Call from Friday September 11th, 2026 featuring Drs. Khamishon and Devlin

Dr. Khamishon is a Movement Disorders Fellow (PGY-6) at Johns Hopkins with interests in medical education and community-engaged care. Her work centers on expanding access to programming for people with Parkinson's disease as well as advancing innovative models for future physicians.

Kerry Devlin, PhD, LPMT, MT-BC (she/her) is senior music therapist at the Johns Hopkins Center for Music & Medicine, where she has the honor of co-constructing music therapy encounters and research projects in adult neurology, critical care, and pediatric anesthesiology and critical care. Kerry received her PhD in Music Therapy from Aalborg University, exploring the impact of perspective-taking on music therapy research, education, and clinical practice through a four-article series. As a disabled clinician, Kerry understands the unique experience of moving through the health care system as both a patient and a provider. She is passionate about amplifying the lived experiences of therapy participants through co-designed and co-authored research.

Call from Friday September 4th, 2026 featuring Marisa Stachelski, Podcaster and Cancer Survivor.

In 2022, a colon cancer diagnosis led to genetic testing and the discovery that Marisa carries the BRCA2 gene mutation.

What followed were multiple preventative surgeries, recovery, difficult decisions, and a complete shift in how she viewed health, identity, advocacy, and the future.

Today, she uses her voice to help bridge the gap between medical information and the real-life emotional experience of navigating hereditary cancer risk.

She is the host of BRCA & Beyond, a podcast dedicated to conversations around BRCA, genetic mutations, hereditary cancer, prevention, survivorship, previvorship, mental health, advocacy, and life beyond diagnosis. Through honest storytelling and expert conversations, her goal is to help people feel informed, supported, and seen.

Call from Friday August 28th, 2026 featuring Dr. Craig Spencer.

Dr. Spencer is an emergency medicine physician and an Associate Professor of the Practice of Health Services, Policy and Practice at Brown University School of Public Health. As a physician he focuses on frontline preparedness, both in the U.S. and globally, especially on the impact of COVID-19 on health systems. This includes the real world impact of pandemic preparedness – or lack of preparedness – for clinicians and patients, particularly from a humanitarian perspective.

An advocate for equitable access to medical countermeasures, diagnostics, and treatment, he also explores the historical foundations for the COVID response, based on the response to previous pandemics. He brings to the Pandemic Center a unique understanding of the current operational level of pandemic preparedness and response, the scope of which includes providers, patients, and frontline readiness, locally, nationally, and globally.

Thanks to Dr. Marcie Johnson for filling in for Kimberly this week!

Call from Friday July 31st, 2026 featuring Richard Amador from HealthCare Access Maryland.

Richard Amador, who joined the HCAM team in July 2017, currently serves as HCAM's Outreach Manager in the Connector program. In this role, his educational background in language and pedagogy comes together with his knowledge about insurance affordability programs and policy to increase health literacy in the communities served by HCAM. Richard, a graduate of the University of Maryland, College Park, holds a B.A. in Hispanic Languages, Literatures, and Cultures, and he received an M.A in Latin American Literature from UC Berkeley in 2009. Richard has spent the last decade applying his background in the humanities to a career path dedicated to advocating for Maryland residents' access to health care – from working as a Spanish translator and interpreter at the Columbia Health Center Clinic within the Howard County Health Department to a Connector employee since inception in 2013.

Call from Friday July 24th, 2026 featuring Patient Advocate Keri Lipperini.

Keri Lipperini is a U.S. Navy veteran, advocate, educator, and founder of Lipperini Community Outreach and Support, LLC.

Her work is also shaped by lived experience. Keri lives with Ehlers-Danlos Syndrome (EDS), a complex and often misunderstood condition that went undiagnosed for years, leading to unnecessary pain, uncertainty, and lasting physical impact.

Call from Friday July 17th, 2026 featuring Dr. Jennifer Trout.

Dr. Trout earned her undergraduate degree from Penn State University and her Doctor of Veterinary Medicine from the University of Florida College of Veterinary Medicine. She practiced in several states across the country before returning to Maryland to work on her family's dairy farm.

Call from Friday June 26th, 2026 featuring Bailey's Heart & Soul Founder, Patrice Bullock.

Bailey's Heart and Soul Foundation is dedicated to ensuring that no child dies while playing the sports they love. Their mission is to empower communities by teaching life-saving CPR and AED skills and providing critical heart screenings for school-age children to detect sudden cardiac arrest early.

Patrice Bullock is a board-certified Family Nurse Practitioner through the American Nursing Credentialing Center with a deep passion for healthcare, chronic disease management, and patient advocacy. She earned her Bachelor of Science in Nursing from Stevenson University and a Master's in Healthcare Administration from the University of Maryland University College.

Call from Friday June 26th, 2026 featuring Dr. Sameer Khan.

Johns Hopkins hepatologist Sameer Khan has expertise in liver disease and treats patients with fatty liver disease and obesity.

Dr. Khan earned his medical degree at the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai. He completed internal medicine residency training at the Yale School of Medicine, where he was chief resident, and fellowship training in gastroenterology and transplant hepatology at Johns Hopkins.

Dr. Khan is also interested in clinical education and public policy.