Randall Rhyne, MD

Jennifer Fitzgerald is a neonatologist in the Division of Neonatology at Johns Hopkins Children’s Center. She specializes in the management of premature babies and newborns with high-risk or complex health conditions. Dr. Fitzgerald received her medical degree at Ben-Gurion University of the Negev Faculty of Health Sciences. She then completed her pediatric residency at Jersey Shore University Medical Center and her fellowship in neonatal-perinatal medicine at Johns Hopkins All Children’s Hospital in St. Petersburg, Florida. During her fellowship, Dr. Fitzgerald spearheaded a quality improvement project to harmonize unit practices for initial and continued ventilator management of premature infants. This led to a decrease in intubation days for the premature infants and a decrease in the number of days to the first extubation attempt without increasing reintubation rates.

Dr. Allan Gottschalk is an associate professor of anesthesiology and critical care medicine at the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine. His areas of clinical expertise include anesthesiology. Dr. Gottschalk serves as the director of the Postdoctoral Research Training Program in the Department of Anesthesiology and Critical Care Medicine.Dr. Gottschalk received his undergraduate degree in biomedical engineering from Boston University and his M.S. in systems engineering and biomedical engineering from the University of Pennsylvania. He earned his M.D. and Ph.D. from the University of Pennsylvania. He completed his residency at the University of Pennsylvania and performed a research fellowship at the University of Pennsylvania Department of Anesthesia. Dr. Gottschalk joined the Johns Hopkins faculty in 2001.Prior to joining Johns Hopkins, Dr. Gottschalk was an assistant professor of anesthesia at the University of Pennsylvania. There, he was also a member of the Sleep Center, the Vision Center and the Institute for Neuroscience.Dr. Gottschalk serves on the editorial boards of several journals, including The Scientific World Journal and World Journal of Anesthesiology. He was recognized by Johns Hopkins with a Service Excellence Award in 2011. He is a member of numerous professional organizations, including the American Association for the Advancement of Science and the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers.

Cecilia Kwak is a neonatologist in the Johns Hopkins Children’s Center Division of Neonatal-Perinatal Medicine. She specializes in the management of premature babies or newborns with high-risk or complex health conditions. She has a specialized interest in health communications, particularly parent-provider communications and complex care coordination. Dr. Kwak graduated from the University of Michigan Medical School. She then completed a residency in pediatrics and a fellowship in neonatal-perinatal medicine at the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine.