The 20 Best Endocarditis Doctors in Maryland, US

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 Advanced provider by MediFind in the treatment of Endocarditis. His top areas of expertise are Mitral Valve Regurgitation, Tricuspid Regurgitation, Mitral Valve Prolapse, Embolectomy, and Heart Bypass Surgery.

Piamsook Angkeow is a Cardiologist and a Cardiac Electrophysiologist in Elkton, Maryland. Dr. Angkeow is rated as an Advanced provider by MediFind in the treatment of Endocarditis. His top areas of expertise are Atrial Fibrillation, Familial Progressive Cardiac Conduction Defect, Angina, Pacemaker Implantation, and Cardiac Ablation.

Sriram Padmanabhan is a Nuclear Medicine provider in Baltimore, Maryland. Dr. Padmanabhan is rated as an Advanced provider by MediFind in the treatment of Endocarditis. His top areas of expertise are Coronary Heart Disease, Atrial Fibrillation, Atherosclerosis, and Angina.

Lester Leung is a Cardiologist in Bel Air,, Maryland. Dr. Leung is rated as an Advanced provider by MediFind in the treatment of Endocarditis. His top areas of expertise are Atherosclerosis, Coronary Heart Disease, Atrial Fibrillation, and Angina.

Rachel Marcus is a Cardiologist in Baltimore,, Maryland. Dr. Marcus is rated as an Advanced provider by MediFind in the treatment of Endocarditis. Her top areas of expertise are Chagas Disease, Endocarditis, Cardiomyopathy, and Pediatric Myocarditis.

Christian Bounds is a Cardiologist in Salisbury,, Maryland. Dr. Bounds is rated as an Advanced provider by MediFind in the treatment of Endocarditis. His top areas of expertise are Atrial Fibrillation, Coronary Heart Disease, Angina, Pacemaker Implantation, and Heart Bypass Surgery.

Mohammad Sarfarazi is a Cardiologist in Greenbelt,, Maryland. Dr. Sarfarazi is rated as an Advanced provider by MediFind in the treatment of Endocarditis. His top areas of expertise are Restrictive Cardiomyopathy (RCM), Nasal Flaring, Coronary Heart Disease, and Acute Coronary Syndrome.

Daniel Griffen is a Cardiologist in Rockville,, Maryland. Dr. Griffen has been practicing medicine for over 44 years and is rated as an Advanced provider by MediFind in the treatment of Endocarditis. His top areas of expertise are Aortic Regurgitation, Mitral Valve Regurgitation, Necrosis, and Atrioventricular Nodal Reentrant Tachycardia (AVNRT).

Vivek Dhruva is a Cardiologist in Bel Air,, Maryland. Dr. Dhruva is rated as an Advanced provider by MediFind in the treatment of Endocarditis. His top areas of expertise are Coronary Heart Disease, Cardiomyopathy, Atherosclerosis, and Angina.

Mark Treuth is a Cardiologist in Salisbury, Maryland. Dr. Treuth is rated as an Advanced provider by MediFind in the treatment of Endocarditis. His top areas of expertise are Coronary Heart Disease, Angina, Atherosclerosis, Atrial Fibrillation, and Pacemaker Implantation.

Raktim Ghosh is a Cardiologist in Baltimore, Maryland. Dr. Ghosh is rated as an Advanced provider by MediFind in the treatment of Endocarditis. His top areas of expertise are Cardiomyopathy, Familial Neurocardiogenic Syncope, Heart Attack, and Endocarditis.

Erik Marshall is a Cardiologist in Elkton, Maryland. Dr. Marshall has been practicing medicine for over 42 years and is rated as an Experienced provider by MediFind in the treatment of Endocarditis. His top areas of expertise are Aortic Valve Stenosis, Dilated Cardiomyopathy (DCM), Cardiomyopathy, Coronary Heart Disease, and Pacemaker Implantation.

Dr. Jose Madrazo is a general cardiologist in the Johns Hopkins Division of Medicine, and an assistant professor of medicine at the Johns Hopkins School of Medicine. He received his medical degree from the University of Puerto Rico School of Medicine and completed his residency at the Baylor College of Medicine in Houston, TX. Dr. Madrazo pursued a cardiovascular fellowship with a focus on echocardiography at the Washington University School of Medicine before joining the Hopkins faculty. Dr. Madrazo is rated as an Experienced provider by MediFind in the treatment of Endocarditis. His top areas of expertise are Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy (HCM), Cardiomyopathy, Familial Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy, and Heart Attack.

John Baddley is an Infectious Disease provider in Baltimore, Maryland. Dr. Baddley is rated as an Experienced provider by MediFind in the treatment of Endocarditis. His top areas of expertise are Cryptococcosis, Shingles, Sepsis, and Febrile Neutropenia.

Dr. Wedam received his medical degree from the Georgetown University School of Medicine and completed his residency at the National Naval Medical Center in Bethesda, Maryland. He completed fellowships in cardiovascular medicine at the National Naval Medical Center & Walter Reed Army Medical Center in Bethesda, and in clinical cardiac electrophysiology at the University of Virginia. Recent News Articles and Media Coverage Q&A: Erich Wedam on Safe Cardiac Care During the Pandemic, Johns Hopkins Medicine (August 14, 2020). Dr. Wedam is rated as an Experienced provider by MediFind in the treatment of Endocarditis. His top areas of expertise are Arrhythmias, Sick Sinus Syndrome, Atrial Fibrillation, Pacemaker Implantation, and Cardiac Ablation.

Dr. Maniu joins the interventional section as an interventional cardiologist with over two decades of experience in academic, hospital, and community settings. He earned his medical degree from Carol Davila University of Medicine and Pharmacy in Bucharest, Romania, and completed his residency in Internal Medicine, as well as fellowships in Cardiovascular Diseases and Interventional Cardiology, at the Mayo Clinic in Jacksonville and Rochester. Clinically, Dr. Maniu sees outpatients at the Cardiology Clinic in Columbia, and he will cover the interventional lab at Howard County Medical Center. Also, he interprets outpatient echos, primarily at our Columbia Clinic office. Dr. Maniu is rated as an Experienced provider by MediFind in the treatment of Endocarditis. His top areas of expertise are Heart Attack, Apoplexy, Arterial Embolism, and Pulmonary Edema.

Virginia C. Colliver, M.D., is a cardiologist with Johns Hopkins Community Physicians-Heart Care (JHCP) in Bethesda, Maryland. Dr. Colliver is also affiliated with Suburban Hospital and Sibley Memorial Hospital. Dr. Colliver has expertise in general and preventive cardiology, heart disease in women, echocardiography and nuclear cardiology. Dr. Colliver earned her medical degree from the University of Maryland School of Medicine. She completed a residency at University of North Carolina, as well as a fellowship in cardiovascular medicine. Dr. Colliver is a fellow of the American College of Cardiology. Dr. Colliver has been recognized as one of the area’s Top Doctors several times by Washingtonian magazine, as well as Consumers' Checkbook. She received the 2017 Johns Hopkins Medicine Excellence in Service and Professionalism Award for providing great care to her patients and leadership to her JHCP office. Videos 2017 Excellence in Service and Professionalism Award What Young Women Need to Know about their Hearts. Dr. Colliver is rated as an Experienced provider by MediFind in the treatment of Endocarditis. Her top areas of expertise are Atrial Fibrillation, Heart Failure with Preserved Ejection Fraction (HFpEF), Atherosclerosis, and Coronary Heart Disease.

William F. Wright, D.O., M.P.H, Assistant Professor of Medicine, completed medical training residency in internal medicine and adult infectious diseases fellowship at Pennylvania State University Medical School. He pursued further training in Clinical Pathology/Medical Microbiology at Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven (2009) and completed his Master in Public Health (2007) at Drexel University School of Public Health, Philadelphia. His research interests include fever of unknown origin (FUO), antimicrobial resistance and therapeutic discoveries, molecular mechanisms of resistance, and the impact of diagnostic clinical microbiology on the practice of infectious diseases. He currently serves as clinical director for the inpatient infectious diseases consult services and services for the management of outpatient parenteral antimicrobial therapy (OPAT) at Johns Hopkins Bayview Medical Center. His outpatient clinical practice focuses on general infectious diseases, infections in burn patients, infections in immunocompromised patients, and travel-related infections. He primarily sees patients at Johns Hopkins Greenspring Station, Johns Hopkins Bayview Outpatient offices, and also attends on the inpatient infectious disease consult service at the Johns Hopkins Bayview Medical Center and Johns Hopkins Hospital. Dr. Wright is rated as an Experienced provider by MediFind in the treatment of Endocarditis. His top areas of expertise are Osteomyelitis, Osteomyelitis in Children, Meningitis, and Endocarditis.

Dr. Erin D. Michos is a Professor of Medicine within the Division of Cardiology at Johns Hopkins School of Medicine, with joint appointment in the Department of Epidemiology at the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health. She is the Director of Women's Cardiovascular Health and the Associate Director of Preventive Cardiology within the Johns Hopkins Ciccarone Center for the Prevention of Cardiovascular Disease. Dr. Michos is an internationally known expert in Preventive Cardiology and Women’s Health, having authored >700 publications and 11 book chapters. Her research involves (1) Women’s Cardiovascular Health; (2) Lipids and Lipid management; (3) Cardio-Kidney-Metabolic and Obesity disease management (4) Coronary artery calcium, inflammation and biomarkers of cardiovascular risk. She is the co-Editor-in-Chief for the American Journal of Preventive Cardiology. She is Co-Director of the IMPACT Center (Improving Participation Among Diverse Populations in Cardiovascular Clinical Trials) at Johns Hopkins, funded by the American Heart Association (AHA). She is a co-investigator in several NIH-funded studies including the Multi-Ethnic Study of Atherosclerosis and Atherosclerosis Risk in Communities cohorts. She has served as the Training Director for four AHA Strategic Focused Research Networks. She has mentored over 60 individuals and the recipient of 2 mentoring awards. Additionally, she was the recipient of the Nanette Wegner Award for Women’s Health Medical Leadership by the Women Heart Organization and the Donna Vogel Women’s Health Champion Award by Johns Hopkins University. Dr. Michos completed medical school at Northwestern University, Internal Medicine residency and Cardiology fellowship at the Johns Hopkins Hospital, and a Masters of Health Science degree at the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health. Dr. Michos is rated as an Experienced provider by MediFind in the treatment of Endocarditis. Her top areas of expertise are Atherosclerosis, Vitamin D Deficiency, Heart Failure, Percutaneous Coronary Intervention (PCI), and Thrombectomy.

Kavita Sharma MD, is an Associate Professor of Medicine in Advanced Heart Failure/Transplant Cardiology in the Division of Cardiology at the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine. She is the Director of the Johns Hopkins Heart Failure with Preserved Ejection Fraction Program. She sees patients at The Johns Hopkins Hospital, downtown campus. A cardiologist specializing in advanced heart failure, her clinical interests include advanced heart failure diagnosis and management, heart transplantation, and mechanical circulatory support including left ventricular assist devices. She has a specialized interest in heart failure with preserved ejection fraction (HFpEF), and directs one of the largest programs in the country dedicated to caring for patients with this condition. She is the principal investigator of numerous clinical and translational trials in HFpEF and leads a team of nurses, research coordinators, and fellows-in-training in this multi-faceted program. She is an invited speaker at national meetings in topic areas covering advanced heart failure and HFpEF. Dr. Sharma is a member of the American Heart Association, the American College of Cardiology, the Heart Failure Society of America, and the International Society of Heart and Lung Transplantation. Dr. Sharma is rated as an Experienced provider by MediFind in the treatment of Endocarditis. Her top areas of expertise are Heart Failure with Preserved Ejection Fraction (HFpEF), Heart Failure, Cardiac Amyloidosis, Heart Transplant, and Fasciotomy.