Meet the Team

Dr. Galiatsatos is an expert in the diagnosis and treatment of obstructive lung disease and tobacco cessation, and in the care of critically ill patients in the Medical ICU. He is also a member of the Obstructive Lung Disease Section at Johns Hopkins. Additionally, Dr. Galiatsatos serves as the community engagement co-director of the Baltimore Breathe Center. Through Medicine for the Greater Good and his relationships he has tackled community health needs through collaborations and partnerships, implemented population health strategies, and created educational programs that turn healthcare professionals into physician-citizens. His projects have impacted more than 7,000 Baltimore residents and more than 150 health care professional learners.

Dr. Galiatsatos completed his undergraduate studies at Temple University in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, and his medical degree at the University of Maryland School of Medicine in Baltimore. He completed his residency in internal medicine at the Johns Hopkins Bayview Medical Center, where he also served as an assistant chief of service. He completed his pulmonary and critical care training at the National Institutes of Health in Bethesda, Maryland, and at the Johns Hopkins Hospital in Baltimore. He also earned a master’s degree in health sciences from the Duke University School of Medicine in Durham, North Carolina.

He leverages community-based strategies, mixed-methods and human-centered design to understand and address social isolation. Dr. Cudjoe also serves on the Scientific Advisory Council for the Foundation for Social Connection and as co-lead to the Stakeholder Core for the Johns Hopkins Artificial Intelligence and Technology Collaboratory for Aging Research. His work has been featured in the New York Times, Wall Street Journal, NPR, and on Good Morning America.

His most recent book is Depression – Out of the Darkness and into the Light (Gatekeeper Press, 2020). Dr. Hale is the recipient of numerous awards, including the NAMI Metropolitan Baltimore award for the Mental Health Professional of the Year (2016), the Elizabeth Hurlock Beckman Award for Excellence in Education and Inspirational Leadership (2016), and the Maryland Foundation for Psychiatry Anti-Stigma Advocacy Prize (2018).

With an MPH in Maternal and Child Health from the University of South Florida and a BS in Community Health from the University of Maryland, College Park, she brings a strong academic foundation to her work. Kimberly’s research interests focus on health literacy, translational research, and community engagement, reflecting her dedication to promoting accessible and impactful healthcare practices.

Dr. Johnson is involved in a variety of community engagement initiatives through her work with MGG and HEAL. Her clinical and research interests include healthy aging, cognitive aging, psychological well-being, and caregiver well-being. She has spearheaded and worked as a team member on various research projects examining brain-behavior relationships, such as the neural correlates of psychological well-being, the stability of well-being following a neurological event, and emotion regulation in older adults. She has authored and co-authored multiple peer-reviewed scientific articles. She earned her Ph.D. in clinical psychology from the University of Iowa in Iowa City and completed her doctoral internship at the Iowa City Veterans Affairs Hospital.

Previously, she worked as a community health worker at Howard County General Hospital in Columbia, Maryland, and as a health education assistant at Riverside University Health System in Riverside, California. She holds a bachelor’s of science degree in public health from the University of North Carolina Wilmington.

She focuses on treating persons holistically, with a special emphasis on mental health/addiction and preventative health. She takes pride in providing a pharmacist’s perspective to MGG.

As our pharmacist, Dr. DeJaco serves as an expert in medication and health insurance coverage. In her spare time, she enjoys exercise (especially hiking and biking), nature (she loves foraging and gardening), and photography.

She holds a bachelor’s degree in English and journalism from The George Washington University in Washington, D.C., as well as a master’s degree in emerging media from Loyola University.