Joana Machry,  MD

Joana Machry, M.D., FAAP, specializes in newborn medicine at the Johns Hopkins All Children's Maternal, Fetal & Neonatal Institute. She serves as the program director for the Johns Hopkins All Children’s Neonatal-Perinatal Medicine Fellowship Program and is ranked as Assistant professor in pediatrics at the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine. In 2017 Dr. Machry received a Johns Hopkins Medicine Clinical Excellence award in Clinical Collaboration & Teamwork for leading the NICU Pulmonary Taskforce.

Dr. Machry received a Department of Pediatrics Teaching Excellence Award as a resident at Jackson Memorial Hospital/University of Miami Miller School of Medicine, where she completed her pediatric residency and fellowship in Neonatal-Perinatal Medicine. Her clinical expertise and research interests include exploring optimal practices in newborn respiratory support and care, management of the most complex cases of Bronchopulmonary Dysplasia with focus on neurodevelopmental outcomes, and innovation in medical education. In addition to leading the NICU Pulmonary Taskforce, she also leads the NICU Multidisciplinary Tracheostomy Team.

• Board Certification
  • American Board of Pediatrics Neonatal-Perinatal Medicine
  • American Board of Pediatrics Pediatrics - General
• Education
  • Medical Education Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina
    3/1/1996 - 1/31/2002
  • Residency Hospital Infantil Joana de Gusmao
    1/1/2002 - 6/30/2003
  • Residency Jackson Memorial Hospital
    6/1/2003 - 6/30/2006
  • Fellowship Jackson Memorial Hospital
    7/1/2006 - 6/30/2009