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Department of Genetic Medicine

Our Faculty

Director

Ambroise Wonkam, M.D., Ph.D.

  • Director, McKusick-Nathans Institute, and Department of Genetic Medicine
  • Professor of Genetic Medicine

Faculty

  • Hind Alsharhan, M.B.B.Ch., M.D.

    • Assistant Professor of Genetic Medicine

  • Dan Eytan Arking, Ph.D.

    • Biological Mechanisms Core Co-Director, Johns Hopkins University Older Americans Independence Center
    • Faculty Member, Wendy Klag Center for Autism and Developmental Disabilities at the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health
    • Affiliated Faculty, Johns Hopkins Institute for Data-Intensive Engineering & Science, Johns Hopkins University
    • Affiliated Faculty, High-Throughput Biology Center, Johns Hopkins School of Medicine
    • Professor of Genetic Medicine
    • Professor of Medicine

  • Mary Armanios, M.D.

    • Director, Telomere Center at Johns Hopkins
    • Associate Director of Cancer Research Career Enhancement, Sidney Kimmel Comprehensive Cancer Center
    • Professor of Oncology
    • Professor of Genetic Medicine
    • Professor of Molecular Biology and Genetics
    • Professor of Pathology

  • Dimitrios G. Avramopoulos, M.D., Ph.D.

    • Professor of Genetic Medicine
    • Professor of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences

  • Michael A. Beer, Ph.D., M.A.

    • Professor of Biomedical Engineering
    • Joint Appointment in Molecular Biology and Genetics
    • Professor of Genetic Medicine

  • Karin J Blakemore, M.D.

    • Director, Prenatal Genetics, Prenatal Diagnostic Center
    • Professor of Gynecology and Obstetrics
    • Professor of Oncology

  • Joann Norma Bodurtha, M.D., M.P.H.

    • Professor of Genetic Medicine
    • Professor of Oncology
    • Professor of Pediatrics

  • Garry R Cutting, M.D.

    • Aetna/U.S. Healthcare Professor of Medical Genetics
    • Director, Postdoctoral Clinical Genetics Fellowship Programs
    • Preceptor, Predoctoral Training Program in Human Genetics
    • Director, DNA Diagnostic Laboratory
    • Director, Genetic Translational Technology Core
    • Director, Medical Genetics Training Program
    • Professor of Genetic Medicine
    • Professor of Pediatrics

  • Harry C Dietz III, M.D.

    • Investigator, Howard Hughes Medical Institute
    • Victor A. McKusick Professor of Medicine and Genetics
    • Professor of Genetic Medicine
    • Assistant Professor of Neurosurgery
    • Associate Professor of Medicine
    • Joint Appointment in Molecular Biology and Genetics
    • Professor of Pediatrics

  • Kimberly Floy Doheny, Ph.D.

    • Associate Professor of Genetic Medicine
    • Associate Professor of Pathology

  • Jill Ann Fahrner, M.D., Ph.D.

    • Director, Epigenetics and Chromatin Clinic
    • Assistant Professor of Genetic Medicine
    • Assistant Professor of Pediatrics

  • Liliana D. Florea, Ph.D., M.Sc.

    • Associate Professor of Genetic Medicine
    • Associate Professor of Medicine

  • Loyal A. Goff, Ph.D.

    • Associate Professor of Neuroscience
    • Associate Professor of Genetic Medicine

  • David Joel Hackam, M.D., Ph.D.

    • Surgeon-in-Chief, Johns Hopkins Children's Center
    • Professor of Surgery
    • Professor of Cell Biology
    • Professor of Genetic Medicine

  • Ada Hamosh, M.D., M.P.H.

    • Dr. Frank V. Sutland Professor of Pediatric Genetics
    • Professor of Genetic Medicine
    • Professor of Pediatrics

  • Kasper Daniel Hansen, Ph.D.

    • Joint Appointment in Biomedical Engineering
    • Joint Appointment in Genetic Medicine

  • Julie Elizabeth Hoover-Fong, M.D., Ph.D.

    • Director, Greenberg Center for Skeletal Dysplasias
    • Professor of Genetic Medicine
    • Professor of Pediatrics

  • Mahim Jain, M.D., Ph.D.

    • Assistant Professor of Genetic Medicine
    • Assistant Professor of Pediatrics

  • Lisa Elinor Kratz, Ph.D.

    • Assistant Professor of Genetic Medicine
    • Assistant Professor of Pediatrics

  • Elena Gallo MacFarlane, Ph.D.

    • Assistant Professor of Genetic Medicine
    • Assistant Professor of Surgery

  • Vasiliki Machairaki, Ph.D., M.Sc.

    • Assistant Professor of Genetic Medicine

  • Debra Juanita Hale Mathews, Ph.D., M.A.

    • Assistant Director for Science Programs, Berman Institute of Bioethics
    • Ethics & Governance Lead, Institute for Assured Autonomy
    • Associate Professor of Genetic Medicine
    • Associate Professor of Pediatrics

  • Andy McCallion, Ph.D.

    • Assistant Director, Human Genetics Graduate Program
    • Professor of Genetic Medicine
    • Professor of Medicine
    • Professor of Molecular and Comparative Pathobiology
    • Professor of Pediatrics

  • Melissa Vinores Olson, Ph.D.

    • Director, Genetic Resources Core Facility
    • Assistant Professor of Genetic Medicine
    • Assistant Professor of Pathology

  • Sonja Ann Rasmussen, M.D., M.S.

    • Professor (PAR) of Genetic Medicine

  • Gerald Vincent Raymond, M.D.

    • Professor of Genetic Medicine
    • Professor of Neurology

  • Alan F. Scott, Ph.D.

    • Director of Genetic Resources Core Facility
    • Associate Professor of Genetic Medicine
    • Associate Professor of Medicine
    • Associate Professor of Oncology

  • Gregg L. Semenza, M.D., Ph.D.

    • Director, Vascular Program, Institute for Cell Engineering
    • Professor of Genetic Medicine
    • Professor of Biological Chemistry
    • Professor of Medicine
    • Professor of Oncology
    • Professor of Pediatrics
    • Professor of Radiation Oncology and Molecular Radiation Sciences

  • Neeraj Sharma, D.V.M., Ph.D.

    • Assistant Professor of Genetic Medicine

  • Molly Barbara Sheridan, Ph.D.

    • Director, Johns Hopkins Clinical Genome Center
    • Assistant Professor of Genetic Medicine

  • Nara Lygia De Macena Sobreira, M.D., Ph.D.

    • Associate Professor of Genetic Medicine
    • Associate Professor of Pediatrics

  • David Lee Valle, M.D.

    • Director, Institute of Genetic Medicine
    • Henry J. Knott Professor
    • Professor of Genetic Medicine
    • Joint Appointment in Molecular Biology and Genetics
    • Professor of Medicine
    • Professor of Ophthalmology
    • Professor of Pediatrics

  • Hilary Joyce Vernon, M.D., Ph.D.

    • Associate Professor of Genetic Medicine
    • Associate Professor of Pediatrics

  • Tao Wang, M.D., Ph.D., M.Sc.

    • Associate Director, Medical Genetics Residency and Fellowship Program
    • Associate Professor of Genetic Medicine
    • Associate Professor of Pediatrics

Additional Faculty

Chris Bradburne, Ph.D.
Associate Professor, Pediatrics

Kirby Smith, Ph.D.
Professor of Pediatrics

Hans Bjornsson, M.D., Ph.D.
Associate Professor of Genetic Medicine

Mei Han, Ph.D.
Research Associate

Suzette Huguenin, Ph.D.
Co-director of the Genetics Laboratories at the Kennedy Krieger Institute

Barbara Migeon, M.D.
Professor (Emeritus)