SIBLEY SENIOR SERVICES - Key Persons
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- Assistant Professor of Gynecology and Obstetrics
Expertise: Maternal Fetal Medicine, Multiple Gestations, Obstetrics
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- Director, Spine Rehabilitation / Director, Interventional Spine and Musculoskeletal Fellowship / Assistant Professor of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation
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- Director, Johns Hopkins Pediatric Neurosurgery
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- Assistant Professor of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation
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- Assistant Professor of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation
Expertise: Botulinum Toxin Injections, Intrathecal Baclofen Therapy, Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, Spasticity Management, Spinal Cord Injury
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- Assistant Professor of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation
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- Medical Director, Multiple Sclerosis Rehabilitation Program
Expertise: Cerebral Palsy, Movement Disorders, Multiple Sclerosis Rehabilitation, Neurologic Rehabilitation, Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation
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- Assistant Professor of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation
Expertise: Cerebral Palsy, Congenital Anomalies, Pediatric Rehabilitation, Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, Spina Bifida
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- Director of Male Infertility and Men 's Health / Assistant Professor of Urology / Assistant Professor of Gynecology and Obstetrics
Expertise: Benign Prostatic Hyperplasia (BPH), Erectile Dysfunction, Low Testosterone, Male Infertility, Pelvic Pain
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- Assistant Director of Patient Safety for the Johns Hopkins Hospital
- Assistant Director of Patient Safety, Johns Hopkins Hospital and the Johns Hopkins Medicine Armstrong Institute for Patient Safety and Quality
Plotts serves as the Assistant Director of Patient Safety for The Johns Hopkins Hospital and the Johns Hopkins Medicine Armstrong Institute for Patient Safety and Quality. Her clinical experience led her to the field of patient safety and served as the patient safety officer and worked on various projects for AI, including CUSP for VAP and the national CLABSI initiative. She was a past patient safety fellow with the AIPSQLA academy (formerly AI Patient Safety Fellowship). Plotts was a member of one of the first Comprehensive Unit-based Safety Program (CUSP) teams at Johns Hopkins Hospital and provides leadership, mentorship and coaching to CUSP teams across Johns Hopkins Medicine and to hospitals nationally and internationally. She is most interested in Just Culture implementation, safety culture measurement and assessment and multidisciplinary collaboration as a tool to improve patient outcomes. She holds a Bachelor's Degree in Nursing from Towson University and a Master's degree in Nursing Leadership and Health Systems Management. She came to Johns Hopkins Hospital in 2000 as a critical care nurse in the Weinberg Adult Surgical ICU. In addition to clinical nursing experience, she also served as the Transfusion Safety Officer in the JHH Department of Pathology and a Patient Safety Coordinator for Johns Hopkins Hospital.
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- Director of Gynecology and Obstetrics
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- Program Director, Maternal - Fetal Medicine Fellowship / Director, First Trimester Screening Program Associate Director, Prenatal Genetics, Prenatal Diagnostic Center
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- Director, Family Planning Division Director, Fellowship in Family Planning / Associate Professor of Gynecology and Obstetrics
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- Assistant Professor of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation
Expertise: Hip Dislocations, Knee Dislocations, Lateral Collateral Ligament Tears (LCL) Injury, Medial Collateral Ligament Tears (MCL) Injury, Medial Patellar Femoral Ligament (MPFL) Injury
Cagla Oruc is a Research Assistant on the Human Factors team at the Armstrong Institute for Patient Safety and Quality. She is an Industrial Engineer with experience in fields of supply chain, process improvement and project management. Her research interests include human factors engineering applications in areas of patient safety and global health. Education B.S., Industrial Engineering, Bilkent University, 2016 M.S., Health Care Management, Johns Hopkins University, Carey Business School, 2017
Expertise: Achilles Tendon Injuries, Ankle Injuries, Anterior Shoulder Instability, Arthritis of the Foot and Ankle, Arthritis of the Hand
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- Senior Director of Development
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- Director, Reproductive Endocrinology and Infertility Fellowships / Director, Patient Education Assistant Professor of Gynecology and Obstetrics
Expertise: Endometriosis, Fertility before and after Cancer Treatment, Fertility Preservation, Fibroids, In Vitro Fertilization
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- Patient Safety Specialist for the Johns Hopkins Hospital
Cheryl Connors is a patient safety specialist for the Johns Hopkins Hospital and the Johns Hopkins Armstrong Institute for Patient Safety and Quality. She is responsible for planning, implementing and evaluating safety programs throughout the hospital. Her primary responsibility is to serve as the director for the RISE (Resiliency In Stressful Events) team which she co-led the development and implementation of. The RISE team currently provides trained peer support for Johns Hopkins Hospital employees who encounter stressful, patient related events. Connors works with the Comprehensive Unit-based Safety Program (CUSP) teams to promote a culture of sharing and learning from defects, and to work toward meeting safety goals. She also has responsibility for the debriefing of the Safety Culture Assessment Survey house-wide and is faculty for the TeamSTEPPS training program at AI. Connors received her Doctorate in Nursing Practice degree from the University of Alabama in 2019. She has a clinical background in pediatrics, where she developed a passion to improve patient safety. Connors led the Josie King Safety team for several years at Johns Hopkins before advancing her career in nursing leadership. Connors officially became a patient safety specialist in 2012. Connors has presented on safety topics both nationally and internationally (Qatar, Okinawa, and Saudi Arabia) and has facilitated the education of staff and the establishment of safety teams in the Military Health System. She collaborates with Johns Hopkins' schools of nursing, public health and medicine on teamwork and communication and patient safety programs.
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- Assistant Professor of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation
Expertise: Neuromyelitis Optica, Pediatric Spinal Cord Injury, Spinal Cord Dysfunction, Spinal Cord Injury, Spinal Cord Trauma
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- Director, Labor and Delivery at Johns Hopkins Bayview Medical Center / Assistant Professor of Gynecology and Obstetrics
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- Medical Director, Critical Care Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation Program Director, Outcomes After Critical Illness and Surgery ( OACIS ) Group / Professor of Medicine
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- Assistant Professor of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation
Expertise: Botox Spasticity Treatment, Brain Injury Rehabilitation, Neurologic Rehabilitation, Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, Stroke Rehabilitation
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- Assistant Professor of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation
Expertise: Arthritis, Back Pain, Bursitis, Cervical Degenerative Disc Disease, Complex Regional Pain Syndrome
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- Surgeon - in - Chief, Johns Hopkins Children 's Center
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- Director of Pediatric Otolaryngology / Professor of Otolaryngology - Head and Neck Surgery / Associate Professor of Anesthesiology and Critical Care Medicine
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- Department Administrator & Director of Nursing
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- Assistant Professor of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation
Expertise: Back Pain, Cancer Rehabilitation, Joint Pain, Musculoskeletal Injuries, Myofascial Pain
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- Professor of the Department of Gynecology and Obstetrics
Doyle, Peter A., Gurses, Ayse P. Pronovost, Peter J. Mastering Medical Devices for Safe Use: Policy, Purchasing, and Training. American Journal of Medical Quality, I-3, 2016.
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- Professor Emeritus of the Johns Hopkins Department of Physical Medicine
Dr. Jeffrey Palmer is a professor emeritus of the Johns Hopkins Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation. A member of the faculty since 1983, Dr. Palmer reached the rank of professor in 2002. From 2004 to 2014, he served as the Lawrence Cardinal Shehan Chair of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation and the physiatrist-in-chief of The Johns Hopkins Hospital. Dr. Palmer has retired from medical practice. He remains active in research and teaching.
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- M.H.S. Sr. Project Administrator
Kasda's primary responsibilities involve management of the Johns Hopkins Health System's event reporting initiatives. She has presented both nationally and internationally on how event reporting data can be used to improve culture and to design safer care delivery systems, and sharing opportunities for advancements in event reporting analytics. Kasda also helps lead the health system's Patient Safety Organization efforts to ensure appropriate data protections and maximize patient safety learning.Within The Johns Hopkins Hospital, Kasda manages the functions of the hospital's Patient Safety Committee. She leads various event review meetings and process improvement projects, helping teams to identify opportunities to prevent or mitigate harm and improve care. She also participates in root cause analyses as needed. Kasda is most active in the Hopkins Event Action Team, which meets weekly to triage important patient safety events, as well as groups focused on patient identification, pain management, continuity of care and health IT safety.Kasda participated in a patient safety research grant using malpractice claims to develop care transition planning tools. She is also helping to lead the organization's efforts to integrate concepts of mindful organizing and principles of high reliability into operations.
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- Graduate Researcher of the Year, 2017
Ephrem is a postdoctoral research fellow - working under the supervision of Dr. Ayse Gurses - at the Johns Hopkins Medicine Armstrong Institute for Patient Safety and Quality. He is a pharmacist-health services researcher whose research interests mainly lie in understanding and mitigating hazards to safe medication use and delivery systems across the health care continuum including, in the inpatient, ambulatory, and community care settings. More broadly, Ephrem's scholarly interests also focus on large-scale organizational changes targeted at improving safety and quality of patient care across healthcare institutions. Education Ph.D., Pharmacy-Heath Services Research), University of Wisconsin-Madison 2016 M.S., Pharmacy-Heath Services Research), University of Wisconsin-Madison 2014
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- Assistant Director, Lean Sigma Deployment, Johns Hopkins Bayview Medical Center
- Registered Dietitian
Erica Reinhardt began working in hospitals as a registered dietitian in 2006, transitioning into a food service director role, where she gained health care operations experience. During this time, Erica earned her Lean Six Sigma Black Belt and led and participated in several Lean Sigma projects. Currently, Erica leads continuous improvement efforts at Johns Hopkins Bayview Medical Center. She mentors leaders through process improvement, educates on Lean tools and concepts, supports Lean Sigma projects and Lean Daily Management work, and leads Kaizen events. Reinhardt received a bachelor's degree from Cornell University in Nutritional Sciences. She then attended Clemson University, where she completed her dietetic internship and earned her master's degree in Food, Nutrition, and Culinary Sciences.
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- Senior Research Coordinator for the Johns Hopkins Armstrong Institute for Patient Safety
Erin Kirley is a Senior Research Coordinator for the Johns Hopkins Armstrong Institute for Patient Safety and Quality. She currently manages two quality improvement/patient safety research projects: the AHRQ funded Quality and Safety Review System Pilot Test in Hospitals; and the PCORI funded project, A Roadmap for Establishing Peer Support Programs in Research and the Real World. Erin also coordinated the development of a curriculum for primary care teams on the collaborative project between the Armstrong Institute and the American Medical Association. The project was part of the AMA's Improving Health Outcomes initiative, and the objective was to develop a program to help clinicians identify and treat patients with undiagnosed hypertension. Erin joined the Armstrong Institute in August 2012 as an Administrative Coordinator, providing support on multiple research projects, including a national improvement project to reduce ventilator-associated pneumonia in intensive care units and the Armstrong Institute's national initiative on surgical safety. Prior to joining the Armstrong Institute, Erin was the Executive Assistant to the Vice President of Facilities for The Johns Hopkins Hospital and Health System. Education B.S. in Applied Nutrition from the University of Delaware.
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- Director, Maternal - Fetal Medicine Fellowship Program / Professor of Gynecology and Obstetrics
Expertise: Gynecology, Gynecology and Obstetrics, Maternal and Fetal Medicine, Obstetrics
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- Director, Pediatric Emergency Medicine Fellowship Program Assistant Professor of Pediatrics
Expertise: Concussion, Musculoskeletal Injuries, Pediatric Emergency Medicine, Sports Injuries, Sports Medicine
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- Project Manager, Education & Training
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- Member of the Multidisciplinary Care Team
- Director, Pediatric Urology Research Assistant Professor of Urology
Expertise: Bladder Cancer, Bladder Exstrophy, Gender Affirming Care, Hernias, Hypospadias
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- Senior Associate Director of Stewardship
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- Professor of Gynecology and Obstetrics
Expertise: Dysfunctional Uterine Bleeding, Gynecology and Obstetrics, Infertility, Menopause, Ovarian Dysfunction
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- Director, Division of Reproductive Science and Women 's Health Research
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- Senior Associate Director of Alumni Relations
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- Director of Obstetric Anesthesia / Associate Professor of Anesthesiology and Critical Care Medicine / Associate Professor of Gynecology and Obstetrics
Expertise: Anesthesiology, Obstetric Anesthesiology
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- Associate Chief, Strategy & Integration, General Pediatric Surgery / Director, Fetal Program, General Pediatric Surgery / Director, Pediatric Esophageal Surgery, Johns Hopkins Children 's Center
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- Director, Fetal Assessment Center / Assistant Professor of Gynecology and Obstetrics
Expertise: Fetal Cardiology, Gynecology and Obstetrics, High Risk OB, Multiple Gestations, Obesity
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- Director, Labor and Delivery / Director, Advanced Obstetric Surgery Center
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- Director of the Division of Maternal - Fetal Medicine / Professor of Gynecology and Obstetrics
Expertise: High Risk OB, HIV/AIDS, Maternal and Fetal Medicine, Multiple Gestations, Obstetrics
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- Assistant Professor of Gynecology and Obstetrics / Assistant Professor of Surgery
Expertise: Amniotic Band Syndrome (ABS), Congenital Diaphragmatic Hernia, EXIT Procedure, Fetal Cardiac Defects, Fetal Echocardiography
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- Director, Division of Gynecologic Specialties / Medical Director, Women 's Health Center, JHOC / Director, Ob / Gyn Resident Continuity Clinic, JHOC
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- Third Party Reproduction Coordinator
Jennifer Kearney, R.N.C., is a career obstetric nurse specializing in fetal therapy for the past five years. She is a compassionate, professional nurse committed to seamless coordination of care for the special population she serves. Kearney uses excellent clinical skills to provide comprehensive nursing care during prenatal appointments, fetal testing and surgical procedures. She is currently working on her bachelor's degree at the University of Maryland School of Nursing.
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- Support Staff Member
- Administrative & Surgical Coordinator
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- Assistant Professor of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation / Assistant Professor of Oncology
Expertise: Cancer Rehabilitation, Cancer-Related Fatigue, Chemotherapy Induced Peripheral Neuropathy, Gait Impairment, Joint Pain
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- Health Care & Surgery
- Health Care Professionals
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- Associate Residency Program Director / Associate Professor of Otolaryngology - Head and Neck Surgery
Expertise: Aerodigestive Disorders, Cholesteatoma, Diseases of the Ear and Nose, Diseases of the Throat in Children, Ear infections
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- Director, Greenberg Center for Skeletal Dysplasias / Professor of Genetic Medicine / Professor of Pediatrics
Expertise: Achondroplasia, Genetics, Medical Genetics, Skeletal Dysplasias
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- Director, Prenatal Genetics, Prenatal Diagnostic Center / Professor of Gynecology and Obstetrics / Professor of Oncology
Expertise: Dysmorphology, Fetal Ultrasound, Gynecology and Obstetrics, Hematologic Disorders in Pregnancy, Human Genetics
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- Assistant Professor of Gynecology and Obstetrics
Expertise: Complex Obstetric Surgery, Maternal-Fetal Medicine, Multiple Gestations
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- Assistant Professor of Gynecology and Obstetrics
Expertise: Diminished Ovarian Reserve, Fertility before and after Cancer Treatment, Fertility Preservation, Gender Affirming Care, In Vitro Fertilization
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- Registered Nurse, Certified
Jennifer Kearney, R.N.C., is a career obstetric nurse specializing in fetal therapy for the past five years. She is a compassionate, professional nurse committed to seamless coordination of care for the special population she serves. Kearney uses excellent clinical skills to provide comprehensive nursing care during prenatal appointments, fetal testing and surgical procedures. She is currently working on her bachelor's degree at the University of Maryland School of Nursing.
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- Assistant Director of Development
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- Vice Chair, Clinical Affairs, Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation / Associate Professor of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation
Expertise: Electrodiagnostic Medicine (EMG), Neurologic Rehabilitation, Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, Spasticity Management, Stroke Rehabilitation
As a military spouse, Melissa Laurie has worked for more than 10 years in multiple maternal-fetal medicine units throughout the country, honing her expertise in the diagnosis of fetal anomalies. Most recently, she was the Lead Sonographer at Medstar Washington Hospital. Melissa graduated summa cum laude from the Ferris State University Diagnostic Medical Sonography Program after earning a bachelor's degree in biomedical sciences from Central Michigan University. She strives to make every visit for each patient and their loved ones a meaningful and positive experience despite the challenging nature of their pregnancy.
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- Director Emerita, Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation / Distinguished Service Professor, Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation
- Professor
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- Interim Director, Eudowood Neonatal Pulmonary Division
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- Assistant Director of Alumni Relations
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- Senior Director of Patient Safety for the Johns Hopkins Medicine Armstrong Institute for Patient Safety
- Senior Director of Patient Safety, Armstrong Institute for Patient Safety and Quality and Johns Hopkins Hospital
Dr. Paine serves as the Senior Director of Patient Safety for The Johns Hopkins Medicine Armstrong Institute for Patient Safety and Quality and The Johns Hopkins Hospital. In this role, she is responsible for the strategic and tactical oversight of the Patient Safety programs, including the Comprehensive Unit-based Safety Program (CUSP), culture assessment, Health IT safety, Human Factors, second victim support, event reporting, just culture and workplace violence. She served on the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality and the National Quality Forum's Expert Panel for Common Formats in event reporting. She has spoken to audiences and consulted with hospitals nationally and internationally on CUSP, Science of Patient Safety, event reporting, high reliability, safety culture measurement and improvement as well as patient and family involvement in safety. Of particular interest in her practice as a Patient Safety Officer is mindful organizing, risk assessment and culture. She is an adjunct faculty member at the Johns Hopkins University School of Nursing and associate faculty member at Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health. She holds a Bachelor's Degree in Nursing from Nazareth College of Rochester, a Master's degree in Applied Behavioral Science and Change Management from the Johns Hopkins University and a Doctorate of Public Health from the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health. She came to The Johns Hopkins Hospital in 1988 as a Labor & Delivery nurse. In addition to clinical and patient care management experience, she has held positions in hospital administration, product line development, and work process redesign.
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- Co - Director, HALO Program Assistant Professor of Gynecology and Obstetrics
Expertise: Gynecology, Gynecology and Obstetrics, Multiple Gestations, Obstetrics
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- Johns Hopkins Dermatologist, Is Developing a Cell Therapy That Could Enable Prosthetics Wearers to Use Their Devices Longer
Luis Garza, a Johns Hopkins dermatologist, is developing a cell therapy that could enable prosthetics wearers to use their devices longer.
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- Assistant Professor of Gynecology and Obstetrics
Expertise: Amniotic Band Syndrome (ABS), Congenital Diaphragmatic Hernia, EXIT Procedure, Fetal Cardiac Defects, Fetal Echocardiography
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- Assistant Director, Neurosurgery Residency Program Associate Professor of Neurosurgery
Expertise: Brain Tumors, Chiari Malformations, Epilepsy Surgery, Hydrocephalus, Intramedullary Spinal Cord Tumors
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- Director of Education and Training
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- Associate Professor of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation
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- Support Staff Member
- Administrative & Surgical Coordinator
Michal Secker FNP-C is a Nurse Practitioner at the James Buchanan Brady Urological Institute and works at the Johns Hopkins Hospital as well as the Greenspring Outpatient Center. She works collaboratively with Dr. Amin S. Herati, MD, the Director of Men's Health and Director of Male Infertility.
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- Assistant Professor of Gynecology and Obstetrics
Expertise: Gynecology, Maternal and Fetal Medicine, Obstetrics
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- Research Program Manager at the Armstrong Institute for Patient Safety
Mohammad Naqibuddin is a research program manager at the Armstrong Institute for Patient Safety and Quality. His current research includes the BREATHE and BREATHE2 studies, which seek to improve health-related quality of life and reduce health care costs for patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease. Following his medical education from Dhaka University, Bangladesh, he pursued his postgraduate studies and postdoctoral research fellowship at The Johns Hopkins University's Bloomberg School of Public Health and School of Medicine, respectively. His current scholarly interests focus on COPD and patient-centered outcome research. Since 1999, he has been working at Johns Hopkins in different research projects that include prostate cancer, lupus, brain function, HIV, depression and diabetes.
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- Director, Musculoskeletal Center Director, Sports Medicine Fellowship Program Assistant Professor of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation
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- Associate Dean for Undergraduate Medical Education, School of Medicine / Director of Medical Student Education, GYN / OB / Associate Professor of Gynecology and Obstetrics
Expertise: Gynecology and Obstetrics, High Risk OB, Medical Education, Multiple Gestations, Obstetrics
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- Assistant Professor of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation
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- Assistant Director of Communications
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- Research Fellow at the Armstrong Institute for Patient Safety
Nicolette is a postdoctoral research fellow at the Armstrong Institute for Patient Safety and Quality in Johns Hopkins School of Medicine. She is an industrial and systems engineer specializing in human factors and cognitive systems engineering. Her research interests include application of cognitive engineering methods in healthcare and health information technology, as well as the study of decision making in complex, dynamic environments. Education B.S./M.S.; Industrial & Systems Engineering, Rochester Institute of Technology; 2008/2009 Ph.D.; Industrial & Systems Engineering - Human Factors, State University of New York at Buffalo; 2016
Expertise: Brain Injury Rehabilitation, Neurologic Rehabilitation, Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, Stroke, Stroke Rehabilitation
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- Assistant Professor of Gynecology and Obstetrics
Expertise: Fertility Preservation, Male Factor Infertility, Obstetrics and Gynecology, Polycystic Ovarian Syndrome (PCOS), Premature Ovarian Failure
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- the Quality and Innovation Project Administrator
Patience is the Quality and Innovation Project Administrator on the Human Factors team at the Johns Hopkins Armstrong Institute for Patient Safety and Quality. She is a Biomedical Engineer with a broad technical skill-set, research and project management experience, as well as extensive international exposure. She is passionate about patient safety, global health and the development of high-quality, low-cost medical devices and processes for different healthcare settings. Her research interests include the application of human factors engineering to infection control and prevention. Education B.S., Biomedical Engineering, premedicine, Bucknell University, 2014 M.S.E., Bioengineering Innovation and Design, Johns Hopkins University, 2015
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- Associate Professor ( PAR ) of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation
Expertise: Deconditioning, Electrodiagnostic Medicine (EMG), Geriatric Rehabilitation, Peripheral Nerve Disorders, Peripheral Nerve Injury
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- Chief, Division of Pediatric Orthopaedics
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- Patient Safety Specialist for the Johns Hopkins Hospital
Paula Kent is a patient safety specialist for the Johns Hopkins Hospital and the Johns Hopkins Armstrong Institute for Patient Safety and Quality. She is responsible for planning, implementing and evaluating safety programs throughout the hospital. Her primary responsibility involves working with the Comprehensive Unit-based Safety Program (CUSP) teams to promote a culture of sharing and learning from defects, and to work toward meeting safety goals. In this capacity, she is able to observe the safety and teamwork cultures across the organization, and especially on CUSP teams. Kent works with organizational leaders to onboard them to the CUSP Executive role and partner them with new teams. She also has responsibility for the debriefing of the Safety Culture Assessment Survey house-wide annually and is responsible for oversight of the TeamSTEPPS training program at AI. She has a Doctor of Public Health, a Master's of Nursing and an M.B.A. from Johns Hopkins University and has a certificate in Patient Safety from IHI. She has worked in Patient Safety for more than 10 years and has an interest in measurement and monitoring of the performance of health care organizations to improve the culture of safety and delivery of safe patient care. Kent has presented on safety topics both nationally and internationally (Mexico, Great Britain, Vietnam, Saudi Arabia and Korea) and has facilitated the education of staff and the establishment of safety teams in the United Arab Emirates. She collaborates with Johns Hopkins' schools of nursing, public health and medicine, and the Armstrong Institute on teamwork and communication and patient safety programs.
Peter Doyle is a human factors engineer with 35 years of experience performing human factors analysis, design and test activities in the fields of nuclear power generation, defense contracting, simulation and training, information and communication systems, and health care and medicine. Given his interest in analysis and design he orients his efforts to applied solutions for operational challenges. Since 2007, he has worked in the Clinical Engineering Services department at The Johns Hopkins Hospital using accepted human factors methodologies and established human factors design criteria in the design and improvement of information-based, mechanical and process technologies. He addresses patient safety issues to assess and control risk associated with medical devices, work processes and information technologies. Examples of projects include medical device evaluation and selection, design for alarm management, tubing misconnections studies, prototype development and testing of infusion pump design, simulations to assess and improve delivery of emergency services, integration of nurse call and communication systems and participation in root cause analyses of events involving patient harm. He also evaluates critical care processes via hands-on simulations and conducts usability analyses of medical devices and information technologies. Pete has worked collaboratively with the Association for Advancement of Medical Instrumentation on national level efforts to improve infusion pump design and to assist in the integration of complex medical technologies into health care settings. Education Ph.D., Human factors track of the applied experimental psychology program at the Catholic University of America, Washington, D.C. M.A., Clinical Psychology, Loyola University, Baltimore, MD B.A., Psychology, Towson State University, Towson, MD Certifications and Memberships Pete is certified as a Human Factors Practitioner (# 0053) and as a Certified Usability Analyst. He holds memberships in the Human Factors and Ergonomics Society and the Association for Advancement of Medical Instrumentation.
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- Associate Director of Development
- Development
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- Assistant Professor of Anesthesiology and Critical Care Medicine
Expertise: Anesthesiology, Critical Care Medicine
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- Director, the Kelly Gynecologic Oncology Service Director, Enhanced Recovery After Surgery Program / Co - Director of the Johns Hopkins Fertility Preservation and Innovation Center
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- Assistant Director, Lean Sigma Deployment, the Johns Hopkins Hospital
A Lean Sigma Master Black Belt, Hill has led Lean Sigma classes and coached Green Belts at Johns Hopkins since 2005. With 15 years of experience in the aerospace industry, Hill has achieved significant depth in the areas of Lean, Six Sigma, team dynamics and facilitation, and has led many cross-functional process improvement teams over the years. Leveraging this experience, he has served as a mentor to numerous Green Belts. Hill received a B.S. in Business Administration/Management from Bryant College in Smithfield, Rhode Island.
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- Medical Director, Maternal Fetal Medicine, Johns Hopkins Medicine, Sibley Memorial Hospital / Associate Professor of Gynecology and Obstetrics
Expertise: Gynecology, Gynecology and Obstetrics, High Risk OB, Maternal and Fetal Medicine, Obstetrics
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- Associate Professor of Gynecology and Obstetrics / Associate Professor of Surgery
- Professor
Expertise: Complex Obstetric Surgery, Critical Care Medicine, Maternal and Fetal Medicine, Obstetrics, Placenta Accreta Spectrum (PAS)
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- Director, Lean Sigma Deployment
A Certified Master Black Belt in Lean Sigma, Hody has taught Lean Sigma classes, led Kaizen Events and mentored health care projects at Johns Hopkins Medicine since 2006. Beginning in 1995, in GE's first group of Master Black Belts, Hody trained and led projects in operations, design, finance and information technology. He has also mentored projects in manufacturing, supply chain, sales and marketing as a Certified Master Black Belt and a Six Sigma Director with Black and Decker. His incremental involvement with Lean began in 1999, leading to a Lean Site Leader role in GE Healthcare. Hody earned a bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering from the University of Virginia and two master's degrees from Virginia Tech - in Engineering and Computer Science.
Expertise: Botox Spasticity Treatment, Botulinum Toxin Injections, Cancer Rehabilitation, Cerebral Palsy, Chronic Pain
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- Assistant Vice President, SoM Alumni Relations and FJHM Engagement
Katherine "Katie" Rock, M.S., C.G.C., meets with patients whose children may be at an increased risk for a genetic condition or birth defect. She earned her bachelor's degree in biology at the University of Virginia and her master's degree in genetic counseling at the University of Texas Health Science Center.
Durso, F.T., Kazi, S., & Darling, C.M. (2014). The role of number of tasks in determining the relevance of information. Human Factors, 56 (5), 952-57.
Sadaf Kazi is a Human Factors Researcher at the Armstrong Institute for Patient Safety and Quality at the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine. Her research work has explored how human cognition is shaped by the environment in which it operates by considering the effect of dynamic system variables such as uncertainty, time pressure, etc., on cognitive variables such as vigilance and prospective memory. She conducts research on cognitive and teamwork factors influencing performance in a variety of healthcare environments, and collaborates with the patient safety team to conduct proactive risk assessment in healthcare delivery. Education Ph.D., Engineering Psychology, Georgia Institute of Technology, 2016 M.S., Engineering Psychology, Georgia Institute of Technology, 2014 M.A., Clinical Psychology, SNDT Women's University, 2006 B.A., Psychology, University of Mumbai, 2004
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- Vice President of Business Development and Strategic Alliances for Johns Hopkins Medicine
Sanford Wu is the vice president of business development and strategic alliances for Johns Hopkins Medicine. In this role, he collaborates with entities and individuals across the health system and school of medicine to shape and lead business development and alliance management efforts in support of strategic initiatives that include enterprise growth and development, new programs and business ventures, care delivery innovations, corporate partnerships and other strategic relationships. Additionally, Mr. Wu serves on various management and advisory committees that provide leadership and strategic direction on matters related to physician practice coordination and development, technology innovation, precision medicine, programmatic development, name use and licensing guidelines. Mr. Wu originally joined Johns Hopkins Medicine in 2006. His past roles include assistant director of global strategy and managing director for global services at Johns Hopkins Medicine International. While there, Mr. Wu oversaw a wide range of global initiatives including growth strategy, internal operations, project management functions, consulting engagements and affiliations, business development and commercialization of intellectual property. Additionally, he played an integral role in expanding regional market entry and expansion initiatives across Asia and the Middle East. While at Johns Hopkins International, he worked extensively in China with leading public hospitals and universities, as well as some of the country's largest conglomerates and private equity-backed initiatives that spanned health care services, clinical research, investment strategy, talent and leadership development, risk, market scan and due diligence issues. Earlier in his career, Mr. Wu held positions in corporate finance, startup platform operations and investment analysis, working in management roles in both private and publicly listed entities in China and the United States. Mr. Wu earned his bachelor's degree from the University of Colorado Boulder and a master's degree from Columbia University's School of International and Public Affairs.
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- Assistant Professor of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation
Expertise: Botulinum Toxin Injections, Brain Injury, Cerebral Palsy, Congenital Spine Disorders, Neurologic Rehabilitation
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- Associate Professor ( PAR ) of Gynecology and Obstetrics
Expertise: High-risk Pregnancy, Maternal-Fetal Medicine, Multiple Gestations, Prenatal Ultrasound, Shoulder Dystocia
Sarah Millard has more than 10 years of experience as a high-risk obstetrical sonographer at The Johns Hopkins Hospital, specializing in multiple gestations, the diagnosis and treatment of high-risk maternal and fetal conditions, ultrasound guidance for fetal procedures, and fetal echocardiography. Millard graduated from the Johns Hopkins Diagnostic Medical Sonography Program after earning a bachelor's degree in interdisciplinary studies from Towson University. She strives to give all of her patients exceptional care, undivided attention and support.
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- Senior Quality & Innovation Coach
A Lean Sigma Black Belt, Burkett joined the Armstrong Institute for Patient Safety and Quality in 2015, bringing more than 15 years of experience leading, coaching and mentoring projects in manufacturing, business and health care. During his career, Burkett has been able to share the tenets of Lean Sigma with numerous cross-functional teams and Green Belts to make improvements in perioperative care, intensive care units and pharmacies. His experience includes work at Nabisco, Kraft and Loyola University Health System in Chicago. Burkett earned his bachelor's degree in Industrial Engineering from The Pennsylvania State University, University Park, Pennsylvania.
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- Assistant Professor of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation
Expertise: Arthritis, Back Pain, Botox Injections, Chronic Pain, Complex Regional Pain Syndrome
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- Director, Johns Hopkins Postural Orthostatic Tachycardia Syndrome ( POTS ) Program Assistant Professor of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation / Assistant Professor of Neurology
Expertise: Dermatomyositis, Electrodiagnostic Medicine (EMG), Inclusion Body Myositis, Motor Neuron Diseases, Myositis
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- Medical Director of Nelson 2 Clinic
Expertise: Botox Spasticity Treatment, Intrathecal Baclofen Therapy, Neuro Rehabilitation, Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, Spasticity Management
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- Director, Division of Reproductive Endocrinology and Infertility / Practice Director, Reproductive Endocrinology and Infertility
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- Assistant Professor of Gynecology and Obstetrics
Expertise: In Vitro Fertilization, Obstetrics and Gynecology, Reproductive Endocrinology and Infertility
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- Senior Quality & Innovation Coach
A Certified Six Sigma Master Black Belt, Wilson joined the Armstrong Institute for Patient Safety and Quality in 2016. Wilson has over 18 years of experience in the business sector leading, coaching, mentoring and facilitating teams in Operations cross-functionally from manufacturing to supply chain. As part of the AI Lean Sigma Team, Wilson drives continuous improvement through the deployment of Lean across Clinical Communities, Academic and Community Hospitals. Through teaching and coaching, he builds the capacity of healthcare professionals, to enable the improvement of healthcare experience across the Johns Hopkins Health System. Lamy earned his Bachelor of Science degree in Civil and Architectural Engineering from Drexel University.