
Overview
Dr. Gary Gerstenblith is professor of medicine and director of clinical trials in the Johns Hopkins Medicine Division of Cardiology. He also serves as attending physician in r the Cardiology care Unit. Dr. Gerstenblith earned his undergraduate degree from New York University and his medical degree from the University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine. After working at the National Institute on Aging and the National Institutes of Health (NIH) and completing a fellowship at Jackson Memorial Hospital in Miami, Dr. Gerstenblith joined the faculty of the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine. Dr. Gerstenblith conducts clinical trials in patients with cardiovascular disease. His research interests include the impact of cardiovascular aging on cardiac structure and function, and the use of stem cells to repair damaged cardiac muscle. He has published nearly 250 articles and book chapters and has been a referee for numerous journals including Circulation, The New England Journal of Medicine and The Journal of the American College of Cardiology.
Dr. Gerstenblith is rated as an Advanced provider by MediFind in the treatment of Heart Block. His top areas of expertise are Heart Attack, Atherosclerosis, Coronary Heart Disease, Apoplexy, and Percutaneous Coronary Intervention (PCI).
His clinical research consists of co-authoring 126 peer reviewed articles and participating in 1 clinical trial. MediFind looks at clinical research from the past 15 years. In particular, he has co-authored 4 articles in the study of Heart Block.
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Locations
1800 Orleans Street, Baltimore, MD 21287
4940 Eastern Avenue, Baltimore, MD 21224
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.
1 Clinical Trials
Inova Health Care Services
Brett Atwater is a Cardiac Electrophysiologist and a Cardiologist in Ashburn, Virginia. Dr. Atwater is rated as a Distinguished provider by MediFind in the treatment of Heart Block. His top areas of expertise are Heart Block, Atrial Fibrillation, Heart Failure, Cardiac Ablation, and Pacemaker Implantation. Dr. Atwater is currently accepting new patients.
Wellspan Cardiology-York
Christopher Wenger is a Cardiologist in York,, Pennsylvania. Dr. Wenger is rated as a Distinguished provider by MediFind in the treatment of Heart Block. His top areas of expertise are Heart Attack, Heart Failure with Preserved Ejection Fraction (HFpEF), Inappropriate Sinus Tachycardia (IST), Cardiac Ablation, and Pacemaker Implantation.
Johns Hopkins Outpatient Center
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 Heart Block. His top areas of expertise are Atrial Fibrillation, Arrhythmias, Cardiomyopathy, Cardiac Ablation, and Heart Transplant.
Areas of Expertise
MediFind evaluates expertise by pulling from factors such as number of articles a doctor has published in medical journals, participation in clinical trials, speaking at industry conferences, prescribing and referral patterns, and strength of connections with other experts in their field.
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- Distinguished
- AtherosclerosisDr. Gerstenblith isDistinguished. Learn about Atherosclerosis.
- Coronary Heart DiseaseDr. Gerstenblith isDistinguished. Learn about Coronary Heart Disease.
- Heart AttackDr. Gerstenblith isDistinguished. Learn about Heart Attack.
- Advanced
- Acute Coronary SyndromeDr. Gerstenblith isAdvanced. Learn about Acute Coronary Syndrome.
- ApoplexyDr. Gerstenblith isAdvanced. Learn about Apoplexy.
- Arterial EmbolismDr. Gerstenblith isAdvanced. Learn about Arterial Embolism.
- Familial Ventricular TachycardiaDr. Gerstenblith isAdvanced. Learn about Familial Ventricular Tachycardia.
- Heart BlockDr. Gerstenblith isAdvanced. Learn about Heart Block.
- Heart FailureDr. Gerstenblith isAdvanced. Learn about Heart Failure.
- Experienced
- Aortic Valve StenosisDr. Gerstenblith isExperienced. Learn about Aortic Valve Stenosis.
- ArrhythmiasDr. Gerstenblith isExperienced. Learn about Arrhythmias.
- Atrial FibrillationDr. Gerstenblith isExperienced. Learn about Atrial Fibrillation.
- Atrial TachycardiaDr. Gerstenblith isExperienced. Learn about Atrial Tachycardia.
- Atrioventricular Nodal Reentrant Tachycardia (AVNRT)
- Bidirectional TachycardiaDr. Gerstenblith isExperienced. Learn about Bidirectional Tachycardia.
