Faculty & Staff

A board-certified dermatologist, Dr. Hinds focuses on skin, hair and nail conditions of people with darker skin tones, such as people of african-american, asian, hispanic, middle eastern and native american descent. As director of the Ethnic Skin Program, she is committed to outstanding clinical care and research in the field of ethnic skin and to community outreach and enrichment. The Ethnic Skin Program focuses on diseases that disproportionately affect people with ethnic skin such as razor bumps, keloids, hair thinning, sarcoidosis, lupus and mycosis fungoides. Dr. Hinds also has clinical interests in general medical dermatology, cutaneous T-cell lymphoma and infectious diseases.

Dr. Hinds is a diplomate of the American Board of Dermatology, a founding member of the Young Physicians Taskforce of the Women’s Dermatologic society, and an active member of the American Academy of Dermatology, Dermatology Foundation, National Medical Association, Skin of Color Society and the Women’s Dermatologic Society. She also has authored articles and book chapters on general dermatology and in the field of ethnic skin.

 
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.

  
Gerald S. Lazarus, M.D., is former director of The Johns Hopkins Wound Center and former chief of dermatology at the Johns Hopkins Bayview Medical Center. Also 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.

 
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.

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Kristine Johnson, M.D., board-certified in internal medicine and infectious diseases, has practiced internal medicine, specializing in infectious diseases, at Johns Hopkins Bayview since 2008. After earning a medical degree at Duke University Medical Center, she completed a residency in internal medicine at University of Colorado Health Sciences Center and a fellowship in infectious diseases at The Johns Hopkins Hospital.

 
Lloyd Miller, M.D., Ph.D., associate professor of dermatology at The Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, practices both general dermatology and specialized wound care. Dr. Miller is heavily invested in research on skin infections, susceptibility to infections, and the body’s immune responses. He earned both a medical degree and Ph.D. at the State University of New York Downstate Medical Center. He then completed the prestigious combined dermatology residency and post-doctoral research fellowship subspecialty training program at the University of California Los Angeles.

A board-certified dermatologist, Dr. Nakib practices general and medical dermatology, with interests in autoimmune conditions affecting the skin, such as lupus, alopecia areata, and morphea. She also cares for patients with chronic wounds, including those with pyoderma gangrenosum. She has been involved with international dermatology efforts, and most recently worked in Botswana, through the Botswana-UPenn Partnership clinics.

Dr. Nakib's research focuses on the epidemiology of skin diseases with immune dysfunction and related infections. She has a master’s of public health in epidemiology, and completed a fellowship at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

Dr. Rhee holds clinical interests in infectious diseases in the elderly and antimicrobial stewardship in the long-term care setting.