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Department of Genetic Medicine

Our Team

Director

Julie E. Hoover-Fong, MD PhD

  • Director, Greenberg Center for Skeletal Dysplasias

Expertise: Pediatric Genetics, Medical Genetics

Primary Location: Rubenstein Child Health Building, Baltimore, MD

Program Administrator

Colleen Gioffreda, B.A.

Genetic Counseling

Amy Patterson, MS, CGC
Carolyn Applegate, MS, CGC

Neurosurgery

Mari Louise Groves, MD

  • Assistant Director, Neurosurgery Residency Program

Expertise: Brain and Tumor Neurosurgery, Pediatric Neurosurgery, Neurosurgery

Primary Location: Johns Hopkins Outpatient Center, Baltimore, MD

OB/GYN, Maternal-Fetal Medicine, Prenatal Genetics

  • Karin Blakemore, MD

    • Director, Prenatal Genetics

    Expertise: Medical Genetics, Maternal and Fetal Medicine, Obstetrics

    Primary Location: Johns Hopkins Health Care & Surgery Center - Green Spring Station, Lutherville, Lutherville, MD

  • Angie Jelin, MD

    • Program Director, Maternal-Fetal Medicine Fellowship

    Expertise: Medical Genetics, Maternal and Fetal Medicine, Obstetrics

    Primary Location: Johns Hopkins Bayview Medical Center, Baltimore, MD

Ophthalmology

Jefferson Doyle, MD PhD MHS

Expertise: Pediatric Ophthalmology

Primary Location: The Johns Hopkins Hospital, Baltimore, MD

Orthopedics

Paul David Sponseller, MD

  • Chief, Division of Pediatric Orthopaedics

Expertise: Pediatric Orthopedic Surgery, Orthopedic Surgery, Pediatric Spine Surgery

Primary Location: Johns Hopkins Outpatient Center, Baltimore, MD

Otolaryngology

  • John P. Carey, MD

    • Chief, Division of Otology, Neurotology and Skull Base Surgery

    Expertise: Otology, Neurotology, Otolaryngology

    Primary Location: Johns Hopkins Outpatient Center, Baltimore, MD

  • Charley Coleman Della Santina, MD PhD

    • Director, Johns Hopkins Cochlear Implant Center

    Expertise: Otology, Neurotology, Otolaryngology

    Primary Location: Johns Hopkins Outpatient Center, Baltimore, MD

  • David E. Tunkel, MD

    Expertise: Pediatric Head and Neck Surgery, Pediatric Otolaryngology, Otolaryngology

    Primary Location: Johns Hopkins Outpatient Center, Baltimore, MD

Pulmonology

Laura M. Sterni, MD

  • Director, Johns Hopkins Pediatric Sleep Center

Expertise: Pediatric Sleep Medicine, Pediatric Pulmonology

Primary Location: Rubenstein Child Health Building, Baltimore, MD

Research/Clinical Trials Staff

Julie Hoover-Fong, M.D., Ph.D.
Kira Lurman, R.N., Clinical and Research Nurse
Ryan Manuel, Senior Research Program Coordinator
John McGready, Ph.D., Associate Scientist, Biostatistics, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health
Kerry Schulze, Ph.D., Senior Scientist, International Health, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health
Kristina Wade, Senior Research Program Coordinator

Dietitian/Nutritionist

Celide Koerner, R.N., M.S.R.D.

Clinic Staff

Dorethea Knight, Senior Medical Office Coordinator
Dana Goins, Clinic Manager

Other Collaborative Clinics and Departments

Johns Hopkins Cleft and Craniofacial Center
Johns Hopkins Medicine Neurosurgery
Johns Hopkins Medicine Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery
Johns Hopkins Medicine Pulmonology
The Skeletal Dysplasia Program at Johns Hopkins All Children’s Hospital