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Preexisting Chronic Illness As a Risk Factor for Pediatric COVID-19 Disease Severity

Olga Charnaya, M.D., assistant professor of pediatrics, and Ryan Handoko, M.D., a resident in the Department of Pediatrics, are among the school of medicine researchers who investigated whether underlying chronic illness, along with age and obesity, could increase the potential for severe COVID-19 among pediatric patients.


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Olga Charnaya, MD

Olga Charnaya, MD

Assistant Professor of Pediatrics

Dr. Olga Charnaya is an assistant professor of Pediatrics at the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine.  She specializes in pediatric kidney transplantation but provides care for children with kidney disease of all types including ...

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