
Overview
Dr. Richard (Rick) Carrick is a general cardiologist in the Johns Hopkins Division of Medicine and is an assistant professor of medicine at the Johns Hopkins School of Medicine. He also serves as associate director of the Johns Hopkins Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy Center of Excellence. Originally from Massachusetts, he completed his medical training as well as a Ph.D. in Bioengineering at the University of Vermont and did his internal medicine residency training at Tufts Medical Center in Boston, MA. He completed his Cardiovascular Disease Fellowship and a T32 Research Fellowship at Johns Hopkins. His research focuses on the use of advanced computational techniques like machine-learning and artificial intelligence to improve risk stratification in patients with inherited heart disease. Clinically, he specializes in echocardiography and the care of patients with hypertrophic cardiomyopathy (HCM) and other genetic cardiomyopathies.
Dr. Carrick is rated as an Experienced provider by MediFind in the treatment of Cardiac Tamponade. His top areas of expertise are Cardiomyopathy, Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy (HCM), Ventricular Tachycardia, Arrhythmias, and Cardiac Ablation.
His clinical research consists of co-authoring 57 peer reviewed articles. MediFind looks at clinical research from the past 15 years. In particular, he has co-authored 1 article in the study of Cardiac Tamponade.
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Locations
601 North Caroline Street, Suite 7200, Suite 7200, Baltimore, MD 21287
Clinical Research
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Johns Hopkins Bayview Medical Center
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 Cardiac Tamponade. His top areas of expertise are Atrial Fibrillation, Arrhythmias, Cardiac Tamponade, Cardiac Ablation, and Pacemaker Implantation.
Cardiology Health Care Center
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Areas of Expertise
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Learn more about MediFind’s expert tiers
- Distinguished
- CardiomyopathyDr. Carrick isDistinguished. Learn about Cardiomyopathy.
- Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy (HCM)Dr. Carrick isDistinguished. Learn about Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy (HCM).
- Advanced
- ArrhythmiasDr. Carrick isAdvanced. Learn about Arrhythmias.
- Arrhythmogenic Right Ventricular Cardiomyopathy
- Cardiac ArrestDr. Carrick isAdvanced. Learn about Cardiac Arrest.
- Familial Ventricular TachycardiaDr. Carrick isAdvanced. Learn about Familial Ventricular Tachycardia.
- Paroxysmal Supraventricular Tachycardia (PSVT)
- Restrictive Cardiomyopathy (RCM)Dr. Carrick isAdvanced. Learn about Restrictive Cardiomyopathy (RCM).
- Experienced
- Atrial FibrillationDr. Carrick isExperienced. Learn about Atrial Fibrillation.
- Cardiac AblationDr. Carrick isExperienced. Learn about Cardiac Ablation.
- Cardiac AmyloidosisDr. Carrick isExperienced. Learn about Cardiac Amyloidosis.
- Cardiac TamponadeDr. Carrick isExperienced. Learn about Cardiac Tamponade.
- Dilated Cardiomyopathy (DCM)Dr. Carrick isExperienced. Learn about Dilated Cardiomyopathy (DCM).
- Ectopic HeartbeatDr. Carrick isExperienced. Learn about Ectopic Heartbeat.

