Kerry Stewart, Ed.D.

Professor, Department of Medicine
Johns Hopkins Heart and Vascular Institute

Dr. Kerry J. Stewart is professor of medicine at the Johns Hopkins School of Medicine and director of clinical and research exercise physiology. In this role, he directs exercise testing and training programs at Johns Hopkins Bayview and Johns Hopkins Green Spring.

He is a Fellow of the American Association of Cardiovascular and Pulmonary Rehabilitation (FAACVPR) and a past president.  Dr. Stewart is also a Fellow of the American Heart Association (FAHA), the American College of Sports Medicine (FACSM), and a Fellow of the Society of Geriatric Cardiology (FSGC).

Dr. Stewart’s clinical and research interests are in the area of exercise testing and training and body composition of patients with chronic health conditions such as coronary artery disease, hypertension, peripheral artery disease, and diabetes, and coronary risk factor assessment and modification in older adults and children.

Dr. Stewart has published numerous journal articles and book chapters on the use of aerobic and resistive training in high-risk populations, lectures widely on this topic, and is a contribution author to the guidelines for cardiac rehabilitation for cardiovascular and pulmonary rehabilitation for the American Association of Cardiovascular and Pulmonary Rehabilitation, recommendations for cardiac rehabilitation and for resistance exercise for the American Heart Association, and exercise testing and training for peripheral artery disease for the American College of Sports Medicine. 

He is presently the principal investigator of an NIH funded study of exercise training in persons with type 2 diabetes and hypertension and another on weight loss by diet and exercise in persons with diabetes and prediabetes.

He is a graduate of the Brooklyn College of The City University of New York and received his Applied Physiology degree from Columbia University.

He will discuss Exercise to Stay Healthy at A Woman's Journey 2009 in Session I, 10:15 a.m. to 11:15 a.m.