The 20 Best Aortic Valve Replacement Doctors in Maryland, US

Jon R. Resar received his M.D. from the Medical College of Wisconsin in 1985. He completed an internal medicine residency at The Johns Hopkins Hospital and fellowships in cardiovascular medicine and interventional cardiology at The Johns Hopkins Hospital and Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine. He joined the faculty at Johns Hopkins in 1992 and is currently a Professor of Medicine/Cardiology. He was the past Director of the Adult Catheterization Laboratory and Interventional Cardiology at the Johns Hopkins Hospital. His field of specialization is management of coronary artery disease and valvular heart disease. Dr. Resar holds memberships in the American Heart Association and is a Fellow of the American College of Cardiology. Dr. Resar is rated as an Elite provider by MediFind in Aortic Valve Replacement. His top areas of expertise are Aortic Valve Stenosis, Heart Attack, Atrial Septal Defect (ASD), Aortic Valve Replacement, and Transcatheter Aortic Valve Replacement (TAVR).

"Originally from Wisconsin, Dr. Czarny attended the University of Wisconsin where he majored in molecular biology. After medical school at the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, he completed an internal medicine residency at the Brigham and Women’s Hospital in Boston followed by cardiovascular disease, interventional cardiology, and structural heart disease fellowships at Johns Hopkins. Currently, he is a faculty member in interventional cardiology and performs heart catheterizations and coronary artery stenting for patients with stable coronary artery disease (CAD) and myocardial infarctions (""heart attacks"") at both the Johns Hopkins Hospital and the Johns Hopkins Bayview Medical Center. He is also a member of the Structural Heart Disease team and performs minimally invasive, catheter-based treatments for structural heart disease at the Johns Hopkins Hospital including transcatheter aortic valve replacement (TAVR) for aortic valve stenosis, valve repair/replacement procedures for mitral valve regurgitation and stenosis, patent foramen ovale closure, atrial septal defect closure, alcohol septal ablation for hypertrophic cardiomyopathy, and left atrial appendage occlusion with the Watchman(TM) device. He sees patients in his structural heart disease clinics at both the Johns Hopkins Hospital and the Johns Hopkins Bayview Medical Center. Dr. Czarny's research interests include the safety of cardiac stenting at hospitals without cardiac surgery backup and outcomes of catheter-based structural heart procedures.". Dr. Czarny is rated as a Distinguished provider by MediFind in Aortic Valve Replacement. His top areas of expertise are Aortic Valve Stenosis, Apoplexy, Heart Attack, Aortic Valve Replacement, and Transcatheter Aortic Valve Replacement (TAVR).

Rani Hasan is an Interventional Cardiologist in Baltimore, Maryland. Dr. Hasan is rated as a Distinguished provider by MediFind in Aortic Valve Replacement. His top areas of expertise are Aortic Valve Stenosis, Apoplexy, Heart Attack, Aortic Valve Replacement, and Transcatheter Aortic Valve Replacement (TAVR).

Jelani Grant is a Cardiologist in Baltimore, Maryland. Dr. Grant is rated as an Advanced provider by MediFind in Aortic Valve Replacement. His top areas of expertise are Aortic Valve Stenosis, Atherosclerosis, Heart Failure, Aortic Valve Replacement, and Transcatheter Aortic Valve Replacement (TAVR).

Jennifer S. Lawton, M.D., is the Richard Bennett Darnall Professor of Surgery and chief of the Johns Hopkins Division of Cardiac Surgery, as well as director of the Cardiac Surgery Research Laboratory. Dr. Lawton’s clinical area of focus is adult cardiac surgery. She also leads the division’s residency education program, and conduct research in myocyte volume regulation and ATP-sensitive K channels. She has held important leadership roles in several organizations, including chair of the surgery study section of the American Heart Association, vice-chair of the ACGME residency review committee, and president of the Women in Thoracic Surgery. Lawton’s achievements also include 81 peer-review publications, 7 book chapters, and 18 abstracts. She has delivered over 50 invited lectures. Dr. Lawton is rated as an Advanced provider by MediFind in Aortic Valve Replacement. Her top areas of expertise are Heart Tumor, Aortic Dissection, Atrial Myxoma, Heart Bypass Surgery, and Coronary Artery Bypass Graft (CABG).

"Greg Kumkumian, M.D., F.A.C.C., received his medical degree from The George Washington University School of Medicine. Dr. Kumkumian is currently the Medical Director in the Cardiac Catheterization Laboratory at Suburban Hospital. His special interests include general and preventive cardiology, interventional cardiology and peripheral vascular diseases, venous diseases and peripheral interventions. Dr. Kumkumian has been recognized as one of the area's ""Top Doctors"" several times by Washingtonian magazine.". Dr. Kumkumian is rated as an Advanced provider by MediFind in Aortic Valve Replacement. His top areas of expertise are Heart Attack, Angina, Aortic Valve Stenosis, Aortic Valve Replacement, and Transcatheter Aortic Valve Replacement (TAVR).

Karan Rao is an Interventional Radiologist in Baltimore, Maryland. Dr. Rao is rated as an Advanced provider by MediFind in Aortic Valve Replacement. His top areas of expertise are Testicular Torsion, Stroke, Osteoarthritis, Transcatheter Aortic Valve Replacement (TAVR), and Aortic Valve Replacement.

Dae Kim is a Holistic Medicine provider in Baltimore, Maryland. Mr. Kim is rated as a Distinguished provider by MediFind in Aortic Valve Replacement. His top areas of expertise are Rectocele, Heart Failure with Preserved Ejection Fraction (HFpEF), Venous Thromboembolism (VTE), Aortic Valve Replacement, and Transcatheter Aortic Valve Replacement (TAVR).

Brian Case is an Interventional Cardiologist in Clinton, Maryland. Dr. Case is rated as a Distinguished provider by MediFind in Aortic Valve Replacement. His top areas of expertise are Heart Attack, Coronary Heart Disease, Stable Angina, Transcatheter Aortic Valve Replacement (TAVR), and Aortic Valve Replacement.

James Brown is a Hematologist and an Oncologist in Rockville, Maryland. Dr. Brown is rated as a Distinguished provider by MediFind in Aortic Valve Replacement. His top areas of expertise are Deep Vein Thrombosis, Aortic Valve Replacement, and Transcatheter Aortic Valve Replacement (TAVR).

Bartley Griffith is a Thoracic Surgeon in Baltimore, Maryland. Dr. Griffith is rated as a Distinguished provider by MediFind in Aortic Valve Replacement. His top areas of expertise are Hemolysis, Aortic Valve Stenosis, Aortic Regurgitation, Embolectomy, and Aortic Valve Replacement.

Brian Bethea is a Thoracic Surgeon in Baltimore, Maryland. Dr. Bethea is rated as a Distinguished provider by MediFind in Aortic Valve Replacement. His top areas of expertise are Mitral Valve Regurgitation, Aortic Valve Stenosis, Mitral Stenosis, Aortic Valve Replacement, and Transcatheter Aortic Valve Replacement (TAVR).

Seyed Aalaei is a Cardiologist in Baltimore, Maryland. Dr. Aalaei is rated as an Advanced provider by MediFind in Aortic Valve Replacement. His top areas of expertise are Aortic Regurgitation, Aortic Valve Stenosis, Bicuspid Aortic Valve, Aortic Valve Replacement, and Transcatheter Aortic Valve Replacement (TAVR).

Fayaz Shawl is a Cardiologist in Silver Spring, Maryland. Dr. Shawl is rated as an Advanced provider by MediFind in Aortic Valve Replacement. His top areas of expertise are Angina, Coronary Heart Disease, Atherosclerosis, Transcatheter Aortic Valve Replacement (TAVR), and Aortic Valve Replacement.

Robert Hood is a Cardiologist in Baltimore,, Maryland. Dr. Hood is rated as an Advanced provider by MediFind in Aortic Valve Replacement. His top areas of expertise are Familial Ventricular Tachycardia, Necrosis, Mitral Valve Regurgitation, Transcatheter Aortic Valve Replacement (TAVR), and Aortic Valve Replacement.

Susie Hong is a Cardiologist in Baltimore,, Maryland. Dr. Hong is rated as an Advanced provider by MediFind in Aortic Valve Replacement. Her top areas of expertise are Mitral Valve Regurgitation, Familial Ventricular Tachycardia, Necrosis, Transcatheter Aortic Valve Replacement (TAVR), and Aortic Valve Replacement.

Brian Barr is a Cardiologist in Westminster, Maryland. Dr. Barr is rated as an Advanced provider by MediFind in Aortic Valve Replacement. His top areas of expertise are Familial Ventricular Tachycardia, Necrosis, Arrhythmias, Transcatheter Aortic Valve Replacement (TAVR), and Aortic Valve Replacement.

James Gammie is the surgical lead and co-director for the Johns Hopkins Heart and Vascular Institute and cardiac surgeon-in-chief for the Johns Hopkins Health System. With over 23 years of experience in cardiothoracic surgery, Dr. Gammie joined Johns Hopkins after serving as chief of the division of cardiac surgery at the University of Maryland Medical Center from 2012 to 2021. Dr. Gammie graduated from Brown University with a degree in biochemistry, and received his medical degree from the University of Massachusetts Medical School. Dr. Gammie trained in both general and cardiothoracic surgery at the University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine. His clinical and research efforts are focused on decreasing the mortality and morbidity of valve disease and improving the surgical treatment of mitral valve and other structural heart diseases. He performs over 225 mitral valve operations and interventions per year, and leads a cardiac surgery team that performs more than 1,200 cardiac operations annually. He is recognized by the Mitral Foundation and the American Heart Association as one of less than 25 reference surgeons in the U.S. for his experience in mitral valve repair and excellent patient outcomes. Dr. Gammie has a strong interest in all aspects of heart valve disease, and has published more than 200 peer-reviewed contributions in leading specialty journals including The New England Journal of Medicine, the Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery and Circulation. He has served as a deputy editor for The Annals of Thoracic Surgery and as chair of the Access and Publications Committee of the Society of Thoracic Surgeons Adult Cardiac Surgery Database. He serves on the steering committee of the NHLBI-sponsored Cardiothoracic Surgery Trials Network, and led the protocol development committee of a worldwide randomized tricuspid valve surgery trial. He is a member of the Halsted Society and the 21st Century Cardiothoracic Surgical Society. In 2011, Dr. Gammie was awarded the Johns Hopkins/University of Maryland Alliance for Science and Technology Development BioMaryland LIFE Prize, and he was named Entrepreneur of the Year at the University of Maryland Baltimore in 2014. He is the inventor of a novel transseptal catheter designed to simplify transcatheter cardiac procedures, and founded a commercial company to commercialize the device. With 20 issued or submitted patents, he continues to innovate in the mitral valve space, and recently published the world’s first clinical experience with a novel surgical repair for secondary mitral valve regurgitation, which was developed in his laboratory: mitral valve translocation. From 2016–2021, Dr. Gammie was consistently named a Top Doctor by Baltimore magazine, and in 2018 he received the Golden Apple Teacher of the Year award. Dr. Gammie is rated as an Experienced provider by MediFind in Aortic Valve Replacement. His top areas of expertise are Mitral Valve Regurgitation, Tricuspid Regurgitation, Mitral Valve Prolapse, Embolectomy, and Heart Bypass Surgery.

Stephen Gottlieb is a Cardiologist in Baltimore,, Maryland. Dr. Gottlieb is rated as an Experienced provider by MediFind in Aortic Valve Replacement. His top areas of expertise are Heart Failure, Cardiomyopathy, Apoplexy, Aortic Valve Replacement, and Transcatheter Aortic Valve Replacement (TAVR).

Eric B. Lieberman, M.D., is a cardiologist with Johns Hopkins Community Physicians Heart Care and Suburban Hospital, where he previously served as chief of the Division of Cardiology. Dr. Lieberman has expertise in angiography, angioplasty, cardiac catheterization, cardiovascular diseases, echocardiography, high cholesterol, interventional cardiology, preventive cardiology, smoking cessation, and coronary and valvular heart disease. Dr. Lieberman earned his medical degree from Emory University. He completed a residency in internal medicine at The Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, followed by a fellowship in cardiovascular disease at Duke University School of Medicine. After completing his fellowship, Dr. Lieberman served as a Major in the United States Air Force. He was an attending cardiologist for the Naval Medical Center in San Diego, as well as the director of cardiology research and the medical director of the cardiology clinic. During this time, Dr. Lieberman earned the United States Navy Commendation Medal. Dr. Lieberman currently is a member of Suburban Hospital's Cardiology Product Review Committee and Interventional Cardiology Quality Review Committee. He was previously on the Physician Advisory Council. Dr. Lieberman was also previously the medical director of Holy Cross Hospital's cardiac catheterization laboratory. Dr. Lieberman is a fellow of the American College of Cardiology, as well as the secretary and treasurer of the Maryland Chapter of the American College of Cardiology and a member of The Maryland State Medical Society. Dr. Lieberman has been repeatedly named a Top Doctor by Washingtonian Magazine, a Best Doctor by Washington Consumers' Checkbook and a Super Doctor by the Washington Post magazine. He has also been named a Top Doctor in the Washington-Baltimore area by Castle Connolly. Dr. Lieberman has been a principal investigator on several cardiology clinical trials. He has contributed to numerous publications, book chapters and abstracts. Recent News Articles and Media Coverage Understanding Heart Attacks and Cardiac Arrest. NBC Washington Channel 4. (12/29/2016). Dr. Lieberman is rated as an Experienced provider by MediFind in Aortic Valve Replacement. His top areas of expertise are Heart Attack, Apoplexy, Angina, Aortic Valve Replacement, and Transcatheter Aortic Valve Replacement (TAVR).