Our Mission

The mission of the Johns Hopkins Sickle Cell Center for Adults is to provide comprehensive and state-of-the-art care to patients with sickle cell disease and other hemoglobin disorders.  Established in 2008, the Center is staffed by a team of world-renowned physicians, nurses, advanced practice providers, and staff who are devoted to clinical care and research in sickle cell disease.

The services provided to patients at the Johns Hopkins Sickle Cell Center for Adults include:

The Sickle Cell Infusion Center

At the Johns Hopkins Sickle Cell Infusion Center, we are committed to ensuring rapid pain relief to sickle cell patients with acute pain crisis.

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Meet Our Physician Leaders

Sophie Miriam Lanzkron, M.D., M.H.S.

Director, Sickle Cell Center for Adults, The Johns Hopkins Hospital
Professor of Medicine
Professor of Oncology

 

Lydia Harley Pecker, M.D.

Director, Young Adult Clinic, Johns Hopkins Sickle Cell Center for Adults
Assistant Professor of Medicine
Assistant Professor of Gynecology and Obstetrics

 

Meet the Sickle Cell Team

Meet Our Collaborators

Robert Alan Brodsky, M.D.

Director, Division of Hematology
Program Director, T32 Training Program, Division of Hematology
Johns Hopkins Family Professor of Oncology Research
Professor of Medicine
Professor of Oncology

 

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

 

Christopher Patrick Carroll, M.D.

Director of Psychiatric Services, Sickle Cell Center for Adults
Associate Professor of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences

 

Mindy Sue Christianson, M.D., M.B.A.

Medical Director, Johns Hopkins Fertility Center
Director, Fertility Preservation
Director, IVF Program Division of Reproductive Endocrinology & Infertility
Associate Professor of Gynecology and Obstetrics

 

Eboni Ife Lance, M.D., Ph.D.

Medical Director of the Sickle Cell Neurodevelopmental Clinic
Associate Professor of Neurology

 

Rakhi Prakash Naik, M.D., M.H.S.

Associate Director for Hematology, Hematology/Oncology Fellowship Program
Clinical Director, Division of Hematology
Associate Professor of Medicine

 

Elizabeth Prince, D.O.

Assistant Professor of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences

 

Adrienne Williams Scott, M.D.

Chief, Wilmer Eye Institute - Bel Air
Associate Professor of Ophthalmology

 

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

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

 

Stronger Together

The Johns Hopkins Sickle Cell Center for Adults is a proud member of the Globin Research Network for Data & Discovery (GRNDaD) Registry, the National Alliance of Sickle Cell Centers (NASCC), and the ASH Research Collaborative Sickle Cell Clinical Trials Network (ASH CTN).

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