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Noreen A Hynes

Noreen A Hynes, MD, MPH

Infectious Diseases

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Age Groups Seen

  • Young Adult 18-25
  • Adult 26-64
  • Older Adult 65+

Languages

  • French
  • English

Gender

Female

Johns Hopkins Affiliations:

  • Johns Hopkins School of Medicine Faculty

About Noreen A Hynes

Professional Titles

  • Director, Geographic Medicine Center of the Division of Infectious Diseases
  • Medical Director, Tropical Medicine Ambulatory Consultation Service
  • Medical Director, Johns Hopkins Travel Health Consultation Service
  • Director of Research, Biocontainment Unit, Johns Hopkins Hospital
  • Associate Medical Director (Infectious Diseases), Biocontainment Unit, Johns Hopkins Hospital
  • Co-Director, Infectious Disease Concentration, Master of Public Health Program

Primary Academic Title

Associate Professor of Medicine

Johns Hopkins Physician

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Background

Dr. Noreen Hynes has over 35 years of medical and public health experience in both international and domestic settings. Her career has encompassed basic and applied research, epidemiology, public health, clinical medicine, and the regulatory aspects of medical countermeasures for emerging and infectious diseases and high-consequence pathogens.

Dr. Hynes has been affiliated with The Johns Hopkins Medical Institutions and the Schools of Medicine and Public Health University since 1997. She is currently an Associate Professor of Medicine (part-time) in the School of Medicine, Division of Infectious Diseases, and is jointly appointed in the School of Public Health in the Department of International Health. Since 2009, Dr. Hynes has served as the director of the Geographic Medicine Center in the Division of Infectious Diseases in the Johns Hopkins School of Medicine, as the Medical Director of the Johns Hopkins Tropical & Travel Medicine Service, and as the Baltimore Site Director for the CDC-sponsored GeoSentinel Surveillance System.  Dr. Hynes serves as the Director of Research and the Associate Medical Director of the Johns Hopkins Hospital BioContainment Unit.

She also serves as the co-director of the Infectious Disease concentration in the Johns Hopkins Master of Public Health degree program.  

Dr. Hynes' research interests focus on infectious diseases at the clinical-public health interface in resource-constrained settings in both tropical and temperate regions. Her research focuses on tropical diseases, including those that or zoonoses or high-consequence pathogens. Her research focuses on these pathogens including examining deliberate and naturally-occurring exposures/outcomes, the epidemiology and control of emerging infectious diseases, and collaboration on vaccine clinical trials conducted by the Center for Immunization Research at the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health.

Centers and Institutes

Clinical Trial Keywords

Malaria; Dengue; Ebola, Influenza; Travel; Vaccines

Research Interests

epidemiology and control of tropical diseases, Vaccine preventable diseases

Selected Publications

  • Hynes NA. Technical factors in assessing the threat of bioterrorist attacks using human vectors of contagious pathogens, in Bale JM. Assessing the Risk of Islamist Terrorists Using Human Vectors to Deploy Contagious Pathogens. Middlebury Institute of International Studies at Monterey, Center on Terrorism, Extremism, and Counterterrorism. Monterey, CA.  2019; pp 251-273

  • Flinn JB, Hynes NA, Sauer LM, Maragakis LL, Garabaldi BT. The role of dedicated biocontainment patient care units in preparing for CVOID-19 and other infectious disease outbreaks. Infect Control Hosp Epidem. 2021; 42(2):208-211

  • Paules CI, Gallagher SK, Rapaka RR, Davey RT, Doernberg SB, Grossberg R, Hynes NA, Ponce P, Short WR, Voell J, Wang J, Yang OO, Wolfe CR, Lye DC, Dodd LE, Benson CA. Remdesivir for the prevention of invasive mechanical ventilation or death in COVID-19 --- A post-hoc analysis of the Adaptive COVID-19 Treatment Trial-1 cohort data. Clin Infect Dis 2021 online first (11 Aug 2021). https://doi.org/10.1093/cid/ciab695

  • Tomashek KM, Mehta AK, Hynes NA. Racial disproportionality in Covid clinical trials. New Eng J Med 2020; 383(25):2487-2488. PMID: 33156581 DOI: 10.1056/NEJMc2029374

  • Whitehead SS, Durbin AP, Pierce KK, Elwood D, McElvany BD, Fraser EA, Carmolli MP, Tibery CM, Hynes NA, et al. In randomized trial, the live attenuated tetravalent dengue vaccine TV003 is well-toleratied and highly immunogenic in subjects with flavivirus exposure prior to vaccination. PLoS Negl Trop Dis. 2017; 11(5):e0005584. doi:10.1371/journal.pntd.0005584.eCollection 2017 May.  PMID:28481883

Honors

  • Fellow, American Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene
  • Fellow, Infectious Diseases Society of America
  • Board of Trustees, Center for Excellence in Education
  • Distinguished Service Medal, U.S. Public Health Service
  • Secretary's Distinguished Service Award, U.S. Dept of Health and Human Services
  • Vice Presidential Service Medal
  • Meritorious Service Medal, U.S. Public Health Service
  • Outstanding Service Medal, U.S. Public Health Service
  • Commendation Medal, U.S. Public Health Service
  • Citation, U.S. Public Health Service
  • Crisis Response Award, U.S. Public Health Service): Terrorist attacks of 9/11/2001
  • Crisis Response Award, U.S. Public Health Service): Anthrax letters attacks
  • Board of Regents Award for the Outstanding Medical Officer Graduate, Uniformed Services University

Graduate Program Affiliations

  • Co-director, Infectious Disease Concentration, MPH Program

Memberships

  • American Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene
  • Infectious Diseases Society of America
  • International Society of Travel Medicine

Locations

  1. Geographic Medicine Clinic

Expertise

Education

  • Graduate School: Royal College of Physicians of London, Tropical Medicine & Hygiene, 2007
  • Fellowship: Massachusetts General Hospital, Infectious Diseases, 1990
  • Residency: Massachusetts General Hospital, Internal Medicine, 1989
  • Medical Education: Uniformed Services University of Health Sciences, MD, 1985

Board Certifications

  • Infectious Disease: American Board of Internal Medicine, 1996
  • Internal Medicine: American Board of Internal Medicine, 1991

Insurance

Search plans
  • 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)

Ratings & Reviews

5 out of 5

37 ratings, 23 reviews

The Patient Rating score is an average of all responses to physician related questions on the national CG-CAHPS Medical Practice patient experience survey through Press Ganey. Responses are measured on a scale of 1 to 5, with 5 being the best score. Comments are also gathered from our CG-CAHPS Medical Practice Survey through Press Ganey and displayed in their entirety. Patients are de-identified for confidentiality and patient privacy.

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    5 out of 5 stars
    Reviewed on 3/19/2026

    This was an excellent visit. I learned many things and all my questions were answered.

    5 out of 5 stars
    Reviewed on 3/3/2026

    Dr. Hynes is incredibly knowledgeable and provided really useful insights for me to prepare for upcoming travel - both the next trip I am taking as well as others beyond.

    5 out of 5 stars
    Reviewed on 2/5/2026

    The doctor was delightful and very knowledgeable!

    5 out of 5 stars
    Reviewed on 2/3/2026

    Dr. Hynes has total dedication to her patients, and she is amazingly knowledgeable.

    5 out of 5 stars
    Reviewed on 2/3/2026

    She is so thorough for our concerns and questions

    5 out of 5 stars
    Reviewed on 1/22/2026

    Dr. Hynes is the best physician I have ever seen. She is the only one in the office and does it all and spends time going over every detail of care and answering every questions. She Is very obviously a subject matter expert in all things travel medicine and infectious disease. Every provider should strive to be like her.

    5 out of 5 stars
    Reviewed on 1/22/2026

    This was probably the most thorough visit with a healthcare provider I have ever had. Dr. Hynes was prepared for our visit with relevant information, printed and highlighted for reference. The recommendations she made went well beyond my expectations and covered all aspects of our planned trip. Truly excellent work.

    5 out of 5 stars
    Reviewed on 1/20/2026

    Dr. Hynes is very thorough and knowledgeable.

    5 out of 5 stars
    Reviewed on 1/15/2026

    This was probably the very best doctor visit that I've had in a long time.

    5 out of 5 stars
    Reviewed on 1/15/2026

    Excellent informative Dr.

    5 out of 5 stars
    Reviewed on 12/18/2025

    Very knowledgeable and kind

    5 out of 5 stars
    Reviewed on 12/16/2025

    Very well knowledge in her in field

    5 out of 5 stars
    Reviewed on 11/25/2025

    Knowledgeable. Thorough. Shared pertinent information in a clear and concise manner.

    5 out of 5 stars
    Reviewed on 10/23/2025

    Extremely thorough.

    5 out of 5 stars
    Reviewed on 10/21/2025

    Dr. Hynes is a leader in tropical medicine, and was delighted to have her give me such a comprehensive consult at the Travel Clinic.

    5 out of 5 stars
    Reviewed on 10/9/2025

    Dr. Hynes is incredibly knowledgeable any thorough. This is an awesome service to have access to!

    5 out of 5 stars
    Reviewed on 9/18/2025

    Very professional, good listener

    5 out of 5 stars
    Reviewed on 8/21/2025

    She's very thorough, friendly, easy to talk to

    5 out of 5 stars
    Reviewed on 8/7/2025

    I never been attended to by physician USA who care about me as a person like Dr. Hynes did. She read through my details and medical history and was able to put all things together.

    5 out of 5 stars
    Reviewed on 8/5/2025

    Very knowledgeable and professional

    5 out of 5 stars
    Reviewed on 8/5/2025

    Dr. Hynes was very personable, professional and thorough.

    5 out of 5 stars
    Reviewed on 7/22/2025

    Wonderful and knowledgeable physician

    4 out of 5 stars
    Reviewed on 5/29/2025

    Not good with responding to follow up email