Our Team

Director

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

  • Director, Greenberg Center for Skeletal Dysplasias

Expertise: Achondroplasia, Genetics, Medical Genetics, Skeletal Dysplasias

Primary Location: The Johns Hopkins Hospital, Baltimore, MD

Program Administrator

Colleen Gioffreda, B.A.

Genetic Counseling

Amy Patterson, MS, CGC

Carolyn Applegate, MS, CGC

Neurosurgery

Mari Groves, M.D.

  • Assistant Director, Neurosurgery Residency Program

Expertise: Brain Tumors, Chiari Malformations, Epilepsy Surgery, Hydrocephalus, Intramedullary Spinal Cord Tumors

Primary Location: The Johns Hopkins Hospital, Baltimore, MD

OB/GYN, Maternal-Fetal Medicine, Prenatal Genetics

  • Karin J Blakemore, M.D.

    • Director, Prenatal Genetics

    Expertise: Dysmorphology, Fetal Ultrasound, Gynecology and Obstetrics, Hematologic Disorders in Pregnancy, Human Genetics

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

  • Angie Child Jelin, M.D.

    • Program Director, Maternal-Fetal Medicine Fellowship
    • Associate Director, Prenatal Genetics

    Expertise: Amniocentesis, Chorionic Villus Sampling, Fetal Anomalies, Fetal Ultrasound, High Risk OB

    Primary Location: The Johns Hopkins Hospital, Baltimore, MD

Ophthalmology

Jefferson James Doyle, M.B.B.Ch., M.D., Ph.D., M.H.S.

Expertise: Genetic Eye Disease, Pediatric Ophthalmology, Pediatric Ophthalmology and Strabismus Service

Primary Location: The Johns Hopkins Hospital, Baltimore, MD

Orthopedics

Paul David Sponseller, M.D.

  • Chief, Division of Pediatric Orthopaedics
  • Sponseller Professor of Pediatric Orthopaedics

Expertise: Cerebral Palsy, Fractures, Hip Dysplasia, Kyphosis, Marfan Syndrome

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

Otolaryngology

  • John Carey, M.D.

    • Chief, Division of Otology, Neurotology and Skull Base Surgery
    • Director, Neurotology Fellowship Program

    Expertise: Acoustic Neuromas, Cholesteatoma, Facial Nerve Schwannoma, Hearing Disorders, Meniere's Disease

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

  • Charles Della Santina, M.D., Ph.D.

    • Director, Johns Hopkins Cochlear Implant Center
    • Director, Johns Hopkins Vestibular NeuroEngineering Laboratory
    • Co-Director, Johns Hopkins Vestibular Clinical Testing Laboratory

    Expertise: Acoustic Neuromas, Bilateral Loss of Vestibular Sensation, Bone Anchored Hearing Devices, Cholesteatoma, Cochlear Implantation

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

  • David Tunkel, M.D.

    • Director of Pediatric Otolaryngology

    Expertise: Airway Disorders, Cholesteatoma, Chronic Sinonasal Infection and Ear Disease, Diseases of the Ear and Nose, Diseases of the Throat in Children

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

Pulmonology

Laura Marie Sterni, M.D.

  • Director, Johns Hopkins Pediatric Sleep Center

Expertise: Pediatric Pulmonary Medicine, Pediatric Pulmonology, Pediatric Sleep Apnea

Primary Location: Johns Hopkins Pediatrics, Baltimore, MD

Research/Clinical Trials Staff

Julie Hoover-Fong, M.D., Ph.D.
Kira Lurman, R.N., Clinical and Research Nurse
Ryan Manuel, Senior Research Program Coordinator
John McGready, Ph.D., Associate Scientist, Biostatistics, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health
Kerry Schulze, Ph.D., Senior Scientist, International Health, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health
Kristina Wade, Senior Research Program Coordinator

Dietitian/Nutritionist

Celide Koerner, R.N., M.S.R.D.

Clinic Staff

Dorethea Knight, Senior Medical Office Coordinator
Dana Goins, Clinic Manager

Other Collaborative Clinics and Departments

Johns Hopkins Cleft and Craniofacial Center
Johns Hopkins Medicine Neurosurgery
Johns Hopkins Medicine Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery
Johns Hopkins Medicine Pulmonology
The Skeletal Dysplasia Program at Johns Hopkins All Children’s Hospital