HHT Foundation International
Announces the Newest
 
HHT CENTER OF EXCELLENCE

JOHNS HOPKINS HOSPITAL 
Johns Hopkins HHT Center of Excellence 
Baltimore, MD
 
410-550-LUNG (5864)
 
Now listed on the HHT Website at www.hht.org 
 
The HHT Foundation is excited to announce the newest North American HHT Center of Excellence, Johns Hopkins Hospital. 
 
This is all possible because of your investment in the HHT Foundation! The Foundation established a committee led by Marianne Clancy, Executive Director and Dr. James Gossage, Medical Director, that developed a process to evaluate the medical expertise and viability of an HHT Center. Although the HHT Foundation and the HHT Centers of Excellence are completely separate entities, we work in a collaborative effort to advance the diagnosis, treatment, and management of HHT. 
 
The HHT Board of Directors has made increasing access to HHT professionals a priority. By increasing the number of HHT Centers of Excellence, diagnosis and treatment of HHT will be more affordable by decreasing travel costs and increasing the likelihood of insurance coverage.
 
Johns Hopkins is the first of, hopefully, many more new HHT Centers of Excellence in North America.
 
Welcome Aboard!

Johns Hopkins Hospital

HHT Center of Excellence
Baltimore, MD
 
Johns Hopkins is not new to HHT. In fact, in the United States, it all started at Johns Hopkins with Dr. Osler in the late 1800's. Then in the late 1970's, Johns Hopkins began treating HHT patients and the rest is history... (HHT History).
 
Johns Hopkins Hospital is a world-renowned institution that has been coordinating care and treatment of HHT patients for decades. Dr. Christian Merlo and Dr. Sally Mitchell are Co-Directors of the new HHT center. They have organized a team of over 30 pediatric and adult specialists, including but not limited to, otolaryngology/ENT (nose), genetic counseling, neurology (brain), gastroenterology (GI), pulmonology (lung), interventional radiology, interventional neuroradiology, cardiology (heart), and pulmonary hypertension. All of the physicians on the Johns Hopkins team are knowledgeable in the care and treatment of HHT and we are really excited about this new collaboration.
 
Dr. Sally Mitchell: Co-Director of HHT Center, Professor of Radiology, Surgery, and Pediatrics.  Dr. Mitchell's career spans 30 years of Interventional Radiology, with numerous publications, teaching awards, and experience in clinical, basic, and translational research.
 
Dr. Christian Merlo: Co-Director of HHT Center, Assistant Professor of Medicine in the Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine. Dr. Merlo was instrumental in the development of the nosebleed severity index research study currently being funded by the HHT Foundation and conducted by Dr. Jeffrey Hoag at Drexel University. 
 
The staff of HHT specialists at Johns Hopkins Hospital are ready to serve you and your family. All members of this team are enthusiastic about their new role in the HHT community and they are thrilled to be in full collaboration with the HHT Foundation.
 
Sir William Osler
"To wrest from nature the secrets which have perplexed philosophers in all ages; to track to their sources the causes of disease; to correlate the vast stores of knowledge so they may be quickly available for the prevention and cure of disease. These are our ambitions."