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Johns Hopkins Medicine–Improving the #health of the community and world by setting the standard of excellence in modern #education, #research and clinical care.
Joined February 2009
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Johns Hopkins Comprehensive Transplant Center team performs the first-ever reported HIV-to-HIV living kidney donation.
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We are proud to call the great city of Baltimore home, and stand united for our resilient, creative and optimistic fellow Baltimoreans. It’s called Charm City for good reason. ❤️ #WeAreBaltimore proud.
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In honor of National Doctors’ Day, please share a story about a doctor who inspires you. #NationalDoctorsDay
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Johns Hopkins announces it will name a new multidisciplinary building on its medical and #research campus for Henrietta Lacks.
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To demonstrate solidarity against racism, inequity and oppression, Johns Hopkins residents along with the larger Hopkins community joined the #WhiteCoatsforBlackLives today to honor George Floyd and the other victims who have been killed as a result of police brutality.
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Who solved the mystery of blue babies? It was cardiologist Helen Taussig, the second woman at Johns Hopkins to be awarded professorship. #HopkinsMed125
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We have #LightItBlue in support of #HealthcareHeros at Johns Hopkins Medicine and around the world. 💙
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Who solved the mystery of blue babies? It was cardiologist Helen Taussig, the second woman at Johns Hopkins to be awarded professorship. #HopkinsMed125
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Clinical microbiologists at Johns Hopkins have developed a coronavirus screening test that may soon allow the health system to test as many as 1,000 people per day.
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On Maryland’s #HealthcareHeroesDay, we stand with all of our healthcare workers, doctors, nurses, first responders and essential workers that have helped save lives and keep our state safe.
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A flag 🇺🇸 that was flown over the U.S. Capitol building in honor of Johns Hopkins staff was recently raised at The Johns Hopkins Hospital. #heathcareheroes
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Thank you to all of our #healthcarehero's who are working hard this Thanksgiving and all year long. #VirutalThanksgiving
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What an amazing day! @AFThunderbirds and @BlueAngels honored our #HealthcareHeroes today with an #AmericaStrong flyover in Baltimore to thank front-line staff members for responding in unprecedented ways to the COVID-19 pandemic. So very proud of our #HopkinsHeroes!
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“If people wear masks and maintain distance and avoid indoor crowded spaces, we won’t be too bad,” said Johns Hopkins expert Eric Toner.
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Ahmad Ayyad, 40, was healthy and fit before #COVID19 almost killed him. He’s now regaining his strength after a harrowing 25 days on ventilation.
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Death from #COVID19 was linked to heart dysfunction; heart dysfunction was also associated with the inflammatory marker IL-6 in @DrAnumMinhas' study. #AHA20
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During these difficult times, we are thankful now more than ever to have not only our doctors but also nurses and other healthcare workers by our side at Johns Hopkins Medicine. We are grateful to all of our staff who are on the frontlines during #COVID19. #NationalDoctorsDay
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Broken heart syndrome, also known as stress cardiomyopathy, occurs when a person experiences sudden acute stress that can rapidly weaken the heart muscle.
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An inner voice calls us forward, and we listen. To do the things no one thought possible. To help the next family that needs us. And to keep moving forward. For all of us. #ForwardForAll
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Elsa Lisseth Reyes-Amaya was pregnant when she was hospitalized for #COVID19. Multiple departments across Johns Hopkins Medicine worked together to treat her and monitor her pregnancy. Four months later, Elsa safely delivered her daughter, Sofia.
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We put our lives on the line daily to keep you safe. Can you help us? Wear. A. Mask. #MaskUp
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Gregg Semenza said to the students in the audience: "I was once where you are now, and someday you will be where I am now." #NobelPrize2019 #NobelPrize.
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Today, our medical students participate in a rite of passage — the White Coat Ceremony. They’ll celebrate transitioning from the classroom to clinical training, and be one step closer to becoming doctors. Congrats to the class of 2022!
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Semenza shared that he learned the importance of research from his high school biology teacher. She used to say "when you win your Nobel Prize, I don't want you to forget you learned that here." #NobelPrize
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Today we launched an initiative with black church leaders to bring #COVID19 vaccine clinics right to their neighborhoods.
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Female surgeons are shattering gender barriers at Johns Hopkins
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A blizzard can't stop our amazing neonatal intensive care team, who spent the night to make their morning shifts.
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Hand hygiene is the most effective way to reduce health care associated infections. World Hand Hygiene Day is May 5. Be sure you always thoroughly wash your hands. #HandHygiene #InfectionPrevention #HealthForAll
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Who solved the mystery of blue babies? It was cardiologist Helen Taussig, the second woman at Johns Hopkins to be awarded professorship. #HopkinsMed125
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When overcoming life's barriers leads to a career in medicine
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The Johns Hopkins Hospital is proud to be once again ranked #3 in the nation and #1 in Maryland on the @usnews 2020–21 Best Hospitals list. #BestHospitals.
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We call them healthcare heroes, but this is what they do every day – from our talented and compassionate doctors and nurses to the housekeeping staff and our food services team. Thank them here:
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The first organ transplants in the U.S. from a deceased donor with HIV to patients with HIV prove a great success!
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Who solved the mystery of blue babies? It was cardiologist Helen Taussig, the second woman at Johns Hopkins to be awarded professorship. #HopkinsMed125
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Join @JohnsHopkins Friday for a virtual fireside chat with Dr. Anthony Fauci as they launch the quarterly Health Policy Forum series. 🗓️ Oct. 16, 2020 .🕚 11 – 11:45 a.m. EDT .Learn more and register: .
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Watch as Johns Hopkins nurse Mahala Thomas throws out the ceremonial first pitch before the @Orioles’ home opener tonight.
Thank you Mahala and all our frontline workers for your compassion, your care, and everything you are doing to keep us safe.
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Today we remember our past. Tomorrow, we welcome our future, Redonda G. Miller, M.D. our 1st female #president #TBT
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The first organ transplants in the U.S. from a deceased donor with HIV to patients with HIV prove a great success!
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Ahmad Ayyad, 40, was healthy and fit before #COVID19 almost killed him. He’s now regaining his strength after a harrowing 25 days on ventilation.
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“Of all the forms of inequality, injustice in health care is the most shocking and inhumane.” --Martin Luther King Jr.
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We have seen coronavirus rumors circulating on social. These rumors cite a Johns Hopkins immunologists and infectious disease expert. We do not know the origin of these rumors. Visit for credible information from Johns Hopkins Medicine experts.
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Johns Hopkins research shows a direct molecular test could enable improved diagnosis of early #Lyme disease, provide a tool for testing new antibiotics and monitoring treatment success.
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Following today’s Supreme Court decision to overturn Roe v. Wade, leaders from @johnshopkins and @hopkinsmedicine shared a message today affirming our commitment to following evidence-based best practices to the fullest extent of the law.
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“I was surprised that most of our study participants found the psilocybin treatment [for severe depression] to be effective,” says Roland Griffiths, founding director of the Johns Hopkins Center for Consciousness and Psychedelic Research.
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30 yrs of research at Johns Hopkins led to approval of pembrolizumab to treat all cancers with defects in mismatch repair genes
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The Department of Surgery recognizes pancreatic surgeon John Cameron, who has made enormous contributions not only to Johns Hopkins Medicine and its students, but to people with pancreatic cancer around the world.
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Did you know that a women's immune system fights off infection better than a man's? @sabraklein1998. #JHMBootCamp
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The Johns Hopkins Hospital is proud to be ranked No. 3 in the nation and No. 1 in Maryland on the @usnews 2017–18 #BestHospitals list
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Johns Hopkins, which has been conducting its own #COVID19 tests since March 11, is now processing about 1,500 tests a day— within an hour when necessary, and always in less than a day.
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Research led by Johns Hopkins expert Dale Needham found that “patients have prolonged muscle weakness that lasts months or longer and that muscle weakness is not just limited to their arms and legs — it’s also their breathing muscles,” he said.
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#JohnsHopkins researchers say they've unlocked a key to cancer metastasis and how to slow it
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#Immunotherapy is a groundbreaking treatment that allows the body to use its own immune system to fight #cancer .
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Dr. Lisa Cooper was one of the first scientists to document disparities in the quality of relationships between physicians and patients from socially at-risk groups, and she designed innovative interventions to help. @JHhealthequity
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“The magnitude of the effect we saw was about four times larger than what clinical trials have shown for traditional antidepressants on the market,” says @JHPsychedelics expert Alan Davis.
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.@HopkinsKimmel researchers developed a single cancer test that screens for eight cancer types and identifies the cancer’s location.
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We're also ranked #1 in these four specialties — Ear, Nose and Throat; Neurology and Neurosurgery; Psychiatry; and Rheumatology. Congrats and thanks to our physicians, nurses and staff for your hard work and dedication.
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Carol Greider was awarded the #NobelPrize in 2009 for her research on telomeres’ role in DNA damage and cell death. She is one of only 12 women to receive a Nobel Prize for Physiology or Medicine.
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Advances in immunotherapy could make chemotherapy a thing of the past:
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Happy Thanksgiving 🦃🥧🍠 from Johns Hopkins Medicine!
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The first organ transplants in the U.S. from a deceased donor with HIV to patients with HIV prove a great success!
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Theodore DeWeese, who grew up in public housing, has scaled the heights of academic medicine in becoming interim dean of the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine and CEO of Johns Hopkins Medicine.
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#JohnsHopkins researchers say they've unlocked a key to cancer metastasis and how to slow it
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We are grateful today and every day to have our staff working hard to support our patients and community. #HopkinsProud #HealthcareHeros #BeOnWJZ . 📸: Johns Hopkins Staff
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Our Hopkins women surgeons in #transplant and GI rock the OR! #NYerORCoverChallenge #ILookLikeASurgeon
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#Immunotherapy is a groundbreaking treatment that allows the body to use its own immune system to fight #cancer .
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We are pleased to announce that @usnews has once again ranked the @JohnsHopkins University School of Medicine #2 in the nation on its 2020-2021 list of the best research-oriented medical schools.
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The first organ transplants in the U.S. from a deceased donor with HIV to patients with HIV prove a great success!
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"I never planned a career . I just went forward," @JohnsHopkins professor Greider told the New York Times after receiving the Nobel Prize. "I loved doing experiments and I had fun with them. (photo credit: @NobelPrize)
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"But if you feel symptomatic, then you should probably not get in the car with your friends," said nurse manage Neysa Ernst.
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Ahmad Ayyad, 40, was healthy and fit before COVID-19 almost killed him. He’s now regaining his strength after a harrowing 25 days on ventilation.
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#Immunotherapy is a groundbreaking treatment that allows the body to use its own immune system to fight #cancer .
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Who solved the mystery of blue babies? It was cardiologist Helen Taussig, the second woman at Johns Hopkins to be awarded professorship. #HopkinsMed125
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"But hospitals and health departments can’t do it alone. We need everyone to do their part to reduce infection rates." Johns Hopkins University and Medicine leadership address the importance of social distancing here: #StayHomeSaveLives #FlattenTheCurve.
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30 yrs of research at Johns Hopkins led to approval of pembrolizumab to treat all cancers with defects in mismatch repair genes
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The first organ transplants in the U.S. from a deceased donor with HIV to patients with HIV prove a great success!
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“If you have somebody that has had coronavirus and they are over the infection, they may have created antibodies that can be very effective against the virus,” explained Johns Hopkins expert Shmuel Shoham.
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We never close! We're keeping the blizzard at bay and it's business as usual here at The Johns Hopkins Hospital.
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How free eyeglasses are boosting test scores in Baltimore
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The Office of Women in Science and Medicine paid tribute to the more than 250 women who have been promoted to full professor at Johns Hopkins, showcasing countless amazing careers that have contributed to the school — and the world.
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Thanks to affected celebs like Avril Lavigne, #LymeDisease is finally getting airtime. Learn how to protect yourself. #lyme #lymeaware
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If you think you may have COVID-19, find out what you should do to protect your health and the health of others.
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“There are few things that stimulate the brain the way music does,” says an @hopkins_ent otolaryngologist. “If you want to keep your brain engaged throughout the aging process, listening to or playing music is a great tool.”
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"He is a very athletic fit individual and he’s young and so my first thought was wow if this can happen to him and he can be this sick, this can happen to anyway. It really opened my eyes," said Johns Hopkins expert Natalie West.
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“The truth is, here we are, it’s middle of June, 2020, and none of us know what the best decision is, we’re all learning on the fly … none of us have been through a pandemic before,” said Johns Hopkins expert Shmuel Shoham.
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"It is difficult, but it's not hopeless," said Johns Hopkins nurse manager Neysa Ernst. "We are tired, but we're also battle tested."
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