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Johns Hopkins Medicine
Alexandra Berges is a second-year otolaryngology resident at Johns Hopkins Hospital. She graduated from the Johns Hopkins University in 2017 with a degree in biomedical engineering focused on computational medicine, and a minor in computer science. During her undergraduate career, Alexandra founded a start-up company developing a breast biopsy device for global settings, raising over 70K in nondilutive funding and US patent protected. Alexandra then began medical school at Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, where she has been involved in two ophthalmology start-up companies providing new technologies in the cornea and cataract spaces. To further pursue her interests in innovation within otolaryngology, she pursued a year of Dean’s funded pre-doctoral research in the laboratory of Dr. Alexander Hillel, a surgeon-scientist and professor of laryngology. Her research focused on understanding the pathophysiology of an airway and voice disorder, laryngotracheal stenosis. She has also been involved in several projects collecting clinical patient-reported outcomes data, and studies incorporating virtual reality simulation in surgical training. As an otolaryngology resident, she continues to study upper airway pathology through studies aimed at understanding the molecular mechanisms surrounding the development of airway granulation tissue and fibrosis. She also has pursued research endeavors within the intersection of sleep surgery, upper airway pathology, and medical device innovation.