Uzma Jalal Haque, MD

Thomas Reifsnyder, M.D., FACS, assistant professor of surgery at The Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, medical degree at the Indiana University School of Medicine. After completing a surgical internship, residency and vascular fellowship at the Medical College of Wisconsin, he completed an endovascular fellowship at the Southern Illinois University School of Medicine.Before joining Johns Hopkins, Reifsnyder was a member of the teaching faculty at Western Pennsylvania Hospital as well as at the University of Pittsburgh Medical Center (UPMC), St. Margaret Hospital.Credentialed in vascular technology, Dr. Reifsnyder serves as director of vascular surgery and the vascular laboratory at Johns Hopkins Bayview. He has co-authored numerous publications and contributed to several professional organizations and committees across the country with his multi-disciplinary expertise.

Stefan Coombs, M.D., M.B.B.S., is an orthopaedic surgeon specializing in hip and knee replacement. He is experienced in surgical and nonsurgical treatment of injuries to the bones, joints and muscles, as well as various joint replacement approaches. His expertise ranges from minimally invasive muscle sparing surgery, including anterior total hip replacement, to complex revision hip and knee surgery for previous joint replacements that failed. He is passionate about leveraging new technology in robotics and computer navigation to meet patients’ needs. Dr. Coombs obtained his medical degree from the University of the West Indies in Mona, Jamaica, and he went on to perform a surgical internship at the Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania. He completed an orthopaedic surgery residency at Howard University Hospital in Washington, D.C., and an advanced clinical fellowship in adult reconstructive surgery at New York University Langone. During his residency, Dr. Coombs received numerous awards for academics and leadership, and he has been involved in medical student training as a mentor for the Orthopaedic Research Society and interest groups. He was inducted into the Alpha Omega Alpha Honor Medical Society and served as the academic and administrative chief resident during his final year of residency training. Dr. Coombs enjoys giving back to his communities, with a focus on youth development and mentorship, and he has volunteered on the medical team that performs annual exams for students in Washington public school sports programs. Dr. Coombs’ research interests include patient outcomes after hip and knee replacement, treatment of fractures, and sports-related hip and knee injuries. He has co-authored research publications and made poster and oral presentations on these topics at national meetings. Dr. Coombs is a candidate member of the American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons and the American Association of Hip and Knee Surgeons.

Gerard Limerick, M.D., Ph.D., is a rehabilitation physician who specializes in treating patients who have chronic pain. He sees patients with all types of pain — most commonly pain stemming from muscle and joint conditions. He also has expertise in treating pain due to nerve damage related to diabetes (diabetic neuropathy).Dr. Limerick obtained his medical degree, followed by a doctorate degree in cellular and developmental biology, from Rutgers University in New Brunswick, New Jersey. He then completed a residency in physical medicine and rehabilitation at the Temple University Hospital/MossRehab in Philadelphia. He also completed clinical and research fellowships in pain medicine in the Department of Anesthesiology and Critical Care Medicine at The Johns Hopkins Hospital.Dr. Limerick’s clinical and translational research focuses on understanding neural pathways that transmit pain signals, with an emphasis on painful peripheral neuropathies (such as diabetic neuropathy). He is also interested in exploring new treatment approaches for management of neuropathic pain. Dr. Limerick is passionate about mentoring and training future pain medicine doctors. He is the associate director for the TIME Pain Medicine course, an introductory course on pain medicine for first-year students at the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine. He is also associate program director for the Pain Medicine Fellowship at Johns Hopkins, and he regularly conducts bedside teaching with the program’s fellows.