Jointly provided by the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine and the Institute for Johns Hopkins Nursing.
Volume 4 supported by educational grants from Bristol-Myers Squibb, Novartis Pharmaceuticals Corporation, and Sanofi Genzyme.
Pavan Bhargava, MBBS, MD
Assistant Professor
Department of Neurology
Johns Hopkins School of Medicine
Baltimore, MD
Dr. Bhargava developed an interest in immunology early in medical school at the Christian Medical College in Vellore, India. He then completed his neurology training at the Southern Illinois University School of Medicine and while there began research in the field of multiple sclerosis (MS). Following his neurology training he completed a 3-year fellowship at the Johns Hopkins University in neuroimmunology and neurological infections focusing on MS clinical care and research. His fellowship training was supported by a Sylvia Lawry physician fellowship award from the National MS Society.
His main research interests include studying the role of inflammation in the meninges in progression of MS disease. He is currently involved in a trial testing the utility of injecting a drug called rituximab into the spinal fluid in patients with progressive MS. He is also developing an animal model of the process of meningeal inflammation to test other potential treatments. This work is supported by awards from the National MS Society, Race to Erase MS and the American Academy of Neurology.
He is also actively involved in studying the role of measuring lipids and small molecule metabolites in serum and plasma to help identify new biomarkers for improved diagnosis and prognosis of the disease. These methods could also help in better tracking the effects of various interventions and in personalizing the treatment of patients with MS.
Lisa Fox, PA-C, MPAS
Department of Neurology
Johns Hopkins Hospital
Baltimore, MD
Lisa M. Fox, PA-C, MPAS, specializes in the care of patients with neuroimmunological and neuroinflammatory disorders of the central nervous system. She has special interest in evaluating and treating patients with multiple sclerosis, transverse myelitis, neuromyelitis optica, and stiff person syndrome. Ms. Fox works within the division of Neuroimmunology and Neuroinfectious diseases at Johns Hopkins Hospital. She joined the Johns Hopkins Multiple Sclerosis and Transverse Myelitis team in 2016 as a Senior Physician Assistant and is currently the assistant director of the Johns Hopkins Neurosciences Consultation and Infusion Center.
Ms. Fox received her Master in Physician Assistant Studies from Marquette University in 2003. She has worked as Physician Assistant at Centers for Neurological Disorders in Milwaukee, WI from 2003-2006. She then moved to Maryland to worked as PA in a private practice, Bay Area Neurology, from 2006-2012. She then transitioned to Novartis as a Medical Science Liaison in Multiple Sclerosis from 2012-2016. In 2016, she joined the Neuroimmunology and Neuroinfectious disease at Johns Hopkins Hospital. She was awarded the Miller-Coulson Academy of Clinical Excellence Award in 2018.
Michael Kornberg, MD, PhD
Assistant Professor
Department of Neurology
Johns Hopkins School of Medicine
Baltimore, MD
Dr. Kornberg completed his undergraduate studies at Yale University. He then received MD and PhD degrees from the Johns Hopkins School of Medicine and stayed at Johns Hopkins for neurology residency and a clinical and research fellowship in neuroimmunology. He is committed to a career that combines the competent and compassionate care of patients with multiple sclerosis and other immunologic disorders of the nervous system with basic and translational research aimed at developing improved therapies.
