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Bartley Griffith, M.D.
Professor of Surgery
Thomas E. and Alice Marie Hales Distinguished Professor
Director, Heart and Lung Transplantation
Co-Director, UM Comprehensive Heart Center
Dr. Griffith directs the Division of Cardiothoracic Transplantation in the Department of Surgery and is a professor of surgery at the University of Maryland School of Medicine.
Prior to his arrival at the University of Maryland, Dr. Griffith served as vice chair in the department of surgery at the University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, where he was also chief of cardiothoracic surgery and the Henry T. Bahnson Professor of Surgery. He also served as the founding director for the internationally recognized McGowan Center for Artificial Organ Development.
Dr. Griffith's clinical work focuses on coronary artery surgery, mitral and aortic valve replacement and aneurysmal disease of the thoracic aorta. His research interests are concentrated on heart and lung transplantation, cell transplantation and advancing the use of artificial organs. He has directed more than 1,200 heart transplants and 600 lung transplants and is an innovator in the use of immunosuppression after transplant and mechanical blood pumps prior to transplant.
In August of 2003 he reconstructed the top two chambers of a woman's heart with animal and human donor tissue. This first-of-its-kind surgery was performed to remove a potentially deadly and recurring tumor called a myxoma.
In September of 2002, he led a team of Heart Center cardiac surgeons to implant a revolutionary new rotary heart pump called the Jarvik 2000 to save the life of a man with heart failure.
Dr. Griffith received his medical degree from Jefferson Medical College and completed a surgery internship and general and cardiothoracic surgery residency at the University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine Health Center Hospitals. He is an NHLBI investigator and is currently developing an artificial lung. He has published over 500 articles and book chapters, lectured at professional meetings nationally and internationally, and is the recipient of numerous honors and awards, including induction into the Royal College of Surgeons,Edinburgh, Scotland.
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James Gammie, M.D.
Professor of Surgery
Chief, Division of Cardiac Surgery
Dr. Gammie joined the University of Maryland Heart Center from the University of Massachusetts Medical Center, where he was an assistant professor of cardiothoracic surgery and surgical director of cardiac transplantation and mechanical circulatory support.
He received his medical degree from the University of Massachusetts Medical School. He completed his general surgery residency at the University of Pittsburgh Medical Center, where he also completed a research fellowship in the Divisions of cellular therapeutics and cardiothoracic surgery.
His clinical and research interests include minimally invasive and video-assisted mitral valve repair, off-pump bypass or "beating heart" surgery, and the treatment of atrial fibrillation using a modified MAZE-type procedure, cryoprobes, and microwave technology. He also contributes to the growing heart and lung transplant program and the mechanical circulatory support program at the University of Maryland Medical Center.
Teng C. Lee, M.D.
Assistant Professor of Surgery
In 1999, Dr. Lee received his medical degree from Washington University in St. Louis. He completed his general surgery residency at Case Western Reserve University and a cardiothoracic surgery residency at Duke University Medical Center. In addition, Dr. Lee also completed two fellowships to further his medical expertise. His first fellowship specialized in endovascular and interventional radiology, which he completed at Lunds Universitet, an affiliate of Malmo University Hospital in Malmo, Sweden. His second fellowship specialized in aortic surgery, heart transplantation and mechanical assist devices, which he completed at Duke University Medical Center.
Dr. Lee's special interests include surgery of the thoracic aorta, including aneurysms and dissections using open, hybrid and endovascular approaches; minimally invasive cardiac surgery and adult cardiac surgery. He joined the University of Maryland School of Medicine faculty as an assistant professor of surgery and also serves as a cardiac surgeon at the University of Maryland Medical Center.
Richard N. Pierson III, M.D.
Professor of Surgery
Director, Surgical Care Service, Veterans Administration Maryland Health Care System
Clinical Director, Heart and Lung Transplantation
Senior Associate Dean, Academic Affairs
Interim Dean, Research Affairs
Dr. Pierson received his medical degree from the Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons. His postgraduate clinical training included general surgery at the University of Michigan, cardiac and thoracic surgery at the Massachusetts General Hospital and a clinical and research fellowship in cardiothoracic transplantation at Papworth Hospital at Cambridge University. After eight years at the Vanderbilt University Medical Center, he joined the University of Maryland Heart Center in 2002.
His clinical interests include heart and lung transplantation and heart assist device therapy. He is an established investigator in the area of immunobiology of transplantation, and has special experience in xenotransplantation. His laboratory is funded by the NIH and Veterans Affairs Research Program, and he has had numerous grants and awards from other funding agencies, including ALA, AHA, ASTS and DOD ONR.
Dr. Pierson is a fellow of the American College of Surgeons and a member of the Association of VA Surgeons. He has been selected annually as one of the Best Doctors in America since 2001 and by America's Top Doctors since 2002. He is a member of the American Association of Thoracic Surgeons, American Society of Transplant Surgeons, International Society of Heart and Lung Transplantation, Society of Thoracic Surgeons, Society of University Surgeons, UNOS Policy Oversight Committee, VA National Transplant and Thoracic Transplant Boards, and President-Elect of the Xenotransplantation Association, a section of the Transplantation Society.
Keshava Rajagopal, M.D., Ph.D.
Assistant Professor of Surgery
Dr. Rajagopal received his medical and doctoral degrees from the University of Chicago as part of the Medical Scientist Training Program, in 2002. He completed his general surgery residency at Duke University Medical Center in 2009, during which time he also undertook and completed a 2 year research fellowship in cardiovascular biology at Duke University Medical Center. He completed a cardiothoracic surgical residency at Duke University Medical Center in 2012. During this time, he undertook advanced training in heart transplantation, lung transplantation, and mechanical cardiac and pulmonary support.
Dr. Rajagopal's clinical interests are in adult cardiac surgery, and are focused on the treatments of end-stage heart and lung disease. His research interests are in basic and translational cardiovascular/pulmonary biology and physiology.
Brad S. Taylor, M.D., M.P.H.
Associate Professor of Surgery
Director, Coronary Revascularization
Dr. Taylor serves as the Director of Coronary Revascularization at the University of Maryland Medical Center. Here, he performs robotic assisted coronary artery bypass grafting and hybrid revascularization of multi-vessel coronary artery disease. He received his medical degree and a degree in Health Administration from the Emory University School of Medicine. After completing his general surgery and cardiothoracic surgery residency, he stayed on as an assistant professor of cardiac surgery at the University of Pittsburgh Medical Center. In addition, he completed a minimally invasive cardiac surgery Fellowship at the OLVZ in Aalst Belgium in 2006.
He joins the faculty after leaving a busy private practice in York PA. There he performed the full array of cardiac surgery and was instrumental in developing and implementing an advanced endovascular aortic repair program. His clinical and research interests include robotic cardiac surgery, hybrid revascularization of coronary arteries, endovascular and open repair of aortic pathology including aneurysms and dissections. He is also involved in the transcatheter aortic valve repair program.
R. Michael Benitez, M.D.
Professor of Medicine
Dr. Benitez is the director of the Fellowship training program for Cardiovascular Disease, and is the director of Inpatient Clinical Cardiology. After receiving his MD from the University of Maryland he completed internship and residency at the University of Virginia in Charlottesville. He was chief medical resident at the University of Maryland, and completed training in cardiology there as well. Dr. Benitez has previously been the director of the ECG and Stress-testing lab, and the CCU at the Baltimore VAMC. He attends on clinical services within the Echocardiography Laboratory, and in the outpatient clinical practice.
Christoper deFilippi, M.D.
Associate Professor of Medicine
Dr. deFilippi received his M.D. from the University of Rochester. He was a resident at both the University of Texas-Southwestern/Dallas VA Medical Center and at University Hospital in Boston, and served a fellowship in cardiology at the University of Texas-Southwestern.
Dr. deFilippi's special interests include echocardiography, cardiac catheterization, post-transplant surveillance and management of patients with kidney disease. He is board certified in both internal medicine and cardiovascular diseases.
Timm-Michael Dickfeld, M.D., Ph.D.
Associate Professor of Medicine
Dr. Dickfeld joined the faculty of the University of Maryland School of Medicine in the department of medicine, division of cardiology.
After receiving both his M.D. and Ph.D. from the Goethe Medical School in Germany, Dr. Dickfeld completed a residency in cardiovascular diseases at the Technical University of Munich, German Heart Institute. Following this, he came to Duke University Hospital, where he was an intern and resident in medicine. Most recently, Dr. Dickfeld completed both a fellowship in cardiovascular diseases and electrophysiology at Johns Hopkins. Dr. Dickfeld?s clinical and research is in electrophysiology.
Erika D. Feller, M.D.
Assistant Professor of Medicine
Medical Director, Heart Transplant Program
Dr. Feller joined the faculty of the University of Maryland School of Medicine in the department of medicine, division of cardiology. She is a member of the heart failure and transplant program team.
Prior to coming to the University of Maryland in the fall of 2004, Dr. Feller had spent five years at Temple University Hospital, where she was a medical intern, medical resident, cardiology fellow and chief cardiology fellow. Her areas of special interest include heart failure, heart transplant immunology and left ventricular assist device physiology. She is board certified in internal medicine.
Stacy D. Fisher, M.D.
Assistant Professor of Medicine
Stacy Fisher, M.D. as assistant professor of medicine in the Division of Cardiology at the University of Maryland School of Medicine. Her clinical specialties include echocardiography, adult congenital heart disease, heart disease during pregnancy, and pulmonary hypertension. Dr. Fisher has been practicing in the Baltimore community for almost 10 years, and was ranked as a Baltimore Magazine Top Doctor in 2008, 2009, and 2010.
Prior to joining the University of Maryland, Dr. Fisher was a general cardiologist and adult congenital heart disease specialist at MidAtlantic Cardiovascular Associates. Concurrently, she served as the director of cardiovascular education and medical director of Women's Cardiovascular Health Program at Sinai Hospital. Dr. Fisher is an alumni of the University of Maryland School of Medicine. She completed her residency training at Duke University Medical Center and her cardiology fellowship at University of Rochester Medical Center.
John S. Gottdiener, M.D., F.A.C.C.,
Professor of Medicine
Director, Echocardiography Lab
Dr. Gottdiener is professor of medicine at the University of Maryland School of Medicine, within the division of cardiology. He has also been named head of echocardiography at the University of Maryland Medical Center.
Dr. Gottdiener comes to Baltimore from New York where he has been a professor of medicine at SUNY Stony Brook, School of Medicine and director of non-invasive cardiac imaging at St. Francis Hospital. Prior to that, he was a faculty member at Georgetown University School of Medicine for over 20 years, with a two-year stint during that time at the University of Maryland when he was head of the echocardiography research laboratory and co-director of the lab.
A graduate of Georgetown University School of Medicine, Dr. Gottdiener continued his training with an internship and residency in internal medicine at North Carolina Memorial Hospital in Chapel Hill.
Stephen S. Gottlieb, M.D.
Professor of Medicine
Director, Cardiomyopathy and Pulmonary Hypertension
Director, Cardiology Clinical Research Program
Dr. Gottlieb is a professor of medicine at the University of Maryland School of Medicine, where he directs the Clinical Research Program in Cardiology, as well as the Cardiomyopathy and Pulmonary Hypertension Program. He has published extensively regarding congestive heart failure, beta blockade, clinical outcomes and cardio-renal syndrome. He reviews for numerous journals, presides as Chairman of the Education Committee of the Heart Failure Society of America, has served on the editorial boards of numerous cardiology journals and has written over 100 manuscripts on studies in the field of heart failure. Dr. Gottlieb was the United States coordinator for MERIT-HF, the largest mortality study of beta-blockers in heart failure. He published an analysis of the mortality effects of beta blockade in various groups of patients in the New England Journal of Medicine, and more recently, his studies have focused on the importance of the interaction between the heart and kidneys and the influence of psychological factors in the progression of heart failure.
Dr. Gottlieb's investigations center on treatment of congestive heart failure. He is investigating new treatments for heart failure, including (among others) medications that improve the pumping of the heart, medications which help the kidney in heart failure patients, and devices that aid the heart in pumping blood. He has also investigated the effects of home telemonitoring in heart failure patients. Dr. Gottlieb is actively involved with treating and evaluating patients with heart failure at the University of Maryland Medical Center.
Anuj Gupta, M.D.
Assistant Professor of Medicine
Director, Peripheral Vascular Interventions
Dr. Gupta is an assistant professor of medicine at the University of Maryland School of Medicine, where he is the director of peripheral vascular interventions. He received his medical degree from the University of Maryland School of Medicine, and completed his residency at Montefiore Medical Center. He also completed three fellowships: in cardiovascular research at Weill Medical College of Cornell University; in cardiology at Temple University and in interventional cardiology at Columbia University.
Dr. Gupta's special interests include peripheral vascular disease, aortic balloon valvuloplasty, and coronary artery disease. He is board certified in internal medicine, cardiology and interventional cardiology.
Susie N. Hong-Zohlman, M.D.
Assistant Professor of Medicine
Dr. Hong-Zohlman is an assistant professor of medicine at the University of Maryland School of Medicine. She received a Bachelor of Arts in Music from the University of Pennsylvania and her medical degree from Jefferson Medical College before completing a medicine residency at The Mount Sinai Hospital in New York. She was a fellow in cardiovascular disease at New York University Medical Center and completed an Advanced Cardiac Imaging Fellowship focused on cardiac MR at the Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center. She is also obtaining a Master of Science in Epidemiology at the Harvard School of Public Health. Dr. Hong-Zohlman is board certified in internal medicine, cardiovascular disease, echocardiography, and nuclear cardiology.
Dr. Hong-Zohlman's most recent research interests focus on the application of cardiac MR in characterizing phenotypic sex differences in hypertrophic cardiomyopathy. Her other research interests include the role of cardiac MR in acute pericarditis and pre- and post-invasive cardiac procedures.
In addition to bringing her expertise in echocardiography to our non-invasive lab, Dr. Hong-Zohlman will be working in collaboration with Dr. White, Dr. Jeudy and Dr. Kligerman in Thoracic Radiology in Cardiac MR and CT.
Robert E. Hood, M.D.
Assistant Professor of Medicine
Dr. Hood is an assistant professor of medicine in the division of cardiology at the University of Maryland School of Medicine. Prior to coming to the University of Maryland, he served as chief of cardiology at National Naval Medical Center in Bethesda, Maryland.
He received his medical degree from Georgetown University, completed an internship in flexible medicine at the U.S. Naval Hospital in Oakland, California and an internal medicine residency at the U.S. Naval Hopsital in Portsmouth, Virginia. He went on to become a fellow in cardiovascular diseases at the National Naval Medical Center in Bethesda. He also completed a cardiac electrophysiology fellowship at the University of Maryland.
Dr. Hood's clinical interests include arrhythmia and electrophysiologic disorders, and he's board certified in internal medicine, cardiology and cardiac electrophysiology.
Miriam S. Jacob, M.D.
Assistant Professor of Medicine
Faculty, Advanced Cardiac Care Program
Dr. Jacob is an assistant professor of medicine at the University of Maryland School of Medicine. She received her medical degree from the University of Virginia, and completed her residency at Duke University. She also completed a fellowship at the Cleveland Clinic Foundation.
Dr. Jacob's special interests inlclude advanced heart failure and transplantation. She is board certified in internal medicine and cardiovascular medicine.
Scott D. Jerome, D.O., F.A.C.C., F.A.S.N.C., F.S.C.C.T.
Assistant Professor of Medicine
Director, Ambulatory Outreach Cardiology
Dr. Jerome is an assistant professor of medicine at the University of Maryland School of Medicine. He received his medical degree from West Virginia School of Osteopathic Medicine and completed his residencies at Grandview Hospital in Ohio, and Sinai Hospital in Maryland. He also completed a cardiology fellowship at Wayne State University. Dr. Jerome's special interests include preventive cardiology, as well as nuclear and C-T cardiac images. He is board certified in Cardiovascular Diseases, Nuclear Cardiology and Cardiac Computer Tomography. He is a Fellow of the American College of Cardiology (F.A.C.C.), a Fellow of the American Society of Nuclear Cardiology (F.A.S.N.C.) and a Fellow of the Society of Cardiovascular Computered Tomography (F.S.C.C.T.). Dr. Jerome is a board member of the Intersocietal Commission for the Accreditation of Nuclear Medicine Laboratories. He serves on multiple committees of the ACC, ASNC and SCCT.
Wallace R. Johnson, Jr., M.D.
Clinical Assistant Professor of Medicine
Dr. Johnson is a clinical assistant professor of medicine at the University of Maryland School of Medicine, where he also received his medical degree. He went on to serve a residency at Union Memorial Hospital in Baltimore.
Dr. Johnson's clinical and research interest is in hypertension. He is also board certified in internal medicine.
Mark D. Kelemen, M.D., MSc, F.A.C.C.
Associate Professor of Medicine
Dr. Kelemen is an associate professor of medicine at the University of Maryland School of Medicine. His research interests have been in the non-invasive evaluation of vascular function in patients with a variety of medical conditions, including elderly people with hypertension, women with mild coronary artery disease, and patients with kidney failure.
Dr. Kelemen received his medical degree from the Johns Hopkins School of Medicine and trained in internal medicine at the Duke University Medical Center. He completed a fellowship in cardiology at the Johns Hopkins Hospital in 1996 and served on the Hopkins faculty at the Johns Hopkins Bayview Medical Center until late 2002, when he joined the University of Maryland in his present capacity. He received a master's degree in clinical investigation from the Johns Hopkins School of Public Health and Hygiene.
Dr. Kelemen heads an active clinical practice at the University of Maryland, seeing patients with all types of cardiovascular diseases. He continues to do research aimed at preventing the complications of coronary artery disease and in insuring that we follow the best clinical practice guidelines. He is involved in the education of the medical students, internal medicine residents and the cardiology fellows.
Michael Miller, M.D., F.A.C.C., F.A.H.A.
Professor of Medicine and Epidemiology and Public Health
Director, Center for Preventive Cardiology
Dr. Miller serves as professor of medicine and epidemiology and public health at the University of Maryland School of Medicine. In addition, he is director of the Center for Preventive Cardiology at the University of Maryland Medical Center and staff physician at the Veterans Affairs Medical Center in Baltimore.
His major research interests are disorders of lipid and lipoprotein metabolism, molecular studies of low HDL cholesterol, triglycerides and the postprandial response to dietary fat, and clinical trials of atherosclerosis prevention and regression.
He is certified by the National Board of Medical Examiners and the American Board of Internal Medicine, with a subspecialty certification in cardiovascular disease. Dr. Miller is a fellow of the American College of Cardiology and the American Heart Association Council on Arteriosclerosis. He is also an active member of the American Society for Preventive Cardiology and the American Heart Association Council on Epidemiology.
Dr. Miller has published more than 250 articles, book chapters and abstracts. His research has appeared in prestigious scientific and clinical journals such as Arteriosclerosis, Thrombosis and Vascular Biology, Circulation, Journal of the American College of Cardiology, Journal of the American Medical Association and Proceedings of the National Academy of Science. He is the co-author of The Practice of Coronary Disease Prevention, published by Williams and Wilkins in 1996 (292 pages) and is a contributor to the Adult Clinical Cardiology Self-Assessment Program (ACCSAP 2000). In addition, Dr. Miller is the senior author of a new book, AMA Guide to Preventing Heart Disease, and, in 2009, was listed by USA Today as one of the most influential physicians in the United States for the diagnosis and treatment of cholesterol disorders.
Dr. Miller received his B.A. degree from Rutgers College and his M.D. from The Robert Wood Johnson Medical School in New Jersey. Following a medical residency at the University of Cincinnati Medical Center, he completed two fellowships at The Johns Hopkins Hospital in Baltimore, one in lipoprotein metabolism and the second in cardiovascular disease. His research is presently funded by the National Institutes of Health, Veterans Affairs and the American Heart Association.
Myung H. Park, M.D., F.A.C.C.
Associate Professor of Medicine
Director, Pulmonary Vascular Diseases Program & CCU
Dr. Park joined the University of Maryland Heart Center in the summer of 2005 after seven years at the Ochsner Clinic Foundation in New Orleans.While there, she served in the Advanced Heart Failure and Cardiac Transplant Section as the director of the Cardiac Transplant Service. Her efforts led to the development of the Pulmonary Hypertension Program of which she served as the director.
After receiving her medical degree from the Temple University School of Medicine, Dr. Park continued her training in Philadelphia with an internship and residency in internal medicine at Temple University Hospital.This was followed by a fellowship in cardiovascular medicine at the Medical College of Virginia. She furthered her training by completing an advanced fellowship in Heart Failure and Cardiac Transplantation at the Cleveland Clinic Foundation.
Dr. Park is board certified in cardiology and internal medicine. She specializes in pulmonary hypertension, heart transplantation, advanced heart failure, and ventricular assist devices.
Dr. Park has presented original research at national and international scientific meetings, and is an investigator in many study trials in treatment of pulmonary hypertension as well as heart failure and cardiac transplantation. She is published in the areas of management and treatment of pulmonary hypertension, cardiac transplant immunology, ventricular assist devices, treatment of cardiac allograft rejection, and medical therapies for patients with end-stage congestive heart failure. Dr. Park is a member of the American College of Cardiology, American College of Physicians, Heart Failure Society of America, International Society of Heart and Lung Transplantation, and the Pulmonary Hypertension Association.
Robert W. Peters, M.D.
Professor of Medicine
Dr. Peters is a professor of medicine in the division of cardiology and is a staff physician at the University of Maryland Medical Center, where he is a member of the electrophysiology section. He's also chief of the cardiology section of the Baltimore VA Medical Center, where he's in charge of arrhythmias and clinical electrophysiology. He is certified by the American Board of Internal Medicine, with a subspecialty certification in cardiovascular disease.
Dr. Peters received his B.A. degree from Columbia University and his M.D. from the Chicago Medical School. He was a intern at the University of Southern California Medical Center and completed his first year of medical residency at Michael Reese Hospital in Chicago. Following two years in the United States Army Medical Corps, he completed his residency at the George Washington University Medical Center.
He received his cardiology training at the University of California in San Francisco, after which he served for five years on the staff at San Francisco General Hospital as assistant professor and director of the coronary care unit.
His major research interests are cardiac arrhythmias, sudden cardiac death, acute myocardial infarction and chronobiology (the timing of biologic processes). Dr. Peters is author or co-author of more than 250 articles, book chapters and abstracts. He serves as a seientific reviewer for a number of prestigious scientific journals, including Circulation, the Journal of the American College of Cardiology, the American Journal of Cardiology, PACE, and CHEST.
Gary D. Plotnick, M.D.
Professor of Medicine
Dr. Plotnick received his medical degree from the University of Maryland in 1966. After completing his residency training at the University of Maryland Medical Center, he served as chief medical resident at the Baltimore VA Medical Center. Following a research cardiology fellowship at Johns Hopkins in 1972-1974, he returned to the University of Maryland, where he has remained since.
Dr. Plotnick's expertise is in the field of echocardiography. His research interests have included unstable angina, diastolic function, pericardial disease and most recently, endothelial function. He has authored or co-authored over 110 articles, 11 book chapters, 91 abstracts and 3 books. Dr. Plotnick has served on the board of directors of the American Society of Echocardiography.
Dr. Plotnick was director of University of Maryland's echocardiography laboratory from 1987-1997 and director of the cardiology fellowship from 1987-2001. He has most recently been involved with medical school and graduate education, and is the recipient of the 2001 campus-wide Founder's Day Teacher of the Year Award.
Gautam V. Ramani, M.D.
Assistant Professor of Medicine
Associate Director, Pulmonary Vascular Disease
Director, Post Transplant Clinic
Dr. Ramani is an assistant professor of medicine at the University of Maryland School of Medicine. He received his medical degree from Jefferson Medical College and completed an internal medicine residency at the University of Pittsburgh, where he also completed a cardiovascular diseases fellowship.
Dr. Ramani's special interests include congestive heart failure, transplantation, and primary hypertension. He is board certified in cardiovascular and internal medicine.
Peter Reyes, M.D.
Assistant Professor of Medicine
Dr. Reyes is an assistant professor of medicine at the University of Maryland School of Medicine and is the director of clinical interventional cardiology research. He received his medical degree from the University of Maryland School of Medicine and completed an internal medicine residency at Medical College of Pennsylvania/Hahnemann. He also completed a cardiovascular medicine fellowship at Temple University.
Dr. Reyes' special interests include interventional cardiology and cardiac catheterization. He is board certified in cardiovascular and internal medicine.
Barry Reicher, M.D.
Assistant Professor of Medicine
Dr. Reicher is an assistant professor of medicine at the University of Maryland School of Medicine. He received his medical degree from New York University School of Medicine. He completed an internship and residency in internal medicine at Beth Israel Hospital in Boston. He continued his training as a fellow in adult cardiovascular disease and in interventional cardiology at the University of Pennsylvania Medical Center.
Dr. Reicher's areas of special interest include cardiac catheterization and interventional cardiology, and he's board certified in internal medicine and cardiovascular diseases.
Shawn W. Robinson, M.D.
Assistant Professor of Medicine
Dr. Robinson is an assistant professor of medicine at the University of Maryland School of Medicine, where he also received his medical degree. He completed a medicine residency at the University of Maryland Medical Center, and served as a cardiology fellow at Johns Hopkins Hospital.
Dr. Robinson's clinical and research interests include congestive heart failure, skeletal myoblast transfer, sodium/potassium and ATPase on myocyte function. He is board certified in internal medicine and cardiovascular diseases.
Anastasios P. Saliaris, M.B., B.Ch., BAO
Assistant Professor of Medicine
Dr. Saliaris is an assistant professor of medicine at the University of Maryland School of Medicine. He received his medical degree from the University of Dublin, Trinity College, School of Medicine. He completed an internal medicine residency and fellowships in cardiology and electrophysiology at Johns Hopkins Hospital.
Dr. Saliaris' special interests include cardiac electrophysiology, the implantation and management of pacemakers and ICD's including biventricular devices and the management of cardiac arrhythmias. He is board certified in cardiology and internal medicine.
Elijah Saunders, M.D.
Professor of Medicine
Dr. Saunders, an internationally known hypertension expert who helped develop the national guidelines for the treatment of hypertension, is co-founder of the International Society on Hypertension in Blacks. He is also a professor of medicine at the University of Maryland School of Medicine, where he also received his medical degree. Dr. Saunders completed both a medicine residency and cardiology fellowship at the University of Maryland Medical Center.
Dr. Saunders's clinical and research interests are related to hypertension. They include coronary disease in black populations, community programs to increase hypertension control, cardiovascular complications secondary to hypertension and severe and difficult-to-control hypertension. He is board certified in internal medicine.
Dr. Saunders was honored by the AAMC as the 2011 Herbert W. Nickens Award recipient for his lifetime achievement in attaining health care equality.
Stephen R. Shorofsky, M.D., Ph.D.
Professor of Medicine
Director, Electrophysiology Laboratory
Dr. Shorofsky is a professor of medicine at the University of Maryland School of Medicine and is director of the electrophysiology laboratory. His expertise is in management of arrhythmias using devices, drugs and catheter ablation techniques. In addition, he has a 14-year research background in cardiac cellular electrophysiology, including the use of high resolution imaging techniques, to study mechanism of arrhythmias and heart failure.
He received his medical degree from the University of Chicago, where he also completed residency (internal medicine) and fellowship (cardiovascular diseases, electrophysiology) programs. He has also been co-investigator on several multi-center and single center clinical trials. This experience applies directly to clinical trials involving anti-arrhythmic drugs, device therapy, and the development of new technology to alter heart function.
Dr. Shorofsky has been in clinical practice for seven years and performs about 500 cardiac electrophysiologic procedures each year. He has received four research grants in which he has been the principal investigator, and has published more than 40 articles in peer reviewed journals. Dr. Shorofsky is a member of the American College of Cardiology, North American Society for Pacing and Electrophysiology, and the Biophysical Society. He is board certified in internal medicine, cardiology, and clinical electrophysiology.
Mukta C. Srivastava, M.D.
Assistant Professor of Medicine
Associate Program Director, General Cardiology Fellowship
Dr. Srivastava is an assistant professor of medicine at the University of Maryland School of Medicine and is the associate program director of the general cardiology fellowship program. After completing undergraduate studies in biomedical engineering at Johns Hopkins University, she attended medical school at the University of Virginia. Subsequently she completed a Residency in Internal Medicine at Yale-New Haven Hospital and Fellowships in Cardiovascular Disease and Interventional Cardiology at the University of Maryland Medical Center.
Dr. Srivastava’s clinical interests are in adult interventional cardiology and include coronary interventions via traditional and radial approaches, physiologic and anatomic coronary evaluations via fractional flow reserve and intra-vascular ultrasound techniques. Additionally she has a special interest in structural heart disease interventions including percutaneous closure of inter-atrial defects, catheter-based therapies for mitral regurgitation, and percutaneous left atrial appendage closure.
In addition to procedural duties at the University of Maryland and Baltimore-VA cardiac catheterization laboratories, she has an office-based practice at the University of Maryland Cardiology Practice at Westminster.
J. Lawrence Stafford, M.D.
Assistant Professor of Medicine
Dr. Stafford is an assistant professor of medicine at the University of Maryland School of Medicine and is director of the interventional cardiology fellowship training program. He received his medical degree from Georgetown University and completed both a medicine residency and cardiology fellowship at Rush-Presbyterian Medical Center.
Dr. Stafford's clinical and research interests include cardiac catheterization, coronary balloon angioplasty and permanent cardiac pacemakers. He is board certified in internal medicine and cardiovascular diseases.
Mark Vesely, M.D.
Assistant Professor of Medicine
Associate Program Director, Interventional Cardiology Fellowship
Director, Cardiac Cath Lab, Baltimore VA Medical Center
Dr. Vesely is an assistant professor of medicine at the University Of Maryland School Of Medicine. He received his medical degree from George Washington University. He then completed an Internal Medicine residency and fellowships in Cardiovascular Disease and Interventional Cardiology at the University of Maryland Medical Center. He is board certified in Internal Medicine, General Cardiology, Nuclear Cardiology and Interventional Cardiology.
Dr. Vesely's clinical interests include coronary procedures involving radial artery techniques and hybrid revascularization by coupling coronary angioplasty and stenting with minimally invasive bypass surgery. He has additional interest in structural heart disease interventions, including percutaneous approaches to mitral regurgitation, mitral stenosis and aortic stenosis.
Dr. Vesely’s research interests are focused on regenerative cardiology with developing adult stem cell therapies and personalized medicine by utilizing genetics and other clinical tests to guide drug therapy choices.
Dr. Vesely sees cardiology patients at the University of Maryland Cardiology Practice in Westminster, MD.
David Zimrin, M.D., F.A.C.C.
Assistant Professor of Medicine
Director, Cardiac Catheterization Laboratory
Director, Interventional Cardiology Fellowship Program
Dr. Zimrin joined the faculty at the University of Maryland School of Medicine in 2005 and has been appointed director of the Interventional Cardiology Fellowship training program and director of the cardiac catheterization laboratory at the University of Maryland Heart Center.
After receiving his undergraduate degree from the University of Pennsylvania, Dr. Zimrin went on to complete his medical degree at the Mount Sinai School of Medicine in New York. He continued his training with an internship, residency and cardiology fellowship at the University of Pennsylvania, where he subsequently completed his interventional cardiology training.
After his arrival in Baltimore in 1986, Dr. Zimrin practiced interventional and clinical cardiology and assisted in the early development of the coronary intervention program at St. Joseph's Medical Center. In 1992, he initiated the interventional cardiology program at Sinai Hospital, where he served as director.
Dr. Zimrin's research interests have centered on new approaches to coronary revascularization with special interest in hybrid coronary revascularization. He is board certified in internal medicine, cardiology and interventional cardiology.
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