Gloria Gerber, MD  

Dr. Gloria F. Gerber is an Assistant Professor of Medicine at Johns Hopkins University in the Division of Hematology. She received her undergraduate degree in Biology with High Honors from Dartmouth College and M.D. from Rutgers Robert Wood Johnson Medical School. She completed her Internal Medicine Residency at New York Presbyterian Weill Cornell Medical Center and Fellowship in Hematology at Johns Hopkins. Dr. Gerber specializes in the treatment of adult patients with non-malignant hematologic diseases namely coagulation disorders and thromboembolic diseases as well as hematologic diseases in pregnancy. Her primary research focuses on the interaction between the coagulation and complement systems in disease pathology, such as paroxysmal nocturnal hemoglobinuria paroxysmal nocturnal hemoglobinuria: (par-uk-SIZ-muhl nok-TURN-uhl hee-muh-gloe-buh-NYOOR-ee-uh) A rare and serious blood disease that causes red blood cells to break apart. Paroxysmal means sudden and irregular. Nocturnal means at night. Hemoglobinuria means hemoglobin in the urine. Hemoglobin is the red part of red blood cells. A… , complement-mediated hemolytic uremic syndrome, antiphospholipid syndrome and COVID-19. Her current research explores the mechanism of complement activity during pregnancy and how complement dysregulation can lead to pregnancy complications in thromboinflammatory disorders.