
Overview
Dr. Robert Weiss is a Clarence Doodeman professor of cardiology as well as a professor of medicine and radiology at the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine. Dr. Weiss directs a multi-disciplinary team at Johns Hopkins as well as collaborators at Cedars Sinai Medical Center in Los Angeles are dedicated to identifying the most important clinical, genetic, structural, contractile and metabolic causes of sudden cardiac death as well as the means to reverse the underlying pathology and lower risk. His research interests include energetic consequences and causes of heart failure, predictors of sudden cardiac death, non-invasive magnetic resonance, role of creatine kinase in heart failure, spectroscopy and imaging, coronary endothelial function and small animal cardiovascular imaging. Dr. Weiss received an undergraduate degree in physics form Dickinson College and a medical degree from Pennsylvania State University College of Medicine AOA Hershey Medical Center before joining Johns Hopkins in 1983 as an intern and assistant resident. Dr. Weiss has published extensively and has most recently been awarded a fellowship with the International Society of Magnetic Resonance in Medicine.
Dr. Weiss is rated as an Experienced provider by MediFind in the treatment of Heart Block. His top areas of expertise are Pulmonary Hypertension, Heart Attack, Pulmonary Veno-Occlusive Disease, and Apoplexy.
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Locations
Baltimore, MD 21287
Additional Areas of Focus
Dr. Weiss 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.
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
- Pulmonary HypertensionDr. Weiss isDistinguished. Learn about Pulmonary Hypertension.
- Advanced
- ApoplexyDr. Weiss isAdvanced. Learn about Apoplexy.
- Heart AttackDr. Weiss isAdvanced. Learn about Heart Attack.
- Pulmonary Veno-Occlusive Disease
- Experienced
- ArrhythmiasDr. Weiss isExperienced. Learn about Arrhythmias.
- Arterial EmbolismDr. Weiss isExperienced. Learn about Arterial Embolism.
- Atrial FibrillationDr. Weiss isExperienced. Learn about Atrial Fibrillation.
- Brugada SyndromeDr. Weiss isExperienced. Learn about Brugada Syndrome.
- Cardiac AmyloidosisDr. Weiss isExperienced. Learn about Cardiac Amyloidosis.
- Familial Ventricular TachycardiaDr. Weiss isExperienced. Learn about Familial Ventricular Tachycardia.
