Patrick Walid Mufarrij, MD

Dr. Thomas W. Jarrett has an expertise in minimally invasive surgery, including laparoscopic, robotic, ureteroscopic, percutaneous and image-guided therapies. Specifically, he has an expertise in percutaneous renal surgery, laparoscopic partial and radical nephrectomy, kidney stones, urinary tract reconstruction and kidney cancer. Dr. Jarrett earned his medical degree from Emory University School of Medicine, where he also completed his internship. He completed a residency in urology at New York Hospital, followed by a visiting fellowship in urology and ultrasonography in Salzburg, Austria. Dr. Jarrett completed his fellowship in endo-urology at Long Island Jewish Medical Center. He has previously served as the chief of the division of endourology and laparoscopy at the Johns Hopkins Hospital and the chief of the division of urology at Johns Hopkins Bayview Medical Center. Dr. Jarrett has been named a Top MD by Consumers’ Checkbook Magazine and a Top Doctor in the Washington D.C. and Washington-Baltimore areas by Castle Connolly. He has also been named a Super Doctor by the Washington Post. Dr. Jarrett is a member of the American Urological Association, the Society of Urologic Oncology and the Endourological Society. Dr. Jarrett has contributed to various publications and presentations on urology, earning him first prize in the World Congress of Endourology essay contest and the Faculty Research Award at Long Island Jewish Medical Center. He has editorial appointments at the Journal of Endourology and the Journal of Laparoendoscopic and Advanced Surgical Techniques.

Lynette Posorske, M.D., is an infectious disease physician with Johns Hopkins Community Physicians. She helps patients and their family members navigate through vulnerable and stressful conditions. Dr. Posorske has expertise in various infectious diseases, including HIV and sexually transmitted diseases (STDs). Dr. Posorske enjoys being able to combine her science background with the close patient interactions clinical medicine provides. She is honored to be part of her patients’ lives. She grew up in Sacramento, California, and after completing her undergraduate degree she moved to the East Coast where she settled down. Dr. Posorske met her husband while studying at Cornell University, and together they have two children and a granddaughter. In her limited free time, she enjoys singing and playing classical piano. Dr. Posorske is a member of her church and community choirs. She also loves cooking (and eating!).

Richard Battafarano, M.D., Ph.D., joins the Johns Hopkins Department of Surgery as director of the Division of General Thoracic Surgery and the first regional director of general thoracic surgery. He comes to Johns Hopkins from University of Maryland Medical System, where he was chief of the Division of Thoracic Surgery. Dr. Battafarano specializes in the treatment of benign and malignant diseases and lesions of the chest, including minimally invasive operations such as video-assisted thoracscopic surgery (VATS) for lung and esophageal cancers. He also has a special interest in treating Barretts esophagus, emphysema, mesothelioma and paraesophageal hernias.The focus of Dr. Battafaranos basic and translational research includes outcomes in the surgical management of early stage lung cancer patients with neuroendocrine histology, optimal management of lung cancer patients with mediastinal lymph node metastases, and the effect of survivin overexpression in the development of esophageal cancer.Dr. Battafarano sees patients at The Johns Hopkins Hospital and the Johns Hopkins Health Care & Surgery Centers at Green Spring Station and at White Marsh.