Faculty and Staff
Robin Kimiko Avery, MD, Professor of Medicine, completed medical school at Harvard University, followed by an Internal Medicine residency and Infectious Diseases fellowship at Massachusetts General Hospital. She is board certified by the American Board of Internal Medicine/Infectious Diseases.
Maria Veronica Dioverti-Prono, MD, Assistant Professor of Medicine, completed medical school at the Universidad Nacional de Asuncion, followed by an Internal Medicine residency at Bridgeport Hospital and an Infectious Diseases fellowship at the Mayo Clinic. She is board certified by the American Board of Internal Medicine/Infectious Diseases.
Christine M. Durand, MD, Associate Professor of Medicine and Oncology, completed medical school, an Internal Medicine residency, and an Infectious Diseases fellowship at the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine. She is board certified by the American Board of Internal Medicine/Infectious Diseases.
Andrew H. Karaba, MD, PhD, Assistant Professor of Medicine, earned his PhD and MD at Northwestern University’s Feinberg School of Medicine. He completed Internal Medicine residency and an Infectious Diseases fellowship at Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine. He is board certified by the American Board of Internal Medicine/Infectious Diseases.
Olivia Kates, MD, Assistant Professor of Medicine, completed medical school at Tufts University, followed by Internal Medicine residency at Columbia University and Infectious Diseases fellowship at the University of Washington. Dr. Kates is board certified by the American Board of Internal Medicine/Infectious Diseases. She received a clinical excellence award for Best Consulting Physician at Johns Hopkins Hospital in 2021.
Nitipong (Nate) Permpalung, MD, MPH, Assistant Professor of Medicine, joined the Johns Hopkins faculty in 2018 after completing his Infectious Diseases fellowship at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center/Harvard Medical School and Transplant Infectious Diseases fellowship at Duke University. His current research efforts include respiratory viral infections, fungal-viral infections, fungal diagnostics, and human pythiosis. He has served as the director of the Mycology, Epidemiology, and Medical Education Research Group (MERG). Nationally, Dr. Permpalung has served on the panel to update the Infectious Diseases Society of America (IDSA) Clinical Practice Guidelines for the Diagnosis and Management of Aspergillosis and the IDSA Publication Committee. He is currently an associate editor for Medical Mycology, an official journal of the International Society for Human and Animal Mycology (ISHAM). Permpalung Research Dashboard and Publications
Shmuel Shoham, MD, Professor of Medicine, completed medical school at the Jefferson Medical College of Thomas Jefferson University, followed by an Internal Medicine residency and Infectious Diseases fellowship at Boston University School of Medicine. He is board certified by the American Board of Internal Medicine/Infectious Diseases.
William Werbel, MD, PhD, Assistant Professor of Medicine, completed medical school at the University of Michigan, followed by Internal Medicine residency and chief residency at Northwestern University, and Infectious Diseases fellowship at Johns Hopkins University. His clinical interests include care of patients with complex immunodeficiencies, such as persons with HIV who undergo organ transplantation, and determining optimal prophylactic medications and vaccines to prevent serious infections. He is board certified by the American Board of Internal Medicine/Infectious Diseases.
Willa Cochran, CRNP, Adult-Gerontological Nurse Practitioner, earned her MSN at the Johns Hopkins School of Nursing through the Paul D. Coverdell Peace Corps Fellowship. She also earned her certificate of HIV Primary Care as a HRSA Advance Nursing Education Traineeship Scholar. She is the Advance Practice Program Manager at the Johns Hopkins Hospital Comprehensive Transplant Center and is board certified by the American Association of Nurse Practitioners. Her clinical and research interests include prevention and treatment of viral infections in solid organ transplant recipients with a focus on SARS-CoV-2, HIV, HCV, and CMV.