
Overview
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 Advanced provider by MediFind in the treatment of Heart Failure. His top areas of expertise are Heart Attack, Apoplexy, Arterial Embolism, Pulmonary Edema, and Percutaneous Coronary Intervention (PCI).
His clinical research consists of co-authoring 5 peer reviewed articles. MediFind looks at clinical research from the past 15 years.
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Locations
5450 Knoll North Drive, Suite 300, Suite 300, Columbia, MD 21045
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.
Inova Fairfax Medical Campus
Christopher O'connor is a Cardiologist in Falls Church, Virginia. Dr. O'connor is rated as a Distinguished provider by MediFind in the treatment of Heart Failure. His top areas of expertise are Heart Failure, Cardiogenic Shock, Heart Failure with Preserved Ejection Fraction (HFpEF), Heart Bypass Surgery, and Percutaneous Coronary Intervention (PCI).
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. His top areas of expertise are Atherosclerosis, Heart Failure, Heart Failure with Preserved Ejection Fraction (HFpEF), and Metabolic Syndrome.
Inova Health Care Services
Mitchell Psotka is a Cardiologist and an Advanced Heart Failure and Transplant Cardiologist in Fairfax, Virginia. Dr. Psotka is rated as a Distinguished provider by MediFind in the treatment of Heart Failure. His top areas of expertise are Heart Failure, Cardiogenic Shock, Heart Failure with Preserved Ejection Fraction (HFpEF), Arrhythmogenic Right Ventricular Cardiomyopathy, and Heart Transplant. Dr. Psotka is currently accepting new patients.
Areas of Expertise
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- Advanced
- ApoplexyDr. Maniu isAdvanced. Learn about Apoplexy.
- Arterial EmbolismDr. Maniu isAdvanced. Learn about Arterial Embolism.
- Coronary Heart DiseaseDr. Maniu isAdvanced. Learn about Coronary Heart Disease.
- Heart AttackDr. Maniu isAdvanced. Learn about Heart Attack.
- Heart FailureDr. Maniu isAdvanced. Learn about Heart Failure.
- Pulmonary EdemaDr. Maniu isAdvanced. Learn about Pulmonary Edema.
- Experienced
- AnginaDr. Maniu isExperienced. Learn about Angina.
- Aortic Valve StenosisDr. Maniu isExperienced. Learn about Aortic Valve Stenosis.
- ArrhythmiasDr. Maniu isExperienced. Learn about Arrhythmias.
- Arrhythmogenic Right Ventricular Cardiomyopathy
- AtherosclerosisDr. Maniu isExperienced. Learn about Atherosclerosis.
- Atrial FibrillationDr. Maniu isExperienced. Learn about Atrial Fibrillation.

