Sandra Loeb Salsberg, MD

Dr. Gerald Raymond is a clinical geneticist and neurologist at Johns Hopkins where he is also a professor of genetic medicine and neurology. He obtained his MD at the University of Connecticut and was trained in Pediatrics at Johns Hopkins Hospital and Neurology at the Mass. General Hospital. He received additional training in developmental neuropathology at the Universite Catholique de Louvain in Belgium and clinical genetics at the Harvard Program. Dr. Raymond’s research has been at the overlap of genetics and neurology with specific focus on peroxisomal disorders including adrenoleukodystrophy. He has been actively involved in newborn screening for ALD and in developing clinical follow-up programs. He has extensive experience in clinical management of neurogenetic issues including peroxisomal and lysosomal disorders. He presently serves as the Director of the Lysosomal Storage Disease program in the department of Genetic Medicine.

Dr. Brianna Aoyama is an assistant professor of pediatrics at the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine. She specializes in pediatric pulmonary medicine, including chronic lung disease of premature infants, lung disease in medically complex patients including those with ventilators and tracheostomies, aerodigestive disorders, and general pediatric pulmonary conditions. Dr. Aoyama attended the University of Notre Dame for undergraduate studies and received her M.D. from the University of Connecticut School of Medicine. She completed her pediatric residency at Brown University/Hasbro Children's Hospital before completing her pediatric pulmonary fellowship at Johns Hopkins where she also earned her M.H.S. (Clinical Investigation) from the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health. Dr. Aoyama joined the Johns Hopkins faculty in 2022. Her primary research interest is in the epidemiology of pediatric respiratory diseases, with a specific focus on growth and the long-term respiratory outcomes of children born preterm.

Recognized as a dedicated and compassionate pediatric hematologist-oncologist, Dr. Keates-Baleeiro cares for patients in the Division of Pediatric Hematology at Johns Hopkins Children’s Center in Baltimore, Maryland. A pediatric hematologist-oncologist is a physician who has special training and experience in diagnosing and treating blood disorders and cancers in children, teens, and young adults. Dr. Keates-Baleeiro’s current clinical interests include pediatric cytopenias, coagulation disorders, platelet disorders, sickle-cell anemia, and hemophilia. Her research interests include rare bleeding disorders, porphyria, and neutropenia in children. Dr. Keates-Baleeiro received her medical degree from the Drexel University College of Medicine in 1999 and completed her internship at Cohen Children’s Medical Center and her pediatric residency at Children’s Hospital of Michigan in Detroit in 2002. She then went on to complete a fellowship in pediatric hematology-oncology at the University of Michigan’s C.S. Mott Children’s Hospital and Vanderbilt University Medical Center in 2003 and 2006, respectively.Passionate about teaching, Dr. Keates-Baleeiro also serves as an Assistant Professor of Pediatrics at the Johns Hopkins School of Medicine educating medical students, pediatric residents, and pediatric hematology oncology fellows.