Treatment Overview

The Johns Hopkins Eating Disorders Program provides a full continuum of care for eating disorders. Levels of care include outpatient consultations, an outpatient clinic for ongoing care, and a fully integrated inpatient and day hospital (partial hospitalization) programs.

The Johns Hopkins Eating Disorders Program
Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Science
600 North Wolfe Street, Meyer 101
Baltimore, Maryland 21287


Inpatient Program

Director: Angela S. Guarda, M.D.
Assistant Director: Graham W. Redgrave M.D.
Nurse Manager: Devin Lowe, BSN, RN-BC
Clinical Nurse Specialist: Allisyn Pletch R.N.
Admissions Coordinator: Lisa Smith

The Inpatient Program is located on the fourth floor of the Meyer Building of the Johns Hopkins Hospital, which also houses the Adult and the Young Adult Mood Disorders Service. The Program draws on the multidisciplinary expertise of our dedicated Eating Disorders Treatment Team to provide comprehensive and individualized care. The team is staffed by physicians, nurses, social workers, occupational therapists, and nutritionists.

Inpatient Admissions

Admissions Coordinator

Admissions Coordinator, Lisa Smith
Eating Disorders Treatment Program
Johns Hopkins Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Science
600 North Wolfe Street, Meyer 143
Baltimore, Maryland 21287

Phone: 410-955-5114, Fax: 410-955-6155
Hours of Operation: Monday - Friday, 8:00 am - 4:30 pm
E-mail: [email protected]

Frequently Asked Questions about Inpatient Program and Admissions

Partial Hospitalization (Day Hospital) Program

During your inpatient stay, the team may recommend and plan for your transition to the Eating Disorder Day Hospital. The partial hospitalization program is a step-down service from the inpatient program with a focus on relapse-prevention and successful transition to home and outpatient follow-up care. The Day Hospital is fully integrated with the Inpatient Program and is located on the same unit and staffed by the inpatient treatment team.

Outpatient and Consultation Clinic

The Outpatient and Consultation Clinic provides comprehensive evaluations for patients referred by their physicians, families, or themselves.

Consults are performed by a psychiatrist and include review of outside medical records and a comprehensive psychiatric and medical history to clarify the diagnosis. Laboratory studies are often ordered, including blood work, cardiac testing (EKGs), or imaging studies among others if indicated. At the end of the consult, the psychiatrist will provide their thoughts on diagnosis and comprehensive recommendations for treatment, including appropriate level of care, psychotherapy modalities, and medication management if indicated. The psychiatrist may recommend ongoing outpatient treatment, or at times, may recommend a more intensive level of care, such as hospital-based treatment in the Inpatient or Partial Hospitalization programs for medical or psychiatric stabilization and treatment.

Our outpatient clinic treats patients with anorexia nervosa, bulimia nervosa, binge eating disorder, avoidant-restrictive food intake disorder (ARFID), as well as other specified feeding and eating disorders (such as atypical anorexia nervosa). We see patients with a single diagnosis of an eating disorder as well as those with co-occurring psychiatric disorders. For adolescents, family-based treatment is strongly encouraged. We work closely with patients’ other outpatient providers and are able to utilize a multi-disciplinary referral approach that includes our Nutrition and Speech and Language Pathology departments as indicated.

To provide the most thorough evaluation and opinion we request that you forward us any medical records or pediatric growth charts (for adolescent patients) ahead of time so the doctor can review these before meeting with you and your family.

We currently provide remote telemedicine video visits - for patients residing in Maryland only - which allow patients to connect face-to-face in real time with a clinician without leaving their home. Patients can use a smartphone, tablet or computer. Virtual connections are secure and HIPAA compliant. In most cases however we will want an initial evaluation to be completed in person. We also offer second opinion consultations.

For more information or to schedule a consultation, contact Tracey Farrow at 410-955-3863, fax 410-502-7907 or email [email protected]