Dr. Erin D. Michos is a Professor of Medicine within the Division of Cardiology at Johns Hopkins School of Medicine, with joint appointment in the Department of Epidemiology at the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health. She is the Director of Women's Cardiovascular Health and the Associate Director of Preventive Cardiology within the Johns Hopkins Ciccarone Center for the Prevention of Cardiovascular Disease. Dr. Michos is an internationally known expert in Preventive Cardiology and Women’s Health, having authored >700 publications and 11 book chapters. Her research involves (1) Women’s Cardiovascular Health; (2) Lipids and Lipid management; (3) Cardio-Kidney-Metabolic and Obesity disease management (4) Coronary artery calcium, inflammation and biomarkers of cardiovascular risk. She is the co-Editor-in-Chief for the American Journal of Preventive Cardiology. She is Co-Director of the IMPACT Center (Improving Participation Among Diverse Populations in Cardiovascular Clinical Trials) at Johns Hopkins, funded by the American Heart Association (AHA). She is a co-investigator in several NIH-funded studies including the Multi-Ethnic Study of Atherosclerosis and Atherosclerosis Risk in Communities cohorts. She has served as the Training Director for four AHA Strategic Focused Research Networks. She has mentored over 60 individuals and the recipient of 2 mentoring awards. Additionally, she was the recipient of the Nanette Wegner Award for Women’s Health Medical Leadership by the Women Heart Organization and the Donna Vogel Women’s Health Champion Award by Johns Hopkins University. Dr. Michos completed medical school at Northwestern University, Internal Medicine residency and Cardiology fellowship at the Johns Hopkins Hospital, and a Masters of Health Science degree at the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health. Dr. Michos is rated as a Distinguished provider by MediFind in the treatment of Hypertension. Her top areas of expertise are Atherosclerosis, Vitamin D Deficiency, Peripartum Cardiomyopathy, Percutaneous Coronary Intervention (PCI), and Thrombectomy.

Dr. Michael J. Blaha MD MPH is Professor of Cardiology and Epidemiology and presently serves as the Director of Clinical Research for the Johns Hopkins Ciccarone Center for the Prevention of Cardiovascular Disease, Director of the Cardiometabolic Clinic, and Program Director for the Preventive Cardiology Fellowship. His clinical interests include primary and secondary prevention of cardiovascular disease, with emphasis on early intervention in patients with advanced subclinical atherosclerosis detected with cardiac computed tomography. Dr. Blaha represents the 4th generation of physicians in his family. After earning a BS in pre-medical studies and classical civilization at the University of Notre Dame in 2001, Dr. Blaha went to Vanderbilt University where in 2006 he received his MD as well as an MPH. in clinical epidemiology and biostatistics. Dr. Blaha then completed his Internal Medicine residency in the Osler Medical Housestaff Training Program at Johns Hopkins in 2009 before completing a fellowship in Cardiology at Johns Hopkins in 2012. In 2018, Dr. Blaha received the Dr. Fred Brancati award at Johns Hopkins for excellence in mentoring. He has mentored over 30 trainees, many of which have gone on to hold prominent academic appointments. In 2021, Dr. Blaha was named to the Clarivate Highly Cited Researcher List, representing the top 1% of world’s researchers, and was first named to the Baltimore Magazine Best Doctors List. In 2022, he received the Arthur S. Agatston Cardiovascular Disease Prevention Award. Clinically, he practices as a preventive cardiologist specializing in cardiometabolic disease and in the interpretation of cardiac CT. His clinic specializes in patients with cardiometabolic disease and advanced subclinical atherosclerosis, and the focused use of an array of lifestyle and pharmacotherapies to mitigate that risk. Dr. Blaha is rated as a Distinguished provider by MediFind in the treatment of Hypertension. His top areas of expertise are Atherosclerosis, Coronary Heart Disease, High Cholesterol, Metabolic Syndrome, and Percutaneous Coronary Intervention (PCI).

Roger Blumenthal is the Kenneth Jay Pollin Professor of Cardiology, professor of medicine and director of the Johns Hopkins Ciccarone Center for the Prevention of Cardiovascular Disease in Baltimore, Maryland. His principal clinical and research interests involve: 1) strategies to improve cardiovascular risk assessment to identify those adults at elevated risk and those at very low risk of cardiovascular disease and 2) the optimal management of atherosclerotic vascular disease. He is an expert in the pathogenesis, treatment and prevention of atherosclerotic vascular disease. Dr. Blumenthal was the principal developer of the Johns Hopkins Ciccarone Center for the Prevention of Cardiovascular Disease. He is on the official national spokesperson panel for the American Heart Association and has co-written more than 600 articles dealing with many aspects of coronary heart disease and atherosclerosis management. An experienced writer, Dr. Blumenthal is on the editorial board of Circulation, Cardiology Today, and The American College of Cardiology and Extended Learning Center. He is a fellow of the American College of Cardiology and the American Heart Association’s Epidemiology and Prevention Council. He was co-editor-in-chief of the textbook Preventive Cardiology – A Companion to Braunwald’s Heart Disease. He received his medical degree from Cornell Medical College, where he was awarded the Weiss Prize for Excellence in Clinical Medicine. He did his internal medicine and cardiology fellowship training at The Johns Hopkins Hospital before joining the Johns Hopkins cardiology faculty. Dr. Blumenthal was the 2019 recipient of the Landon School Anthony Kupka Distinguished Alumnus Award. He was co-chairperson of the 2019 American College of Cardiology/American Heart Guideline on prevention of cardiovascular disease. Dr. Blumenthal is rated as a Distinguished provider by MediFind in the treatment of Hypertension. His top areas of expertise are Atherosclerosis, Coronary Heart Disease, Metabolic Syndrome, Percutaneous Coronary Intervention (PCI), and Heart Bypass Surgery.

Bradley Maron is a Cardiologist in Baltimore,, Maryland. Dr. Maron is rated as an Elite provider by MediFind in the treatment of Hypertension. His top areas of expertise are Pulmonary Hypertension, Hypertension, Heart Failure, Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy (HCM), and Heart Transplant.

Lawrence Appel is a primary care provider, practicing in Internal Medicine in Baltimore, Maryland. Dr. Appel is rated as an Elite provider by MediFind in the treatment of Hypertension. His top areas of expertise are Hypertension, Orthostatic Hypotension, Low Blood Pressure, and Familial Dysautonomia. Dr. Appel is currently accepting new patients.

Dr. Wendy Post is professor of medicine at the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine and holds a joint appointment as professor of epidemiology at the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health. She is the Lou and Nancy Grasmick Professor of Cardiology. Dr. Post is a cardiologist at the Johns Hopkins Ciccarone Center for the Prevention of Cardiovascular Disease and the Echocardiography Laboratory and is associate faculty at the Welch Center for Prevention, Epidemiology, and Clinical Research at Johns Hopkins University. She is Director of Cardiovascular Research for the Division of Cardiology and Director of Research for the Hopkins Cardiovascular Fellowship Training Program. Dr. Post received her undergraduate degree in biology from Harvard University. She earned her medical degree from Columbia College of Surgeons and Physicians, Columbia University. After completing her internship and residency at Harvard Medical School’s Beth Israel Hospital, Dr. Post received her master’s degree in epidemiology from the Harvard School of Public Health. She was a research fellow at the Framingham Heart Study, in Framingham, Mass., and completed a fellowship in cardiology at The Johns Hopkins Hospital. Dr. Post joined the Johns Hopkins faculty in 1997. Dr. Post’s research interests include prediction and prevention of coronary heart disease and sudden cardiac death, noninvasive imaging of subclinical atherosclerosis, genetics of cardiovascular disease, sex and racial/ethnic differences in cardiovascular disease, and cardiovascular disease in HIV/AIDS and COVID-19. She is the chair of the steering committee, and the principal investigator for the Hopkins field center for the NIH-funded Multi-Ethnic Study of Atherosclerosis (MESA). Dr. Post also leads Multicenter AIDS Cohort Study (MACS) Cardiovascular Disease sub-studies. She has been the PI for three R01 grants from NHLBI investigating cardiovascular disease in HIV, and is dual PI on the cardiology NHLBI training grant, which has been continuously funded for over 45 years. Dr. Post is a manuscript reviewer for multiple publications and is currently associate editor of Circulation. She has over 350 peer-reviewed research publications. Dr. Post was elected as a member of the American Society for Clinical Investigation (ASCI) in 2015. She mentors multiple medical students, medical house staff, fellows and junior faculty. She was a member of the Hopkins Professorial Promotions Committee and a former Johns Hopkins University Provost Fellow. She was co-chair of the Johns Hopkins University Committee on the Biomedical Scientific Workforce. Dr. Post is rated as an Advanced provider by MediFind in the treatment of Hypertension. Her top areas of expertise are Atherosclerosis, Coronary Heart Disease, Carotid Artery Disease, Hormone Replacement Therapy (HRT), and Aortic Valve Replacement.

Dr. Jennifer Tanio is a cardiologist at the Johns Hopkins Health Care and Surgery Center at Green Spring Station. Dr. Tanio received her B.A. from Johns Hopkins University and her M.D. from the University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine. She completed her residency at the University of Pennsylvania and pursued cardiology fellowships at the University of Pennsylvania and the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine. Dr. Tanio worked in private practice before joining the Johns Hopkins cardiology faculty. Dr. Tanio’s clinical expertise includes preventive cardiology and heart disease. Dr. Tanio is rated as an Advanced provider by MediFind in the treatment of Hypertension. Her top areas of expertise are Mitral Valve Prolapse, Heart Attack, Atherosclerosis, and Coronary Heart Disease.

Dr. Rameen J. Molavi is part-time on the medical faculty as an instructor in medicine in the division of General Internal Medicine within the Department of Medicine at the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine. His area of clinical expertise is internal medicine. Dr. Molavi is also the managing physician and chair of Park Medical Associates, a member of Johns Hopkins Regional Physicians. He is the recipient of the 2025 Samuel P. Asper Award for excellence in medicine from the Maryland Chapter of the American College of Physicians. Dr. Molavi holds a B.A. in biology from Rice University in Houston, TX. He earned his M.D. at the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine. He completed his internship and residency in categorical internal medicine at the Washington University School of Medicine Barnes-Jewish Hospital in St. Louis, MO. He began medical practice in Lutherville in 1999 and joined Park Medical Associates in 2009. His practice focus is on primary care for adults of all ages. Recent News Articles and Media Coverage Dr. Rameen Molavi: COVID-19 Testing Realities, WYPR (April 28, 2020) Samuel Asper Award, American College of Physicians (2025). Dr. Molavi is rated as an Advanced provider by MediFind in the treatment of Hypertension. His top areas of expertise are Mesenteric Venous Thrombosis, Glucocorticoid-Remediable Aldosteronism, Familial Hypertension, and Hypertension.

Dr. Seamus Whelton MD, MPH, is an Associate Professor of Cardiology and member of the Ciccarone Center for the Prevention of Cardiovascular Disease. His primary clinical and research expertise includes the pathogenesis, risk prediction, prevention, and treatment of atherosclerotic cardiovascular disease with an emphasis on the identification of coronary artery calcium via cardiac CT scanning. He is Director of the Advanced Subclinical Atherosclerosis Clinic, which focuses on the treatment of patients with incidentally discovered coronary artery calcium detected by CT imaging. He is also an expert on the pathogenesis, epidemiology, and risk factors for aortic valve calcification. He has led pioneering research to describe the use aortic valve calcification to predict the risk of aortic stenosis. Dr. Whelton has published more than 130 peer reviewed manuscripts, multiple book chapters, and has been an invited lecturer at both national and international conferences. He is an Associate Editor at the Journal of Cardiovascular Computed Tomography and the American Journal of Preventive Cardiology. He is a member of the American College of Cardiology Prevention of Cardiovascular Disease Leadership Council. He has been the Principal Investigator on grants from the National Institutes of Health and American Heart Association. Dr. Whelton received his undergraduate degree at Princeton University. He then completed a Masters of Public Health in Epidemiology at the Tulane University School of Public Health and Tropical Medicine followed by his Doctor of Medicine degree from the Tulane University School of Medicine. He subsequently completed a post-doctoral fellowship at the Welch Center for Prevention, Epidemiology and Clinical Research at the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health and then completed a fellowship in Cardiology at the Johns Hopkins School of Medicine before joining the Cardiology Faculty at Johns Hopkins in 2017. Videos Dr. Seamus Whelton. Dr. Whelton is rated as an Advanced provider by MediFind in the treatment of Hypertension. His top areas of expertise are Atherosclerosis, Apoplexy, Coronary Heart Disease, Pacemaker Implantation, and Heart Bypass Surgery.

Vikas Kalra is a Cardiac Electrophysiologist and a Cardiologist in Towson, Maryland. Dr. Kalra is rated as an Experienced provider by MediFind in the treatment of Hypertension. His top areas of expertise are Atrial Fibrillation, Bidirectional Tachycardia, Catecholaminergic Polymorphic Ventricular Tachycardia, Pacemaker Implantation, and Cardiac Ablation. Dr. Kalra is currently accepting new patients.

Frank Morris is a Cardiologist in Lutherville Timonium, Maryland. Dr. Morris is rated as an Advanced provider by MediFind in the treatment of Hypertension. His top areas of expertise are Atrial Fibrillation, Atherosclerosis, Coronary Heart Disease, and High Cholesterol.

Manuel Ramos is a primary care provider, practicing in Internal Medicine in Lutherville, Maryland. Dr. Ramos is rated as a Distinguished provider by MediFind in the treatment of Hypertension. His top areas of expertise are Familial Hypertension, Hypertension, Glucocorticoid-Remediable Aldosteronism, and Maturity Onset Diabetes of the Young. Dr. Ramos is currently accepting new patients.

Susan Molinaro is a primary care provider, practicing in Internal Medicine in Lutherville Timonium, Maryland. Dr. Molinaro is rated as an Advanced provider by MediFind in the treatment of Hypertension. Her top areas of expertise are Sitosterolemia, Hypothyroidism, Postmenopausal Osteoporosis, and Osteoporosis.

Lisa Simonson is a primary care provider, practicing in Internal Medicine in Lutherville Timonium, Maryland. Dr. Simonson is rated as an Advanced provider by MediFind in the treatment of Hypertension. Her top areas of expertise are Prerenal Azotemia, Familial Hypertension, Glucocorticoid-Remediable Aldosteronism, and Hypertension.

Howard Yang, M.D., practices family medicine at Johns Hopkins Community Physicians Green Spring Station. He received his medical degree from the Washington University School of Medicine, and completed his residency in family medicine at Asylum Hall Family Practice- University of Connecticut. Dr. Yang is rated as an Experienced provider by MediFind in the treatment of Hypertension. His top areas of expertise are Hypertension, Familial Hypertension, Glucocorticoid-Remediable Aldosteronism, and Thymic Epithelial Tumor.

Benjamin Fakheri is a primary care provider, practicing in Internal Medicine in Lutherville, Maryland. Dr. Fakheri is rated as an Experienced provider by MediFind in the treatment of Hypertension. His top areas of expertise are Familial Hypertension, Hypertension, Glucocorticoid-Remediable Aldosteronism, and Splenic Infarction.

Brenda Lapkovsky, M.D., is a family medicine provider at Johns Hopkins Community Physicians' Green Spring Station location. Dr. Lapkovsky earned her Doctor of Medicine from Ross University, School of Medicine. She completed a residency in family practice at Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital in New Brunswick, NJ, and a residency internship in internal medicine at Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai in New York. Dr. Lapkovsky is rated as an Experienced provider by MediFind in the treatment of Hypertension. Her top areas of expertise are Hypertension, Familial Hypertension, Glucocorticoid-Remediable Aldosteronism, and Vitamin D Deficiency.

Tala K Al-Talib, M.D. is a cardiologist in Baltimore, MD. She is the Medical Director of Johns Hopkins Medicine – Cardiology at Johns Hopkins Greenspring Station. Dr. Al-Talib’s clinical areas of focus are in general and preventative cardiology. She specializes in cardiovascular disease in women, with a particular interest in cardiovascular risk assessment and treatment of cardiac conditions in women with breast cancer or other oncological history. She was integral in the establishment of the Preventative Cardiology Program to Improve Heart Health for Female Breast Cancer Survivors, a collaborative effort to detect asymptomatic cardiovascular disease and ultimately prevent cardiovascular events in this patient group. After receiving her medical degree from University of Maryland School of Medicine, Dr. Al-Talib completed her residency in Internal Medicine at the University of Maryland Medical Center, where she was Chief Medical Resident. She completed her post-doctoral fellowship in cardiovascular medicine at University of Maryland Medical Center. In addition to her clinical practice, Dr. Al-Talib also serves as an inpatient echocardiographer at Bayview Medical Center, performing transesophageal echo (TEE) and cardioversions and attends on the inpatient cardiology services. Videos Red Chair SeriesDr. Tala Al-Talib. Dr. Al is rated as an Experienced provider by MediFind in the treatment of Hypertension. Her top areas of expertise are Heart Attack, Cardiomyopathy Due to Anthracyclines, Doxorubicin-Induced Cardiomyopathy, and Apoplexy.

As a concierge physician with Johns Hopkins Personalized Care and general internist, I am grateful for the opportunity to develop longitudinal relationships with my patients. I believe in meeting my patients where they are, as they are, and listening first. Then, we work together with the shared goal of their best possible health. A healthy lifestyle is the first step; keeping people healthy is my favorite thing to do. I am also constantly updating my medical knowledge so that my patients can benefit from the highest-quality medical advances and approaches. I am adept at coordinating care across multiple specialists when needed, and ensuring that my patients feel supported through their medical journeys. I received my AB in History at Stanford and my MD from Yale. I completed training in internal medicine at the University of Washington, where the medical students nominated me to the medical honors society, Alpha Omega Alpha, in recognition of outstanding teaching. I was selected to be a Robert Wood Johnson Clinical Scholar and obtained my M.S. in health studies at the University of Chicago, focusing on patient-physician communication. In 2003, I joined the faculty at Johns Hopkins in General Internal Medicine. I served as a course and clerkship director for medical students, an outpatient preceptor for the Internal Medicine residents, and was Assistant Dean for Student Affairs. My work was recognized by the Alumni Association Excellence in Teaching Award, the Johns Hopkins University Diversity Council Diversity Leadership Award, and the Department of Medicine Ambulatory Teaching Award. I have been selected as a Baltimore Magazine Top Doctor, and as one of the Best Doctors in America by my peers for many years in a row. I was nominated 3 times as Best Physician at Johns Hopkins. I am a Fellow of the American College of Physicians. I continue to teach the medical students and residents. Outside of work, I love spending time with my teenage twins and our dogs, Pepper and Levi. I am an avid reader, walker, cook, and baker, and enjoy time in the garden and with friends and family. Dr. Clever is rated as an Experienced provider by MediFind in the treatment of Hypertension. Her top areas of expertise are Maturity Onset Diabetes of the Young, Type 2 Diabetes (T2D), Hypertension, and Glucocorticoid-Remediable Aldosteronism.

Stacey Schott, M.D., M.P.H., is a preventive cardiologist and an assistant professor in the cardiovascular division at the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine. She specializes in preventive cardiology, cardiovascular disease, heart disease, echocardiography and nuclear cardiology. Dr. Schott is a member of the Academy of Communication in Healthcare, an organization committed to improving relationship-centered health care communication. She is also a member of The American Society for Preventive Cardiology and the American College of Preventive Medicine. Dr. Schott’s research focuses on preventive cardiology, cardiovascular disease and health care communication. Dr. Schott is rated as an Experienced provider by MediFind in the treatment of Hypertension. Her top areas of expertise are Heart Failure, Heart Attack, Apoplexy, and Inappropriate Sinus Tachycardia (IST).