Maximilian Ferdinand Konig, MD

Dr. Caroline Franke is an Assistant Professor of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences at the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine. Her areas of clinical expertise include inpatient psychiatry, and emergency psychiatry, severe and persistent mental illness, and crisis stabilization. Dr. Franke serves as the Assistant Director of Psychiatric Emergency Services at the Johns Hopkins School of Medicine. Dr. Franke earned her M.D. from Cleveland Clinic Lerner College of Medicine at Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine. She completed her residency in psychiatry at the University of Pittsburgh Medical Center in 2024. She served as Chief Resident in both her third and fourth years of residency. Dr. Franke’s academic interests include patient safety, systems innovation, and improving patient experience in behavioral health inpatient and emergency settings.

John Affronti is a gastroenterologist specializing in biliary and pancreatic disorders as well as endoscopic procedures, including endoscopic ultrasound and endoscopic retrograde cholangio-pancreatography. He treats patients who have pancreatitis, pancreatic duct stones, pancreatic and biliary cancers, and related conditions.A professor of medicine in the Division of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Dr. Affronti came to Johns Hopkins from Tulane University School of Medicine, where he served as interim chief of the Tulane University gastroenterology and hepatology division and held several other leadership positions.Dr. Affronti earned a graduate degree in pharmacology from the Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences in Bethesda, Maryland, and a medical degree from the George Washington University School of Medicine and Health Sciences in Washington, D.C., where he completed a residency in internal medicine. He continued his training as a gastroenterology fellow at Duke University. During the fellowship, Dr. Affronti studied shockwave lithotripsy and its application for treatment of gastrointestinal disorders. He specialized in the treatment of biliary and pancreatic disorders under the supervision of world-renowned experts Peter Cotton and John Baillie. His training included an apprenticeship in biliary endoscopy under Joseph Leung at Prince of Wales Hospital in Hong Kong.After his fellowship, Dr. Affronti stayed at Duke University Medical Center, providing care to patients with biliary and pancreatic disorders. He developed and directed Duke’s first endoscopic ultrasonography program. He has held several faculty positions, including at the University of Florida College of Medicine – Jacksonville, Emory University, Loyola University Chicago Stritch School of Medicine, and the Medical College of Georgia. At each of these institutions, he has held multiple leadership roles and established a variety of specialty programs and clinics. Dr. Affronti’s research interests include endoscopic ultrasound, biliary and pancreatic medicine, and extracorporeal shockwave lithotripsy for pancreatic and biliary duct stones. While at Duke University, he served as co-investigator in a study that has been used around the world as a benchmark for training physicians in endoscopic retrograde cholangiopancreatography. Dr. Affronti has published his research in numerous medical journals, and has presented at national and international conferences.

Dr. Jennifer Lee is the Senior Associate Dean for Women in Science and Medicine in the Office of Faculty and a Professor of Anesthesiology/Critical Care Medicine and Pediatrics. She works clinically, and her research is focused on reducing the risk of permanent neurologic injury in babies and children who experience birth injury or cardiac arrest. Dr. Lee has led translational research on cerebrovascular blood pressure autoregulation, the effects of hypothermia and rewarming, cell death mechanisms, proteostasis, and white matter injury in clinical and laboratory studies. Her research has been funded by the NIH and several foundations, including the American Heart Association, International Anesthesia Research Society, and the Foundation for Anesthesia Education and Research. Dr. Lee received her undergraduate degree in biology from the University of Colorado – Boulder and her medical degree from Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine. She completed an internship and residency in pediatrics and a residency in anesthesiology at Johns Hopkins. She then did fellowships in pediatric anesthesiology and pediatric critical care medicine, both at Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine. She joined the Johns Hopkins faculty in 2010.