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Alexandra Lazzara

Alexandra Lazzara, MD

Neonatology

Highlights

Languages

  • English

Gender

Female

Johns Hopkins Affiliations:

  • Johns Hopkins School of Medicine Faculty

About Alexandra Lazzara

Primary Academic Title

Assistant Professor of Pediatrics

Johns Hopkins Physician

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Background

Alexandra Lazzara is an assistant professor of pediatrics with the Johns Hopkins School of Medicine. Dr. Lazzara’s research is focused on communication with families and decision making for infants with chronic critical illness. She is currently piloting a web-based decision aid for families making resuscitation decisions at the limits of viability and plans to expand this framework to other disease processes commonly seen in the NICU.

Research Interests

communication tools, periviability and resuscitation practices, decision-making in critical illness

Locations

  1. The Johns Hopkins Hospital
  2. Johns Hopkins Bayview Medical Center

Expertise

Education

  • Fellowship: Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Neonatal Perinatal Medicine, 2024
  • Residency: Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Pediatrics, 2021
  • Medical Education: Penn State College of Medicine, MD, 2018

Board Certifications

  • Pediatrics: American Board of Pediatrics, 2021