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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: The Johns Hopkins Hospital, 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: 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: Otolaryngology

    Primary Location: Johns Hopkins Outpatient Center, Baltimore, MD

  • Charley Coleman Della Santina MD PhD

    • Director, Johns Hopkins Cochlear Implant Center

    Expertise: Otolaryngology

    Primary Location: Johns Hopkins Outpatient Center, Baltimore, MD

  • David E. Tunkel MD

    Expertise: 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