Contact Information
The Johns Hopkins University
1830 E Monument St, Room 519
Baltimore, MD 21205
Phone: 734-709-1865
Email:[email protected]
Education
M.D., University of Chicago, Chicago, IL, 2002
Ph.D., University of Chicago, Chicago, IL, 2001
A.B., Molecular Biology, Princeton University, Princeton, NJ, 1994
Research and Projects
Theodore Iwashyna is a Bloomberg Distinguished Professor at Johns Hopkins, appointed in the Schools of Medicine and Public Health. Major foci of his research include defining the causal effects of acute illnesses (particularly infections like pneumonia and COVID, as well as respiratory failure) on patients and families; understanding the way social context shapes physiological recovery; and the ways in which racism and bias are embedded in medical systems. He is also a practicing medical intensive care physician.