Learn About Our Medical Board
Dr. Sujana Reddy
Sujana Reddy, DO is an Internal Medicine Physician, the Vice President & Medical Advisory Board leader for Awareness for POTSies, and published researcher on topics related to COVID-19 and vaccine injury. Dr. Reddy is passionate about chronic illnesses because she battles long-COVID, including POTS (postural orthostatic tachycardia syndrome), ME/CFS (myalgic encephalomyelitis/chronic fatigue syndrome), MCAS (mast cell activation syndrome), secondary immunodeficiency, post-herpetic neuralgia, and EDS (Ehlers-Danlos syndrome). She is a fierce advocate for our community and believes that research can help elevate and propel the field of medicine forward. She has been a frontline healthcare hero since the start of the pandemic and has witnessed all aspects of the COVID-19 pandemic in real time. These experiences, along with her own personal journey of self-discovery and medical detective sleuthing to unravel her ailments and fight for survival, further motivates her to help pave the way for others to find their healing. Her vision is to practice medicine with an empathetic ear, a holistic approach, and focus on delivering quality patient-centered care. Dr. Reddy hopes to open a private Internal Medicine practice that supports those with chronic illnesses. In her spare time, Dr. Reddy loves to play the piano, practice meditation, spend time in nature, is an avid reader, engage in various volunteer activities, and music/movie enthusiast.
Dr. Alba Azola
Alba Azola, MD is a rehabilitation physician who has a passion to help patients restore function and movement after injury or illness. She completed her residency in Otolaryngology (ENT) at the University of Maryland Medical Center in 2008. After 4 years of ENT residency, Dr. Azola realized that this area of medicine was not the right fit. She stepped down from training and took on a post-doctoral research position in the Swallowing Neurorehabilitation Lab at Hopkins. During this time, she began teaching a mindful movement practice to women at Hopewell Cancer Center. Seeing first-hand how the cancer warriors in this group found healing through movement inspired her to return to clinical work in the field of physical medicine and rehabilitation (PMR). In 2020, she was finishing rehabilitation residency at Johns Hopkins and decided to stay on as faculty in the Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation Department. In the early days of the pandemic, her team joined efforts with the division of pulmonary medicine and critical care to create the Post-Acute COVID Team with the goal of providing outpatient medical and rehabilitative care for COVID-19 survivors. As the pandemic progressed, she noted an increase in the number of referrals for patients who had lingering debilitating symptoms after mild acute illness. Some of these previously healthy, working-age group patients had lost their ability to work, take care of their families, and in some cases required assistance to complete basic activities of daily living. She quickly realized that she needed help to learn how to care for them. She reached out to physicians with expertise in dysautonomia, immunology, and chronic fatigue syndrome like expert Dr. Peter Rowe. He became her mentor, generously sharing his knowledge, discussing challenging cases, and providing guidance as she honed her skills in the management of chronic fatigue patients. After some time working with Dr. Rowe, Dr. Azola’s interest in the clinical care of this patient population grew and she has now joined the Chronic Fatigue Clinic where she is working alongside Dr. Rowe, Dr. Broussard-Robinson, and the rest of their growing team to continue to provide care for ME/CFS patients and expand on the scientific advancements of this field.
Dr. Lorem Que-Morachis
Dr. Lorem Que-Morachis, MD is a board-certified Internal Medicine physician and has been at Scripps Mercy Hospital in San Diego since 2010. She has had the opportunity to mentor residents during their hospitalist rotations and has lectured on inpatient management of COVID patients to the residency program. She has been in the front lines of the COVID pandemic and unfortunately was diagnosed with POTS in early 2023 after having multiple episodes of presyncope, weakness, brain fog, and palpitations. With her colleagues by her side, she was diagnosed quickly but realized that there is a gap in early diagnosis and understanding of the disease process. She understands the dangers of medical gaslighting and would like to educate practitioners of the disease. Her diagnosis gave her a newfound understanding of chronic illness and is now an advocate. She is excited to be part of the medical advisory board for Awareness for POTsies. She has worked hard in regaining her stamina so she can play with her young son and spend time with her family. She has had a newfound gratitude for nature, life, family, and friends. Her new phrase for life is “carpe diem” or seize the day!
Dr. Anna Wolff
Anna Wolff, DO (she/they) is a board certified Neuromusculoskeletal Medicine (NMM) physician who completed their residency in 2021. Anna's residency in Bronx, NY was heavily impacted by the pandemic and has influenced their approach to medicine and patient management significantly. Anna presently runs a private practice in San Francisco where they work with patients who are living with chronic pain and chronic illness including conditions such as Long COVID, dysautonomia and hEDS. They also work as adjunct faculty teaching osteopathic treatment techniques at Touro University College of Osteopathic Medicine in California and take on students in their practice to educate future doctors on these poorly understood conditions.
Dr. Sarah Cohen Solomon
Sarah Cohen Solomon, MD FAAP is the ABP Board Certified Pediatrician at PRISM Spine and Joint, where she specializes in caring for patients with hypermobile Ehlers Danlos Syndrome and related Dysautonomia conditions, POTS in particular. This interest stems from her own lifelong experience with these conditions. After graduating from Sidney Kimmel Medical College of Thomas Jefferson University, Dr. Cohen Solomon remained at the affiliated Nemours Hospital for Children, where she was awarded the Pediatric Academic Excellence Award for Outstanding Research, Education, and/or Advocacy in General Pediatrics. Dr. Cohen Solomon draws on her personal experience as a patient to bring high quality, nuanced, and sensitive care to children, adolescents, and young adults suffering with these conditions.
Dr. Shannon Murphy
Dr. Shannon Murphy is a pediatrician who received her undergraduate degree at Vanderbilt University and her Medical Degree from Emory School of Medicine. She completed her pediatric training at the Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia and subsequently worked as a primary care pediatrician in a community group practice in Alabama. Currently, Dr. Murphy serves on the Expert Physician Council for the International Academy on the Science and Impact of Cannabis (IASIC), an international non-profit organization of doctors educating both the medical community and general public on marijuana. Previous volunteer appointments include serving on the Practice Advisory Committee on Adolescent Substance Use for the American Academy of Pediatrics, serving on the Board of Directors for National Families in Action (NFIA), a national non-profit substance use prevention organization, and serving as Chair of the Medical Advisory Board for Project Access, a nonprofit organization connecting uninsured and underserved patients with subspecialty medical care. Dr. Murphy’s primary interest is in adolescent health and well-being with a focus on education advocacy and community outreach related to both teen and young adult substance use and the impact of chronic medical illness on the young patient.
Dr. Sarah Diekman
Sarah Diekman, MD, JD, MPH, MS, is the managing director and a physician at Diekman Dysautonomia LLC., and an instructor and adjunct professor at the University of North Carolina Gillings School of Public Health. Currently, she is teaching a graduate level data analysis course. She is board certified by the American Board of Preventative Medicine in the subspecialty of occupational and environmental medicine. In May of 2022, she earned an MPH with a concentration in epidemiology and biostatistical methods for public health and clinical research from the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health. Immediately prior to residency at Johns Hopkins she graduated magna cum laude from law school at Florida A&M College of Law. She serves on several committees that address the disparities faced by healthcare workers with disabilities.