Administration
Lisa Maragakis, MD, MPH
Director of Hospital Epidemiology and Infection Control ; Hospital Epidemiologist- - Assistant Professor of MedicineOversees the functions of The Department of Hosptal Epidemiology and Infection Control (HEIC) .Direct research activities for the department.
Email:lmaraga1@jhmi.eduSara Cosgrove, MD, MS
Director, Antimicrobial Stewardship Program ; Associate Hospital Epidemiologist - - Associate Professor of Medicine
Oversees antibiotic use for Johns Hopkins Hospital. Assists the Hospital Epidemiologist with the functions and personnel of the department. Direct research activities for the department.Email: scosgro1@jhmi.edu
Polly Trexler, MS, CIC
Associate Director of Hospital Epidemiology and Infection Control ; Infection Control Practitioner/EpidemiologistOversees Hospital Epidemiology and Infection Control (HEIC) operations, coordinates and supervises Infection Control Epidemiologists and manage the daily operations of the HEIC department.
Email: pristai1@jhmi.eduAaron Milstone, MD, MHS
Assistant Professor of Pediatric Medicine for Division of Pediatric Infectious Diseases--Associate Hospital Epidemiologist
Assists the Hospital Epidemiologist with the functions and personnel of the department. Directing research activities for the department. Provides consultation on topics involving pediatric cases.
Email: amilsto1@jhmi.edu
Infection Control Practitioners/Epidemiologists
- Alicia Budd, MPH,CIC - abudd3@jhmi.edu
- Amy Winkler, RN, MPH, CIC - awinkle4@jhmi.edu
- Anne Caston-Gaa, RN, MSN, MPH - acaston2@jhmi.edu
- Donna Fellerman, RN, CIC - dfeller2@jhmi.edu
- Elaine Fadden Nowakowski - efadden1@jhmi.edu
- Jackie Galluzzo, RN, BSN, CIC-jackie@jhmi.edu
- Melanie Gavin, CIC- mgavin4@jhmi.edu
- Meredith Harris, BSN, MPH - mharri78@jhmi.edu
- Miriana Pehar - RNmpehar1@jhmi.edu
- Sara McKelvey Witting, MPH,CIC - smckelv2@jhmi.edu
- Chelsea Lynch,RN - clynch19@jhmi.edu
Plans and implements the infection control program for areas of responsibility; evaluate policies, procedures and practices relating to infection control; develop web-based educational materials; investigate clusters and outbreaks; monitor nosocomial infection rates and produce summary reports.
Support Staff
Debbie McKeown
Administrative Coordinator
Assistant to the Director and Associate Director of Hospital Epidemiology and Infection Control. Coordinate a variety of departmental projects, activities and schedules for the infection control professionals and other staff in the department.
Email: dmckeow2@jhmi.edu
Elena Staicu
Financial Analyst
Oversees the finance area of the HEIC department .
Email: estaicu1@jhmi.edu
Research Staff
Research Assistants
Carry out data collection and management of research studies.
Eric Hadhazy - ehadhaz1@jhmi.edu Taylor Carlson - tcarlso7@jhmi.eduTracy Ross, MT
Laboratory Specialist, Molecular Microbiology and Epidemiology
Support laboratory functions related to infection control, perform molecular typing , participate in the research.
Email: tross@jmhi.edu




