Our Team

Center Staff

Fan Liang, M.D. (She/Her)

Medical Director, Center for Transgender and Gender Expansive Health

Fan Liang

Jennifer Parks, M.P.H. (She/Her)

Chief Administrative Officer, Center for Transgender and Gender Expansive Health

Jennifer Parks

Daphne Bates (She/Her)

Financial Clearance Specialist, Center for Transgender and Gender Expansive Health

Daphne Bates

Annie Brady (They/Her)

Care Manager RNCenter for Transgender and Gender Expansive Health

Annie Brady

Christian Gilbert (He/Him)

Senior Program Manager, Center for Transgender and Gender Expansive Health

Christian Gilbert

Bashar Hassan, M.D. (He/Him)

Research Fellow, Center for Transgender and Gender Expansive Health

Dr. Bashar Hassan

Helene Frances Hedian, M.D. (She/Her)

Director of Clinical Education, Center for Transgender and Gender Expansive Health

Helene Frances Hedian

Tanya Knight (She/Her)

Patient Service Coordinator, Center for Transgender and Gender Expansive Health

Tanya Knight

Pablo Restrepo, PA-C, M.P.H. (He/Him)

Physician Assistant, Center for Transgender and Gender Expansive Health

Pablo Restrepo

Frankie Simone (They/He)

Associate Care Manager RN, Center for Transgender and Gender Expansive Health

Frankie Simone

Angela Smith (She/Her)

Program Coordinator, Center for Transgender and Gender Expansive Health

Angela Smith

Romy Smith, LMSW (They/Them)

Social Worker, Center for Transgender and Gender Expansive Health

Romy Smith

Valessa Sneed (She/Her)

Medical Office Coordinator, Center for Transgender and Gender Expansive Health

Valessa Sneed

Kate Thomas, Ph.D. (She/Her)

Director of Mental Health, Center for Transgender and Gender Expansive Health

 Kate Thomas

Primary Care and Gender Affirming Hormone Therapy

  • Shabina Roohi Ahmed, M.D.

    • Medical Director, Johns Hopkins Community Physicians Endocrinology at Downtown Bethesda
    • Assistant Professor of Medicine

    Primary Location: Johns Hopkins Community Physicians - Downtown Bethesda, Bethesda, MD

  • Ronadip Ralph Banerjee, M.D., Ph.D.

    • Assistant Professor of Medicine

    Primary Location: Johns Hopkins Bayview Medical Center, Baltimore, MD

  • Zackary Dov Berger, M.D., Ph.D.

    • Associate Editor, Johns Hopkins Physician Education and Assessment Center
    • Associate Professor of Medicine

    Primary Location: Johns Hopkins Outpatient Center (now called Levi Watkins, Jr., M.D., Outpatient Center), Baltimore, MD

  • Alia Rehwinkel Bodnar, M.D.

    • Assistant Professor of Medicine

    Primary Location: Johns Hopkins Outpatient Center (now called Levi Watkins, Jr., M.D., Outpatient Center), Baltimore, MD

  • Helene Frances Hedian, M.D.

    • Director of Clinical Education, Center for Transgender and Gender Expansive Health
    • Assistant Vice Chair for LGBTQ+ Equity and Education, Department of Medicine
    • Assistant Professor of Medicine

    Primary Location: Johns Hopkins Medicine - Green Spring Station, Lutherville, MD

  • Stephanie Kim Nothelle, M.D.

    • Assistant Professor of Medicine

    Primary Location: Johns Hopkins Bayview Medical Center, Baltimore, MD

Jill Crank, C.R.N.P.

Primary location: JHCP Remington

Jill Crank

Raina Crawford, C.R.N.P.

Primary location: JHCP Odenton

Raina Crawford

Melody Nangle, C.R.N.P.

Primary location: JHCP Direct Primary Care

 Melody Nangle

Amber Richert, D.N.P., C.R.N.P.

Primary location: JHCP Baltimore

Amber Richert

Carolyn Le, D.N.P., C.R.N.P.

Primary location: JHCP Direct Primary Care

Carolyn Le

David A. Perez, D.N.P.

Primary location: JHCP Downtown Bethesda

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Tyler Cornell, N.P.

Primary location: Comprehensive Care Practice at Bayview 

Michael Grzelak

Anesthesia

  • Kara Giovanna Segna, M.D.

    • Assistant Professor of Anesthesiology and Critical Care Medicine

    Primary Location: The Johns Hopkins Hospital (Main Entrance), Baltimore, MD

  • Maria Clarissa Tomeldan, M.D.

    • Medical Director, Johns Hopkins Outpatient Surgery Center

    Primary Location: Johns Hopkins Outpatient Center (now called Levi Watkins, Jr., M.D., Outpatient Center), Baltimore, MD

Breast Surgical Oncology

Melissa Suzanne Camp, M.D., M.P.H.

  • Program Director, Halsted General Surgery Residency Program
  • Assistant Professor of Surgery
  • Assistant Professor of Oncology

Primary Location: Skip Viragh Outpatient Cancer Center, Baltimore, MD

Dermatology

Diversity, Inclusion and Health Equity Advocacy

Paula Neira, J.D., M.S.N., R.N., C.E.N.

Program Director of LGBTQ+ Equity and Education, JHM Office of Diversity, Inclusion and Health Equity

Paula Neira

Endocrinology and Gender Affirming Hormone Therapy

Shabina Roohi Ahmed, M.D.

  • Medical Director, Johns Hopkins Community Physicians Endocrinology at Downtown Bethesda
  • Assistant Professor of Medicine

Primary Location: Johns Hopkins Community Physicians - Downtown Bethesda, Bethesda, MD

Facial Surgery

Fan Liang, M.D.

  • Medical Director, Center for Transgender and Gender Expansive Health
  • Assistant Professor of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery

Primary Location: Johns Hopkins Outpatient Center (now called Levi Watkins, Jr., M.D., Outpatient Center), Baltimore, MD

Gastroenterology

  • Maaza Sophia Abdi, M.D.

    Expertise: Abdominal Pain, Anal Cancer, Celiac Disease, Clinical Gastroenterology, Colon Polyps

    Primary Location: Johns Hopkins Bayview Medical Center, Baltimore, MD

  • Alexandra Teresa Strauss, M.D.

    Expertise: Alcoholic Liver Disease, Alpha 1 Antitrypsin (AAT) Deficiency, Ascites, Autoimmune Hepatitis, Bile Duct Disease

    Primary Location: The Johns Hopkins Hospital, Baltimore, MD

  • Mark Gregory Lazarev, M.D.

    Expertise: Anal Fistula, Celiac Disease, Clinical Gastroenterology, Colitis, Colon Polyps

    Primary Location: The Johns Hopkins Hospital (Main Entrance), Baltimore, MD

  • Joanna Miller Peloquin Melia, M.D.

    Expertise: Anal Fistula, Celiac Disease, Celiac Sprue, Colitis, Crohn's Disease

    Primary Location: The Johns Hopkins Hospital (Main Entrance), Baltimore, MD

  • Anne Marie O'Broin Lennon, M.B.B.Ch., Ph.D.

    • Director, Division of Gastroenterology and Hepatology
    • The Moses and Helen Golden Paulson Professor of Gastroenterology

    Expertise: Endoscopic Ultrasound, Esophageal Cancer, Gastric Cancer, Gastroenterology, Pancreatic Cancer

    Primary Location: The Johns Hopkins Hospital (Main Entrance), Baltimore, MD

Geriatric Care

Stephanie Kim Nothelle, M.D.

  • Assistant Professor of Medicine

Primary Location: Johns Hopkins Bayview Medical Center, Baltimore, MD

HIV Prevention & Treatment

David Charles Griffith, M.D.

  • Assistant Professor of Medicine
  • Joint Appointment in Pediatrics

Primary Location: The John G. Bartlett Specialty Practice, Baltimore, MD

Hysterectomy

Stephen James Martin, M.D.

  • Assistant Professor of Gynecology and Obstetrics

Primary Location: Johns Hopkins Community Physicians - Canton Crossing, Baltimore, MD

Laryngology/Voice Services

  • Lee Akst, M.D.

    • Director of the Johns Hopkins Voice Center
    • Associate Professor of Otolaryngology - Head and Neck Surgery

    Primary Location: Johns Hopkins Outpatient Center (now called Levi Watkins, Jr., M.D., Outpatient Center), Baltimore, MD

  • Simon Best, M.D.

    • Director, Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, Johns Hopkins Bayview Medical Center
    • Associate Professor of Otolaryngology - Head and Neck Surgery
    • Assistant Professor of Oncology

    Primary Location: Johns Hopkins Bayview Medical Center, Baltimore, MD

  • Ashley Corrinne Davis, M.S.

    • Assistant of Otolaryngology - Head and Neck Surgery
  • Claire W. Ligon, M.Ed.

    • Assistant of Otolaryngology - Head and Neck Surgery

    Primary Location: Johns Hopkins Health Care and Surgery Center, Bethesda, MD

  • Kristine M. Pietsch, M.A.

    • Speech Language Pathologist
    • Assistant of Otolaryngology - Head and Neck Surgery

    Primary Location: Johns Hopkins Outpatient Center (now called Levi Watkins, Jr., M.D., Outpatient Center), Baltimore, MD

Rebecca Kall, M.A., CCC-SLP

Rebecca Kall, M.A., CCC-SLP

Mental Health

Matthew H Taylor, M.D.

  • Assistant Professor of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences

Primary Location: The Johns Hopkins Hospital (Main Entrance), Baltimore, MD

Kate Thomas, Ph.D.

Mental Health Director, Center for Transgender and Gender Expansive Health

 Kate Thomas

Neurology – Epilepsy

Emily Louise Johnson, M.D.

  • Associate Professor of Neurology

Primary Location: The Johns Hopkins Hospital, Baltimore, MD

Gynecology and Obstetrics

  • Ophelia Jeanne Langhorne, M.D.

    • Instructor of Gynecology and Obstetrics

    Primary Location: Johns Hopkins Community Physicians - East Baltimore Medical Center, Baltimore, MD

  • Stephen James Martin, M.D.

    • Assistant Professor of Gynecology and Obstetrics

    Primary Location: Johns Hopkins Community Physicians - Canton Crossing, Baltimore, MD

  • Victoria Vargas, M.D., M.S.

    • Director of Minimally Invasive Gynecologic Surgery in the National Capital Region
    • Assistant Professor of Gynecology and Obstetrics

    Primary Location: Sibley Memorial Hospital, Washington, DC

  • Jennifer Doorey, M.D., M.S.

    • Assistant Professor of Gynecology and Obstetrics

    Primary Location: Johns Hopkins Bayview Medical Center, Baltimore, MD

Pathology

Pelvic Physical Therapy

Nora Arnold

Locations: Baltimore and Lutherville

Nora Arnold

Mary Austin

Location: Lutherville

Mary Austin

Lola Oyebefun

Location: Sibley

Lola Oyebefun DPT

Madeline Urban

Location: Lutherville

Madeline Urban

Penile Construction

  • Arthur Louis Burnett, M.D.

    • Director, Basic Science Laboratory in Neuro-Urology
    • Patrick C. Walsh Professor of Urology
    • Director, Sexual Medicine Fellowship Program
    • Professor of Urology
    • Professor of Oncology

    Primary Location: Johns Hopkins Outpatient Center (now called Levi Watkins, Jr., M.D., Outpatient Center), Baltimore, MD

  • Andrew Jason Cohen, M.D.

    • Director of Trauma and Reconstructive Urologic Surgery
    • Assistant Professor of Urology

    Primary Location: Johns Hopkins Bayview Medical Center, Baltimore, MD

  • Heather Noelle Di Carlo, M.D.

    • Director, Pediatric Urology Research
    • Assistant Professor of Urology

    Primary Location: The Johns Hopkins Hospital (Main Entrance), Baltimore, MD

  • Fan Liang, M.D.

    • Medical Director, Center for Transgender and Gender Expansive Health
    • Assistant Professor of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery

    Primary Location: Johns Hopkins Outpatient Center (now called Levi Watkins, Jr., M.D., Outpatient Center), Baltimore, MD

Reproductive Endocrinology, Fertility Preservation, and Fertility Services

Katherine Elizabeth Cameron, M.D.

  • Assistant Professor of Gynecology and Obstetrics

Primary Location: Johns Hopkins Medicine - Green Spring Station, Lutherville, MD

Top Surgery

  • Fan Liang, M.D.

    • Medical Director, Center for Transgender and Gender Expansive Health
    • Assistant Professor of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery

    Primary Location: Johns Hopkins Outpatient Center (now called Levi Watkins, Jr., M.D., Outpatient Center), Baltimore, MD

  • Lily Mundy, M.D.

    • Assistant Professor of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery

    Primary Location: Johns Hopkins Outpatient Center (now called Levi Watkins, Jr., M.D., Outpatient Center), Baltimore, MD

Urology

  • Arthur Louis Burnett, M.D.

    • Director, Basic Science Laboratory in Neuro-Urology
    • Patrick C. Walsh Professor of Urology
    • Director, Sexual Medicine Fellowship Program
    • Professor of Urology
    • Professor of Oncology

    Primary Location: Johns Hopkins Outpatient Center (now called Levi Watkins, Jr., M.D., Outpatient Center), Baltimore, MD

  • Andrew Jason Cohen, M.D.

    • Director of Trauma and Reconstructive Urologic Surgery
    • Assistant Professor of Urology

    Primary Location: Johns Hopkins Bayview Medical Center, Baltimore, MD

  • Heather Noelle Di Carlo, M.D.

    • Director, Pediatric Urology Research
    • Assistant Professor of Urology

    Primary Location: The Johns Hopkins Hospital (Main Entrance), Baltimore, MD

Vaginoplasty

Fan Liang, M.D.

  • Medical Director, Center for Transgender and Gender Expansive Health
  • Assistant Professor of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery

Primary Location: Johns Hopkins Outpatient Center (now called Levi Watkins, Jr., M.D., Outpatient Center), Baltimore, MD

Voice Therapy

  • Lee Akst, M.D.

    • Director of the Johns Hopkins Voice Center
    • Associate Professor of Otolaryngology - Head and Neck Surgery

    Primary Location: Johns Hopkins Outpatient Center (now called Levi Watkins, Jr., M.D., Outpatient Center), Baltimore, MD

  • Simon Best, M.D.

    • Director, Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, Johns Hopkins Bayview Medical Center
    • Associate Professor of Otolaryngology - Head and Neck Surgery
    • Assistant Professor of Oncology

    Primary Location: Johns Hopkins Bayview Medical Center, Baltimore, MD

  • Ashley Corrinne Davis, M.S.

    • Assistant of Otolaryngology - Head and Neck Surgery
  • Claire W. Ligon, M.Ed.

    • Assistant of Otolaryngology - Head and Neck Surgery

    Primary Location: Johns Hopkins Health Care and Surgery Center, Bethesda, MD

  • Kristine M. Pietsch, M.A.

    • Speech Language Pathologist
    • Assistant of Otolaryngology - Head and Neck Surgery

    Primary Location: Johns Hopkins Outpatient Center (now called Levi Watkins, Jr., M.D., Outpatient Center), Baltimore, MD