Edward Kasper, M.D.

E. Cowles Andrus Professor of Medicine
Division of Cardiology
Director, Clinical Cardiology

An expert in treating patients suffering from heart failure following cardiac transplantation, Dr. Edward Kasper is internationally recognized for his research into the biological origins of heart failure and the underlying reasons why the body rejects some transplanted hearts and not others. Specifically, his research has focused on causes of cardiomyopathy, a serious condition in which the heart has difficulty pumping blood throughout the body, and on hemodynamics, or the pressure of blood flow, particularly in post-heart transplantation patients. Most recently, he has researched potential blood tests for predicting the earliest signs of heart failure and an organ recipient’s risk of rejecting a heart transplant.

Kasper has authored more than 70 articles, two books and many book chapters on various aspects of heart failure and transplantation.  He is a fellow of the American College of Cardiology, having served on its board of governors from 2002 to 2006.  In addition, Kasper is a fellow of the American Heart Association, where since 2006 he has served on its clinical cardiology committee.  He is also a longstanding member of numerous societies dedicated to improving the lives of heart transplant recipients and those awaiting a donated organ, including such organizations as the International Society for Heart and Lung Transplantation, the United Network for Organ Sharing, the Heart Failure Society of America, and the Working Group of Transplant Cardiologists.

For the last five years, Kasper served as the director of the cardiology division at Johns Hopkins Bayview Medical Center, where under his leadership the number of faculty and staff nearly tripled, and patient numbers more than doubled.  Today, Kasper oversees 102 faculty and 87 fellows who annually treat more than 4,000 inpatients and nearly 30,000 outpatients. 

Kasper earned his medical degree in 1984 from the University of Connecticut School of Medicine.  He completed his medical training at The Johns Hopkins Hospital and joined the faculty in 1987. 

He will discuss Heart to Heart at A Woman's Journey - Palm Beach 2010 in Session I, 10:30 a.m. to 11:30 a.m.