Her areas of clinical expertise include geriatric medicine and geriatric psychiatry. Dr. Amjad earned her M.D. and Master’s of Public Health from Drexel University. She completed her residency and chief residency in internal medicine at Yale-New Haven Hospital and performed a fellowship in geriatric medicine and gerontology at John Hopkins University School of Medicine. She joined the faculty of Johns Hopkins in 2016.She is certified in internal medicine from the American Board of Internal Medicine. Her research focuses on informing and improving the care of older adults with dementia with research into safety, undiagnosed dementia, health services and new models of care.