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.

Call from Friday June 12th, 2026 featuring Patient Advocate Terri Milton and Dr. Naim Alkhouri.

As a Patient Advocate and Student of Life, Terri is making an impact in the world around her by spotlighting MASH, a disease of the liver, Transplant Patients and their journeys, and the need for awareness, education, and changes in policy around these issues. As a liver transplant recipient, she understands the struggles and the longterm implications of living life on the edge of death.

Dr. Naim Alkhouri is a distinguished figure in the fields of gastroenterology and hepatology, holding several key leadership positions. He is the Director of the Steatotic Liver Program at Northshore Gastroenterology and the Director of Research at the Clinical Research Institute of Ohio (CRIOH). Dr. Alkhouri also serves as the Chief Academic Officer at Summit Clinical Research in San Antonio, TX. His previous appointments include Director of the Metabolic Health Center at the Texas Liver Institute and Assistant Professor of both Medicine and Pediatrics at the University of Texas (UT) Health in San Antonio.

Call from Friday June 5th, 2026 featuring Dr. Vasiliki Moragianni.

Dr. Moragianni specializes in obstetrics and gynecology as well as reproductive endocrinology and infertility. She is highly skilled in all aspects of fertility care.

A native of Greece, she graduated from Cornell University with a Bachelor of Science degree in biology and from Georgetown University with a Master of Science degree in physiology and biophysics. She went on to earn her medical degree from the Drexel University College of Medicine, and she completed her residency in obstetrics and gynecology at Jefferson Abington Hospital. At Harvard Medical School and Boston IVF, Dr. Moragianni completed a fellowship in reproductive endocrinology and infertility in 2012, and she has since worked at several leading academic institutions as well as in private practice.

Previously, Dr. Moragianni served as medical director for fertility care at Penn Medicine Lancaster General Health and medical director at the University of Pittsburgh Medical Center. She has been recognized with numerous professional awards during her years in practice.

Dr. Moragianni has returned to Maryland with her family. She is excited to care for new patients as a health care partner and to be an advocate in their journey toward parenthood.

Call from Friday May 29th, 2026 featuring Dr. Kim Levinson.

Kimberly Levinson, M.D., is an associate professor in the Johns Hopkins Medicine Department of Gynecology and Obstetrics. Her areas of clinical expertise include minimally invasive surgery with both robotic and single incision laparoscopy, ovarian cancer debulking, cervical cancer and dysplasia.

Dr. Levinson received her undergraduate degree from Tufts University. She earned her M.D. from the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine and her M.P.H. from the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health. She completed her medical residency at the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine and performed a clinical fellowship in gynecologic oncology at Cleveland Clinic. Dr. Levinson has also completed international research at Preventive Oncology International in Peru and the School for International Training in Chile. Dr. Levinson joined the Johns Hopkins faculty in 2014.