Address:

Johns Hopkins School of Medicine
600 N. Wolfe Street
Carnegie 568
Baltimore, MD 21287

Appointment Phone:

410-502-0469

Fax:

410-955-3478

Medical School:
Vanderbilt University School of Medicine

Residency:
Johns Hopkins Hospital

Residency:
Johns Hopkins Hospital 

Current Position:
Cardiology Program - Year 2

Publications:
1.    Blaha MJ, Budoff MJ, Rivera JJ, Katz R, O'Leary DH, Polak JF, Takasu J, Blumenthal RS, Nasir K. Relationship of Carotid Distensibility and Thoracic Aorta Calcification. Multi-Ethnic Study of Atherosclerosis. Hypertension. 2009 Oct 5.

2.    Blaha M, Budoff MJ, Shaw LJ, Khosa F, Rumberger JA, Berman D, Callister T, Raggi P, Blumenthal RS, Nasir K. Absence of coronary artery calcification and all-cause mortality. JACC Cardiovasc Imaging. 2009 Jun; 2(6):692-700.

3.    Sharma K, Blaha MJ, Blumenthal RS, Musunuru K. Clinical and research applications of carotid intima-media thickness. Am J Cardiol. 2009 May 1; 103(9):1316-20. 2009 Mar 13.

4.    Blaha MJ, Bansal S, Rouf R, Golden SH, Blumenthal RS, Defilippis AP. A practical "ABCDE" approach to the metabolic syndrome. Mayo Clin Proc. 2008 Aug; 83(8):932-41. Review.

5.    Thompson JB, Blaha M, Resar JR, Blumenthal RS, Desai MY. Strategies to reverse atherosclerosis: an imaging perspective. Curr Treat Options Cardiovasc Med. 2008 Aug; 10(4):283-93.

6.    Blaha MJ, Gebretsadik T, Shintani A, Elasy TA. Waist circumference, not the metabolic syndrome, predicts glucose deterioration in type 2 diabetes. Obesity (Silver Spring). 2008 Apr; 16(4):869-74.

7.    Blaha MJ, Elasy TA. Adherence to insulin and the risk of glucose deterioration. Diabetes Care. 2006 Aug; 29(8):1982-3.

8.    Blaha MJ, Kusz KL, Drake W, Elasy TA. Hypertension prevalence awareness, treatment and control in North Nashville. Tenn Med. 2006 Apr; 99(4):35-7.