Corina Cristina Nava Suarez, MD

Dr. Jeffrey John Fadrowski is an associate professor of pediatrics at the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine. His areas of clinical expertise include pediatric kidney transplant and pediatric nephrology. Dr. Fadrowski provides care for children with kidney problems of any type, from microscopic hematuria patients to kidney transplant recipients.Dr. Fadrowski graduated valedictorian from Utica College of Syracuse University with a B.S. in biology/chemistry. He received his medical degree with honors from Upstate Medical University in Syracuse, NY. Dr. Fadrowski completed a residency and year as chief resident in pediatrics at Johns Hopkins, after which he completed a fellowship in pediatric nephrology, also at Johns Hopkins. As part of this training, he received a master’s degree in epidemiology from the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health. Dr. Fadrowski joined the Johns Hopkins faculty in 2005. He is the recipient of a Patient-Oriented Research Career Development Award by the National Institutes of Health and spends the majority of his time performing clinical research in the area of chronic kidney disease in children. His specific research interests include the role of heavy metals, such as lead and cadmium, in the progression of chronic kidney disease, anemia in chronic kidney disease, and patient outcomes related to the various types of vascular access used for hemodialysis in children.Dr. Fadrowski is a member of several professional organizations, including the Active American Society of Nephrology and the Active Renal Physicians Association.

Dr. Elizabeth (Liz) Crowe is an Assistant Professor of Pathology at the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine. Dr. Crowe serves as the Medical Director of the Blood Bank in the Division of Transfusion Medicine at The Johns Hopkins Hospital. Her areas of clinical practice are in transfusion medicine and therapeutic apheresis. Dr. Crowe was born and raised in Philadelphia, PA. She received her undergraduate degree in Biology from Immaculata University and pursued a PhD in Molecular Cell Biology and Genetics as part of the MD/PhD Program at Drexel University College of Medicine. She served as Clinical Pathology Chief resident in her final year of pathology residency. Her research interests include immunohematology and patient blood management. As a clinician-educator, she is engaged in teaching and mentoring resident and fellow trainees, medical students, and Specialist in Blood Banking (SBB) students. She is interested in developing novel methods to engage patient learners. She is a member of AABB, International Society for Blood Transfusion, and American Society for Apheresis.

Dr. Deborah Ann Schwengel is an associate professor of anesthesiology and critical care medicine at the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine. Her areas of clinical expertise include pediatric anesthesiology.Dr. Schwengel is a former program director of the Anesthesiology and Critical Care Medicine Training and Residency Program. She is interested in innovative ways of teaching adults in residency programs and invented the “College Days” Program for Residency Education.She received her undergraduate degree in nursing from Duke University. She earned her M.D. from the University of North Carolina School of Medicine. She completed her residencies at Yale–New Haven Hospital and Johns Hopkins. She performed a fellowship in pediatric critical care medicine at Johns Hopkins. She completed the Master of Education in the Health Professions at Johns Hopkins. Dr. Schwengel joined the Johns Hopkins faculty in 1994.Dr. Schwengel's research interests include graduate medical education, innovative curriculum development, neurophysiologic assessment of learning and hospital disaster preparedness.Dr. Schwengel has been recognized by the Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education with the Parker J. Palmer Courage to Teach Award, the Johns Hopkins Institute for Excellence in Education Outstanding Achievement for an Educational Innovation, The American Society of Anesthesiologists with the Distinguished Educator Award and The Society for Education in Anesthesia Philip Liu Award for best Research Abstract.