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Johanna Goldfarb, M.D.

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Appointed: 1992
Gender: Female
Languages: English
Center for Pediatric Infectious Disease
Phone:(216) 445-6863
Location:Cleveland Clinic Main Campus
Mail Code S25
9500 Euclid Avenue
Cleveland, OH 44195
Infectious Disease
Phone:(216) 445-6863
Location:Cleveland Clinic Main Campus
Mail Code S25
9500 Euclid Avenue
Cleveland, OH 44195
Medical Subspecialty Pediatrics
Phone:(216) 445-6863
Location:Cleveland Clinic Main Campus
Mail Code S25
9500 Euclid Avenue
Cleveland, OH 44195
 
 
Biographical Sketch

Johanna Goldfarb, MD, is head of the Center for Pediatric Infectious Diseases in the Pediatric Institute at the Cleveland Clinic Children's Hospital (CCCH). She is Chair of the Infection Control Committee of the CCCH. She is a Full Professor at the Cleveland Clinic Lerner College of Medicine at Case Western Reserve University (CCLCM). Dr. Goldfarb is a member of the CCLCM: admissions committee, MSCRP committee for promotion of the medical students and she is a mentor for the Foundations of Clinical Medicine seminar series, an acute care preceptor and a research mentor for the medical school.

Dr. Goldfarb is board-certified in pediatrics and pediatric infectious diseases by the American Board of Pediatrics. Her clinical interests include clinical pediatric infectious diseases and infections in immunocompromised children. Her research interests include infections in children with cancer and after transplantation. She participates in clinical trials to evaluate new infectious diseases therapies.

Dr. Goldfarb has received many teaching awards in her career and also the Cleveland Clinic's Bruce Hubbard Stewart Award " in recognition of her ability to combine sensitivity and compassion with knowledge and skill in the practice of medicine" in  2005.

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Education & Fellowships
Medical School:Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD
 
Residency:Hershey Medical Center, Pediatrics, PA
Residency:New York Hospital Cornell Medical Center, Pediatrics, New York, NY
Fellowship:Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Infectious Disease, New York, NY
Other Education:(Undergraduate) Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD
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Certifications

Pediatric Infectious Diseases

Pediatrics

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Specialty Interests
Pediatric infectious diseases infection control child abuse: factitious diseases by proxy.
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Awards & Honors
  • Excellence in Teaching, New York Medical College, 1986
  • Department of Pediatrics Teaching Excellence Award, Case Western Reserve University, 1991
  • Distinguished Teacher, Department of Pediatrics, Cleveland Clinic Foundation, 1994
  • Steward Scholar, Cleveland Clinic Foundation, 1994-1995
  • Cleveland Clinic Foundation Division of Pediatrics Chairmen’s Award for Promoting Research,1998
  • Residents award for outstanding teacher, Pediatrics, Cleveland Clinic, 2002
  • Residents award for outstanding teacher, Pediatrics, Cleveland Clinic, 2003
  • Distinguished Teaching Award Pediatrics, Cleveland Clinic: Section of Pediatric Infectious Diseases, 2003-2004
  • Award of Excellence: Scholars Collaborative in Teaching and Learning, 2004-2005
  • Bruce Hubbard Stewart Award: in recognition of her ability to combine sensitivity and compassion with knowledge and skill in the practice of medicine, 2005
  • America's Best Doctors, 2007
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Professional Memberships
  • Fellow, American Academy of Pediatrics
  • Member, American Society of Microbiology
  • Fellow, Infectious Diseases Society of America
  • Member, Pediatric Infectious Diseases Society
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Specializes in Diseases and Conditions
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Specializes in Services
  • Outpatient Antibiotic Therapy
  • Therapy for Children with Serious Infections
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Industry Relationships
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