
Aziz, Khyzer Bin Izhar, M.D.
Assistant Professor of Pediatrics
Expertise, Disease and Conditions:
Neonatal-Perinatal Medicine
Research Interests:
Neonatal Precision Medicine, Clinical Decision Support Tools

Boss, Renee Denise, M.D., M.H.S.
Associate Professor, Rembrandt Foundation Professor of Pediatric Palliative Care
Professor of Pediatrics
Professor of Pediatrics
Expertise, Disease and Conditions:
Neonatal-Perinatal Medicine
Research Interests:
Critical care neonatology, Clinician-to-parent communication, Neonatal palliative care

Chavez Valdez, Raul, M.D.
Associate Professor of Pediatrics
Expertise, Disease and Conditions:
Neonatal-Perinatal Medicine
Research Interests:
Neurological disorders during the perinatal period, Mechanisms of inflammation and trophism

Chen, May Wanru, M.D.
Associate Director, Neonatal-Perinatal Medicine Fellowship Training Program
Director, Neonatal Point-of-Care Ultrasound (POCUS) Program
Assistant Professor of Pediatrics
Director, Neonatal Point-of-Care Ultrasound (POCUS) Program
Assistant Professor of Pediatrics
Expertise, Disease and Conditions:
Neonatal-Perinatal Medicine, Neonatology, Pediatrics
Research Interests:
Neonatal Hypoxic Ischemic Encephalopathy, Brain Injury, Neuroprotections, Near-infrared Spectroscopy

Desiraju, Suneetha, M.D.
Assistant Professor of Pediatrics
Expertise, Disease and Conditions:
Neonatal-Perinatal Medicine, Pediatrics
Research Interests:
Neonatal Hemodynamics, Pulmonary Hypertension, Congenital Diaphragmatic Hernia, Necrotizing Enterocolitis, Anemia of Prematurity, General Prematurity, Medical Education

Donohue, Pamela K., Sc.D., M.S.
Director of Clinical Research, Division of Neonatology
Joint Appointment in Pediatrics
Joint Appointment in Pediatrics
Expertise, Disease and Conditions:
Neonatal-Perinatal Medicine, Neonatology
Research Interests:
Outcome of families of very low birth weight infants, Health delivery systems for preterm and critically ill infants both in the hospital and after discharge home, Physician-parent communication around critical decision-making for fetuses and newborns, Maternal and child health, Prematurity, Neonatology

Gilmore, Maureen M, M.D.
Medical Director, Neonatal Intensive Care Unit, Johns Hopkins Hospital
Assistant Professor of Pediatrics
Assistant Professor of Pediatrics
Expertise, Disease and Conditions:
Neonatal-Perinatal Medicine
Research Interests:
Patient Safety, Neonatal Blood Pressure Autoregulation, Neonatal Abstinence Syndrome (NAS), Hypoxic-ischemic encephalopathy (HIE), Autoregulation monitoring and Prematurity

Golden, William Christopher, M.D.
Medical Director, Newborn Nursery, Johns Hopkins Hospital
Director, Core Clerkship in Pediatrics, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine
Associate Professor of Pediatrics
Director, Core Clerkship in Pediatrics, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine
Associate Professor of Pediatrics
Expertise, Disease and Conditions:
Neonatal-Perinatal Medicine
Research Interests:
Neonatal/Congenital Infections, Neonatal Brain Injury, Neonatal Bilirubin Metabolism, Pediatric Medical Education

Gontasz, Michelle Marie, M.D.
Associate Medical Director, Neonatal Intensive Care Unit, Johns Hopkins Bayview Medical Center
Instructor of Pediatrics
Instructor of Pediatrics
Expertise, Disease and Conditions:
Neonatal-Perinatal Medicine, Patient Safety and Risk Management, Pediatrics, Quality Care
Research Interests:
Quality Improvement and Safety, Neonatal-Perinatal Medicine

Herzig, Laura Elizabeth, M.D.
Expertise, Disease and Conditions:
Neonatal-Perinatal Medicine, Neonatology, Pediatrics
Research Interests:

Johnson, Julia, M.D., Ph.D.
Associate Director of Clinical Research
Assistant Professor of Pediatrics
Assistant Professor of Pediatrics
Expertise, Disease and Conditions:
Epidemiology of Neonatal Sepsis, Infection prevention and control, Neonatal Global Health, Neonatal-Perinatal Medicine, Pediatrics
Research Interests:

Keiser, Amaris McCord, M.D.
Assistant Professor of Pediatrics
Expertise, Disease and Conditions:
Neonatal-Perinatal Medicine
Research Interests:
Disparities in adverse birth outcomes, perinatal epidemiology, genetic epidemiology, neonatal transfusion

Leung, Wayne Keith, M.D., M.S.
Instructor of Pediatrics
Expertise, Disease and Conditions:
Neonatology, Pediatrics
Research Interests:

Madurai, Nethra Kumar, M.D.
Instructor of Pediatrics
Expertise, Disease and Conditions:
Emergency Medicine, Pediatrics
Research Interests:

Makker, Kartikeya, M.B.B.S.
Medical Director, Johns Hopkins Bayview Medical Center NICU
Assistant Professor of Pediatrics
Assistant Professor of Pediatrics
Expertise, Disease and Conditions:
Neonatal-Perinatal Medicine, Neonatology, Pediatrics
Research Interests:
Neonatal Pulmonology, BPD, Health Care Outcomes, Big Data in Neonatal Health Care, Cardio Metabolic Outcomes of Preterm Infants

Munoz-Blanco, Sara Maria, M.D.
Assistant Professor of Pediatrics
Research Interests:
Critical Care Neonatology, Pediatric Chronic Critical Illness (pCCI), neonatal palliative care, patient-clinician communication, communication skills education, health equity.

Nogee, Lawrence Mark, M.D.
Interim Director, Eudowood Neonatal Pulmonary Division
Interim Director, Division of Neonatology
Professor of Pediatrics
Interim Director, Division of Neonatology
Professor of Pediatrics
Expertise, Disease and Conditions:
Neonatal-Perinatal Medicine
Research Interests:
Interstitial lung disease, Childhood interstitial lung disease, Genetic surfactant dysfunction disorders, Neonatal lung disease

Northington, Frances Josephine, M.D.
Co-Director, Neurosciences Intensive Care Nursery
Director, Maryland Regional Neonatal Transport Program
Professor of Pediatrics
Professor of Neurology
Director, Maryland Regional Neonatal Transport Program
Professor of Pediatrics
Professor of Neurology
Expertise, Disease and Conditions:
Neonatal-Perinatal Medicine
Research Interests:

Ozen, Maide, M.D.
Director Neonatal Simulation Education
Assistant Professor of Pediatrics
Assistant Professor of Pediatrics
Expertise, Disease and Conditions:
Neonatal-Perinatal Medicine, Neonatology
Research Interests:
Mechanisms of inflammation/infection-induced brain injury, Systems biology, High dimensional immune analysis, Neuroimmunology, Neonatal-perinatal immune cell biology

Schwarz, Brittany Lynn, M.D.
Director, Neonatal-Perinatal Medicine Fellowship Training Program
Assistant Professor of Pediatrics
Assistant Professor of Pediatrics
Expertise, Disease and Conditions:
Neonatal-Perinatal Medicine, Neonatology
Research Interests:
Research

Ling He, M.D., Ph.D.
Associate Professor of Pediatrics
Associate Professor of Pharmacology and Molecular Sciences
Associate Professor of Pharmacology and Molecular Sciences
Expertise, Disease and Conditions:
Neonatal-Perinatal Medicine
Research Interests:

Lauren Leigh Jantzie, Ph.D.
Associate Professor of Pediatrics
Associate Professor of Neurology
Associate Professor of Neurosurgery
Associate Professor of Neurology
Associate Professor of Neurosurgery
Research Interests:
perinatal brain injury, chorioamnionitis, posthemorrhagic hydrocephalus, pediatric traumatic brain injury, neuroinflammation, cerebral hypoxia-ischemia