Melania Maria Bembea MD, MPH, PhD

Dr. Melania M. Bembea is an assistant professor of anesthesiology and critical care medicine at the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine. She holds a joint appointment in the Department of Pediatrics.

Dr. Bembea is a pediatric anesthesiologist and critical care medicine specialist. In addition to her clinical responsibilities, she serves as director of the Pediatric Intensive Care Unit (PICU) Clinical Research Program at Johns Hopkins Children’s Center.

She earned her medical degree at Romania’s Iuliu Hațieganu University of Medicine and Pharmacy. She completed a pediatrics residency at Cleveland Clinic Children’s Hospital and a pediatric critical care medicine fellowship at Johns Hopkins. She also holds an M.P.H. from Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health. She is certified in both pediatrics and pediatric critical care medicine by the American Board of Pediatrics.