Lisa L. Maragakis, M.D., M.P.H.
Assistant Professor of Medicine
The Johns Hopkins University, Department of Medicine,
Division of Infectious Diseases
Associate Hospital Epidemiologist
The Johns Hopkins Hospital
Baltimore, Maryland

Lisa L. Maragakis, M.D., M.P.H., is an assistant professor of medicine at The Johns Hopkins University, Department of Medicine, Division of Infectious Diseases and an Associate Hospital Epidemiologist at Johns Hopkins Hospital. 

Dr. Maragakis’ research interest is the epidemiology, prevention and control of health care-acquired infections caused by antimicrobial-resistant gram negative bacilli.  Her research regarding the epidemiology, diagnosis, and treatment of multidrug-resistant gram-negative organisms is funded by a Health Protection Research Initiative grant and an Applied Research in Antimicrobial Resistance grant, both from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).  Dr. Maragakis also has a research interest in the prevention of health care-associated infections.  Recent research investigated an association between the intra-operative fraction of inspired oxygen and surgical site infections following spinal surgery; ongoing research is investigating methods to reduce antimicrobial use associated with ventilator-associated pneumonia and catheter-associated urinary tract infection. 

Dr. Maragakis is a member of the Infectious Diseases Society of America (IDSA) and the Society for Healthcare Epidemiology of America (SHEA).  She is the liaison representing SHEA to the Healthcare Infection Control Practices Advisory Committee (HICPAC) at the CDC.

Dr. Maragakis received her medical degree and post-doctoral training in infectious diseases at The Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine and a master’s degree in public health from The Johns Hopkins University Bloomberg School of Public Health.