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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
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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
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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
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Stephanie Kim Nothelle, M.D.
- Assistant Professor of Medicine
Primary Location: Johns Hopkins Bayview Medical Center, Baltimore, MD
Our Team

- Center Staff
- Primary Care and Gender Affirming Hormone Therapy
- Anesthesia
- Breast Surgical Oncology
- Colorectal Surgery
- Dermatology
- Diversity, Inclusion and Health Equity Advocacy
- Endocrinology and Gender Affirming Hormone Therapy
- Facial Surgery
- Gastroenterology
- Geriatric Care
- HIV Prevention & Treatment
- Hysterectomy
- Laryngology/Voice Services
- Mental Health
- Neurology – Epilepsy
- OB/GYN
- Pathology
- Pelvic Physical Therapy
- Penile Construction
- Reproductive Endocrinology, Fertility Preservation, and Fertility Services
- Top Surgery
- Urology
- Vaginoplasty
- Voice Therapy
Center Staff
Fan Liang, M.D. (She/Her)
Medical Director, Center for Transgender and Gender Expansive Health

Jennifer Parks, M.P.H. (She/Her)
Chief Administrative Officer, Center for Transgender and Gender Expansive Health

Daphne Bates (She/Her)
Financial Clearance Specialist, Center for Transgender and Gender Expansive Health

Annie Brady (They/Her)
Care Manager RN, Center for Transgender and Gender Expansive Health

Christian Gilbert (He/Him)
Senior Program Manager, Center for Transgender and Gender Expansive Health

Bashar Hassan, M.D. (He/Him)
Research Fellow, Center for Transgender and Gender Expansive Health

Helene Frances Hedian, M.D. (She/Her)
Director of Clinical Education, Center for Transgender and Gender Expansive Health

Tanya Knight (She/Her)
Patient Service Coordinator, Center for Transgender and Gender Expansive Health

Pablo Restrepo, PA-C, M.P.H. (He/Him)
Physician Assistant, Center for Transgender and Gender Expansive Health

Frankie Simone (They/He)
Associate Care Manager RN, Center for Transgender and Gender Expansive Health

Angela Smith (She/Her)
Program Coordinator, Center for Transgender and Gender Expansive Health

Romy Smith, LMSW (They/Them)
Social Worker, Center for Transgender and Gender Expansive Health

Valessa Sneed (She/Her)
Medical Office Coordinator, Center for Transgender and Gender Expansive Health

Kate Thomas, Ph.D. (She/Her)
Director of Mental Health, Center for Transgender and Gender Expansive Health

Primary Care and Gender Affirming Hormone Therapy
Jill Crank, C.R.N.P.
Primary location: JHCP Remington

Raina Crawford, C.R.N.P.
Primary location: JHCP Odenton

Melody Nangle, C.R.N.P.
Primary location: JHCP Direct Primary Care

Amber Richert, D.N.P., C.R.N.P.
Primary location: JHCP Baltimore

Carolyn Le, D.N.P., C.R.N.P.
Primary location: JHCP Direct Primary Care

David A. Perez, D.N.P.
Primary location: JHCP Downtown Bethesda

Tyler Cornell, N.P.
Primary location: Comprehensive Care Practice at Bayview

Anesthesia
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Kara Giovanna Segna, M.D.
- Assistant Professor of Anesthesiology and Critical Care Medicine
Primary Location: The Johns Hopkins Hospital (Main Entrance), Baltimore, MD
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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
Colorectal Surgery
Alodia Gabre-Kidan, M.D., M.P.H.

- Clerkship Director, Surgery, Johns Hopkins School of Medicine
- Assistant Professor of Surgery
Primary Location: Johns Hopkins Outpatient Center (now called Levi Watkins, Jr., M.D., Outpatient Center), Baltimore, MD
Dermatology
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Myriam Lucia Vega Gonzalez, M.D., M.P.H.
- Assistant Professor of Dermatology
Primary Location: The Johns Hopkins Hospital, Baltimore, MD
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Farah Succaria, M.D.
- Assistant Professor of Dermatology
Primary Location: Medical Pavilion at Howard County, Columbia, MD
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

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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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
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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
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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
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Claire W. Ligon, M.Ed.
- Assistant of Otolaryngology - Head and Neck Surgery
Primary Location: Johns Hopkins Health Care and Surgery Center, Bethesda, MD
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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

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

Neurology – Epilepsy
Emily Louise Johnson, M.D.

- Associate Professor of Neurology
Primary Location: The Johns Hopkins Hospital, Baltimore, MD
Gynecology and Obstetrics
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Ophelia Jeanne Langhorne, M.D.
- Instructor of Gynecology and Obstetrics
Primary Location: Johns Hopkins Community Physicians - East Baltimore Medical Center, Baltimore, MD
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Stephen James Martin, M.D.
- Assistant Professor of Gynecology and Obstetrics
Primary Location: Johns Hopkins Community Physicians - Canton Crossing, Baltimore, MD
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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
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Jennifer Doorey, M.D., M.S.
- Assistant Professor of Gynecology and Obstetrics
Primary Location: Johns Hopkins Bayview Medical Center, Baltimore, MD
Pathology
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Marissa Janine White, M.D.
- Assistant Professor of Pathology
Primary Location: The Johns Hopkins Hospital, Baltimore, MD
Pelvic Physical Therapy
Nora Arnold
Locations: Baltimore and Lutherville

Mary Austin
Location: Lutherville

Lola Oyebefun
Location: Sibley

Madeline Urban
Location: Lutherville

Penile Construction
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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
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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
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Heather Noelle Di Carlo, M.D.
- Director, Pediatric Urology Research
- Assistant Professor of Urology
Primary Location: The Johns Hopkins Hospital (Main Entrance), Baltimore, MD
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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Claire W. Ligon, M.Ed.
- Assistant of Otolaryngology - Head and Neck Surgery
Primary Location: Johns Hopkins Health Care and Surgery Center, Bethesda, MD
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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