Flu Season Meets the COVID-19 Pandemic: Johns Hopkins Medicine Experts Available

As the COVID-19 pandemic continues to impact the world in sometimes devastating and unexpected ways, a more well-known illness — the flu — will make its annual debut in the coming weeks. Flu activity tends to increase in October and can run as late as May. It’s too soon to tell how flu season will definitively affect the current pandemic. However, Johns Hopkins Medicine experts say prevention will be key in reducing the spread of both illnesses, including getting an annual flu vaccine, washing hands, wearing a face mask or covering, and maintaining proper physical distancing.

Johns Hopkins Medicine experts will be available throughout the 2020–21 flu season to talk with your newsroom about the epidemiology of this year’s flu virus, as well as provide important information about this year’s flu vaccine, the difference between the flu and COVID-19 and the potential impact of the flu season on the pandemic. 

 

Available Johns Hopkins Medicine Experts

Flu and COVID-19 in Adults

Paul Auwaerter, M.D., M.B.A.
Clinical Director, Division of Infectious Diseases, The Johns Hopkins Hospital
Professor of Medicine, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine

Natasha Chida, M.D., M.S.P.H.
Infectious Diseases Physician, The Johns Hopkins Hospital
Assistant Professor of Medicine, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine

Jade Flinn, M.S.N., R.N., C.C.R.N., C.N.R.N.
Nurse Educator, Johns Hopkins Biocontainment Unit

Brian Garibaldi, M.D.
Medical Director, Johns Hopkins Biocontainment Unit
Associate Professor of Medicine, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine

Lisa Maragakis, M.D., M.P.H.
Senior Director of Infection Prevention, The Johns Hopkins Health System
Associate Professor of Medicine, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine

Stuart Ray, M.D.
Infectious Diseases Physician, The Johns Hopkins Hospital
Professor of Medicine, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine

Clare Rock, M.B.B.Ch., M.S.
Associate Hospital Epidemiologist, The Johns Hopkins Hospital
Associate Professor of Medicine, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine

Shmuel Shoham, M.D.
Infectious Diseases Physician, The Johns Hopkins Hospital
Associate Professor of Medicine, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine

 

The Flu, COVID-19 and Children

Aaron Milstone, M.D. M.H.S.
Associate Hospital Epidemiologist, The Johns Hopkins Hospital
Professor of Pediatrics, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine

Anna Sick-Samuels, M.D., M.P.H.
Associate Hospital Epidemiologist, The Johns Hopkins Hospital
Assistant Professor of Pediatrics, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine

The Flu, COVID-19 and Emergency Medicine

Gabor Kelen, M.D.
Director, Department of Emergency Medicine, The Johns Hopkins Hospital
Professor of Emergency Medicine, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine
Director, Johns Hopkins Office of Critical Event Preparedness and Response  

Richard Rothman, M.D., Ph.D.

Executive Vice Chair and Vice Chair of Research, Department of Emergency Medicine, The Johns Hopkins Hospital Professor of Emergency Medicine, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine

Lauren Sauer, M.S.
Director of Operations, Johns Hopkins Office of Critical Event Preparedness and Response
Assistant Professor of Emergency Medicine, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine

Experts Available at Other Johns Hopkins Health System Hospitals

 

Howard County General Hospital
Media Contact: Susan Case, Senior Director, Marketing and Communications, Howard County General Hospital, 410-292-1881, [email protected]

B. Mark Landrum, M.D.
Section Chief, Medicine/Infectious Diseases, Howard County General Hospital
Johns Hopkins Bayview Medical Center

Morgan Katz, M.D., M.H.S.
Director of Antimicrobial Stewardship, Johns Hopkins Bayview Medical Center
Assistant Professor of Medicine, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine

Geetika Sood, M.D., Sc.M.
Hospital Epidemiologist, Johns Hopkins Bayview Medical Center
Assistant Professor of Medicine, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine

Mark Sulkowski, M.D.
Chief, Division of Infectious Diseases, Johns Hopkins Bayview Medical Center
Professor of Medicine, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine

 

Johns Hopkins All Children’s Hospital

Media Contact: Danielle Caci, Public Relations Manager, Johns Hopkins All Children’s Hospital, 727-767-2897, [email protected] 

Allison Messina, M.D.
Chairman, Division of Infectious Disease, Johns Hopkins All Children’s Hospital

Sibley Memorial Hospital

Media Contact: Gary Stephenson, Senior Director of Media Relations and Public Affairs, Sibley Memorial and Suburban hospitals, 443-324-6726, [email protected]

Jennifer Abele, M.D., M.B.A.
Assistant Vice President of Medical Affairs and Chief Medical Officer, Sibley Memorial Hospital

Mark Abbruzzese, M.D.
Infectious Disease Physician, Sibley Memorial Hospital

Nadia Eltaki, M.D.
Emergency Medicine Physician, Sibley Memorial Hospital

Suburban Hospital

Media Contact: Gary Stephenson, Senior Director of Media Relations and Public Affairs, Sibley Memorial and Suburban hospitals, 443-324-6726, [email protected]

Dominique Foulkes, M.D.
Medical Director and Chair of the Pediatric Emergency Center at Suburban Hospital

Barton Leonard, M.D.
Director of Emergency Medicine, Suburban Hospital

Todd Templeman, M.D.
Emergency Medicine Physician, Suburban Hospital