Overview
Dr. Chao-Wei Hwang is an interventional cardiologist and Assistant Professor of Medicine at Johns Hopkins. Dr. Hwang received doctoral and medical training at Harvard Medical School. He completed residency in Internal Medicine at Brigham and Women's Hospital, and Cardiology and Interventional Cardiology fellowships at The Johns Hopkins Hospital. Dr. Hwang joined the Division of Cardiology as faculty in 2011. He spent a year at Virtua Health System in New Jersey as systemwide Director of Interventional Cardiology, and is now Director of the Johns Hopkins Interventional Cardiology Program at Frederick Health Hospital (FHH) and Co-Medical Director of the FHH Cardiac Catheterization Lab. Dr. Hwang is an expert interventional cardiologist specializing in complex coronary interventions, management of acute coronary syndromes and advanced coronary artery disease. He has specialized expertise in PCI of chronic total occlusions (CTO). Dr. Hwang has been involved in a number of device and coronary clinical trials, and his broad areas of research interests include developing and optimizing devices for the treatment of coronary artery disease. Dr. Hwang has published extensively in stent-based drug delivery systems and local delivery systems for cell-based therapies to the heart.
Dr. Hwang is rated as an Experienced provider by MediFind in the treatment of Coronary Artery Fistula. His top areas of expertise are Heart Attack, Apoplexy, Arterial Embolism, Angioplasty, and Percutaneous Coronary Intervention (PCI).
His clinical research consists of co-authoring 9 peer reviewed articles. MediFind looks at clinical research from the past 15 years.
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5450 Knoll North Drive, Suite 300, Suite 300, Columbia, MD 21045
Clinical Research
Clinical research consists of overseeing clinical studies of patients undergoing new treatments and therapies, and publishing articles in peer reviewed medical journals. Providers who actively participate in clinical research are generally at the forefront of the fields and aware of the most up-to-date advances in treatments for their patients.
Virginia Hospital Center Physician Group LLC
Charanjit Khurana is an Interventional Cardiologist and a Cardiologist in Arlington, Virginia. Dr. Khurana is rated as a Distinguished provider by MediFind in the treatment of Coronary Artery Fistula. His top areas of expertise are Coronary Heart Disease, Angina, Atherosclerosis, Coronary Artery Fistula, and Angioplasty. Dr. Khurana is currently accepting new patients.
Virginia Hospital Center Physician Group LLC
William Franklin is a Cardiologist in Arlington,, Virginia. Dr. Franklin is rated as a Distinguished provider by MediFind in the treatment of Coronary Artery Fistula. His top areas of expertise are Congenital Coronary Artery Malformation, Coronary Artery Aneurysm, Anomalous Left Coronary Artery from the Pulmonary Artery, and Coronary Artery Fistula.
Johns Hopkins Health Care & Surgery Center — Bethesda
Dr. Ari Cedars is a cardiologist in Baltimore, Maryland. He also serves as director of the Adult Congenital Heart Disease Center at both the Johns Hopkins Heart and Vascular Institute and the Blalock-Taussig-Thomas Pediatric and Congenital Heart Center. Dr. Cedars is an associate professor of medicine and pediatrics at the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine. Dr. Cedars specializes in adult congenital heart disease. He is a member of the leadership committee for the Advanced Cardiac Therapies Improving Outcomes Network (ACTION), an organization focused on the improvement of outcomes for pediatric ventricular assist device (VAD) patients. He is an administrative board member of the Alliance for Adult Research in Congenital Cardiology (AARCC), a multi-institutional academic research network devoted to producing new research in adult congenital heart disease. He is also a member of the medical advisory board for the Adult Congenital Heart Association (ACHA). Dr. Cedars’ research focuses on patient-centered outcomes, mechanical circulatory support and ventricular assist devices, and the biological mechanisms underlying clinical disease progression in congenital heart disease. Dr. Cedars is rated as a Distinguished provider by MediFind in the treatment of Coronary Artery Fistula. His top areas of expertise are Congenital Heart Disease (CHD), Tetralogy of Fallot, Heart Attack, Apoplexy, and Heart Transplant.
Areas of Expertise
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- ApoplexyDr. Hwang isDistinguished. Learn about Apoplexy.
- Arterial EmbolismDr. Hwang isDistinguished. Learn about Arterial Embolism.
- Heart AttackDr. Hwang isDistinguished. Learn about Heart Attack.
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- AnginaDr. Hwang isAdvanced. Learn about Angina.
- AtherosclerosisDr. Hwang isAdvanced. Learn about Atherosclerosis.
- Coronary Heart DiseaseDr. Hwang isAdvanced. Learn about Coronary Heart Disease.
- NecrosisDr. Hwang isAdvanced. Learn about Necrosis.
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- AngioplastyDr. Hwang isExperienced. Learn about Angioplasty.
- Anomalous Left Coronary Artery from the Pulmonary Artery
- ArrhythmiasDr. Hwang isExperienced. Learn about Arrhythmias.
- Atrial FibrillationDr. Hwang isExperienced. Learn about Atrial Fibrillation.
- Atrial MyxomaDr. Hwang isExperienced. Learn about Atrial Myxoma.
- Bidirectional TachycardiaDr. Hwang isExperienced. Learn about Bidirectional Tachycardia.