David J. Hackam, M.D., Ph.D., is the Garrett Family Professor of Pediatric Surgery at The Johns Hopkins University, and Pediatric Surgeon-in-Chief and co-Director of the Johns Hopkins Children’s Center. Dr. Hackam’s clinical practice focuses on complex neonatal surgery. As pediatric surgeon in chief and co-director of the Childrens Center, Dr. Hackam oversees all perioperative clinical operations that involve children, with a strong emphasis on quality and safety, programmatic growth, and system alignment. Dr. Hackam's research is focused on unraveling the mechanisms of necrotizing enterocolitis, which is the leading cause of death in premature infants from gastrointestinal disease. His work has identified a series of novel pathways that, in response to the abnormal microflora that characterizes the premature intestine, leads to intestinal mucosal barrier breakdown, bacterial translocation, mesenteric vasoconstriction, and NEC. In seeking to translate these findings to clinical studies, we have developed a family of molecules that can prevent NEC development, and which have in part been licensed for clinical development. In additional work, Hackam has developed a prototype artificial intestine, derived from patient-specific intestine stem cells, which we have implanted into pre-clinical models, for the treatment of short bowel syndrome, a devastating complication of NEC. Finally, using single-cell RNA-seq and cell tracking technology, Hackam has worked towards understanding and treating NEC-associated brain injury, a major complication of NEC, and has engineered nanoparticle-packaged molecules that can cross the blood-brain barrier, and reverse the processes that lead to this disease. These studies are funded by three ro1s, a T32, a MIRA (a maximizing investigators’ research award) and 3 industry grants from companies with an interest in NEC treatment and prevention. Dr. Hackam seeks to work with industry partners, as well as nurses, doctors, and families of patients around the country, in order to develop novel regimens to safely and effectively deliver appropriate nutrition to the most vulnerable infants, who are at risk for the development of intestinal disease. Dr. Hackam is rated as an Elite provider by MediFind in the treatment of Necrotizing Enterocolitis. His top areas of expertise are Necrotizing Enterocolitis, Necrosis, Short Bowel Syndrome, Pancreaticoduodenectomy, and Hepato-Pancreato-Biliary Surgery.

April Tignor is a Gastroenterologist in Glen Burnie, Maryland. Dr. Tignor is rated as an Experienced provider by MediFind in the treatment of Necrotizing Enterocolitis. Her top areas of expertise are Hemorrhoids, Indigestion, Gastritis, Endoscopy, and Gastrectomy.

Alif Manejwala is a Gastroenterologist in Glen Burnie, Maryland. Dr. Manejwala is rated as an Experienced provider by MediFind in the treatment of Necrotizing Enterocolitis. His top areas of expertise are Diverticular Disease, Chronic Erosive Gastritis, Esophagitis, Endoscopy, and Gastrostomy.

Nnaemeka Agajelu is a primary care provider, practicing in Internal Medicine in Glen Burnie, Maryland. Dr. Agajelu is rated as an Experienced provider by MediFind in the treatment of Necrotizing Enterocolitis. His top areas of expertise are Lung Metastases, Type 2 Diabetes (T2D), Osteomyelitis in Children, Endoscopy, and Gastrostomy. Dr. Agajelu is currently accepting new patients.

Kandasamy Ambalavanar is a primary care provider, practicing in Internal Medicine in Glen Burnie, Maryland. Dr. Ambalavanar has been practicing medicine for over 44 years and is rated as an Experienced provider by MediFind in the treatment of Necrotizing Enterocolitis. His top areas of expertise are Ascites, Familial Hypertension, Hypertension, Glucocorticoid-Remediable Aldosteronism, and Endoscopy. Dr. Ambalavanar is currently accepting new patients.

Nicole Richardson is a primary care provider, practicing in Internal Medicine in Glen Burnie, Maryland. Dr. Richardson is rated as an Experienced provider by MediFind in the treatment of Necrotizing Enterocolitis. Her top areas of expertise are Type 2 Diabetes (T2D), Maturity Onset Diabetes of the Young, Pseudomembranous Colitis, and Necrotizing Enterocolitis. Dr. Richardson is currently accepting new patients.

Priyanka Vichare is a primary care provider, practicing in Internal Medicine in Glen Burnie, Maryland. Dr. Vichare is rated as an Experienced provider by MediFind in the treatment of Necrotizing Enterocolitis. Her top areas of expertise are COVID-19, Multisystem Inflammatory Syndrome in Children (MIS-C), Sepsis, and Pneumonia.

Emily Sim is a primary care provider, practicing in Pediatrics and Internal Medicine in Glen Burnie, Maryland. Dr. Sim is rated as an Experienced provider by MediFind in the treatment of Necrotizing Enterocolitis. Her top areas of expertise are End-Stage Renal Disease (ESRD), Dementia, Williams Syndrome, and Alzheimer's Disease. Dr. Sim is currently accepting new patients.

Suela Kaba is a primary care provider, practicing in Family Medicine in Glen Burnie, Maryland. Dr. Kaba is rated as an Experienced provider by MediFind in the treatment of Necrotizing Enterocolitis. Her top areas of expertise are Vascular Dementia, Dementia, Anemia, and Alzheimer's Disease. Dr. Kaba is currently accepting new patients.

Calvin Parker is a Gastroenterologist in Glen Burnie, Maryland. Dr. Parker is rated as an Experienced provider by MediFind in the treatment of Necrotizing Enterocolitis. His top areas of expertise are Diverticular Disease, Indigestion, Gastroesophageal Reflux Disease (GERD), Colonoscopy, and Gastrectomy.

Kunmi Majekodunmi is a primary care provider, practicing in Internal Medicine in Glen Burnie, Maryland. Dr. Majekodunmi is rated as an Experienced provider by MediFind in the treatment of Necrotizing Enterocolitis. His top areas of expertise are Paraplegia, Diverticular Disease, Obesity, Endoscopy, and Gastrostomy. Dr. Majekodunmi is currently accepting new patients.

Mohit Negi is a primary care provider, practicing in Geriatrics and Internal Medicine in Glen Burnie, Maryland. Dr. Negi is rated as an Experienced provider by MediFind in the treatment of Necrotizing Enterocolitis. His top areas of expertise are Idiopathic Edema, End-Stage Renal Disease (ESRD), Dementia, and Osteoporosis. Dr. Negi is currently accepting new patients.

Ann Hester is a primary care provider, practicing in Internal Medicine in Glen Burnie, Maryland. Dr. Hester is rated as an Experienced provider by MediFind in the treatment of Necrotizing Enterocolitis. Her top areas of expertise are Acute Kidney Failure, Lung Metastases, Sepsis, Endoscopy, and Colonoscopy.

Jennifer Riedinger is a primary care provider, practicing in Internal Medicine in Millersville, Maryland. Dr. Riedinger is rated as an Experienced provider by MediFind in the treatment of Necrotizing Enterocolitis. Her top areas of expertise are Anemia, Dementia, Glucocorticoid-Remediable Aldosteronism, and Hypertension.

Dr. Kartikeya Makker is the medical director of the Johns Hopkins Bayview Medical Center neonatal intensive care unit (NICU) and a neonatologist at Johns Hopkins Children’s Center in Baltimore, Maryland. He diagnoses and treats premature babies and newborns with high-risk or complex health conditions. Dr. Makker graduated from the Smt. NHL Municipal Medical College. He then completed a residency in pediatrics at the Maimonides Medical Center, and later a fellowship in neonatal-perinatal medicine at the Medical College of Wisconsin Affiliated Hospitals. Dr. Makker is rated as an Advanced provider by MediFind in the treatment of Necrotizing Enterocolitis. His top areas of expertise are Premature Infant, Necrotizing Enterocolitis, Intraventricular Hemorrhage of the Newborn, and Patent Ductus Arteriosus.

Mukul Khandelwal is a Gastroenterologist in Elkridge, Maryland. Dr. Khandelwal is rated as an Experienced provider by MediFind in the treatment of Necrotizing Enterocolitis. His top areas of expertise are Gastrointestinal Bleeding, Familial Adenomatous Polyposis, Angiodysplasia of the Colon, Endoscopy, and Gastrectomy.

Rose Viscardi is a Neonatologist in Baltimore, Maryland. Dr. Viscardi is rated as an Advanced provider by MediFind in the treatment of Necrotizing Enterocolitis. Her top areas of expertise are Premature Infant, Bronchopulmonary Dysplasia, Necrotizing Enterocolitis, and Intraventricular Hemorrhage of the Newborn.

Ahizechukwu C Eke, M.B. ChB., Ph.D., M.P.H., is a specialist in maternal-fetal medicine with areas of clinical and research expertise in medical and surgical complications of pregnancy with a focus on prediction and prevention of preterm birth, pharmacokinetics, pharmacodynamics, pharmacoepidemiology, pharmacogenomics, pharmacomicrobiomics, maternal-fetal medicine, multiple pregnancies, obstetric ultrasound and HIV in pregnancy. Dr. Eke earned his undergraduate degree from Federal Government College, Wukari, Taraba State, Nigeria, and his medical degree from the College of Medicine, University of Calabar, Nigeria. He completed two obstetrics and gynecology residencies – at the Nnamdi Azikiwe University Teaching Hospital, Nigeria (2005-2010) and at Michigan State University/Sparrow Hospital, which he completed in 2016, and then completed Maternal-Fetal Medicine and Clinical Pharmacology fellowships at the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine in Baltimore, Maryland in 2019. He earned an MPH from the Harvard University School of Public Health in 2011, and a PhD in Clinical Investigation from the Johns Hopkins University School of Public Health Graduate Training Program in Clinical Investigation (GTPCI) in 2021. He joined the Johns Hopkins faculty in 2019. Dr. Eke serves on a number of national and international boards and committees. He is a member of Alpha Omega Alpha (AOA), Delta Omega Alpha (DOA), the American College of Obstetrics and Gynecology (ACOG), the American Medical Association (AMA), the American Society for Clinical Investigation (ASCI), the Society of Maternal-Fetal Medicine (SMFM), the American Public Health Association (APHA), the West African College of Surgeons (FWACS), and the Infectious Disease Society of Obstetrics and Gynecology. He currently serves on the Committee on Practice Bulletins (CPG) of ACOG, and is a member of the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering and Medicine (NASEM) committee on 'Developing a framework to address legal, ethical, regulatory, and policy issues for research specific to pregnant and lactating Persons'. Dr. Eke is an editorial board member of Obstetrics and Gynecology (the Green Journal) and the New England Journal of Medicine (NEJM Evidence). He is an active member of NIH study sections. Dr. Eke has published several articles in obstetrics and maternal-fetal medicine journals, and written numerous textbook chapters. He is a journal reviewer for several peer-reviewed journals in his specialty, including Obstetrics & Gynecology (Green Journal), American Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology (Gray Journal), and the International Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology. Dr. Eke is rated as an Experienced provider by MediFind in the treatment of Necrotizing Enterocolitis. His top areas of expertise are HIV/AIDS, Eclampsia, Vaginal Cancer, Salpingo-Oophorectomy, and Hysterectomy.

Jeanne Sheffield is an Infectious Disease specialist and a Neonatologist in Baltimore, Maryland. Dr. Sheffield is rated as an Experienced provider by MediFind in the treatment of Necrotizing Enterocolitis. Her top areas of expertise are Congenital Syphilis, Placenta Previa, Zika Virus Disease, Microcephaly, and Hysterectomy.

Dr. Angie Jelin is the assistant director of prenatal genetics at the Prenatal Diagnostic Center in the Division of Maternal-Fetal Medicine and an assistant professor in the Johns Hopkins Medicine Department of Gynecology and Obstetrics. Her areas of clinical expertise include prenatal genetic counseling, fetal imaging, chorionic villus sampling and amniocentesis, with a focus on fetal complications in pregnancy. Dr. Jelin earned her medical degree from Harvard Medical School. She did her residency in obstetrics and gynecology at the University of California, San Francisco, and then remained there to complete a maternal-fetal medicine and genetics fellowship. In 2015, Dr. Jelin joined the Johns Hopkins faculty, at which time she also received a Building Interdisciplinary Research Careers in Women’s Health grant to study fetal genetic disorders. Dr. Jelin’s research involves fetal imaging and genetic diagnoses, including whole exome sequencing. Dr. Jelin is a member of the American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists, the Society of Maternal-Fetal Medicine and the International Society of Prenatal Diagnosis. She currently serves on the IRB committee of the American Board of Obstetrics and Gynecology. Dr. Jelin has published many articles in obstetrics and maternal-fetal medicine journals. Dr. Jelin is rated as an Experienced provider by MediFind in the treatment of Necrotizing Enterocolitis. Her top areas of expertise are Polyhydramnios, Bilateral Renal Agenesis Dominant Type, Lung Agenesis, and Atresia of Small Intestine.