Harold Y. Wu, MD

James Stuart Ferriss is an associate professor in the Johns Hopkins Department of Gynecology and Obstetrics and director of the F.J. Montz Gynecologic Oncology Fellowship Program.He is an expert in the care of women with cancers of the uterus, cervix, vulva, vagina, fallopian tubes and ovaries. Dr. Ferriss is passionate about minimally invasive approaches to surgery and has extensive experience with robotic surgery. Dr. Ferriss received his undergraduate and medical degrees from Louisiana State University. He then completed his residency in obstetrics and gynecology at the University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center and his fellowship in gynecologic oncology at the University of Virginia.Prior to joining Johns Hopkins, Dr. Ferriss was associate professor in the departments of women’s health and oncology at the University of Texas at Austin Dell Medical School. Before that, he was assistant professor in the department of obstetrics, gynecology and reproductive sciences at Temple University in Philadelphia.Dr. Ferriss’ research is focused on innovations in surgical and clinical education.Dr. Ferriss serves on a variety of boards and is a member of the Society of Gyneocologic Oncology, Mid-Atlantic Gynecologic Oncology Society, American Society of Clinical Oncology, the American College of Surgeons and the American Congress of Obstetricians and Gynecologists.He has been recognized with several awards and honors, including being named a top doctor for outstanding patient care. Dr. Ferriss’ passion for getting to know each of his patients’ values and personal treatment goals and empowering them to be active participants in their treatment defines his approach to patient care. Dr. Ferriss has special interest in supporting his patients through the entire arc of their cancer care from diagnosis to surgery, chemotherapy, and survivorship and palliative care.

Dr. Victoria Handa is the director of the Department of Gynecology and Obstetrics at Johns Hopkins Bayview Medical Center. She is also a professor in the Johns Hopkins Medicine Department of Gynecology and Obstetrics and director of the Women’s Center for Pelvic Health and Reconstructive Surgery. She holds a joint appointment in the Department of Epidemiology at the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health. Her areas of clinical expertise include pelvic floor disorders and female incontinence. Dr. Handa offers surgical and nonsurgical treatments for pelvic organ prolapse, incontinence and related conditions.Dr. Handa earned her undergraduate degree in civil engineering from Princeton University. She earned her M.D. from the University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine and completed her residency in obstetrics and gynecology at the University of California, San Francisco. She completed a fellowship in urogynecology at the University of California, Irvine, and later earned a Master of Health Science in epidemiology from the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health. Dr. Handa joined the Johns Hopkins faculty in 2001.Prior to joining Johns Hopkins, Dr. Handa was chief of the Division of Gynecology and director of urogynecology at the University of California, Davis.Dedicated to scientific research, Dr. Handa has published numerous peer-reviewed research articles and several book chapters on pelvic floor disorders and urogynecology. Her research is supported by several National Institutes of Health grants and has led to many scientific findings and a 2011 award from the American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists.Dr. Handa is a member of several scientific societies, including the American Urogynecologic Society and the International Urogynecology Association. She currently serves on the editorial board of Female Pelvic Medicine and Reconstructive Surgery. She is a peer reviewer for numerous medical journals, including the American Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Neurourology and Urodynamics, and the Journal of Female Pelvic Medicine and Reconstructive Surgery. Dr. Handa has been listed in Best Doctors in America since 2005.

Dr. Christiana (Tina) Zhang is an Assistant Professor of Medicine at Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine and a Menopause Society Practitioner. She received her undergraduate and medical degree from Georgetown University. She completed her internal medicine residency at the Warren Alpert Medical School of Brown University, where she obtained additional training in women’s health. Following residency, Dr. Zhang completed a fellowship in medical education in the Division of General Internal Medicine at Johns Hopkins. She joined faculty at Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine in 2019 as a clinician educator with a focus in women’s health and menopause. Currently, she serves as the Director of the Johns Hopkins Academic Women’s Health Fellowship, Co-Director of the Johns Hopkins Women’s Wellness and Healthy Aging Program, and Co-Director of the Medical Education Pathway for the Johns Hopkins Osler and Bayview Internal Medicine Residency Programs. She is also a Longcope Firm Faculty Coach for the Osler Medical Residency and core faculty for the Johns Hopkins Faculty Development Programs in Curriculum Development. She has mentored many residents and faculty on various medical education projects. Dr. Zhang has primarily focused her clinical work, research, and educational efforts on improving women’s health education and care. As Director of the Academic Women’s Health Fellowship, her goal is to improve women’s health clinical education and train future women’s health internists to provide exceptional care for women. As Co-Director of the Women’s Wellness and Healthy Aging Program and a Menopause Society Practitioner, she cares for many women going through the menopausal transition and has developed a menopause and women’s health consultative practice at Johns Hopkins Green Spring Station. She is a provider in the Johns Hopkins Primary Care for Cancer Survivors Program, where she sees breast and gynecologic cancer survivors. She also developed and is the co-activity director for the Johns Hopkins CME course on Menopause Medicine. Her research has focused on various women’s health and medical education topics, including menopause, women’s health curricula, and HPV vaccination. As a clinician educator, Dr. Zhang is the recipient of multiple teaching awards, including the Dean’s Excellence in Teaching Award in 2017 (Warren Alpert Medical School of Brown University), the Ambulatory Preceptor Award in 2022 (Johns Hopkins Osler Medical Residency), the Lisa J. Heiser Award for Junior Faculty Contribution in Education in 2023 (Johns Hopkins IEE), and the Program and Curriculum Development Award in 2024 (Johns Hopkins IEE).