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.
Dr. Stewart is a fellow of the American Association of Cardiovascular and Pulmonary Rehabilitation and a past president. Dr. Stewart also is a fellow of the American College of Sports Medicine, and a fellow of the Society of Geriatric Cardiology.
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. He also focuses on the 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. He lectures widely on this topic, and is a contributing author to the guidelines for AACVPR, 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 principle investigator of an NIH-funded study of exercise training in persons with type 2 diabetes and hypertension. Some of Dr. Stewart’s other current clinical research projects are LOOK AHEAD (weight loss in type 2 diabetes) and Exercise and Fatigue in Cancer Patients.
