 (6) 539-542. Courses & Syllabi Co-director: TIME Palliative Care and End of Life Course. Her top area of expertise is Chronic Pain.

Carlos Zigel is a Palliative Medicine provider in Baltimore, Maryland. His top areas of expertise are Schizoaffective Disorder and Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD).

Babatunde Ajani is a Palliative Medicine provider in Baltimore, Maryland. Dr. Ajani is highly rated in 1 condition, according to our data. His top areas of expertise are End-Stage Renal Disease (ESRD) and Liver Failure.

"Thomas Smith, M.D., is a professor of oncology at the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, director of Palliative Medicine for Johns Hopkins Medicine and the Harry J. Duffey Family Professor of Palliative Care. He is a medical oncologist and a palliative care specialist with a lifelong interest in better symptom management, communication, and improving access to high quality affordable care. Dr. Smith began Johns Hopkins' hospital-wide palliative care consult service as well as an inpatient unit, and he is dedicated to accelerating palliative care research and education. Dr. Smith is a Fellow in the American College of Physicians (ACP), the American Society of Clinical Oncology (ASCO) and the American Association of Hospice and Palliative Medicine (AAHPM) and is listed among the top oncologists and palliative care specialists in the country. He has taught palliative concepts in more than a dozen countries and helped start over 100 new programs. Dr. Smith received his M.D. from Yale Medical School and completed his residency at the University of Pennsylvania and a fellowship in oncology and hematology at the Virginia Commonwealth University School of Medicine. He joined the faculty at Johns Hopkins in 2011. His current interest is in the relief of chronic and neuropathic pain with Scrambler Therapy, a non-invasive way of ""resetting"" the central nervous system to relieve pain from chemotherapy-induced neuropathy, neurologic disease, and other pain syndromes. He is no longer practicing medical oncology.".

Gabriel Lutz is a Palliative Medicine provider in Baltimore, Maryland. Dr. Lutz is currently accepting new patients.

Avani Prabhakar is a Palliative Medicine provider in Baltimore, Maryland.

Dr. Tapper is an Assistant Professor of Medicine at the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine. His areas of expertise include Palliative Medicine, Internal Medicine, and medical education. Dr. Tapper received his medical degree from Albany Medical College. He subsequently completed his residency in Internal Medicine at Mount Sinai Beth Israel, during which time he also served as Chief Resident. Dr. Tapper then completed a fellowship in Hospice and Palliative Medicine at UPMC in Pittsburgh, PA. During his time in Pittsburgh, Dr. Tapper also achieved an MS in Medical Education from the University of Pittsburgh. Dr. Tapper is the Program Director for the Hospice and Palliative Medicine fellowship program. He also serves as Associate Program Director for Wellness for the Osler Medical Residency and as faculty for the Longcope Firm. Dr. Tapper is a leader within the American Academy of Hospice and Palliative Medicine, where he focuses on LGBTQ-inclusive care for patients and LGBTQ+ equity within the Palliative Medicine field. He previously served as the Chair of the organization's DEI Committee. Dr. Tapper's interests lie in providing compassionate and holistic care for those with serious illness. He is also enthusiastic about graduate medical education with a focus on curriculum development and teaching communication skills.

Home-grown in Frederick, Maryland, Ian Borison, DO is a proud alumnus of the University of Maryland. He attended medical school at West Virginia School of Osteopathic Medicine and completed his residency at Santa Clara Valley Medical Center in San Jose, California. Following residency, he worked as a hospitalist concurrently at three of the county hospitals in the San Francisco Bay Area. He completed his fellowship in Hospice and Palliative Medicine at the George Washington University in Washington, DC. He is passionate about delivering person-centered care and teaching communications skills.

Lindsey Macnabb is a Palliative Medicine provider in Baltimore, Maryland.

Ivy Akid is a Palliative Medicine provider in Baltimore, Maryland.

Avani Amin is a Palliative Medicine specialist and a Hospital Medicine provider in Baltimore, Maryland.

Danielle Doberman is a Palliative Medicine specialist and a Geriatrics provider in Baltimore, Maryland. Dr. Doberman is currently accepting new patients.

James Ting is a Palliative Medicine specialist and a Pediatrics provider in Baltimore, Maryland.

Michael Cafarchio is a Palliative Medicine provider in Baltimore, Maryland.