Dr. Meredith C. McCormack MD, MHS

Meredith C. McCormack, MD, MHS, is an Associate Professor of Medicine at the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine with a joint appointment in environmental health and engineering at the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health in Baltimore, Maryland. She earned her medical degree from Jefferson Medical College of Thomas Jefferson University in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, and her Master of Health Science degree from the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health. She completed her internal medicine residency at Thomas Jefferson University Hospital and a fellowship in pulmonary and critical care medicine at Johns Hopkins hospital.

Dr. McCormack has clinical expertise in pulmonary physiology and respiratory disease, particularly chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) and asthma. She serves as the medical director of the Johns Hopkins University Pulmonary Function Laboratory and is the vice chair of the American Thoracic Society Committee for Proficiency Standards in Pulmonary Function Testing.

Dr. McCormack is a physician-scientist with a research focus on the effect of environmental influences on underlying obstructive lung disease—specifically air pollution, diet, and obesity influences on COPD and asthma. She has been funded by the National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences and the Environmental Protection Agency to conduct environmental cohort studies and trials to understand the effects of indoor and outdoor air pollution on children and adults with underlying respiratory disease. Her work is largely focused in Baltimore City but has included rural areas of Washington State, Appalachia, and the Caribbean.

Dr. McCormack is dedicated to training the next generation of physician-scientists. She serves as the associate program director of the Johns Hopkins Pulmonary and Critical Care Fellowship program and plays an active role in mentoring fellows and junior faculty.