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The Echocardiographic Laboratory Team

  • Oscar Cingolani, MD

    • Director, Hypertension Program
    • Associate Professor of Medicine

    Expertise: Cardiology

    Primary Location: Levi Watkins, Jr., M.D., Outpatient Center, Baltimore, MD

    Research Interests: Atrial fibrillation, Cardiac regeneration, Heart Failure, Hypertension, Matricellular Proteins in cardiovascular Diseases.

  • Allison Hays, MD

    • Medical Director of Echocardiography Programs of the Johns Hopkins Hospital
    • Professor of Medicine

    Expertise: Cardiology

    Primary Location: The Johns Hopkins Hospital, Baltimore, MD

    Research Interests: <p>Echocardiography, HfPEF, HIV, Magnetic resonance angiography, Non-invasive imaging of coronary arteries, Stress CMR, Coronary microvascular function, Women&#39;s Cardiolvascular Health</p>

    Research Publications

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  • Jose Madrazo, MD

    • Director, Johns Hopkins Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy Center
    • Associate Professor of Clinical Medicine

    Expertise: Cardiology

    Primary Location: Johns Hopkins Endoscopy & Surgery Center - Columbia, Columbia, MD

  • Lena Molly Mathews, MD MHS

    • Medical Director, Cardiac Rehabilitation
    • Assistant Professor of Medicine

    Expertise: Cardiology

    Primary Location: Johns Hopkins Bayview Medical Center, Baltimore, MD

  • Thomas Stephen Metkus, MD

    • Associate Professor of Medicine

    Expertise: Cardiology

    Primary Location: The Johns Hopkins Hospital, Baltimore, MD

    Research Publications

    PubMed

  • Erin Donnelly Michos, MD

    • Director of Women's Cardiovascular Health Research
    • Professor of Medicine

    Expertise: Cardiology

    Primary Location: Johns Hopkins Endoscopy & Surgery Center - Columbia, Columbia, MD

    Research Interests: Cardio-Obstetrics, Lipids, Menopause, Obesity and Cardiometabolic Disease, Preventive Cardiology, Women's Cardiovascular Health

    Research Publications

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  • Monica Mukherjee, MD MPH

    • Director, Echocardiography Lab, Johns Hopkins Bayview Medical Center
    • Professor of Medicine

    Expertise: Cardiology

    Primary Location: The Johns Hopkins Hospital, Baltimore, MD

    Research Interests: Diastolic Heart Failure, Hypertension and Strain, Hypertensive Heart Disease, Myocardial Fibrosis, Pulmonary Hypertension, Right heart dysfunction, Speckle Tracking Echocardiography

    Research Publications

    PubMed

  • Katherine Wu, MD

    • Associate Professor of Medicine

    Expertise: Cardiology

    Primary Location: The Johns Hopkins Hospital, Baltimore, MD

    Research Interests: Cardiac imaging, Cardiac risk factors, Cardiomyopathy, Cardiovascular Modelling, Echocardiography, Left ventricular dysfunction, Magnetic resonance imaging, Non-invasive imaging, Risk Prediction, Sudden cardiac death

    Research Publications

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The Cardiac CT Program

Experts

  • Armin Arbab-Zadeh, MD MPH

    • Director, Cardiac Computed Tomography
    • Professor of Medicine

    Expertise: Cardiology

    Primary Location: The Johns Hopkins Hospital, Baltimore, MD

    Research Interests: Cardiac Computed Tomography, Coronary circulation and disease, Coronary risk prediction, Coronary/cardiac imaging, New approaches to identify patients at risk for suffering heart attacks, Prevention of Cardiac Events

    Research Publications

    PubMed

  • Michael Joseph Blaha, MD MPH

    • Director of Clinical Research, Ciccarone Center for the Prevention of Cardiovascular Disease
    • Professor of Medicine

    Expertise: Cardiology

    Primary Location: Johns Hopkins Health Care & Surgery Center - Green Spring Station, Lutherville, Lutherville, MD

    Research Interests: Advanced Subclinical Atherosclerosis, Primary Prevention of Heart Disease and Stroke

    Research Publications

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  • Joao Lima, MD

    • Director of Cardiovascular Imaging
    • Professor of Medicine

    Expertise: Cardiology

    Primary Location: The Johns Hopkins Hospital, Baltimore, MD

    Research Interests: Cardiac CT, Cardiac MR, Left Ventricular Modeling - Heart Failure, Myocardial Viability, Subclinical Atherosclerosis

  • Edward P. Shapiro, MD

    • Director, Non-Invasive Cardiac Imaging at Johns Hopkins Bayview Medical Center
    • Professor of Medicine

    Expertise: Cardiology

    Primary Location: Johns Hopkins Bayview Medical Center, Baltimore, MD

    Research Interests: Cardiac CT, Left atrial function, Left ventricular deformation

    Research Publications

    PubMed

  • Seamus Paul Whelton, MD MPH

    • Director of the Advanced Subclinical Atherosclerosis Clinic
    • Associate Professor of Medicine

    Expertise: Cardiology

    Primary Location: Johns Hopkins Health Care & Surgery Center - Green Spring Station, Lutherville, Lutherville, MD

    Research Publications

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Associates

Hooman Bakshi, M.D.
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Henrique Doria De Vasconcellos, M.D.
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Esra Gucuk Ipek, M.D.
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Karan Kapoor, M.D.
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Paul Hees, Ph.D.
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Jacqueline Latina, M.D.
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Yitzhak Rosen, M.D.
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Collaborators

Johns Hopkins University

  • Ronald D. Berger, MD PhD

    • Nicholas J. Fortuin, M.D. Professor in Cardiology
    • Professor of Medicine

    Expertise: Electrophysiology

    Primary Location: Levi Watkins, Jr., M.D., Outpatient Center, Baltimore, MD

    Research Interests: Arrhythmia device development, Arrhythmia mechanisms

  • Roger S. Blumenthal, MD

    • Kenneth Jay Pollin Professor of Cardiology
    • Professor of Medicine

    Expertise: Cardiology

    Primary Location: Johns Hopkins Health Care & Surgery Center - Green Spring Station, Lutherville, Lutherville, MD

    Research Interests: Cardiac Computed Tomography, Cardiovascular Risk Assessment, Heart Disease in Women, Hyperlipidemia, Improved strategies for management of cardiovascular risk factors, Individuals with a family history of heart disease, Primary and secondary prevention of coronary heart disease, Subclinical coronary atherosclerosis as measured by Cardiac CT

    Research Publications

    PubMed

  • Hugh Calkins, MD

    • Catherine Ellen Poindexter Professor of Cardiology
    • Professor of Medicine

    Expertise: Electrophysiology, Cardiology

    Primary Location: Levi Watkins, Jr., M.D., Outpatient Center, Baltimore, MD

    Research Interests: Arrhythmogenic Right Ventricular Dysplasia, Atrial Fibrillation, Atrial Fibrillation Ablation, Catheter Ablation, Device Therapy for Treatment of Ventricular Arrhythmias, Sudden Cardiac Death, Syncope

  • Jonathan Chrispin, MD

    • Director, Ventricular Arrhythmia Research
    • Associate Professor of Medicine

    Expertise: Electrophysiology

    Primary Location: Johns Hopkins Health Care & Surgery Center - Green Spring Station, Lutherville, Lutherville, MD

    Research Interests: Arrhythmia, Atrial Fibrillation, Cardiac MRI, Catheter Ablation, Ventricular Arrhythmia

    Research Publications

    PubMed

  • Joseph Marine, MD MBA

    • Vice-Director of Operations, Division of Cardiology
    • Professor of Medicine

    Expertise: Electrophysiology

    Primary Location: Howard County Medical Pavilion, Columbia, MD

    Research Interests: Atrial fibrillation, Atrial flutter, Heart rate turbulence, Supraventricular tachycardia, Ventricular tachycardia

  • Erin Donnelly Michos, MD

    • Director of Women's Cardiovascular Health Research
    • Professor of Medicine

    Expertise: Cardiology

    Primary Location: Johns Hopkins Endoscopy & Surgery Center - Columbia, Columbia, MD

    Research Interests: Cardio-Obstetrics, Lipids, Menopause, Obesity and Cardiometabolic Disease, Preventive Cardiology, Women's Cardiovascular Health

    Research Publications

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  • David D. Spragg, MD

    • Edward St. John Professor in Cardiology
    • Professor of Medicine

    Expertise: Electrophysiology

    Primary Location: Johns Hopkins Bayview Medical Center, Baltimore, MD

    Research Interests: Cardiac Resynchronization Therapy

    Research Publications

    PubMed

  • Jeff Trost, MD

    • Director, Cardiac Catheterization Laboratory at Johns Hopkins Bayview Medical Center
    • Associate Professor of Medicine

    Expertise: Interventional Cardiology

    Primary Location: Johns Hopkins Bayview Medical Center, Baltimore, MD

  • Stefan Zimmerman, MD

    • Division Director, Diagnostic Imaging
    • Professor of Radiology and Radiological Science

    Expertise: Diagnostic Radiology

    Primary Location: The Johns Hopkins Hospital, Baltimore, MD

    Research Interests: Cardiac imaging

    Research Publications

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  • Christopher Cox, Ph.D.
  • Shadpour Dehmeri, M.D.
  • Amir Pourmorteza, Ph.D.
  • Elie Saad, M.D.
  • Jeffrey Siewerdsen
  • Barath Venkathesh, Ph.D.

National and International

  • Abass Alavi, M.D.
  • Andrew Arai, M.D., Ph.D.
  • David Bluemke, M.D.
  • Marcuc Chen, M.D., Ph.D.
  • Marc Dewey M.D., Ph.D.
  • John Hoe, M.D.
  • IK Jang, M.D., Ph.D.
  • Yoko Kato, M.D., Ph.D.
  • Amir Pourmorteza, Ph.D.
  • Carlos Rochitte, M.D.
  • Joanne Schuijf, Ph.D.

Staff

  • Ela Chamera
  • William Hastie
  • Kimberly Keck
  • Kathleen Lensch
  • Jason Ortman
  • Jaclyn Sesso
  • Natalie Shott
  • Michael Snyder

Research Associates

  • Devina Chatterjee
  • Mahsima Shabani, M.D.
  • Benjamin Shou

The Cardiac MRI Service

Joao Lima, MD

  • Director of Cardiovascular Imaging
  • Professor of Medicine

Expertise: Cardiology

Primary Location: The Johns Hopkins Hospital, Baltimore, MD

Research Interests: Cardiac CT, Cardiac MR, Left Ventricular Modeling - Heart Failure, Myocardial Viability, Subclinical Atherosclerosis