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Roy G Brower, M.D.
- Medical Director, Medical Intensive Care Unit
- Attending physician, Medical Intensive Care Unit, Johns Hopkins Hospital
- Professor of Medicine
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Souvik Chatterjee, M.D.
- Director, Intensive Care Unit, Johns Hopkins Bayview Medical Center
- Director, Fellowship Training Program in Pulmonary and Critical Care
- Co-Director of the Hopkins Bayview MICU
- Assistant Professor of Medicine
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Edward S Chen, M.D.
- Medical Director, Pulmonary Rehabilitation Unit
- Medical Director, Respiratory Care Services, Johns Hopkins Bayview Medical Center
- Assistant Professor of Medicine
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Sonye Karen Danoff, M.D., Ph.D.
- Co-Director, Johns Hopkins Interstitial Lung Disease/Pulmonary Fibrosis Program
- Associate Director, Johns Hopkins Myositis Center
- Professor of Medicine
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Henry Eric Fessler, M.D.
- Director of Education, Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care
- Professor of Medicine
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David Northrop Hager, M.D., Ph.D.
- Director, Medical Intensive Care Unit
- Director, Medical Intermediate Care Unit
- Associate Professor of Medicine
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Nadia Nathalie Hansel, M.D., M.P.H.
- Interim Director, Department of Medicine
- Interim Physician-in Chief, Johns Hopkins Hospital
- Associate Dean of Research, Johns Hopkins Bayview
- Chair, Johns Hopkins Bayview Scientific Advisory Board
- Professor of Medicine
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Jonathan Jun, M.D.
- Director, Sleep Disorders Center
- Director, Sleep Medicine Fellowship Program
- Associate Professor of Medicine
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Bo Soo Kim, M.D.
- Medical Director of the Hopkins Adult ECMO Program
- Director of the Advanced Critical Care Clerkship for Medical Students
- Assistant Professor of Medicine
- Assistant Professor of Surgery
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Noah Lechtzin, M.D., M.H.S.
- Director, Adult Cystic Fibrosis Program
- Associate Professor of Medicine
- Associate Professor of Neurology
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Hans Joo Lee, M.D.
- Interventional Pulmonary Fellowship Director
- Wang Interventional Pulmonary Fellowship Director
- Director of Bronchoscopy, Johns Hopkins Bayview
- Director of Pleural Disease Services
- Associate Professor of Medicine
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Stephen Carl Mathai, M.D., M.H.S.
- Director, Inpatient Pulmonary Service, Johns Hopkins Hospital
- Co-Director, Ann Dana Kusch Multidisciplinary Program for Interstitial Lung Disease and Pulmonary Hypertension Research
- Associate Professor of Medicine
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Meredith Christine McCormack, M.D., M.H.S.
- Associate Director, Pulmonary & Critical Care Medicine
- Director, Johns Hopkins Asthma Precision Medicine Center of Excellence
- Director, BREATHE - Bridging Research, Lung Health, and the Environment - Center
- Medical Director, Pulmonary Function Laboratory
- Associate Professor of Medicine
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Christian Avery Merlo, M.D., M.P.H.
- Director of Outpatient Clinical Operations
- Associate Professor of Medicine
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Dale M Needham, M.D., Ph.D.
- Medical Director, Critical Care Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation Program
- Director, Outcomes After Critical Illness and Surgery (OACIS) Group
- Professor of Medicine
- Professor of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation
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Jonathan Brett Orens, M.D.
- Interim Director, Division of Pulmonary & Critical Care Medicine
- Professor of Medicine
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Ann Marie Parker, M.D., Ph.D.
- Co-Director, Johns Hopkins Post-Acute COVID-19 Team
- Assistant Professor of Medicine
- Assistant Professor of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation
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Grace Pien, M.D., M.S.C.E.
- Program Director, Sleep Medicine Fellowship Program
- Assistant Professor of Medicine
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Pali Dedhiya Shah, M.D.
- Medical Director, Lung Transplantation Program
- Assistant Professor of Medicine
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Michelle Whitfield Sharp, M.D., M.H.S.
- Co-Director of Johns Hopkins Sarcoidosis Program
- Assistant Professor of Medicine
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Venkataramana K Sidhaye, M.D.
- Associate Director of the Physician-Scientist Pathway, Osler Residency Program
- Associate Professor of Medicine
- Associate Professor of Biomedical Engineering
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Robert A Wise, M.D.
- Medical Director Pulmonary Function Laboratory, Johns Hopkins Asthma & Allergy Center
- Professor of Medicine
- Instructor of Radiology and Radiological Science
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Lonny Brett Yarmus, D.O.
- Vice Chair for Clinical Business Development & Strategy, Department of Medicine
- Director, Interventional Pulmonary
- Co-Director, Interventional Pulmonary Research Core
- Professor of Medicine
- Professor of Oncology
Critical Care

About Our Practice
We provide comprehensive critical care services for over 2,000 patients each year who suffer from life-threatening illnesses such as pneumonia, acute lung injury, acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS), liver failure, gastrointestinal bleeding, acute kidney failure and shock.
Our critical care teams are supervised by physicians who specialize in critical care medicine and pulmonary disease. Other physicians on our team include nephrologists, gastroenterologists, psychiatrists, cardiologists, physiatrists, endocrinologists, surgeons, radiologists, and consultants in infectious disease. Members of the physician teams are available continuously in the medical intensive care unit (MICU) 365 days/year.
Medical Intensive Care Units
Our MICUs are equipped with state-of-the-art equipment for managing all medical emergencies. Our nursing staff is a highly skilled and motivated group that delivers the best possible bedside care to our patients. They are also very concerned with our patients’ comfort, and they are attentive to our patients’ families, who frequently need information and guidance.
Our teams are complemented by strong support from nurse practitioners, physician assistants, respiratory therapists, pharmacists, nutritionists, physical and occupational therapists, and social workers.
Areas of Special Focus
Our areas of special focus include diagnosis and management of ARDS and sepsis. We have conducted research on these conditions for over 30 years and have led and collaborated on many multicenter clinical trials of promising new treatments for ARDS. Our therapeutic approaches include:
- Conventional lung-protective mechanical ventilation
- High frequency oscillatory ventilation (HFOV)
- Airway pressure release ventilation (APRV)
- Inhaled prostacyclin
- Inhaled nitric oxide (iNO)
- Extra-corporeal membrane oxygenation (ECMO)
Another of our areas of special focus is physical medicine and rehabilitation in the intensive care unit. We have a specialized program with dedicated physical therapists who use an array of specialized equipment and therapeutic approaches to prevent weakness, depression and functional loss while our patients remain on life support.
To speak to a critical care physician in our MICU about a patient, please call the Hopkins Access Line, 410-955-9444, and ask to speak to the MICU attending physician.
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