Tony L. Guerrerio Jr., MD

Sheela N. Magge, M.D., M.S.C.E., is a pediatric endocrinologist and the director of the Division of Pediatric Endocrinology, as well as the Lawson Wilkins Endowed Chair of Pediatric Endocrinology at Johns Hopkins Children’s Center. Dr. Magge’s expertise includes the diagnosis and treatment of endocrine disorders in children and adolescents. Primary related conditions that she treats include type 2 diabetes mellitus, pre-diabetes, obesity, congenital insulin resistance syndromes, congenital lipodystrophy and polycystic ovary syndrome. Dr. Magge is an active member of the National Pediatric Endocrine Society. She is also a standing member of the National Institutes of Health (NIH) Human Studies of Diabetes and Obesity Study Section. A professor of pediatrics, Dr. Magge obtained a master’s degree in clinical epidemiology from the University of Pennsylvania.

Dr. Scott M. Blackman is an associate professor of pediatrics at the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine and attending at the Johns Hopkins Hospital. His areas of clinical expertise include pediatric endocrinology.Dr. Blackman cares for infants and children with all types of endocrinologic disorders, including diabetes mellitus and disorders of growth, puberty, and the thyroid and pituitary glands. He runs a multidisciplinary clinic for pediatric patients with cystic fibrosis-related diabetes (CFRD).He received his A.B. at Princeton University and his M.D. and Ph.D. degrees from the Vanderbilt University School of Medicine. He completed his internship and residency in pediatrics and fellowship in pediatric endocrinology at Johns Hopkins. Dr. Blackman has been a faculty member in pediatric endocrinology since completing his fellowship in 2007.Dr. Blackman’s research interests include identifying genetic variants responsible for endocrine abnormalities in CF including CF-related diabetes, which is seen commonly in teenagers and adults with cystic fibrosis. His long-term research goals include understanding molecular mechanisms of diabetes, such as type 1 and type 2 diabetes as well as CFRD.He is a recipient of the Gilead Research Scholars Award and has received awards from the Pediatric Endocrine Society and Cystic Fibrosis Foundation. He receives research funding from the NIH and CF Foundation. He serves as a mentor for EnVision, a national program to train endocrinologists in the care of people with CF; he serves on the Program Planning Committee for the North American CF Conference and on the editorial board of the Journal of Cystic Fibrosis.He serves on study sections for the NIH (NIDDK) and the Cystic Fibrosis Foundation. He is a member of the Society for Pediatric Research and is a U.S. News Top Doctor.

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.