
Overview
Roger Blumenthal is the Kenneth Jay Pollin Professor of Cardiology, professor of medicine and director of the Johns Hopkins Ciccarone Center for the Prevention of Cardiovascular Disease in Baltimore, Maryland. His principal clinical and research interests involve: 1) strategies to improve cardiovascular risk assessment to identify those adults at elevated risk and those at very low risk of cardiovascular disease and 2) the optimal management of atherosclerotic vascular disease. He is an expert in the pathogenesis, treatment and prevention of atherosclerotic vascular disease. Dr. Blumenthal was the principal developer of the Johns Hopkins Ciccarone Center for the Prevention of Cardiovascular Disease. He is on the official national spokesperson panel for the American Heart Association and has co-written more than 600 articles dealing with many aspects of coronary heart disease and atherosclerosis management. An experienced writer, Dr. Blumenthal is on the editorial board of Circulation, Cardiology Today, and The American College of Cardiology and Extended Learning Center. He is a fellow of the American College of Cardiology and the American Heart Association’s Epidemiology and Prevention Council. He was co-editor-in-chief of the textbook Preventive Cardiology – A Companion to Braunwald’s Heart Disease. He received his medical degree from Cornell Medical College, where he was awarded the Weiss Prize for Excellence in Clinical Medicine. He did his internal medicine and cardiology fellowship training at The Johns Hopkins Hospital before joining the Johns Hopkins cardiology faculty. Dr. Blumenthal was the 2019 recipient of the Landon School Anthony Kupka Distinguished Alumnus Award. He was co-chairperson of the 2019 American College of Cardiology/American Heart Guideline on prevention of cardiovascular disease.
Dr. Blumenthal is rated as a Distinguished provider by MediFind in the treatment of Heart Failure. His top areas of expertise are Atherosclerosis, Coronary Heart Disease, Metabolic Syndrome, Percutaneous Coronary Intervention (PCI), and Heart Bypass Surgery.
His clinical research consists of co-authoring 572 peer reviewed articles. MediFind looks at clinical research from the past 15 years. In particular, he has co-authored 44 articles in the study of Heart Failure.
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Locations
10755 Falls Road, Pavilion I STE 360, Pavilion I STE 360, Lutherville, MD 21093
601 North Caroline Street, Suite 7200, Baltimore, MD 21287
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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- AtherosclerosisDr. Blumenthal isElite. Learn about Atherosclerosis.
- Coronary Heart DiseaseDr. Blumenthal isElite. Learn about Coronary Heart Disease.
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- Heart AttackDr. Blumenthal isDistinguished. Learn about Heart Attack.
- Heart FailureDr. Blumenthal isDistinguished. Learn about Heart Failure.
- High CholesterolDr. Blumenthal isDistinguished. Learn about High Cholesterol.
- HypertensionDr. Blumenthal isDistinguished. Learn about Hypertension.
- Metabolic SyndromeDr. Blumenthal isDistinguished. Learn about Metabolic Syndrome.
- Peripheral Artery DiseaseDr. Blumenthal isDistinguished. Learn about Peripheral Artery Disease.
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- Abdominal Obesity Metabolic SyndromeDr. Blumenthal isAdvanced. Learn about Abdominal Obesity Metabolic Syndrome.
- AnginaDr. Blumenthal isAdvanced. Learn about Angina.
- ApoplexyDr. Blumenthal isAdvanced. Learn about Apoplexy.
- Arterial EmbolismDr. Blumenthal isAdvanced. Learn about Arterial Embolism.
- Arterial InsufficiencyDr. Blumenthal isAdvanced. Learn about Arterial Insufficiency.
- Atrial FibrillationDr. Blumenthal isAdvanced. Learn about Atrial Fibrillation.
- Experienced
- Acute Coronary SyndromeDr. Blumenthal isExperienced. Learn about Acute Coronary Syndrome.
- Adenosine Deaminase 2 DeficiencyDr. Blumenthal isExperienced. Learn about Adenosine Deaminase 2 Deficiency.
- Aortic Valve StenosisDr. Blumenthal isExperienced. Learn about Aortic Valve Stenosis.
- ArrhythmiasDr. Blumenthal isExperienced. Learn about Arrhythmias.
- Brugada SyndromeDr. Blumenthal isExperienced. Learn about Brugada Syndrome.
- Cardiac ArrestDr. Blumenthal isExperienced. Learn about Cardiac Arrest.

