Leadership and Staff
Our staff includes clinical providers, case managers, peer recovery coaches, community health workers, patient service coordinators and medical assistants.
Effective, Compassionate Primary Medical Care
With roots in providing primary care to patients who suffer from chronic medical illnesses including HIV, the Comprehensive Care Practice has evolved to address rising priorities in the community. Our interdisciplinary and patient-centric care team is growing, and features a team of experts in primary care, as well as specialized care for patients with HIV, Hepatitis-C or substance use disorders.
Appointments are available Monday through Friday, 9 a.m. to 4 p.m.
The Comprehensive Care practice accepts most insurance plans including Priority Partners MCO, Johns Hopkins Medicare Advantage Plan, Medicare, Medical Assistance and most commercial plans. Please review Johns Hopkins Medicine insurance information.
Before you schedule an appointment, please contact your insurance company to make sure that the Comprehensive Care Practice and our providers are covered by your plan.
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Appointments and Insurance
Before you schedule an appointment, please contact your insurance company to make sure that the Comprehensive Care Practice and our providers are covered by your plan.
Core Values
Since its founding in 1994, the Comprehensive Care Practice has been driven by four core values:
- Offer respect and hope
- Maximize comfort and minimize stigma
- Encourage patients to never lose dignity to a diagnosis
- Make tomorrow be better than today.
News and Patient Resources
Our patients can expect:
- Effective, compassionate primary medical care from providers who treat their patients with respect and without judgment
- Ongoing support to manage chronic illnesses
- Buprenorphine treatment (this service is offered only to patients followed by one of CCP’s providers for their regular primary care)
- Access to community resources
- Referrals for specialty services
- On-site case management and education services as well as lab services in our office.
Our Team
Leadership
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Michael Fingerhood, M.D.
Associate Professor of Medicine
Director, Division of Addiction Medicine
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Debra Blunt
Practice Administrator
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Amy Ziemski
Senior Administrative Coordinator
Care Team
Buresh, Megan Elizabeth, M.D.
Medical Director, Inpatient Addiction Consult Service, Johns Hopkins Bayview Medical Center
Assistant Professor of Medicine
Assistant Professor of Medicine
Rastegar, Darius Anthony, M.D.
Medical Director, Inpatient Chemical Dependence Unit, Johns Hopkins Bayview Medical Center
Program Director, Addiction Medicine Fellowship
Associate Professor of Medicine
Program Director, Addiction Medicine Fellowship
Associate Professor of Medicine
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Alka Bora, PA-C, CHIA, MSHIA
Alka Bora joined CCP in May 2018. Ms. Bora worked with Allergy and Immunology prior to joining the division of addiction medicine as inpatient provider at Johns Hopkins Bayview in 2012. She received a bachelor of science degree in Physician Assistant from Howard University in 2006 and her masters degree in Healthcare Informatics from UMGC in April 2020.
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Sylvanus Mensah, CRNP
Location
Mason F. Lord East Tower, 2nd Floor
5200 Eastern Ave
Baltimore, MD 21224
To schedule an appointment or learn more about our practice, please call 410-550-2999.