Alejandra Ellison-Barnes, MD

Kimberly Levinson, M.D., is an associate professor in the Johns Hopkins Medicine Department of Gynecology and Obstetrics. Her areas of clinical expertise include minimally invasive surgery with both robotic and single incision laparoscopy, ovarian cancer debulking, cervical cancer and dysplasia. Dr. Levinson received her undergraduate degree from Tufts University. She earned her M.D. from the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine and her M.P.H. from the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health. She completed her medical residency at the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine and performed a clinical fellowship in gynecologic oncology at Cleveland Clinic. Dr. Levinson has also completed international research at Preventive Oncology International in Peru and the School for International Training in Chile. Dr. Levinson joined the Johns Hopkins faculty in 2014. Her research interests include health care disparities in gynecologic tumors, cervical cancer prevention and treatment, and surgical innovation. She has published numerous manuscripts in gynecologic oncology involving these and other various research topics. Dr. Levinson is currently a principal investigator in the Specialized Program of Research Excellence (SPORE) in Cervical Cancer. In addition, she has a strong commitment to education, and she is the assistant director of the Johns Hopkins residency program and the associate director of the Gynecologic Oncology fellowship.Dr. Levinson is a member of the American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists, the Society of Gynecologic Oncology, and the American Medical Association. Dr. Levinson was recognized with a Robert B. Hunt Award for Best Paper Published in the Journal of Minimally Invasive Gynecology in 2014.

Elizabeth Rodriguez is a physician assistant specializing in the care of pediatric patients with ear, nose, throat, and head and neck conditions. She cares for patients who are in the hospital for treatment, and also manages outpatient clinics and assists with surgical procedures. In collaboration with the speech-language pathology team, she plays an integral role in performing functional endoscopic evaluation of swallowing (FEES). Rodriguez earned her master’s degree in physician assistant studies from Alderson Broaddus University and is an active member of the Society of Physician Assistants in Otorhinolaryngology/Head and Neck Surgery. She has contributed to the professional development of her peers by serving as a proctor and assisting with hands-on procedural training at conferences for physician assistants who specialize in the ear, nose and throat care since 2017.

Dr. Paul Ladenson is a professor of medicine at the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine. He is also a professor of oncology; pathology; and radiology and radiological science. His areas of clinical expertise include Thyroid diseases, Endocrine & Metabolic disorders. Dr. Ladenson is the John Eager Howard Professor of Endocrinology and Metabolism.He earned his M.D. from Harvard Medical School. He completed his residency and performed a fellowship in endocrinology, diabetes and metabolism at Massachusetts General Hospital. Dr. Ladenson's research interests include cardiac actions of thyroid hormone, thyroid cancer and thyroid hormone analogs.He was recognized with the Lewis E. Braverman Lectureship Award at the 82nd Annual Meeting of the American Thyroid Association (ATA) in 2012.