The Community Calls with Dr. G

Call from Friday June 26th, 2026 featuring Dr. Sameer Khan. Johns Hopkins hepatologist Sameer Khan has expertise in liver disease and treats patients with fatty liver disease and obesity. Dr. Khan earned his medical degree at the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai. He completed internal medicine residency training at the Yale School of Medicine, where he was chief resident, and fellowship tra...

Call from Friday June 12th, 2026 featuring Patient Advocate Terri Milton and Dr. Naim Alkhouri. As a Patient Advocate and Student of Life, Terri is making an impact in the world around her by spotlighting MASH, a disease of the liver, Transplant Patients and their journeys, and the need for awareness, education, and changes in policy around these issues. As a liver transplant recipient, she unders...

Call from Friday June 5th, 2026 featuring Dr. Vasiliki Moragianni. Dr. Moragianni specializes in obstetrics and gynecology as well as reproductive endocrinology and infertility. She is highly skilled in all aspects of fertility care. A native of Greece, she graduated from Cornell University with a Bachelor of Science degree in biology and from Georgetown University with a Master of Science degree...

Call from Friday May 29th, 2026 featuring Dr. Kim Levinson. Kimberly Levinson, M.D., is an associate professor in the Johns Hopkins Medicine Department of Gynecology and Obstetrics. Her areas of clinical expertise include minimally invasive surgery with both robotic and single incision laparoscopy, ovarian cancer debulking, cervical cancer and dysplasia. Dr. Levinson received her undergraduate deg...

This week due to the holiday we have a throwback episode! This call is from January 23, 2026 featuring Dr. Clifford Mitchell. Dr. Mitchell's work has focused on several areas: indoor environments; public health practice particularly related to environmental and occupational health; development of surveillance systems for environmental and occupational health, including development of Maryland's En...

Call from Friday May 15th, 2026 featuring Dr. Marcie Johnson. Dr. Marcie Johnson, Ph. D., Licensed Psychologist, received her doctorate in clinical psychology from the University of Iowa and completed her pre-doctoral internship at the Iowa City VA. She specialized in neuropsychology and is trained in a range of evidence-based cognitive behavioral therapeutic approaches. Dr. Johnson has worked wit...

Call from Friday May 8th, 2026 featuring Dr. Sheryl Gabram-Mendola. Dr. Gabram-Mendola is an expert in the surgical treatment of breast cancer and management of patients at high risk for breast cancer. She has also engaged in significant efforts to improve community awareness of the earlier detection of breast cancer in underserved minority women, to meet the rehabilitation needs of breast cancer...

Call from Friday May 1st, featuring Dr. Sumeska Thavarajah. Dr. Sumeska Thavarajah is an assistant professor of medicine at the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine. Her areas of expertise include nephrology.  Dr. Thavarajah earned her M.D. at Wayne State University School of Medicine. She completed her residency at the University of Connecticut Health Center and performed nephrology fellow...

Call from Friday April 24th, featuring Dr. David Yaden. David B. Yaden, Ph. D., is an Associate Professor at the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine in the Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences. A psychological scientist by training, Dr. Yaden studies how  mental health and well-being are impacted by certain experiences and mental states. He is the Principal Investigator of the...

Call from Friday April 17th, 2026 featuring Dr. Natalie Exum. Dr. Natalie Exum is a water scientist at the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health in the Department of Environmental Health and Engineering. Her work focuses on linking health with water and sanitation infrastructure. She is currently working on community-engaged approaches to understand how drinking water exposures in Baltim...

Call from Friday April 10th, 2026 featuring Dr. Otis Brawley. Otis Brawley is a globally-recognized expert in cancer prevention and control. He has worked to reduce overscreening of medical conditions, which has revolutionized patient treatment by increasing quality of life and reducing health disparities. Brawley's research focuses on developing cancer screening strategies and ensuring their effe...

Call from Friday April 3rd, 2026 lead by our host Dr. Panagis Galiatsatos (Dr. G). Dr. Galiatsatos is a pulmonary and critical care medicine physician.  He is an expert in the diagnosis and treatment of obstructive lung disease, tobacco cessation, and in the care of critically ill patients in the Medical ICU.  He is a member of the Obstructive Lung Disease Group at Johns Hopkins, oversees the Toba...

A special episode featuring Dr. G in conversation with David M. Rubenstein. David M. Rubenstein is an investor, philanthropist, interviewer, author, and historian. He is Co-Founder and Co-Chairman of The Carlyle Group, one of the world's largest and most successful private investment firms. Established in 1987, Carlyle now manages $477 billion from 27 offices around the world. Mr. Rubenstein is a...

Call from Friday March 27th, 2026 featuring Dr. Errol Bush, MD. Errol L. Bush, M.D., FACS, is a thoracic surgeon and surgical director of the Advanced Lung Disease and Lung Transplant Program for the Johns Hopkins Comprehensive Transplant Center. He also serves as director of the Ex vivo Lung Perfusion Program (EVLP).  Dr. Bush specializes in the surgical treatment of chronic and end stage lung di...

Call from Friday March 20th, 2026 featuring Carrie Cox, RN, Certified Burn Registered Nurse . Carrie Cox is a master's prepared registered nurse with over 20 years of program development and management experience in complex medical education throughout the Mid-Atlantic region. She has over 10 years' experience as a Clinical Research Nurse and Coordinator with Clinical Research Management experienc...

Call from Friday March 13th, featuring Ms. Velma Henderson, RN & former NFL Pro-Bowl Linebacker Art Still! Velma Henderson, RN, MS, CNAA, BC, is an accomplished Administrator, Consultant, Trainer and Presenter. She retired as Chief Nursing Officer at Howard University Hospital Washington, D.C. where in addition to her regular duties, she developed and implemented a comprehensive, organization-wide...

Call from Friday March 6th, 2026 featuring Shavini Fernando. Shavini is a former parient of Dr. G, & is sharing her story about her Pulmonary Hypertension diagnosis. Shavini is a VR /Video Game developer turned in to MedTech Developer; "to save lives of fellow PH patients and more to put a stop to preventable deaths that occur due to hypoxia!" 

Call from Friday February 27th, 2026 featuring Dr. Natalie West. Dr. Natalie West is a pulmonary specialist in the Greater Baltimore area who specializes in the diagnosis and treatment of cystic fibrosis. Her focus also includes the treatment of interstitial lung disease, lung transplantation, COPD, asthma, and pulmonary hypertension. She also manages patients in the medical intensive care unit wi...

Call from Friday February 20th, 2026 featuring Dr. Sara Strout. Dr. Strout is a Clinical Pharmacy Specialist, focused on Cardiothoracic Transplant and Advanced Heart Failure.

This week we have a throwback episode! This call is from May 2024 and features Maryland's Secretary of Agriculture, Kevin Atticks Kevin Atticks was appointed Acting Secretary of Agriculture on Jan. 18, 2023 and sworn in as Secretary on March 2, 2023. Prior to his appointment, Atticks was CEO (and founder) of Grow & Fortify, a company supporting value-added agricultural organizations and the busine...

Call from Friday February 6th, 2026 featuring Marianne Clancy, CEO of Cure HHT. Ms. Clancy has been CEO of Cure HHT for 24 years. Under her leadership, she initiated the Cure HHT research grant funding program to established and young researchers. Under her tenure, through the investment of $3 Min seed grants since 2004, HHT research funding has been leveraged nearly $60M in private and public inv...

Call from Friday January 30th, 2026 featuring Dr. Martin Steinberg. Dr. Martin Steinberg is an assistant professor of psychiatry and behavioral sciences at the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine. His areas of clinical expertise include adult psychiatry. He earned his M.D. from Wake Forest University. He completed a residency and a fellowship in psychiatry at the Johns Hopkins University S...

Call from Friday January 9th, 2026 lead by our host Dr. Panagis Galiatsatos (Dr. G). Dr. Galiatsatos is a pulmonary and critical care medicine physician.  He is an expert in the diagnosis and treatment of obstructive lung disease, tobacco cessation, and in the care of critically ill patients in the Medical ICU.  He is a member of the Obstructive Lung Disease Group at Johns Hopkins, oversees the To...

Call from Friday January 9th, 2026 featuring Dr. Natalie Exum. Dr. Natalie Exum is a water scientist at the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health in the Department of Environmental Health and Engineering. Her work focuses on linking health with water and sanitation infrastructure. She is currently working on community-engaged approaches to understand how drinking water exposures in Balti...

This week we have a throwback episode due to the Holidays! This call is from November 2024 and features Dr. Natalie Exum. Dr. Natalie Exum is a water scientist at the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health in the Department of Environmental Health and Engineering. Her work focuses on linking health with water and sanitation infrastructure. She is currently working on community-engaged app...