Hopkins Medicine Today

Stories from one of the world's premier academic medical centers.

Introducing Paul Rothman, M.D., the new Dean of the School of Medicine and CEO of Johns Hopkins Medicine. Learn more about Dr. Rothman.

New Era Approaches for The Johns Hopkins Hospital
Nation’s top hospital welcomes patients in 1.6-million-square-foot facility on April 29, 2012. Learn more.

One of the enduring legacies of Johns Hopkins Medicine Dean/CEO Edward Miller, who is retiring next April, is his commitment to rebuild the east Baltimore campus , adding state-of-the-art buildings to support clinical care, research and education.

The renaissance dean
As he begins his final year, Ed Miller and others reflects on his transformational role as the first dean/CEO of Johns Hopkins Medicine.

Fifth-graders get an idea of how to take patient vital signs with the help of a computerized mannequin.

Seeds for success
Hopkins event draws 450 Baltimore schoolchildren to improve the health and well-being of children and adults throughout the city..

Learning Curve: Lessons from the Suburbs
In his column from medical care’s frontline, cardiology fellow David Munoz learns that doctors have to hear what patients don’t tell them.

A safer therapy for brain cancer
Hopkins researchers have developed a technique that delivers gene therapy into brain cancer cells using nanoparticles that can be freeze-dried and stored for up to three months.

While Dan Berkowitz considers space exploration a “noble” pursuit, he’s content to make his contributions from the ground.

Cosmic Missions
Hopkins’ Dan Berkowitz takes s page from research into space radiation to find answers to aging and heart disease for those here on Earth.

The DNA of Johns Hopkins Medicine

How the lifeblood of a fabled academic medical center has influenced discovery, education and patient care.

The new sounds of silence
When the new Johns Hopkins Hospital opens next year, innovative design features and protocols promise to quiet the sounds of patient care.

Knowing traumatic brain injury's potential
Hopkins doctors say that brain injury patients need to be followed long term to see the incredible progress that many make over time.

Children’s hospital for the future
The Charlotte R. Bloomberg Children’s Center will change the face of pediatric medicine at Hopkins.

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New Clinical Buildings

It’s all hands on deck as a Bridgeview Unit medical team greets patient Joseph Pietkiewicz (in elevator with nurse Adefemi Cole). The team is (l to r) hospitalist Chi Harris; Waltina Marshall, patient care technician; and nurses Launa Theodore and Rona Corral.

Where patients join the team
A pilot program on the Bridgeview Acute Medical Unit at Johns Hopkins Bayview centers care on patients and their families.