Professor of Medicine;
Director, Welch Center for Prevention, Epidemiology and Clinical Research, The Johns Hopkins University

Joint Departmental Affiliations
Epidemiology and International Health, Bloomberg School of Public Health

Academic Degrees
AB, Dartmouth College, 1977;
MD, New York University School of Medicine, 1981;
MPH, Johns Hopkins University, 1989

Residency
Baltimore City Hospital and Francis Scott Key Medical Center, Baltimore,  MD, Internal Medicine

Fellowship
Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, GIM

Contact
E-mail: lappel@jhmi.edu
Phone: (410) 955-4156
Fax: (410) 955-0476

Research and Professional Interests
Prevention of blood pressure-related cardiovascular and kidney diseases through pharmacologic and non-pharmacologic approaches, often nutrition-based

Link to Dr. Appel's publications: PubMed database

Link to Dr. Appel's Hopkins POWER Trial web page