Dr. Showell is the Medical Director of the Harriet Lane Clinic (HLC), Associate Program Director of the Pediatrics Residency Program, General Pediatrician, and Assistant Professor of Pediatrics at the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine. She is dedicated to a clinical, educational, and research career focused on addressing pediatric socioeconomic and racial/ethnic health disparities among marginalized and minoritized populations. In 2020. Dr. Showell was appointed as the Associate Medical Director of the HLC and subsequently appointed as Medical Director in 2021. She is the first African American faculty member at Johns Hopkins to be named to either position.
In her roles as Medical Director and Associate Residency Program Director, Dr. Showell has focused on enhancing clinical operations, overseeing primary care education for over 100 pediatric residents, expanding access to clinical care and testing for pediatric patients with COVID-19 like symptoms, spearheading COVID-19 vaccination efforts and increasing engagement amongst patients and community members in East Baltimore. Additionally, Dr. Showell has promoted expansion of charitable routine and specialty care for uninsurable patients through the Johns Hopkins The Access Partnership (TAP) Program and has led the Harriet Lane Clinic’s participation in a national multisite collaborative addressing racially just trauma informed pediatric care.