Preparing for Back-to-School with Dr. Annette Anderson and Principal Justin Holbrook
The Community Calls with Dr. G
Release Date: 08/25/2025
The Community Calls with Dr. G
Call from Friday January 30th, 2026 featuring Dr. Martin Steinberg. Dr. Martin Steinberg is an assistant professor of psychiatry and behavioral sciences at the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine. His areas of clinical expertise include adult psychiatry. He earned his M.D. from Wake Forest University. He completed a residency and a fellowship in psychiatry at the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine. Dr. Steinberg's interests include depression, agitation and related behavioral symptoms in Alzheimer’s; the relationship between physical exercise and dementia; and dementia in...
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Call from Friday January 9th, 2026 lead by our host Dr. Panagis Galiatsatos (Dr. G). Dr. Galiatsatos is a pulmonary and critical care medicine physician. He is an expert in the diagnosis and treatment of obstructive lung disease, tobacco cessation, and in the care of critically ill patients in the Medical ICU. He is a member of the Obstructive Lung Disease Group at Johns Hopkins, oversees the Tobacco Treatment Clinic and provides teaching to medical students and residents at Johns Hopkins.
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Call from Friday January 9th, 2026 featuring Dr. Natalie Exum. Dr. Natalie Exum is a water scientist at the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health in the Department of Environmental Health and Engineering. Her work focuses on linking health with water and sanitation infrastructure. She is currently working on community-engaged approaches to understand how drinking water exposures in Baltimore City are affecting the health of residents.
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This week we have a throwback episode due to the Holidays! This call is from November 2024 and features Dr. Natalie Exum. Dr. Natalie Exum is a water scientist at the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health in the Department of Environmental Health and Engineering. Her work focuses on linking health with water and sanitation infrastructure. She is currently working on community-engaged approaches to understand how drinking water exposures in Baltimore City are affecting the health of residents.
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Call from Friday December 19th, featuring Dr. Anne Yacoub. Anne Damian Yacoub, M.D., is a neurologist who specializes in both multiple sclerosis and headache. Her areas of expertise include the diagnosis and treatment of multiple sclerosis and other neuroimmunological disorders that involve the central nervous system. She is also an expert in acute and chronic management of headache disorders. Dr. Yacoub earned her medical degree from the University of Arizona College of Medicine, followed by a residency in neurology at the McGill University Health Centre. Dr. Yacoub spent one year studying...
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Call from Friday December 12th, featuring Dr. Michael Streiff. Dr. Streiff's major clinical interest involves the prevention and treatment of venous thromboembolism. He has written several comprehensive reviews on vena caval filters and the management of venous thromboembolism in cancer patients. He chairs the Venous Thromboembolism Guideline Committee for the National Comprehensive Cancer Center Network and has served on international consensus panels to develop standardized guidelines for the use of vena caval filters in the management of venous thromboembolism. As a member of a Johns...
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Call from Friday December 5th, 2025 featuring Dr. Otis Brawley. Otis Brawley is a globally-recognized expert in cancer prevention and control. He has worked to reduce overscreening of medical conditions, which has revolutionized patient treatment by increasing quality of life and reducing health disparities. Brawley’s research focuses on developing cancer screening strategies and ensuring their effectiveness. He has championed efforts to decrease smoking and implement other lifestyle risk reduction programs, as well as to provide critical support to cancer patients and concentrate cancer...
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This week we have a throwback episode due to the Holiday. This call is from August 2024, lead by our host Dr. G. Dr. Galiatsatos is a pulmonary and critical care medicine physician. He is an expert in the diagnosis and treatment of obstructive lung disease, tobacco cessation, and in the care of critically ill patients in the Medical ICU. He is a member of the Obstructive Lung Disease Group at Johns Hopkins, oversees the Tobacco Treatment Clinic and provides teaching to medical students and residents at Johns Hopkins.
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Call from Friday November 21st, featuring a very special guest, former NFL Pro-Bowl Linebacker Art Still! Art Still is one of the greatest defensive ends in University of Kentucky history, and built a remarkable 12-year NFL career, including an amazing run with the Kansas City Chiefs. Yet today, football is only part of his story. In 2023 he was diagnosed with ATTR amyloidosis, a rare hereditary disease caused by the buildup of amyloid proteins that can impair major organs, often affecting the nerves, heart, and kidneys. Now Still is using his platform to raise awareness and advocate for early...
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Call from Friday November 7th, featuring Dr. Katie Shaw. Katherine Shaw, M.D., practices internal medicine and pediatrics at East Baltimore Medical Center. She received her medical degree from Vanderbilt University School of Medicine, and completed her residency in pediatrics at Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine. Dr. Shaw is board-certified in internal medicine and pediatrics.
info_outlineCall from Friday August 22nd, 2025 featuring Dr. Annette Anderson and Principal Justin Holbrook.
Annette C. Anderson is a native of Baltimore and a graduate of Baltimore City Public Schools, an experience that has left an indelible mark on her career interests in educational equity and adequacy. Besides her research pursuits, she has served in a variety of school-based positions, including classroom teacher, teacher leader, curriculum coordinator, and assistant principal. She served as the chief executive officer and founding principal of Widener Partnership Charter School, the first university-assisted charter school in Pennsylvania. The school quickly became known to state and local education officials as a successful model for university-public school partnerships. As Deputy Director of the Johns Hopkins Center for Safe and Healthy Schools, Anderson is frequently quoted in media, internet and education outlets.
Justin Holbrook is the current principal at Armistead Gardens Elementary Middle, a 3-year-old to 8th grade school in Baltimore City. Prior to becoming a principal, he served as an assistant principal for three years and trained for one year as a resident principal in BCPSS. As an educator, Holbrook taught all subjects in 1st grade and then transitioned to 4th grade math and science where he was named as the 2017 Baltimore City Schools Teacher of the Year and a finalist for Maryland Teacher of the Year. Most recently, he was named as a 2023 Connected School Leader by the Maryland Association of Elementary School Principals (MAESP). Holbrook is endorsed by the New Leaders Aspiring Principal Program and holds a Bachelor's Degree in Elementary Education from Goucher College with a minor in Spanish and a Master’s Degree in Educational Leadership from Loyola University Maryland.