Call from Friday November 7th, featuring Dr. Todd Wolynn.

Dr, Wolynn received his Medical Degree from the University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine in Pennsylvania and earned his Master of Medical Management from Carnegie Mellon University. He is CEO of Kids Plus Pediatrics an independent pediatric practice in Pittsburgh, PA with three locations and 20 providers. His areas of expertise include: practice management, breastfeeding medicine, sleep medicine, medical communication, vaccine advocacy and healthcare media engagement.

In the past few years Dr. Wolynn's focus has been on: healthcare quality, social determinants of health and mental health support in the primary care setting, and confronting vaccine disinformation and weaponized anti-vaccine social media attacks. He cofounded Shots Heard Round the World (www.ShotsHeard.org) which is now operated by the Public Good Projects a non-profit supporting 'the science and art of communication for change'. Dr. Wolynn is also Board President of Trying Together, a non-profit which supports 'the work of early childhood'.

Call from Friday October 31st, featuring Dr. Kelly Mills.

As the director of the Johns Hopkins Movement Disorders Division, Dr. Kelly Mills cares for patients who have movement disorders such as Parkinson's disease, atypical parkinsonism, dystonia, ataxia, tremor and Huntington's disease. He also evaluates and manages patients needing deep brain stimulation to manage their movement symptoms and provides botulinum toxin treatment for various disorders.

In his research, Dr. Mills explores the cognitive dysfunction that can occur in movement disorders such as Parkinson's disease. He is particularly interested in describing the role of the basal ganglia in cognition, especially in the context of various diseases that can affect this structure.

His work focuses on clarifying how certain treatments might impact cognitive and psychiatric problems. For instance, Dr. Mills studies how deep brain stimulation, when used to treat movement symptoms, can impact cognitive function such as attention, memory or impulsivity.

Call from Friday October 24th, 2025 featuring Dr. Sheryl Gabram-Mendola.

Dr. Gabram-Mendola is an expert in the surgical treatment of breast cancer and management of patients at high risk for breast cancer. She has also engaged in significant efforts to improve community awareness of the earlier detection of breast cancer in underserved minority women, to meet the rehabilitation needs of breast cancer patients, and to conduct analyses on the impact of various quality metrics and algorithms on patient care at Grady Memorial Hospital.

She was surgeon-in-chief for the Emory Department of Surgery at Grady Memorial Hospital from 2011-2020; director of the Avon Comprehensive Breast Center at Grady, a model program for providing breast health care services to underserved communities, from 2005-2020; and deputy director of the Georgia Cancer Center for Excellence at Grady (GCEE) from 2009-2020.

Call from Friday October 17th, 2025 featuring Dr. Chase Johnson.

Dr. Johnson provides direct patient care and anesthesia consultation for a range of surgical cases. His goal is to work with each patient and their caregivers, ranging from pediatric to geriatric cases, to optimize their anesthesia experience. One key component to his work is educating patients to help them better understand the risks and benefits of anesthesia in the context of their personal medical history. Using an informed and collaborative approach, patients are better able to reach their goals of care and get their surgical needs met. He is also focusing on furthering our understanding and management of geriatric care during the perioperative period, specifically.

Call from Friday October 10th, 2025 featuring Dr. Otis Brawley.

Otis Brawley is a globally-recognized expert in cancer prevention and control. He has worked to reduce overscreening of medical conditions, which has revolutionized patient treatment by increasing quality of life and reducing health disparities.

Brawley's research focuses on developing cancer screening strategies and ensuring their effectiveness. He has championed efforts to decrease smoking and implement other lifestyle risk reduction programs, as well as to provide critical support to cancer patients and concentrate cancer control efforts in areas where they could be most effective. Brawley currently leads a broad interdisciplinary research effort on cancer health disparities at the Bloomberg School of Public Health and the Johns Hopkins Kimmel Cancer Center, striving to close racial, economic, and social disparities in the prevention, detection, and treatment of cancer in the United States and worldwide. He also directs community outreach programs for underserved populations throughout Maryland.

Brawley joined Johns Hopkins University as a Bloomberg Distinguished Professor in 2019 from the American Cancer Society and Emory University.

Call from Friday October 3rd, 2025 featuring Dr. Marcie Johnson.

Dr. Marcie Johnson, Ph.D., Licensed Psychologist, received her doctorate in clinical psychology from the University of Iowa and completed her pre-doctoral internship at the Iowa City VA. She specialized in neuropsychology and is trained in a range of evidence-based cognitive behavioral therapeutic approaches. Dr. Johnson has worked with people across the lifespan, from childhood to older adulthood. She has conducted individual therapy, group therapy, and psychological assessment. Dr. Johnson offers counseling and therapy for a broad spectrum of mental health concerns. She also conducts psychological assessments for individuals who have academic and learning concerns.

Call from Friday September 19th, 2025 featuring Dr. H. Catherine Wilbur.

Dr. H. Catherine Wilbur is an Assistant Professor of Oncology, and a Johns Hopkins Physician.

Call from Friday September 19th, 2025 featuring Dr. Erica Johnson.

Erica Johnson, M.D., earned an undergraduate degree at the University of Virginia, followed by a medical degree at the University of Maryland. She completed a residency in internal medicine at Walter Reed Army Medical Center in Washington, DC, and a fellowship in infectious diseases at Brooke Army Medical Center (BAMC) in San Antonio, Texas.

Dr. Johnson serves as a fellow of the American College of Physicians, and recently completed 11 years as a medical corps officer in the United States Army, where she served as associate program director for the San Antonio Uniformed Services Health Education Consortium (SAUSHEC) Internal Medicine Residency and Infectious Disease Fellowship Programs at BAMC. She also held an appointment as assistant professor of medicine at the Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences.

Dr. Johnson has research interests in infections associated with combat trauma and deployment infection control, as well as HIV outcomes, gender-based health issues, and disparities in care.