ALUMNI

1976

After three decades of serving as a physician and epidemiologist in Ethiopia, Nepal and Thailand, Paul Hudson (SPH ’77) has published Healthcare and the Mission of God, a novel that explores questions such as how to integrate faith with practice as a health care professional, how to share your faith appropriately and how to care for patients compassionately.

1977

Dianne Atkins (A&S ’74), will receive the 2024 Lifetime Achievement Award in Cardiac Resuscitation Science at the American Heart Association’s Resuscitation Science Symposium. The award recognizes her leadership, service and contributions to the field of cardiac resuscitation science.

1980

Mark Keating (HS, internal medicine, 1980–83) co-founded and serves as a scientific adviser for City Therapeutics, which launched in October 2024 with $135 million in Series A funding. The company is developing an siRNA-engineering platform to design, improve and optimize RNAi-based medicines.

2003

The American Diabetes Association recently welcomed Rita Rastogi Kalyani (HS, medicine, 2003–06; PGF, medicine, 2003–06; PGF, endocrinology, 2006–07; SPH ’09; faculty, 2010–present) as one of its principal officers of the board of directors. Kalyani currently serves as professor of medicine in the Division of Endocrinology, Diabetes & Metabolism at the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine.

2006

Ryan Coller, associate professor and chief of the Division of Hospital Medicine and Complex Care at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, has been accepted into the American Pediatric Society, the premier academic pediatric organization in North America that aims to share the future of academic pediatrics through engagement of distinguished child health leaders. His research focuses on applying mixed methods to design and test interventions to prevent hospitalizations and improve family-centered outcomes for children with medical complexity.

Richard Redett III (HS, plastic surgery, 1995–2000; HS, plastic surgery, 2000–2002, faculty, plastic surgery, pediatrics, 2003–present) has been named physician-in-chief for Johns Hopkins Medicine and vice dean for clinical affairs for the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine. Redett is a professor and director of the Johns Hopkins Department of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, a professor of pediatrics, and an internationally renowned pediatric plastic surgeon.

Course Distinction

Several Johns Hopkins faculty and alumni recently completed the Harvard T.C. Chan School of Public Health’s Program for Chairs of Clinical Services, which brings together chairs of major clinical departments in teaching hospitals for intensive study of critical leadership, management issues, their departments and the teaching hospital. Completion of this course illustrates the leadership and influence Johns Hopkins has in shaping the future of health care and medicine.

Yuri Agrawal (HS, otolaryngology, 2005–10; PGF, medicine, 2007–08; SPH ’15; faculty, otolaryngology, 2012–2023) is chair of the University of Colorado Department of Otolaryngology-Head & Neck Surgery.

David Fleischer (HS, pediatrics, 1997–2000; PGF, allergy and immunology, 2002–05) is director of University of Colorado Allergy and Immunology Center and section head of allergy and immunology.

Albert Jun (PGF, medicine,1997–98; HS, ophthalmology, 1998–2001; faculty, ophthalmology, 2001–07, 2015–24) is chair of the Department of Ophthalmology at the University of Virginia School of Medicine.

Anne Marie Lennon (PGF, medicine, 2008–10; faculty, 2013–24) is chair of the University of Pittsburgh Department of Medicine.

Elizabeth Marsh (A&S ’03; Med ’07; HS, neurology, 2008–11; PGF, neurology, 2011–12; faculty, neurology, 2012–present) is director of the Comprehensive Stroke Center at Johns Hopkins Bayview Medical Center and associate director of the Neurology Residency program.

Danny Muehlschlegel (faculty, anesthesiology, critical care medicine, 2023–present) is chair of the Johns Hopkins Department of Anesthesiology and Critical Care Medicine and Mark C. Rogers Chair of Anesthesiology and Critical Care Medicine.

FORMER FACULTY, FELLOWS & RESIDENTS/HOUSE STAFF

Burton Singerman (SPH ’75; HS, psychiatry, 1976–79) served as civilian psychiatry consultant to the Pentagon and Department of Defense. In his role, he contributed to developing pre-deployment stress inoculation therapy, now a requirement for military personnel to help reduce PTSD from combat exposure.

Gordon Klein (PGF, pediatrics, 1976–78; PGF, nutritional sciences, 1976–78) has been selected by the World Health Organization to co-lead systematic reviews on cardiovascular comorbidities in osteoporosis.

Nita Ahuja (HS, surgery, 1993–2002; PGF, oncology, 2003; faculty, surgery, oncology, 2002–22; Bus ’16) was recently named dean of the University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health and the university’s next vice chancellor for medical affairs. Previously, she served as the chair of the Department of Surgery at Yale School of Medicine and chief of surgery at Yale New Haven Hospital.

Leigh Frame (SPH ’10, ’15; PGF, surgery, 2015–16) has been appointed chief wellness officer for the GW Resiliency and Well-Being Center at The George Washington University. As co-founder of the center, she has advanced initiatives that promote resilience, whole-person care and well-being across the community. She also serves as executive director of the Office of Integrative Medicine and Health and associate professor of clinical research and leadership.

James Segars (faculty, gynecology, 2015–present) has been appointed to the women’s health scientific advisory board of Cadenza Bio, a preclinical biotechnology company dedicated to developing small-molecule therapies for demyelinating and inflammatory diseases. Segars is a professor and director of the Division of Reproductive Science and Women’s Health Research at the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine.

Samuel Sarmiento (SPH ’17, Bus ’17, PGF, plastic and reconstructive surgery, 2017–18) is the founder and CEO of Juniper Life Sciences, a consulting firm that helps health care companies create products and services that are aligned with an approach to medicine that is personalized, precise and functional.

Shelby Kutty (faculty, pediatrics, 2018–25) has been named the vice president and chief academic officer of BayCare, a nonprofit health care system in Tampa Bay and west central Florida. In this role, Kutty will oversee the academic integrity and quality of educational programs.