Kellen Alexander Knowles, MD

Dr. Calixto-Hope G. Lucas Jr. is an Assistant Professor of Pathology at the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine. He serves as Director of the Clinical Neuropathology Service, Associate Program Director of the Anatomic Pathology Residency Program, and Course Director of Organ Systems Foundations of Medicine: Neoplasia. Dr. Lucas earned his B.S. degree in Molecular and Cellular Biology & History of Science, Medicine, and Technology from Johns Hopkins University in 2014 and M.D. degree from University of California, San Francisco in 2018. He continued on at University of California, San Francisco and completed residency training in anatomic pathology and fellowship training in neuropathology while serving as pathology chief resident. He now returns to Johns Hopkins and joins the Division of Neuropathology. His main academic interest is in brain tumor pathology, with emphasis on molecular neuropathology, pediatric gliomas, and neoplasms arising in patients with tumor predisposition syndromes. He frequently works in collaboration with clinical colleagues and has prior experience with next-generation sequencing, DNA methylation profiling, and spatial proteomic and transcriptomic techniques. He hopes to continue to leverage multiplatform sequencing approaches to refine existing codification schemes and develop assays that can be translated to clinical neuropathology and neurooncology practice.

Rodrigo Luna’s area of focus is in musculoskeletal imaging. He earned his medical degree from the Federal University of Ceará, Brazil, then completed a residency in diagnostic radiology at the Hospital of the State Public Service of São Paulo. He next completed fellowships in diagnostic radiology MRI and musculoskeletal imaging at Albert Einstein Hospital, Brazil. Most recently, he completed a research fellowship in musculoskeletal imaging, a residency in nuclear medicine and molecular imaging and a clinical fellowship in musculoskeletal imaging at The Johns Hopkins Hospital. He will join the musculoskeletal imaging faculty in August 2024.

Kristiina Altman, M.D., is committed to her philosophy that every well-woman visit is a special, private moment for the patient and physician, and an opportunity to promote a healthy lifestyle and preventive care. Her clinical and research interests focus on male hormone overproduction conditions (hyperandrogenism) in women, such as polycystic ovarian syndrome (PCO) and excessive hair growth (hirsutism). Dr. Altman also enjoys general obstetrics and treating patients with infertility.An assistant professor of gynecology and obstetrics at The Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Dr. Altman has a strong desire to teach and educate medical residents. She has served as a professor at the University of Maryland Medical Center and Mercy Hospital. She now is director of the OB/GYN Residency Program at Johns Hopkins Bayview.