Dr. Mitika Maddula

Dr. Hugh Calkins is the Catherine Ellen Poindexter Professor of Cardiology and Director of the Electrophysiology Laboratory and Arrhythmia Service at the Johns Hopkins Hospital. He is an internationally recognized expert on catheter ablation, atrial fibrillation, syncope, arrhythmogenic right ventricular dysplasia (ARVD) and arrhythmia management. Dr. Calkins attended Williams College and Harvard Medical School before training in medicine at Massachusetts General Hospital. He received his cardiology training at Johns Hopkins. His first faculty position was at the University of Michigan, where he directed the Pacemaker Service, and he returned to Johns Hopkins as director of the Arrhythmia Service in 1992. Dr. Calkins is an Associate Editor of the Journal of Cardiovascular Electrophysiology and is on the editorial board of many other cardiology journals. He is a former member of the American Board of Internal Medicine Electrophysiology Boards Test Writing Committee. Dr. Calkins is a fellow of the American College of Cardiology, the American Heart Association and the Heart Rhythm Society. He led a 44-member international task force whose 2012 Expert Consensus Statement gave recommendations for treatment and research of atrial fibrillation. Dr Calkins is a past president of the Heart Rhythm Society and was elected to be a member of the Miler Coulsen Academy of Clinical Excellence in 2014. Dr. Calkins has published more than 500 articles and book chapters on a large variety of cardiac arrhythmias. His research has focused predominantly on catheter ablation, atrial fibrillation, syncope, and arrhythmogenic right ventricular dysplasia. Dr. Calkins has also written extensively on most aspects of heart rhythm disorders and their treatment. Dr. Calkins is rated as an Elite provider by MediFind in the treatment of Atrial Fibrillation. His top areas of expertise are Atrial Fibrillation, Arrhythmias, Cardiomyopathy, Cardiac Ablation, and Heart Transplant.

Peter Kowey is a Cardiologist in Newtown Square,, Pennsylvania. Dr. Kowey is rated as a Distinguished provider by MediFind in the treatment of Atrial Fibrillation. His top areas of expertise are Atrial Fibrillation, Paroxysmal Supraventricular Tachycardia (PSVT), Long QT Syndrome, Cardiac Ablation, and Percutaneous Coronary Intervention (PCI).

Dr. David Douglass Spragg is a Professor of Medicine in the Department of Medicine (Division of Cardiology) at Johns Hopkins. In addition, he is the inaugural Edward St. John Professor of Cardiology. His research focuses on treatments for atrial fibrillation (AF), and particularly on catheter ablation for AF. Dr. Spragg received his undergraduate degree in the Comparative Study of Religion from Harvard College. He earned his medical degree from the College of Physicians and Surgeons at Columbia University. After pursuing a Sarnoff Cardiovascular research fellowship at Brigham and Women's Hospital, Dr. Spragg completed his internship and residency at Massachusetts General Hospital. He came to Johns Hopkins in 2001 for Cardiology and Cardiac EP fellowships. He served as chief fellow for the Cardiology program, and was recognized for his research during fellowship as the Michel Mirowski Cardiology Fellow. Dr. Spragg joined the faculty as an Assistant Professor in 2006, and was promoted to Associate Professor in 2014. He was promoted to the rank of Professor of Medicine in 2024. Besides his teaching and clinical appointments at the Johns Hopkins School of Medicine, Dr. Spragg is the Director of the Johns Hopkins Atrial Fibrillation Research Program. He is a Fellow of the Heart Rhythm Society. Dr. Spragg is rated as a Distinguished provider by MediFind in the treatment of Atrial Fibrillation. His top areas of expertise are Atrial Fibrillation, Arrhythmias, Cardiac Tamponade, Cardiac Ablation, and Pacemaker Implantation.