
Maryland Heart Center cardiologists are internationally known for their leadership
in the diagnosis and management of complex heart disease. Below is a list of
our cardiologists.
Mandeep
R. Mehra, M.D., F.A.C.C., F.A.C.P.
Chief, Division of Cardiology
Herbert Berger Professor of Medicine
Special Interests: Heart Failure; Heart Transplantation; Mechanical Circulatory
Devices
Medical Degree: Mahatma Gandhi Institute of Medical Sciences
Residency: Mt. Carmel Medical Center, Internal Medicine
Fellowship: Ochsner Clinic Foundation, Cardiology
Certifications: Internal Medicine; Cardiovascular Diseases
Patient Appointments: 410-328-7877 or 1-800-492-5538
Physician Referral: 410-328-7877 or 1-800-318-1019
View Dr. Mehra's Biography
R.
Michael Benitez, M.D.
Associate Professor of Medicine
Director, Electrocardiographic Laboratory
Special Interests: Clinical Cardiology; Diagnosis of Coronary Artery
Diseases
Medical Degree: University of Maryland
Residency: University of Virginia Health System
Fellowship: University of Maryland Medical Center, Cardiology
Certifications: Internal Medicine; Cardiovascular Diseases
Patient Appointments: 410-328-7877 or 1-800-492-5538
Physician Referral: 410-328-7877 or 1-800-318-1019
View Dr. Benitez's Biography
Christopher
DeFilippi, M.D.
Associate Professor of Medicine
Special Interests: Cardiac Catheterization; Post-Transplant Surveillance;
Management of Patients with Kidney Disease
Medical Degree: University of Rochester
Residency: University of Texas-Southwestern/Dallas VA Medical Center,
University Hospital, Boston, Medicine
Fellowship: University of Texas-Southwestern/Dallas VA Medical Center,
Cardiology
Certifications: Internal Medicine; Cardiovascular Diseases
Patient Appointments: 410-328-7877 or 1-800-492-5538
Physician Referral: 410-328-7877 or 1-800-318-1019
View Dr. DeFilippi's Biography
Timm-Michael
Dickfeld, M.D., Ph.D.
Assistant Professor of Medicine
Special Interests: Image-Guided Electrophysiological Procedures; Image
Integration; Ablation
Medical Degree: University of Frankfurt, Germany
Residency: Duke University Health Systems, Internal Medicine
Fellowship: Johns Hopkins Hospital, Cardiology, Cardiac Electrophysiology
Certifications: Internal Medicine; Cardiovascular Diseases
Patient Appointments: 410-328-7877 or 1-800-492-5538
Physician Referral: 410-328-7877 or 1-800-318-1019
View Dr. Dickfeld's Biography
Erika
D. Feller, M.D.
Assistant Professor of Medicine
Special Interests: Heart Transplant Immunology; LVAD Physiology
Medical Degree: University of Maryland School of Medicine
Residency: Temple University Hospital, Medicine
Fellowship: Temple University Hospital, Cardiology
Certification: Internal Medicine
Patient Appointments: 410-328-7877 or 1-800-492-5538
Physician Referral: 410-328-7877 or 1-800-318-1019
View Dr. Feller's Biography
John
S. Gottdiener, M.D., F.A.C.C,
Professor of Medicine
Director, Echocardiography Lab
Special Interests: Echocardiography; Cardiac Effects of Mental Stress
Medical Degree: Georgetown University
Residency: North Carolina Memorial Hospital, Medicine
Fellowship: Georgetown University Hospital, Cardiology
Certification: Internal Medicine; Cardiovascular Diseases
Patient Appointments: 410-328-7877 or 1-800-492-5538
Physician Referral: 410-328-7877 or 1-800-318-1019
View Dr. Gottdiener's Biography
Robert
E. Hood, M.D.
Assistant Professor of Medicine
Special Interests: Arrhythmias; Electrophysiologic Disorders
Medical Degree: Georgetown University
Residency: U.S. Naval Hospital, Portsmith, VA., Internal Medicine
Fellowship: National Naval Medical Center, Cardiovascular Diseases; University
of Maryland Medical Center, Cardiac Electrophysiology
Certifications: Internal Medicine; Cardiology; Cardiac Electrophysiology
Patient Appointments: 410-328-8788 or 1-800-492-5538
Physician Referral: 410-328-8788 or 1-800-318-1019
View Dr. Hood's Biography
Wallace
R. Johnson, Jr., M.D.
Clinical Assistant Professor
Special Interests: Hypertension Research
Medical Degree: University of Maryland
Residency: Union Memorial Hospital
Certifications: Internal Medicine
Patient Appointments: 410-328-5196 or 1-800-492-5538
Physician Referral: 410-328-5196 or 1-800-318-1019
View Dr. Johnson's Biography
Mark
Kelemen, M.D.
Associate Professor of Medicine
Director, Clinical Cardiology
Associate Chief, Division of Cardiology
Special Interests: General Cardiology
Medical Degree: Johns Hopkins
Residency: Duke University
Fellowship: Johns Hopkins, Cardiology
Certifications: Medicine; Cardiology
Patient Appointments: 410-328-7877 or 1-800-492-5538
Physician Referral: 410-328-7877 or 1-800-318-1019
View Dr. Kelemen's Biography
Michael
Miller, M.D., F.A.C.C., F.A.H.A.
Associate Professor of Medicine
Director, Center for Preventive Cardiology
Special Interests: Preventive Cardiology; Disorders of Lipid/Lipo Protein
Metabolism
Medical Degree: Robert Wood Johnson Medical School (formerly UMDNJ)
Residency: University of Cincinnati
Fellowship: Johns Hopkins Hospital, Cardiology
Certifications: Internal Medicine; Cardiovascular Diseases
Patient Appointments: 410-328-7877 or 1-800-492-5538
Physician Referral: 410-328-7877 or 1-800-318-1019
View Dr. Miller's Biography
Myung
H. Park, M.D., F.A.C.C.
Director, Pulmonary Vascular Diseases Program
Assistant Professor of Medicine
Special Interests: Pulmonary Hypertension; Heart Failure; Heart Transplantation;
Women and Heart Disease; Mechanical Circulatory Devices
Medical Degree: Temple University School of Medicine
Residency: Temple University Hospital, Internal Medicine
Fellowship: Medical College of Virginia, Cardiovascular Medicine; The
Cleveland Clinic Foundation, Heart Failure & Cardiac Transplant Medicine
Certifications: Internal Medicine; Cardiology
Patient Appointments: 410-328-5196 or 1-800-492-5538
Physician Referral: 410-328-5196 or 1-800-318-1019
View Dr. Park's Biography
Robert
W. Peters, M.D.
Professor of Medicine
Special Interests: Cardiac Catheterization; Interventional Cardiology
Medical Degree: Chicago Medical School
Residency: Michael Reese Hospital, George Washington University
Fellowship: Mount Zion Hospital, University of California, San Francisco
Certifications: Internal Medicine, Cardiovascular Diseases
Patient Appointments: 410-328-7877 or 1-800-492-5538
Physician Referral: 410-328-7877 or 1-800-318-1019
View Dr. Peters's Biography
Gary
D. Plotnick, M.D.
Professor of Medicine
Special Interests: Echocardiography
Medical Degree: University of Maryland
Residency: University of Maryland Medical Center
Fellowship: Johns Hopkins Hospital, Cardiology
Certifications: Internal Medicine; Cardiovascular Diseases
Patient Appointments: 410-328-7877 or 1-800-492-5538
Physician Referral: 410-328-7877 or 1-800-318-1019
View Dr. Plotnick's Biography
Barry
Reicher, M.D.
Assistant Professor of Medicine
Special Interests: Cardiac Catheterization; Interventional Cardiology
Medical Degree: New York University School of Medicine
Residency: Beth Israel Hospital, Internal Medicine
Fellowship: University of Pennsylvania Medical Center, Adult Cardiovascular
Disease, Interventional Cardiology
Certifications: Internal Medicine; Cardiovascular Diseases
Patient Appointments: 410-328-7877 or 1-800-492-5538
Physician Referral: 410-328-7877 or 1-800-318-1019
View Dr. Reicher's Biography
Peter
Reyes, M.D.
Assistant Professor of Medicine
Director, Clinical Interventional Cardiology Research
Special Interests: Interventional Cardiology
Medical Degree: University of Maryland
Residency: Medical College of Pennsylvania/Hahnemann, Internal Medicine
Fellowship: Temple University, Cardiovascular Medicine
Certification: Internal Medicine
Patient Appointments: 410-328-8706 or 1-800-492-5538
Physician Referral: 410-328-8706 or 1-800-318-1019
Shawn
W. Robinson, M.D.
Assistant Professor of Medicine
Special Interests: Congestive Heart Failure
Medical Degree: University of Maryland
Residency: University of Maryland Medical Center
Fellowship: Johns Hopkins Hospital, Cardiology
Certifications: Internal Medicine; Cardiovascular Diseases
Patient Appointments: 410-328-7877 or 1-800-492-5538
Physician Referral: 410-328-7877 or 1-800-318-1019
View Dr. Robinson's Biography
Magdi
Saba, M.B, B.Ch., M.Sc.
Assistant Professor of Medicine
Special Interests: Ablation of Atrial Fibrillation; Ventricular Tachycardias;
Cardiac Repolarization; Prediction of Sudden Cardiac Death
Medical Degree: Cairo University, Egypt
Residency: George Washington University, Internal Medicine
Fellowship: Ochsner Clinic Foundation, Cardiology; Loyola University
Medical Center, Cardiac Electrophysiology
Certifications: Internal Medicine; Cardiovascular Diseases
Patient Appointments: 410-328-7877 or 1-800-492-5538
Physician Referral: 410-328-7877 or 1-800-318-1019
ViewDr. Saba's Biography
Elijah
Saunders, M.D.
Professor of Medicine
Special Interests: Hypertension; Coronary Disease in Black Populations;
Severe and Difficult-to-Control Hypertension; Community Programs to Increase
Hypertension Control; Cardiovascular Complications Secondary to Hypertension
Medical Degree: University of Maryland
Residency: University of Maryland Medical Center
Fellowship: University of Maryland Medical Center, Cardiology
Certifications: Internal Medicine
Patient Appointments: 410-328-5196 or 1-800-492-5538
Physician Referral: 410-328-5196 or 1-800-318-1019
View Dr. Saunders's Biography
Stephen
R. Shorofsky, M.D., Ph.D.
Professor of Medicine
Director, Electrophysiology Laboratory
Special Interests: Electrophysiology
Medical Degree: University of Chicago
Residency: University of Chicago, Internal Medicine
Fellowship: University of Chicago, Cardiovascular Diseases, Electrophysiology
Certifications: Internal Medicine; Cardiovascular Diseases; Clinical
Electrophysiology
Patient Appointments: 410-328-6056 or 1-800-492-5538
Physician Referral: 410-328-6056 or 1-800-318-1019
View Dr. Shorofsky's Biography
J.
Lawrence Stafford, M.D.
Assistant Professor of Medicine
Special Interests: Cardiac Catheterization; Coronary Balloon Angioplasty;
Permanent Cardiac Pacemakers
Medical Degree: Georgetown University
Certifications: Internal Medicine; Cardiovascular Diseases
Patient Appointments: 410-328-7877 or 1-800-492-5538
Physician Referral: 410-328-7877 or 1-800-318-1019
View Dr. Stafford's Biography
Eric M. Thorn, M.D.
Assistant Professor of Medicine
Special Interests: Cardiac Magnetic Resonance Imaging and Computed Tomography,
Clinical Cardiology
Medical Degree: University of Maryland School of Medicine
Residency: Johns Hopkins Hospital, Internal Medicine
Fellowship: University of Maryland Medical Center, Cardiology
Certifications: Internal Medicine
Patient Appointments: 410-328-7877 or 1-800-492-5538
Physician Referral: 410-328-7877 or 1-800-318-1019
View Dr. Thorn's Biography
Robert
A. Vogel, M.D.
Professor of Medicine
Director, Clinical Vascular Biology
Special Interests: Coronary Disease; Preventive Medicine
Medical Degree: Yale University
Residency: University of Colorado Medical Center
Fellowship: University of Colorado Medical Center, Cardiology
Certifications: Internal Medicine; Cardiovascular Diseases
Patient Appointments: 410-328-7877 or 1-800-492-5538
Physician Referral: 410-328-7877 or 1-800-318-1019
View Dr. Vogel's Biography
David
A. Zimrin, M.D.
Assistant Professor of Medicine; Director, Cardiac Catheterization Laboratory;
Director, Interventional Cardiology Fellowship Program
Special Interests: Cardiac Catheterization/Interventional Cardiology
Medical Degree: Mount Sinai School of Medicine
Residency: Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania, Internal Medicine
Fellowship: Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania, Cardiology, Interventional
Cardiology
Certifications: Internal Medicine; Cardiovascular Diseases; Interventional
Cardiology
Patient Appointments: 410-328-5196 or 1-800-492-5538
Physician Referral: 410-328-7877 or 1-800-318-1019
View Dr. Zimrin's Biography