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Johns Hopkins Children's Center

Pediatric Hospital Medicine

Hospitalists team

The Johns Hopkins Pediatric Hospital Medicine Division focuses on the management of hospitalized children.

Employing evidence-based approaches and integrated care pathways for common pediatric illnesses, our goals are standardizing care for common illnesses, reducing unnecessary testing, medications and procedures, normalizing the hospital experience for patients and seamlessly transitioning their care and lives back to the community. 

The pediatric hospitalist service can be paged 24 hours a day/7 days a week at 410-434-4677

Our hospitalists consult and coordinate with surgical services in:

Putting the Spotlight on Pediatric Chronically Critically Ill Patients

Facing traditional challenges, the Complex Care Consult Service aims to uncover the big-picture issues that often go overlooked in treating these patients.

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Hospital Medicine Team

Director

Eric Biondi, MD

  • Director, Pediatric Hospital Medicine Division
  • Associate Professor of Pediatrics

Faculty

  • Ben Bodnar, MD

    • Director of Quality and Safety, Division of Hospital Medicine, Department of Medicine
    • Assistant Professor of Medicine

    Primary Location: The Johns Hopkins Hospital, Baltimore, MD

  • Rachel Cane, MD PhD MA

    • Assistant Professor of Pediatrics

    Primary Location: The Johns Hopkins Hospital, Baltimore, MD

  • C. Nicholas Cuneo, MD MPH

    • Medical Director, HEAL Refugee Health and Asylum Collaborative
    • Assistant Professor of Pediatrics

    Primary Location: The Johns Hopkins Hospital, Baltimore, MD

  • Rachel Asare Darko, MD

    • Instructor in Pediatrics

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

  • Neemesh Desai, MD

    • Assistant Professor of Medicine

    Primary Location: The Johns Hopkins Hospital, Baltimore, MD

  • Beenish Faraz, DO

    • Instructor in Pediatrics

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

  • Lenny Feldman, MD

    • Director, Osler Medical Residency Urban Health Track
    • Associate Professor of Medicine

    Primary Location: The Johns Hopkins Hospital, Baltimore, MD

  • Marquita C. Genies, MD MPH

    • Vice Chair Of Faculty Development, Diversity, Equity and Inclusion, Department of Pediatrics
    • Associate Professor of Pediatrics

    Primary Location: The Johns Hopkins Hospital, Baltimore, MD

  • Christopher Kazimieras Grybauskas, MD

    • Instructor in Pediatrics

    Primary Location: The Johns Hopkins Hospital, Baltimore, MD

  • Jawaria Khan, MD

    • Chair, Program Evaluation Committee
    • Assistant Professor of Pediatrics

  • Alia Irshad, MD

    • Instructor in Pediatrics

    Primary Location: The Johns Hopkins Hospital, Baltimore, MD

  • Susan Rebecca McFarland, MD

    • Instructor in Pediatrics

    Primary Location: The Johns Hopkins Hospital, Baltimore, MD

  • Edith Root McMillan Dietz, MD

    • Instructor in Pediatrics

    Primary Location: BMS at Yard 56, Baltimore, MD

  • Sara Elizabeth Mixter, MD MPH

    • Medical Director, Pediatric Complex Care Collaborative
    • Assistant Professor of Medicine

    Primary Location: Levi Watkins, Jr., M.D., Outpatient Center, Baltimore, MD

  • Emily Murphy, MD

    • Assistant Professor of Medicine

    Primary Location: The Johns Hopkins Hospital, Baltimore, MD

  • Amaka Ofodu, MD

    • Instructor in Medicine

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

  • Whitney Nicolle Okoroafor, MD

    • Instructor in Pediatrics

    Primary Location: The Johns Hopkins Hospital, Baltimore, MD

  • Amit Pahwa, MD

    • Director, Internal Medicine Sub-internship, Johns Hopkins Hospital
    • Associate Professor of Pediatrics

    Primary Location: The Johns Hopkins Hospital, Baltimore, MD

  • Mili Patel, MD

    • Instructor in Pediatrics

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

  • Margaret Dowling Sarezky, MD

    • Medical Director, Newborn Nursery at Johns Hopkins Bayview Medical Center
    • Instructor in Pediatrics

    Primary Location: The Johns Hopkins Hospital, Baltimore, MD

  • Jeffrey Tornheim, MD MPH

    • Associate Professor of Medicine

    Primary Location: The Johns Hopkins Hospital, Baltimore, MD

  • Christy Tsui, DO

    • Assistant Professor of Medicine

    Primary Location: The Johns Hopkins Hospital, Baltimore, MD

Faculty at Ascension Saint Agnes

Eric Balighian, MD
  • Assistant Professor of Pediatrics
Eric Balighian
Christopher Kazimieras Grybauskas, MD
  • Instructor in Pediatrics
Christopher Grybauskas
Amy Lynn Davis, MD
  • Assistant Professor of Pediatrics
Amy Lynn Davis
Tina Bartlinski, MD
Tina Bartlinkski
Emily Murphy, MD
Assistant Professor of Medicine
Emily Murphy
C. Nicholas Cuneo, MD MPH
Medical Director, HEAL Refugee Health and Asylum Collaborative
Assistant Professor of Pediatrics
C. Nicholas Cuneo
Kate A. Connor, MD, MSPH

Medical Director, The Rales Health Center at KIPP Baltimore
Assistant Professor of Pediatrics

Katherine Connor

Advanced Practice Providers

Administrative Staff

  • Priscilla Eaddy, Administrative Assistant
  • Lorri Gibson, Business Manager
  • Zena Godfrey, Fellowship Coordinator