Jennifer Doorey, MD

Lillian Chen, M.D., M.P.H. is an instructor in the Department of Gynecology and Obstetrics at the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine in Baltimore. Her areas of clinical expertise include general gynecology and obstetrics, contraception for patient with medically complex cases and perinatal mood disorders. Dr. Chen received her undergraduate degree from Northwestern University. Her advanced degrees include a doctorate in medicine from the Vagelos College of Physicians and Surgeons at Columbia University and a Master of Public Health from the Columbia University Mailman School of Public Health. Dr. Chen completed both an internship and her residency at the Icahn School of Medicine at the Mount Sinai Hospital in New York. Her research interests include medical education, general gynecology and obstetrics, simulation and contraception.

Carlos Romo, M.D., is a neuro-oncologist in Baltimore, Maryland. Dr. Romo specializes in the diagnosis and treatment of brain tumors, including glioblastoma, astrocytomas, oligodendrogliomas, neurofibromas, and schwannomas among others. Dr. Romo earned his medical degree from the School of Medicine and Health Sciences at Tecnológico de Monterrey in Mexico and completed his Neurology residency at the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences, where he served as chief resident. He then completed a Neuro-oncology clinical and research fellowship in a joint program between The Johns Hopkins University and the National Institutes of Health. Dr. Romo additionally trained as a clinical pharmacology fellow at The Johns Hopkins University and completed training on clinical cancer research at the University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center.In his research, Dr. Romo studies drug pharmacokinetics and the blood-brain barrier, and investigates better ways to reach tumors in the central nervous system. Dr. Romo also studies treatments for patient with neurofibromatosis.In addition to patient care and research, Dr. Romo teaches and mentors medical and undergraduate students to help develop a future generation of neurologists.

Neurologist Elizabeth Fracica specializes in the diagnosis, treatment and prevention of cerebrovascular disease and the diagnosis and treatment of neurovestibular and ocular motor disorders. Her clinical practice focuses on care for patients with cerebrovascular disorders as well as treatment of patients with disorders of the brainstem, cerebellum, and cranial nerves, including double vision, nystagmus and vertigo. Dr. Fracica has been involved in several initiatives focusing on institutional clinical process and guideline development to help improve care for patients with dizziness and stroke. She was also involved in the creation of a novel quality measure to rate patient harm due to emergency department misdiagnosis of dizzy patients with stroke, called the Avoid H.A.R.M.—ED Stroke/Dizziness measure. Her research has been published in high-ranking medical journals, including the Journal of the American Medical Association and Frontiers in Stroke, and she has presented her work at national conferences. She is a member of the American Heart Association and the American Academy of Neurology. Dr. Fracica earned her medical degree from the Mayo Clinic Alix School of Medicine in Rochester, Minnesota. She completed an internship in internal medicine at Johns Hopkins Bayview Medical Center, followed by residency training in neurology at The Johns Hopkins Hospital. Her fellowship training includes a vestibular and oculo-motor oto-neurology fellowship at Johns Hopkins and a vascular neurology fellowship at Massachusetts General Hospital. Dr. Fracica holds a master’s degree in public health from the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health. She joined the Johns Hopkins Department of Neurology faculty in 2024.