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Dr. Fariba Asrari is the director of Johns Hopkins Breast Center at Green Spring Station. She received her medical degree with honors from Shiraz Medical School in Iran and completed Internal medicine residency training at affiliated Hospitals of University of Pennsylvania in Philadelphia. She then completed her second residency training in Radiation Oncology at Hahnemann university in Philadelphia. She is an active member of the American Society for Therapeutic Radiology and Oncology as well as the American Medical Association, American Radium Society, Mid-Atlantic Society of Radiation Oncologists and American Society of Clinical Oncology. She is the treasurer of Mid-Atlantic Society of Radiation Oncologists.Dr. Asrari's special interest is in breast and gynecologic malignancies as well as skin cancer. She also participates in resident and medical student teaching. She is the recipient of 2006 Director's Teaching Award in Clinical Science at the Sidney Kimmel Comprehensive Cancer Center at Johns Hopkins and 2006 "Teacher of The Year Award" of Association of Residents in Radiation Oncology.She also has received 2005 Thomas Fercoit Memorial Professional of The Year Award from "The ARC of Baltimore" in appreciation of her dedicated care of individuals with developmental disabilities.Make A Gift

Dr. Helene Hedian is an Assistant Professor of Medicine at the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, the Director of Clinical Education at the Johns Hopkins Center for Transgender and Gender Expansive Health, and the Assistant Vice Chair for LGBTQ+ Equity and Education in the Department of Medicine. Her academic interests include internal medicine, medical education, and the specific health needs of LGBTQ patients. Dr. Hedian studied biochemistry and Spanish at the University of Dayton, attended medical school at the University of Maryland School of Medicine, and completed an internal medicine residency at the University of Maryland, where she was selected as a chief resident. She joined the faculty at Johns Hopkins University in 2016.Her research focuses on provider attitudes and knowledge regarding LGBTQ health, with the goal of expanding competent and compassionate healthcare practices. In her clinical practice, she has cared for hundreds of transgender and gender diverse patients.To support primary care providers who prescribe gender-affirming hormones, she authored the Quick Guide: Gender Affirming Hormone Therapy by the Primary Care Provider. As of February 2024, the Quick Guide has been downloaded over 1,500 times and in the following locations: Australia, Canada, Colombia, Czech Republic, Egypt, France, Germany, India, Ireland, Japan, Mexico, Netherlands, New Zealand, Pakistan, Philippines, Poland, Puerto Rico, Russian Federation, Singapore, Thailand, United Kingdom, and the United States.

Dr. G. Caleb Alexander is an associate professor at the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine. He holds a joint appointment in epidemiology at the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health.Dr. Alexander is a practicing general internist and pharmacoepidemiologist as well as the founding co-director of the Johns Hopkins Center for Drug Safety and Effectiveness.Internationally renowned for his research in prescription drug utilization, he chairs the Food and Drug Administration’s Peripheral and Central Nervous System Advisory Committee.Dr. Alexander earned his M.D. (Alpha Omega Alpha) at the Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine. He completed his residency at the Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania. He also holds an M.S. in health studies from the University of Chicago. Dr. Alexander joined the Johns Hopkins faculty in 2012.Dr. Alexander has authored more than 160 scientific articles and book chapters. He has served on the editorial boards of publications that include Drug Safety, Medical Care, Medical Decision Making, American Journal of Health-System Pharmacy and the Journal of General Internal Medicine.