Overview
Dr. Katherine Wu is a general cardiologist for the Heart and Vascular Institute at Johns Hopkins Medicine with an interest in caring for patients with cardiomyopathies, coronary artery disease, and valvular heart disease as well as those interested in cardiovascular prevention. She has additional expertise in non-invasive cardiology imaging techniques. Dr. Wu received her medical degree from the University of Pennsylvania Health System School of Medicine, and completed her residency and a cardiology fellowship at the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine. She joined the School of Medicine faculty in 2000. Dr. Wu's research interests include improving individualized risk prediction for sudden cardiac death and heart failure by developing and validating methods that incorporate novel cardiac imaging indices. Her lab is funded by the NIH/NHLBI. Dr. Wu has more than 70 peer-reviewed publications and serves on the editorial board of the Journal of Cardiovascular Magnetic Resonance and Circulation Cardiovascular Imaging and is a standing member of the NIH Clinical and Integrative Cardiovascular Sciences Study Section.
Dr. Wu is rated as an Experienced provider by MediFind in the treatment of Heart Block. Her top areas of expertise are Cardiomyopathy, Atrial Fibrillation, Heart Attack, and Pulmonary Hypertension.
Her clinical research consists of co-authoring 107 peer reviewed articles. MediFind looks at clinical research from the past 15 years. In particular, she has co-authored 4 articles in the study of Heart Block.
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Locations
Suite 7200, Baltimore, MD 21287
Additional Areas of Focus
Dr. Wu has provided the following conditions as areas of focus. Please note that we may not have enough data to validate their experience in some of these conditions.
Clinical Research
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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.
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.
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.
Areas of Expertise
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- Distinguished
- Atrial FibrillationDr. Wu isDistinguished. Learn about Atrial Fibrillation.
- CardiomyopathyDr. Wu isDistinguished. Learn about Cardiomyopathy.
- Heart AttackDr. Wu isDistinguished. Learn about Heart Attack.
- Advanced
- ApoplexyDr. Wu isAdvanced. Learn about Apoplexy.
- ArrhythmiasDr. Wu isAdvanced. Learn about Arrhythmias.
- Arterial EmbolismDr. Wu isAdvanced. Learn about Arterial Embolism.
- Cardiac ArrestDr. Wu isAdvanced. Learn about Cardiac Arrest.
- Familial Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy
- Heart FailureDr. Wu isAdvanced. Learn about Heart Failure.
- Experienced
- AnginaDr. Wu isExperienced. Learn about Angina.
- Aortic RegurgitationDr. Wu isExperienced. Learn about Aortic Regurgitation.
- Aortic Valve StenosisDr. Wu isExperienced. Learn about Aortic Valve Stenosis.
- Arrhythmogenic Right Ventricular Cardiomyopathy
- AtherosclerosisDr. Wu isExperienced. Learn about Atherosclerosis.
- Brugada SyndromeDr. Wu isExperienced. Learn about Brugada Syndrome.