Faculty & Staff

 
Gerald S. Lazarus, M.D., is director of The Johns Hopkins Wound Center and chief of dermatology at the Johns Hopkins Bayview Medical Center. A former chairman of dermatology at Duke University and The University of Pennsylvania, Lazarus established leading academic wound care programs at both institutions. Before coming to Hopkins, he was dean and CEO at the University of California Davis School of Medicine and Health System. From 1999 to 2002, Lazarus served as a consultant to the president of Peking Union Medical College and the Minister of Health of China in Beijing.

 
Stephen Milner, M.D., is the director of surgery at the Johns Hopkins Wound Center and, most recently, was named director of the The Johns Hopkins Burn Center at the Johns Hopkins Bayview Medical Center. Before joining Hopkins Bayview, Milner was professor of plastic surgery and director of the burn unit at the Southern Illinois University School of Medicine. Milner earned degrees in medicine and dentistry at Guys Hospital Medical School, part of the University of London. He completed a residency in general surgery, as well as a fellowship, at the Massachusetts General Hospital. He completed a residency in plastic surgery at the University of Texas and is currently a diplomate on the American Board of Plastic Surgery.

  
Jonathan Zenilman, M.D., professor in infectious diseases at The Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, is chief of the division of infectious disease at Hopkins Bayview. He is an  international authority on the clinical epidemiology and 
management of sexually transmitted diseases, HIV prevention and infectious disease surveillance. Zenilman also manages a large, extramurally-funded research program, teaches at The Johns Hopkins University School of Public Health and mentors the research of Ph.D. and postdoctoral students. His current clinical interests include surgical infections, with research 
interests in epidemiology of surgical and burn wound infections, antimicrobial resistance and long-term management of skin and soft tissue infections in outpatient and inpatient settings.

 
Luis Garza, M.D., Ph.D., assistant professor of dermatology at the The Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, practices both general dermatology and specialized wound care. In addition to treating patients, he runs a molecular biology laboratory, which studies skin stem cells and wound healing with an emphasis on identifying the next generation of wound therapeutics and diagnostics. Dr. Garza earned medical and graduate degrees at the University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine. He completed a residency in dermatology at the University of Michigan, and a fellowship in skin stem cells at the University of Pennsylvania.

Click here to find out more about Dr. Garza's lab.

 
Ellie Meeder, PA, is a certified physician assistant at the Johns Hopkins Burn and Wound Centers. She earned a physician assistant degree at Essex Community College, in addition to a bachelor of arts at Gettysburg College.

Meeder specializes in treating and managing chronic wounds, such as pressure ulcers. She also provides clinical and surgical support to our Burn Center.