Program Directors

Noah Lechtzin, MD, MHA

Director, Adult Cystic Fibrosis Program
Associate Professor of Medicine
Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine
Baltimore, MD

Dr. Lechtzin graduated first in his medical school class at Temple University, then did his internship and residency in internal medicine at Johns Hopkins. He completed a fellowship in pulmonary and critical care medicine at Johns Hopkins and also received an M.H.A. from the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health.

His research interests include the impact of antibiotic-resistant bacterial infections in cystic fibrosis (CF) patients and metabolic complications in CF, including vitamin D deficiency, osteoporosis and testosterone deficiency.

Dr. Noah Lechtzin is an associate professor of medicine at the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine. He holds a joint appointment in epidemiology at the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health. His areas of clinical expertise include amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS), cystic fibrosis, adult pulmonary disease and critical care medicine. Dr. Lechtzin serves as director of the Adult Cystic Fibrosis Program.

Peter J. Mogayzel, Jr., MD, PhD

Director, Eudowood Division of Pediatric Respiratory Sciences
Professor of Pediatrics
Director, Cystic Fibrosis Center

Dr. Peter Mogayzel is the Menowitz/Rosenstein Professor of Pediatric Respiratory Sciences at the Johns Hopkins School of Medicine. He is also the Director of both the Cystic Fibrosis Center and Eudowood Division of Pediatric Respiratory Sciences at Johns Hopkins. Dr. Mogayzel attended Brown University and received his M.D. and Ph.D. degrees from Boston University and M.B.A. degree at Johns Hopkins University. He completed his pediatric residency at the University of Washington, and pediatric pulmonary and pediatric critical care fellowships at Johns Hopkins in 1998 before joining the faculty.

Donna Peeler, RN, BSN

Senior Clinical Nurse/Case Manager
Pediatric CF Program Coordinator
Johns Hopkins Cystic Fibrosis Center
Baltimore, MD

Donna W. Peeler received her Bachelor of Science in Nursing from the University of Maryland. Donna began her nursing career in the NICU at Johns Hopkins in 1979, then University of Md NICU and general pediatrics. She expanded her career by starting a high technology Pediatric Nursing Agency which then led her to Johns Hopkins Pediatric Pulmonary Outpatient clinic. She has been a part of the Johns Hopkins Pediatric Pulmonary Department since 1988 working with both CF and pulmonary patients in the outpatient setting. Currently is the Pediatric Cystic Fibrosis program coordinator.