Meet the JH Team
Which Johns Hopkins medical team member enjoys baking, reading, traveling and exploring?
Who is Dr. Michelle Sharp, MD, MHS?
This organ is the most commonly affected by sarcoidosis, involved in about 90% of cases.
What are the lungs?
In what year was Sarcoidosis first discovered?
What was 1877?
These volunteers use their real-life experiences as patients or caregivers to help improve hospital care and communication.
Who is the Patient Advisory Board?
What is a Greek interpretation of Sarcoidosis?
What is flesh (sarco) type or like (eidos) condition (sis)?
This medical staff team member serves as a “Physician Champion” for the Johns Hopkins Epic electronic medical record system.
Who is Dr. Ed Chen, MD?
Sarcoidosis affecting this organ can cause uveitis, redness, pain, and vision problems.
What are the eyes?
Who first discovered Sarcoidosis?
Who was Dr. William Hutchinson?
This longtime Johns Hopkins sarcoidosis patient and Patient Advisory Board member once ran marathons and still plans endurance bike rides despite battling the disease for decades.
Who is Larry Franklin?
This organ system is most commonly affected by sarcoidosis, helping doctors recognize the disease throughout the 20th century.
What are the lungs?
This medical care team member had a strong critical care / ICU background prior to their current role.
Who is Victoria Wortorson, CRNP?
When sarcoidosis affects this organ, patients may develop arrhythmias, heart block, or even sudden cardiac death.
What is the heart?
Where and when was the first international conference on Sarcoidosis held?
Where was London 1958?
This PAB team member spent nearly 10 years visiting specialists before finally receiving a diagnosis after granulomas were found in his lymph nodes, skin, lungs, and behind his eye.
Who is Chris Thames?
Early sarcoidosis researchers described the disease using this term for the tiny inflammatory clumps found in affected organs.
What are granulomas?
This medical care team member worked at a rural Kenyan hospital treating HIV, tuberculosis, and malaria patients while also leading quality-improvement and grant-supported public health initiatives.
Who is Kayla Nyakinye, CRNP, MPH?
Neurosarcoidosis occurs when the disease affects this body system, potentially causing facial paralysis or seizures.
What is the nervous system?
Before modern imaging, doctors often identified sarcoidosis by enlargement of these chest structures seen on X-rays.
What are the hilar lymph nodes?
This PAB team member sought emergency medical care after experiencing this double vision while driving through her neighborhood.
Who is Robin Goble?
During the mid-20th century, doctors discovered that this class of medications could significantly reduce inflammation in sarcoidosis patients.
What are corticosteroids?
In 2018, this team member was part of a 14 person group who established three categories of diagnosis of neurosarcoidosis: possible, probable, and definite.
Who is Dr. Barney Stern, MD, FAAN?
Sarcoidosis in this organ can lead to abnormal enzymes and granuloma formation, even when symptoms are mild or absent.
What is the liver?
In the early years of sarcoidosis research, physicians often confused the disease with this infectious illness because both caused granulomas.
What is tuberculosis?
This PAB team member and aerospace engineer first noticed symptoms of neurosarcoidosis while working on payload launches at Kennedy Space Center.
Who is Victor Eyo?
This immune cell type forms the core of the noncaseating granulomas characteristic of sarcoidosis.
What are macrophages?