Advanced in Heart Failure

Dr. Hugh Calkins

Cardiac Electrophysiology | Cardiology

Johns Hopkins Medicine

Johns Hopkins Outpatient Center

601 North Caroline Street, Suite 7200, Suite 7200,

Baltimore, MD

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Advanced in Heart Failure

Johns Hopkins Medicine

Johns Hopkins Outpatient Center

601 North Caroline Street, Suite 7200, Suite 7200,

Baltimore, MD

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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 Advanced provider by MediFind in the treatment of Heart Failure. His top areas of expertise are Atrial Fibrillation, Arrhythmias, Cardiomyopathy, Cardiac Ablation, and Heart Transplant.

His clinical research consists of co-authoring 581 peer reviewed articles and participating in 5 clinical trials. MediFind looks at clinical research from the past 15 years. In particular, he has co-authored 41 articles in the study of Heart Failure.

Residency

Massachusetts General Hospital, Medicine, 1986

Specialties

Cardiac Electrophysiology

Cardiology

Licenses

Internal Medicine in MD

Board Certifications

American Board Of Internal Medicine

Fellowships

Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Cardiology, 1989

Hospital Affiliations

The Johns Hopkins Hospital

Languages Spoken

English

Gender

Male

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Johns Hopkins Outpatient Center
601 North Caroline Street, Suite 7200, Suite 7200, Baltimore, MD 21287

Call: 443-997-0270

Additional Areas of Focus

Dr. Calkins 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.

Atrial Fibrillation

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.

5 Clinical Trials

Pulsed Field Ablation to Irreversibly Electroporate Tissue and Treat AF

Enrollment Status: Completed

Publish Date: February 13, 2025

Intervention Type: Device