Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion

Samuel M. Galvagno, DO

UMMS Sepsis Program Clinical Sponsor 2014-2021

• Medical Director, Multi Trauma Critical Care Unit
• Associate Professor of Anesthesiology
• University of Maryland Medical Center
• Member of UM Faculty Physicians, Inc.

Medical School: New York College of Osteopathic Medicine of New York Institute of Technology, 2000

Internship: St. Clare’s Hospital, 2001

Residency: Brigham and Women’s Hospital, 2008

Fellowships:

• Johns Hopkins Hospital – Anesthesia & Critical Care, 2009
• Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine – Clinical Investigation, 2011

Certifications:

• American Board of Emergency Medicine – Emergency Medicine, 2017
• American Board of Anesthesiology – Anesthesiology, 2009
• American Board of Anesthesiology – Critical Care Medicine, 2009

Thomas M. Scalea, MD

UMMS Sepsis Program Executive Sponsor

• Physician-in-Chief, R. Adams Cowley Shock Trauma Center, University of Maryland Medical Center
• Professor of Shock Trauma Center
• University of Maryland Medical Center
• University of Maryland Medical Center Midtown Campus
• Member of UM Faculty Physicians, Inc.

Medical School: Virginia Commonwealth University School of Medicine, 1978

Internship: St. Joseph’s Hospital Health Center, 1979

Residency: Upstate Medical Center, 1983

Fellowship: New York Medical College – Surgical Critical Care, 1984

Certifications:

• American Board of Surgery – Surgical Critical Care, 1987
• American Board of Surgery – Surgery, 1985

Kimberly Claeys, PharmD

• Associate Professor Infectious Diseases, Department of Pharmacy Practice and Science, University of Maryland School of Pharmacy
• Clinical Specialist/Antimicrobial Stewardship Pharmacist, University of Maryland Medical Center

Pharmacy School: Wayne State University’s Eugene Applebaum College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences

Residency: Pharmacy Practice, University of Illinois at Chicago College of Pharmacy and University of Illinois at Chicago Hospital and Health Sciences System

Fellowship: Infectious Diseases Health Outcomes, Wayne State University’s Anti-infective Research Laboratory

Additional Certification and Education 

• Fellow, Center for Innovation in Diagnosis, University of Maryland School of Medicine
• Candidate, Doctor of Philosophy in Epidemiology (Diagnostic Stewardship of healthcare associated infections), University of Maryland School of Medicine
• Graduate Certificate in Public Health, Wayne State University School of Medicine

Mary Ghaffari, PharmD, BCPS, DPLA

Director, Clinical Pharmacy Services for UMMS
University of Maryland Medical System, Corporate Pharmacy Services

Pharmacy School:

• South Dakota State University, Bachelor of Sciences – Pharmaceutical Sciences, 1999
• South Dakota State University, Doctor of Pharmacy, 2001

Residency: Hennepin County Medical Center, Critical Care, 2001-2002

Certifications:

• Board Certified Pharmacotherapy Specialties, 2003
• Diplomat, Pharmacy Leadership Academy, 2020

Jason Jeffrey Heavner, MD

Pulmonary Critical Care, Critical Care Medicine
UM Baltimore Washington Medical Center, Member of UM Baltimore Washington Medical Group

Medical School: University of Maryland School of Medicine, 2008

Internship: Yale-New Haven Hospital, 2009

Residency: Yale-New Haven Hospital, 2012

Fellowship: Yale University School of Medicine and Yale-New Haven Hospital , 2015

Certifications:

• American Board of Internal Medicine – Critical Care Medicine, 2015
• American Board of Internal Medicine – Pulmonary Disease, 2014
• American Board of Internal Medicine – Internal Medicine, 2011

Wisna Jean, MD

Assistant Professor of Medicine, Assistant Program Director, Infectious Diseases

• UM St. Joseph Medical Center
• University of Maryland Medical Center
• University of Maryland Medical Center Midtown Campus
• Member of UM Faculty Physicians, Inc.

Medical School: Rutgers New Jersey Medical School, 2012

Residency: Temple University Hospital, 2015

Fellowship: Hospital of The University of PA – Infectious Disease, 2017

Certifications:

• American Board of Internal Medicine – Infectious Disease, 2017
• American Board of Internal Medicine – Internal Medicine, 2015

J. Kristie Johnson, PhD, D (ABMM)

• Director, Clinical Microbiology, Laboratories of Pathology, University of Maryland Medical Center
• Co-Director, University of Maryland Pathology Associates – Maryland Genomics COVID 19 Laboratory

Specialties:

• Pathology
• Microbiology and Immunology
• Epidemiology & Public Health

Education:

• Salisbury State University, Bachelor of Science – Biology, 1996
• University of Maryland, Medical Academic Scholar Certificate Program – Clinical Microbiology, 2000
• University of Maryland, Doctor of Philosophy – Microbiology/Immunology, 2002

Fellowship: University of Maryland, Microbiology, 2003-2006