Meet the physicians

Dr. Ira Fine is the founder of Falls Medical Specialists. He attended Virginia Tech University graduating with a Bachelor of Science degree in Physics with distinction.

He subsequently attended the University of Maryland School of Medicine. Dr. Fine served as an intern and resident at the University of Maryland Hospital and performed a Fellowship in Rheumatology at the Johns Hopkins Hospital. He was appointed Chief Resident in Internal Medicine at the University of Maryland following his Fellowship.

Dr. Fine has been a member of the Medical faculty at Johns Hopkins Hospital since 1980. He is active in the teaching program.

He is presently Chairman of the Board at Johns Hopkins at Green Spring and serves on the Board of Trustees of the Johns Hopkins Hospital. Dr. Fine has been consistently named one of Baltimore's Best Rheumatologists. He presently has a concierge practice in Internal Medicine and a sub-specialty practice in Rheumatology at Johns Hopkins at Green Spring Station.

Dr. Baldanza was raised in Cockeysville, Maryland. He attended University of Richmond College and graduated cum laude with a B.A. degree in Finance. Dr. Baldanza received his medical degree from the Medical College of Virginia in 1995 where he was a member of the Alpha Omega Alpha Honor Medical Society. He then went on to complete a 3-year residency at Johns Hopkins Bayview Medical Center and has been practicing Internal Medicine/primary care in the area since 1998 joining Falls Medical Specialists in 1999. Dr. Baldanza is board certified in Internal Medicine and admits patients to Johns Hopkins Hospital and Sinai Hospital. He lives in Lutherville with his wife and two children.

Dr. Susanna Jeurling is double Board certified in both Internal Medicine and Rheumatology through the American Board of Internal Medicine. She see patients both for primary care and consultative rheumatology.

A native of Washington, D.C., Dr. Jeurling earned her Bachelor of Science in Molecular Biochemistry and Biophysics from Yale University with Distinction. She received her medical degree from New York University School of Medicine where she was inducted into the Alpha Omega Alpha medical honor society and conducted research on cardiovascular risk. She completed her Internal Medicine internship and residency at the Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania. Dr Jeurling returned to the mid-Atlantic for her Rheumatology fellowship at Johns Hopkins, where she continues to serve as a clinical instructor — teaching fellows and collaborating on ongoing research.

Dr. Jeurling offers patients the time, attention, and continuity that thoughtful care requires.

Dr. Johnston was raised in California and graduated from Caltech with Honors in Biology and Chemistry. She received her medical degree from Johns Hopkins School of Medicine, followed by a 3-year internal medicine residency at the Johns Hopkins Osler Medicine Training Program. She then pursued an Infectious Diseases Fellowship at Johns Hopkins, during which time she also completed a Masters in Health Sciences in Epidemiology from the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health. Her research focused on infection control and outbreaks during her career in infectious diseases at Hopkins. She is board-certified in Internal Medicine and Infectious Diseases. She has focused on being an internist for the past 15 years.

Dr. Johnston lives with her husband, Peter, and their two children in Baltimore. Peter is a cardiologist at Johns Hopkins Hospital.