Lisa Maragakis, MD
Infectious Diseases
Highlights
Johns Hopkins Affiliations:
- Johns Hopkins School of Medicine Faculty
About Lisa Maragakis
Professional Titles
- Senior Director of Infection Prevention, The Johns Hopkins Health System
- Hospital Epidemiologist, The Johns Hopkins Hospital
Primary Academic Title
Professor of Medicine
Johns Hopkins Physician
Background
Lisa Maragakis, M.D., M.P.H., FSHEA, FIDSA, is a professor of medicine and epidemiology at Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine and the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health. Dr. Maragakis is the Senior Director of Infection Prevention for The Johns Hopkins Health System and the Executive Director of the Johns Hopkins Hospital Biocontainment Unit. She previously served as Co-Chair for the 2022 Update of the Compendium of Strategies to Prevent Healthcare-Associated Infections and as Co-Chair of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s Healthcare Infection Control Practices Advisory Committee (HICPAC). She is the 2026–2027 President of the Board of Trustees of the Society for Healthcare Epidemiology of America (SHEA).
Centers and Institutes
Research Interests
antimicrobial-resistant gram negative bacilli, Epidemiology, prevention and control of healthcare-acquired infections
Lab Website
Lisa Maragakis Lab
- Researchers in the Lisa Maragakis Lab are interested in health care-acquired infections and antimicrobial-resistant Gram-negative bacilli. We are particularly interested in the epidemiology, prevention and management of these infections.
Professional Activities
- Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Healthcare Infection Control Practices Advisory Committee, Member, 3/1/15 - 12/31/18
- Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Healthcare Infection Control Practices Advisory Committee, Co-Chair, 1/1/19
Locations
- The Johns Hopkins Hospital
- 1800 Orleans Street, Baltimore, MD 21287
- Get Directions
- phone: 410-955-5000
- fax: 410-955-5001
Expertise
Education
- Graduate School: Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, MPH, 2007
- Fellowship: Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Infectious Diseases, 2004
- Residency: Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Medicine, 2001
- Medical Education: Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, MD, 1998
Board Certifications
- Infectious Disease: American Board of Internal Medicine, 2003
- Internal Medicine: American Board of Internal Medicine, 2001
Insurance
- Aetna
- CareFirst
- Cigna
- First Health
- Geisinger Health Plan
- HealthSmart/Accel
- Johns Hopkins Health Plans
- MultiPlan
- Pennsylvania's Preferred Health Networks (PPHN)
- Point Comfort Underwriters
- Private Healthcare Systems (PHCS)
- Veteran Affairs Community Care Network (Optum-VACCN)