General Contact Information
- Media Relations Phone: 410-955-6070
- Media Relations Email: [email protected]
- After Hours & Holidays: 410-955-6070.
If you are a journalist working on a tight deadline or if this is an afterhours, urgent request, you can call this number and ask the operator to page the media relations representative on-call.
Journalists should always work with our team first to coordinate interviews. Each team member represents several departments or specialties of medicine and is available to respond to media inquiries or interview requests in a timely manner. If you are a journalist and unsure which specialty would be most appropriate for your request, please send an inquiry to [email protected]. Thank you.
To review our protocol on providing patient condition updates please reference this page.
Public Relations, Media Relations and Corporate Communications Team
- Addiction
- Adolescent Medicine
- AIDS/HIV
- Anatomy
- Anesthesiology/Critical Care Medicine
- Burn Center (Pediatric)
- Cancer
- Cardiology
- Community Health/Engagement and Health Disparities/Equity
- Cystic Fibrosis
- Dermatology
- Emergency Medicine
- Endocrinology, Diabetes, and Metabolism
- Gastroenterology
- General Internal Medicine
- Geriatrics/Gerontology
- Gynecology/Obstetrics
- Hematology
- Hepatology
- Hospital Epidemiology/Infection/Infectious Diseases
- Infectious Diseases
- Integrative/Complementary Medicine
- Johns Hopkins Bayview Medical Center
- Johns Hopkins Children's Center
- Johns Hopkins Community Physicians
- Johns Hopkins Medicine International (Latin America, Chinese, Caribbean and Middle East media)
- Liver
- Neonatal, Perinatal Medicine
- Nephrology/Kidney Disease
- Neurology/Neurosurgery
- Nursing
- Oncology
- Ophthalmology/Wilmer Eye Institute
- Orthopaedics
- Orthopedic Surgery
- Otolaryngology
- Pain
- Pancreas
- Pathology
- Pediatrics (General)
- Pediatrics/Children's Center
- Pharmacy
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- Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery
- Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences
- Pulmonary
- Radiology
- Rheumatology
- Sleep
- Sports Medicine
- Surgery
- The Sidney Kimmel Comprehensive Cancer Center
- Transplant Surgery/Organ Transplant
- Transplants
- Urology
- Women’s Health
- Rheumatology (Research)
- A Woman's Journey
- Allergy/Asthma
- Animal Care and Use
- Armstrong Institute for Patient Safety and Quality
- Awards and Announcements
- Basic Science Research
- Bioterrorism
- Branding, Third Party Releases/Use of Name
- Business of Medicine
- Cameras on Campus
- Caribbean Media
- China Media
- Community Engagement
- Critical Event Preparedness and Response (CEPAR)
- Diversity Initiatives
- Diversity, Equity and Inclusion
- Education
- Evolution
- General Media Inquiries
- Genetics
- Geriatrics/Aging
- Government Affairs
- Health Care Policy
- Healthcare Policy
- HIPAA
- History of Medicine
- Human Resources
- Institute for Basic Biomedical Sciences
- Institute for Cell Engineering
- Institute of Genetic Medicine
- International Adoption Medicine
- Issues Management
- Johns Hopkins Technology Ventures
- Labor Relations
- Latin American Media
- Legacy of Henrietta Lacks
- Legal Issues
- Managed Care
- Managed Care and Security
- Metrics and Reporting
- Nutrition
- Pediatrics (Research)
- Photo/Video Use/Permissions
- Research
- Research Integrity
- School of Medicine
- Security
- Supply Chain
- Technology Licensing
- Use of Name
- Women’s Board
Kim Polyniak, M.A.
Kim Polyniak, M.A., serves as a communications manager with the Johns Hopkins Medicine public relations, media relations and corporate communications team. In this role, she spends her time managing communications projects and media relations activities for Johns Hopkins Children's Center, the Department of Emergency Medicine, and the Johns Hopkins Office of Critical Event Preparedness and Response (CEPAR).
Throughout her career, Polyniak has held a wide range of positions in the communications industry in Maryland. Her professional experience began at WBFF-TV Fox45 in Baltimore, where she served in different producing roles. She also held positions at Maryland Public Television, in marketing and communications at a local Baltimore hospital and as a freelance writer. Polyniak has written for various formats, including television news, print publications, the Internet and social media.
Polyniak earned an M.A. in writing from The Johns Hopkins University and a B.A. in mass communication from Towson University.
Beats Covered
- Critical Event Preparedness and Response (CEPAR)
- Emergency Medicine
- Pediatrics/Children's Center
Kaitlyn Roman
In her role as a communications specialist, Kaitlyn Roman assists with internal communications and media outreach for Johns Hopkins Children's Center. Before joining the team, Kaitlyn worked as an associate producer at the CBS News bureau in Washington, D.C. There, she produced daily stories for the national morning show CBS Mornings. During her time at CBS News, Kaitlyn helped cover a wide range of events, including elections, impeachments, Supreme Court nominations and other daily breaking news stories in the nation's capital. Before CBS News, she worked as a production assistant at PBS Washington Week. Kaitlyn graduated from Ohio University with a degree in journalism.
Beats Covered
- Pediatrics/Children's Center