Jennifer Ann Keates-Baleeiro, MD

Dr. Hoover Adger Jr. is a professor of pediatrics at the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine. His clinical interests include adolescent medicine, substance use and treatment of substance use disorders. Dr. Adger is a senior faculty member in the Division of Adolescent and Young Adult Medicine. Dr. Adger is the director of both the Substance Use Assessment/Intervention Team at The Johns Hopkins Hospital Adolescent Program Co-Director of the CARE Clinic. He also serves as the faculty leader of the Colleges Advisory Program’s Sabin College. He earned his medical degree from Case Western Reserve University. He completed a pediatrics residency at Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center and a fellowship in adolescent medicine at the University of California, San Francisco. He joined the Johns Hopkins faculty in 1984, at which time he completed a M.P.H. in health policy. Dr. Adger served as deputy director of the White House Office of National Drug Control Policy in 1997 and 1998. He served from 1999-2005 as co-director of a federally funded strategic planning initiative, a role in which he advised the federal government and other entities about improving and expanding interdisciplinary education and training of health professionals in substance-use disorders. His research interests include substance use disorders and medical education. Dr. Adger is a past president of both the Association for Medical Education and Research in Substance Abuse and the National Association for Children of Alcoholics. He is recognized as a national leader and expert in the field of addiction medicine with a focus on adolescents and young adults.

Sandra Salsberg is a pediatric endocrinologist at Johns Hopkins Children’s Center in Baltimore, Maryland. Dr. Salsberg provides diagnosis and care for children who have health issues rooted in the endocrine system. She specializes in treating adrenal disorders, diabetes, insulin resistance and thyroid disorders in children. Dr. Salsberg graduated from Weill Cornell Medicine. She then completed a residency in pediatrics at the University of California, Irvine, School of Medicine before going on to complete her fellowship in pediatric endocrinology at Boston Children’s Hospital.