
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 Failure with Preserved Ejection Fraction (HFpEF). 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 5 articles in the study of Heart Failure with Preserved Ejection Fraction (HFpEF).
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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.
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Johns Hopkins Outpatient Center
Dr. Chiadi Ndumele is the Director of Obesity and Cardiometabolic Research, Director of the Heart Failure Prevention Program and Associate Professor of Medicine and Epidemiology in the Division of Cardiology at Johns Hopkins University. Dr. Ndumele is a preventive cardiologist with doctorate level training in epidemiology, who leads a research program related to characterizing the relationship of obesity and cardiometabolic risk factors with the development of cardiovascular disease, with a particular focus on heart failure risk, and to refining strategies for cardiovascular disease prevention. His work additionally addresses the impact of social determinants of health on cardiometabolic risk factors and downstream cardiovascular outcomes. Dr. Ndumele received his M.D. from Harvard University and his Internal Medicine training at Brigham and Women’s Hospital, where he also served as Chief Medical Resident. He subsequently trained in Cardiology at Johns Hopkins University, where he was also Chief Cardiology Fellow in his final year and where he also received his MHS and PhD in Epidemiology. Dr. Ndumele’s research has been supported by multiple grants from the NIH, Robert Wood Johnson Foundation and the American Heart Association (AHA). He is Chair of the Council on Lifestyle and Cardiometabolic Health of the AHA, Past Chair of the AHA Obesity Committee, and Co-Chair of the AHA Cardiovascular-Kidney-Metabolic Health Initiative. Dr. Ndumele is rated as a Distinguished provider by MediFind in the treatment of Heart Failure with Preserved Ejection Fraction (HFpEF). His top areas of expertise are Atherosclerosis, Heart Failure, Heart Failure with Preserved Ejection Fraction (HFpEF), and Metabolic Syndrome.
JH Health Care & Surgery Center – White Marsh
Virginia Shalkey Hahn, M.D., is a cardiologist specialized in caring for patients with cardiomyopathy and heart failure. Dr. Hahn received her medical degree from the Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania in 2012. She was a Sarnoff Fellow at Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine. She completed internal medicine residency at the Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania and cardiology/advanced heart failure fellowship at Johns Hopkins Hospital, where she was the Marie-Josée and Henry R Kravis Chief Cardiology Fellow. Dr. Hahn's research is focused on translational studies in heart failure using bioinformatics tools and functional assays. She has won several awards and grants for her research. Dr. Hahn is rated as an Advanced provider by MediFind in the treatment of Heart Failure with Preserved Ejection Fraction (HFpEF). Her top areas of expertise are Heart Failure with Preserved Ejection Fraction (HFpEF), Heart Failure, Heart Attack, and Apoplexy.
The Heart Group Of Lancaster General Health
Amit Varma is a Cardiologist in Lancaster, Pennsylvania. Dr. Varma is rated as a Distinguished provider by MediFind in the treatment of Heart Failure with Preserved Ejection Fraction (HFpEF). His top areas of expertise are Heart Failure, Heart Failure with Preserved Ejection Fraction (HFpEF), Pulmonary Edema, Cardiac Ablation, and Pacemaker Implantation. Dr. Varma is currently accepting new patients.
Areas of Expertise
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Learn more about MediFind’s expert tiers
- 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.

