Overview
Dr. Sammy Zakaria is an Associate Professor of Medicine at the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine (JHUSOM). Because he specializes in critical care cardiology, he predominately works in the Cardiac Intensive Care Unit (CICU) at the Johns Hopkins Bayview Medical Center (JHBMC) as well as the Cardiac Care Unit at Johns Hopkins Hospital (JHH). He also serves as the Director of the JHBMC CICU. His practice encompasses most of cardiology, with many of his patients having had life-threatening cardiac issues, such as shock, end-stage heart failure, or multi-organ system failure. He also has an interest in caring for pregnant women with cardiovascular disease, including those with severe preeclampsia, and his clinical research efforts focus on the effects of preeclampsia on the cardiovascular system. Additionally, his other research areas of interest include critical care issues affecting cardiac patients and studying innovations in medical education. Dr. Zakaria is heavily involved in medical education and serves as an educator for students, residents, fellows, and staff. He served as a JHUSOM Colleges Advisor for 10 years and was responsible for teaching and mentoring a cohort of medical students during their time in medical school. In his role as Interim Program Director for the JHBMC Internal Medicine Residency Program, he has helped to increase the JHBMC Internal Medicine residency program’s nationally-recognized reputation for excellence by championing curricular innovations, resident scholarly work, and resident academic careers. He also is a Core Faculty member for the JHH Osler Internal Medicine residency program and for the Johns Hopkins Cardiovascular Disease fellowship. As a result of his efforts in education, he has been honored with multiple teaching awards, including the Outstanding Achievement in Teaching Award from the Johns Hopkins Institute for Excellence in Education. Dr. Zakaria earned his undergraduate degree from the Pennsylvania State University, his medical degree from Jefferson Medical College, and his master of public health degree from the University of Maryland. He trained at Thomas Jefferson University Hospital in Internal Medicine and also practiced there as a faculty attending for one year. He then completed a fellowship in cardiovascular disease at the University of Maryland and subsequently a Critical Care Medicine fellowship at the University of California San Francisco. He joined the Johns Hopkins faculty in 2008.
Dr. Zakaria is rated as an Advanced provider by MediFind in the treatment of Brugada Syndrome. His top areas of expertise are Apoplexy, Heart Attack, Arterial Embolism, Inappropriate Sinus Tachycardia (IST), and Pacemaker Implantation.
His clinical research consists of co-authoring 69 peer reviewed articles. MediFind looks at clinical research from the past 15 years.
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Suite 3300, Baltimore, MD 21224
Clinical Research
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Cardiology & Internal Medicine PA
Dr. Joseph A. Vassallo is a cardiologist affiliated with Sibley Memorial Hospital and Suburban Hospital. He practices out of Cardiology and Internal Medicine, located in Chevy Chase, Maryland. Dr. Vassallo has expertise in cardiovascular disease, arrhythmia evaluation and internal medicine. Dr. Vassallo earned his medical degree from State University of New York at Buffalo School of Medicine. He completed a residency in internal medicine at New England Medical Center. Dr. Vassallo is a fellow of the American College of Cardiology. Dr. Vassallo is rated as a Distinguished provider by MediFind in the treatment of Brugada Syndrome. His top areas of expertise are Heart Murmurs, Hypertension, Glucocorticoid-Remediable Aldosteronism, and High Cholesterol.
Adventist HealthCare Cardiac Associates
Rajeev Patel is a Cardiologist in Rockville,, Maryland. Dr. Patel is rated as a Distinguished provider by MediFind in the treatment of Brugada Syndrome. His top areas of expertise are Heart Attack, Apoplexy, Inappropriate Sinus Tachycardia (IST), and Familial Ventricular Tachycardia.
The Johns Hopkins Hospital
Dr. Thomas Stephen Metkus is an assistant professor of cardiology at the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine. His research focuses on using cardiac physiology for risk stratification and therapeutics in non-cardiac critical illness such as sepsis and the acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS), and optimizing the management of non-cardiac organ failure in primary cardiac diseases such as heart failure and acute coronary syndromes. Dr. Metkus received his undergraduate degree from Boston University College of Engineering. He earned a medical degree from the University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine and completed a residency at Brigham and Women’s Hospital. After completing residency, Dr. Metkus was a clinical fellow at both Harvard Medical School and Johns Hopkins Hospital. Prior to joining the faculty at the Johns Hopkins Medical School he was an instructor of medicine at the Harvard Medical School. His educational focus includes teaching clinical cardiology and critical care, echocardiography, and electrocardiography to students, residents, and fellows at the Johns Hopkins Hospital. Videos Dr. Thomas Metkus. Dr. Metkus is rated as a Distinguished provider by MediFind in the treatment of Brugada Syndrome. His top areas of expertise are Heart Attack, Apoplexy, Arterial Embolism, Heart Bypass Surgery, and Coronary Artery Bypass Graft (CABG).
Areas of Expertise
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- Distinguished
- ApoplexyDr. Zakaria isDistinguished. Learn about Apoplexy.
- Heart AttackDr. Zakaria isDistinguished. Learn about Heart Attack.
- Advanced
- ArrhythmiasDr. Zakaria isAdvanced. Learn about Arrhythmias.
- Arterial EmbolismDr. Zakaria isAdvanced. Learn about Arterial Embolism.
- Brugada SyndromeDr. Zakaria isAdvanced. Learn about Brugada Syndrome.
- Cardiogenic ShockDr. Zakaria isAdvanced. Learn about Cardiogenic Shock.
- Familial Ventricular TachycardiaDr. Zakaria isAdvanced. Learn about Familial Ventricular Tachycardia.
- Inappropriate Sinus Tachycardia (IST)
- Experienced
- AnginaDr. Zakaria isExperienced. Learn about Angina.
- Aortic RegurgitationDr. Zakaria isExperienced. Learn about Aortic Regurgitation.
- AtherosclerosisDr. Zakaria isExperienced. Learn about Atherosclerosis.
- Atrial FibrillationDr. Zakaria isExperienced. Learn about Atrial Fibrillation.
- Atrial TachycardiaDr. Zakaria isExperienced. Learn about Atrial Tachycardia.
- Atrioventricular Nodal Reentrant Tachycardia (AVNRT)