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Charles R. Albrecht, III, MD, FACP

Interim Physician-in-Chief and Chairman
Department of Medicine, Sinai Hospital of Baltimore

Assistant Professor
The Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine 

Divisional Activity within the Department of Medicine

Cardiology

Division Director:
Bill Herzog, M.D.
Assistant Professor of Medicine
The Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine

Stacy Fisher, M.D.
Director of Cardiology Education

Paul Gurbel, M.D.
Associate Professor of Medicine
The Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine
Director, Sinai Center for Thrombosis Research

Special Programs

• Rated one of the top 50 U.S. Hospital Heart Programs in U.S. News and World Report
• Cardiac Non-Invasive Laboratory (Stress Tests, Transthoracic and Transesophageal Echos, Holters) 
• Cardiac Diagnostic Center (Cardiac Catheterization, Electrophysiologic Testing, Ablation, Angioplasty, Pacemaker Therapy, Defibrillator Implantation, Tilt Table Testing)
• Coronary Care Unit 
• Cardiac Progressive Care Floor
• Open Heart Surgery Center 
• Cardiovascular Research Laboratory
• Heart Station (Electrocardiography)

Research Activities

• Thrombosis and Platelet Research
• Arrhythmia, Sudden Death, Automatic Implantable Cardioverter Defibrillator
• Transesophageal Echocardiography
• Angioplasty Device Trials
• Multicenter Drug Trial in Heart Disease Prevention

Endocrinology and Metabolism

Division Director:
Asha Thomas, M.D., FACE
Assistant Professor of Medicine
The Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine

Special Programs

• Rated one of the top 50 U.S programs in Endocrinology in 2007 U.S. News and World Report.
• Sinai Diabetes and Lipid Center
• Metabolic Bone Disease Assessment Program
• Thyroid Center

Gastroenterology

Division Director:
Sudhir K. Dutta, M.D., F.A.C.P.
Professor of Medicine
University of Maryland School of Medicine

Special Programs

• G.I. Diagnostic Center (Endoscopy, G.I. Motility Studies, ERCP, Esophageal pH monitoring), Video Capsule Endoscopy; Ultrasonic ERCP (EUS)

Research Activities

• Role of Salivary Growth Factors in Esophageal Epithelial Integrity
• Role of Vitamin A in Esophageal Cancer
• New Drug Therapy in Esophageal Cancer
• Markers of Neoplastic Transformation in Human Colonocytes for Detection of Colon Cancer
• HIV Disease and Pancreatitis
• Markers of Pancreatic Carcinoma

General Internal Medicine

Division Director
Ledys DiMarsico, MD

Special Programs

• Ambulatory Care Center
• Dedicated Inpatient medical consultation service
• Several satellite sites for general internal medicine practice in Greater Baltimore area available for elective rotations
• Inpatient teaching hospitalist program

Geriatric Medicine

Academic Division Director:
Myron Miller, M.D.
Professor of Medicine
The Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine

On-Site Clinical Resources

• 80-bed post acute-care specialty hospital
• 30-bed subacute care hospital
• 172-bed nursing home
• Outpatient geriatric assessment program
• Outpatient geriatric primary care practice
• Outpatient geriatric psychiatry program
• Geriatric rehabilitation program
• Home Care Program
• Hospice Program
• PGY-2 Resident Rotation at Johns Hopkins Geriatric Center located at JHU/Bayview Medical Center

Infectious Disease

Division Director:
Andrew Mayrer, M.D.
Assistant Professor of Medicine
The Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine

Special Programs

•  Infectious Disease Ambulatory Center
• Office of Infection Control
• HIV Program

Research Activities

• HIV Sentinel Surveillance Study (with the Center for Disease Control)
• New Drug Therapies for Opportunistic Infection in AIDS
• Pathogenesis, Complications and Treatment Regimens of Decubitus Ulcers

Nephrology

Division Director:
Ira N. Mandell, M.D.
Instructor in Medicine
The Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine

Special Programs

• Inpatient Dialysis Unit
• Outpatient dialysis facilities and offices
• Consultation service

Pulmonary/Critical Care Medicine

Division Director:
Steven A. Schonfeld, M.D., F.A.C.P., F.C.C.P
Assistant Professor of Medicine
The Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine

Special Programs

• Pulmonary Function Laboratory
• Pulmonary Inpatient Unit
• Sarcoidosis Clinic, the Johns Hopkins Hospital
• Sleep Disorders Center
• 20-bed Medical/Surgical ICU; 4-bed Cardiac ICU
• State-of-the-art monitoring equipment

Pulmonary Research Activities

• Immunologic Mechanisms in Sarcoidosis

Critical Care Research Activities

• Anemia in critical illness
• Advanced Diagnosis Techniques

Rheumatology

Division Director:
Ira T. Fine, M.D.
Assistant Professor of Medicine
The Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine

Special Programs

• Outpatient Department and Private Office Setting

Research Activities

Protective Effects of H2 Receptor Blocking Agents in Patients Taking Nonsteroidal Anti-Inflammatory Drugs

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