Dr. Chanmugam is a professor and a Vice-Chair of Emergency Medicine at the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine. In addition, he serves as the Chair of Emergency Medicine at the Johns Hopkins Bayview Medical Center and the Chief Medical Officer for Emergency Medicine for Johns Hopkins Medicine.Dr. Chanmugam is the editor of a number of textbooks and scholarly papers. He remains actively involved in healthcare innovation and integration.The early part of his career was focused on medical education and developing innovative strategies for medical education. He continues to care for patients, in addition to his roles as an administrator and educator.
Dr. George Ricaurte has a weekly clinic that focuses on Parkinson's disease and other movement disorders. In addition, he attends on the consult and in-patient neurology services at Johns Hopkins Bayview Medical Center.Dr. Ricaurte's research interests center on amphetamine-type stimulants and their potential to damage brain monoamine-containing neurons, including dopamine neurons (which degenerate in Parkinson's disease). Dr. Ricaurte and his colleagues are particularly interested in mechanisms of dopamine nerve cell degeneration. The long-term goal of this neurotoxicology research is to help find ways to prevent - or retard - the progression of Parkinson's disease and related neurodegenerative disorders. Dr. Ricaurte's work also has implications for the drug abuse field and substance abuse neuropsychiatric disorders. Dr. George Ricaurte received his medical degree from Northwestern University Medical School and his doctorate in Pharmacology from the University of Chicago. He then completed his residency in neurology at Stanford University Medical Center and did a one year fellowship at the Parkinson's Institute in California.
Daniel Swedien, M.D., is an instructor in the Department of Emergency Medicine. He works clinically at The Johns Hopkins Hospital, and also holds a role in the Johns Hopkins Capacity Command Center.Swedien received his medical degree from the University of Minnesota Medical School. He completed his residency training at the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, where he served as a chief resident in the Department of Emergency Medicines program.
Dr. Christopher Testa specializes in diagnostic radiology, with 10 years of experience in hospital and private practice settings.Dr. Testa earned his medical degree from Georgetown University School of Medicine. After completing an internship in internal medicine and residency in diagnostic radiology at Saint Vincent Hospital in Worcester, Mass., where he also served as chief resident, he went on to a fellowship in cross-sectional body imaging at the Johns Hopkins Hospital.Dr. Testa joined the Community Radiology Division in the NCR in November 2021.
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