Hugh Grosvenor Calkins, MD

Dr Hugh Calkins is the Nicholas J. Fortuin M.D. Professor of Cardiology and Director of the EP Laboratory and Arrhythmia Service at the Johns Hopkins Hospital. Dr. Calkins attended Williams College and Harvard Medical School before training in Medicine at the Massachusetts General Hospital. He received his cardiology training at Johns Hopkins. His first faculty position was at the University of Michigan. He returned to Johns Hopkins as Director of the Arrhythmia Service in 2002. Dr Calkins is an internationally recognized expert on catheter ablation, atrial fibrillation, syncope, arrhythmogenic right ventricular dysplasia, and arrhythmia management. He has published more than 350 peer reviewed manuscripts and book chapters. Dr Calkins is an Associate Editor of a the Journal of Cardiovascular Electrophysiology and is on the editorial board of many other cardiology journals. He is a member of the American Board of Internal Medicine Electrophysiology Boards Test Writing Committee. Dr Calkins is a Fellow of the American College of Cardiology, the American Heart Association, and the Heart Rhythm Society.