Our Team

Faculty

Ivy Akid, M.D., M.P.H.
- Assistant Professor of Medicine
Lauren Elizabeth Berninger, D.O.
- Assistant Professor of Medicine
Expertise: Internal Medicine
Ian Borison II, D.O.
- Assistant Professor of Medicine
Expertise: Internal Medicine
Melanie Ladonna Brown, M.D., M.S.E.
- Medical Director, Pediatric Palliative Care
- Assistant Professor of Pediatrics
Expertise: Hospice and Palliative Care, Integrative Medicine, Pain Management, Pediatrics
Ilene Stephanie Browner, M.D.
- Assistant Professor of Oncology
- Joint Appointment in Medicine
Expertise: Geriatric Oncology, Medical Oncology, Oncology
Dulce Maria Cruz-Oliver, M.D.
- Assistant Professor of Medicine
- Assistant Professor of Oncology
Expertise: Internal Medicine
Danielle Josette Doberman, M.D., M.P.H.
- Program Director, Palliative Medicine Fellowship
- Medical Director, Palliative Medicine Program, Johns Hopkins Hospital
- Assistant Professor of Medicine
Expertise: Hospice and Palliative Care, Internal Medicine
Jennifer Esther Eitingon, M.D.
- Instructor of Medicine
Expertise: Palliative Care
Rebecca Anna Gersten, M.D.
- Assistant Professor of Medicine
Expertise: Pulmonary Disease
Christine Gourin, M.D., M.P.H.
- Vice Chair, Safety, Quality and Service, Johns Hopkins Department of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery
- Professor of Otolaryngology - Head and Neck Surgery
- Professor of Oncology
Expertise: Basal Cell Cancer of the Head and Neck, Carcinoma of the Tongue, Head and Neck Cancers, Head and Neck Surgery, Head and Neck Tumors
Nathan Alexander Gray, M.D.
- Assistant Professor of Medicine
Mark Thomas Hughes, M.D.
- Assistant Professor of Medicine
Expertise: Internal Medicine
Joann Beth Hunsberger, M.D., M.S.
- Assistant Professor of Anesthesiology and Critical Care Medicine
Expertise: Anesthesiology
Augustin Jacob Joseph, M.D.
- Assistant Professor of Medicine
Expertise: Internal Medicine
Lindsey Alana MacNabb, M.D.

Expertise: Palliative Care
Avani Prabhakar, M.B.B.S., M.P.H.
- Assistant Professor of Medicine
Thomas J Smith, M.D.
- The Harry J. Duffey Family Professor of Palliative Medicine
- Director of Palliative Medicine
- Professor of Oncology
- Joint Appointment in Medicine
Expertise: Hospice and Palliative Care, Medical Oncology, Pain Management, Palliative Care
Corey Xavier Tapper, M.D., M.S.
- Associate Program Director for Wellness, Osler Medical Residency
- Associate Program Director, Hospice and Palliative Medicine Fellowship
- Assistant Professor of Medicine
Expertise: Hospice and Palliative Care, Internal Medicine
Balakrishna Vemula, M.D.
- Instructor of Medicine
Expertise: Emergency Medicine, Internal Medicine
Zhu Wang, M.D.
- Assistant Professor of Medicine
Expertise: Palliative Care