Maha Al-Ghafry, MD

Dr. Vlachos is the chief of hematology in the Johns Hopkins All Children’s Hospital Cancer & Blood Disorders Institute in St. Petersburg, Florida, and professor of pediatrics (PAR) in the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine. She joined the hospital staff in 2024. She was previously professor of pediatrics at Zucker School of Medicine at Hofstra/Northwell and attending physician in hematology/oncology at Cohen Children’s Medical Center/Northwell Health, where she was head of the Bone Marrow Failure Program and head of the pediatric hematology/oncology trials office. Dr. Vlachos is internationally known for clinical care and expertise in bone marrow failure syndromes and her transformational research in Diamond Blackfan anemia (DBA) syndrome, a rare inherited bone marrow failure syndrome. Dr. Vlachos is the founder and has directed the Diamond Blackfan Anemia Registry (DBAR) of North America since its inception in 1991. She is the principal investigator and co-investigator on multiple grants funded by the National Institute of Health and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. She has published numerous articles on her research findings and has been invited to author papers and book chapters on bone marrow failure syndromes and DBA. Dr. Vlachos is a member of the Medical and Scientific Advisory Board for the Shwachman-Diamond Syndrome Registry, is a member of the Scientific Advisory Board for the Diamond Blackfan Anemia Foundation and holds a position on the Scientific Program Committee for Bone Marrow Failure of the American Society of Hematology. She earned her medical degree from New York Medical College in Valhalla, New York. She completed her residency in pediatrics at North Shore University Hospital in Manhasset, New York. She then completed a clinical fellowship in bone marrow transplantation at North Shore University Hospital, followed by a fellowship in pediatric hematology-oncology and bone marrow transplantation at Mount Sinai Medical Center in New York.

Dr. Boyer is a pediatric interventional cardiologist in the Johns Hopkins All Children’s Heart Institute in St. Petersburg, Florida. He joined the hospital staff in 2024. He earned his medical degree from Saint Louis University School of Medicine in Missouri. He completed his internship and residency in pediatrics at the University of Arizona in Tucson. He then completed a fellowship in pediatric cardiology and an advanced fellowship in pediatric interventional cardiology at the University of Michigan in Ann Arbor. Dr. Boyer’s clinical interests include pediatric and adult congenital interventional cardiology, palliative care, medical ethics, and clinical and interventional management of pulmonary hypertension. His research interests include ethical practices and palliative care in pediatric and interventional cardiology, process and device innovation, and frontiers for pulmonary hypertension management. He speaks English and Spanish.

Dr. Goldberg is a general pediatrician at Johns Hopkins All Children’s Hospital. She joined the hospital staff in 2022. Dr. Goldberg earned her medical degree at the University of Central Florida College of Medicine and completed her pediatric residency at The University of Chicago Comer Children’s Hospital. She completed a General Academic Pediatrics Fellowship and Master in Clinical Research at the University of Pittsburgh on a HRSA/NRSA T32 grant. Her research and clinical interests include pediatric obesity prevention and management, community engagement, medical education, and interventions to strengthen collaboration between pediatric health care, schools and community-based programs.