Overview
Dr. David Douglass Spragg is a Professor of Medicine in the Department of Medicine (Division of Cardiology) at Johns Hopkins. In addition, he is the inaugural Edward St. John Professor of Cardiology. His research focuses on treatments for atrial fibrillation (AF), and particularly on catheter ablation for AF. Dr. Spragg received his undergraduate degree in the Comparative Study of Religion from Harvard College. He earned his medical degree from the College of Physicians and Surgeons at Columbia University. After pursuing a Sarnoff Cardiovascular research fellowship at Brigham and Women's Hospital, Dr. Spragg completed his internship and residency at Massachusetts General Hospital. He came to Johns Hopkins in 2001 for Cardiology and Cardiac EP fellowships. He served as chief fellow for the Cardiology program, and was recognized for his research during fellowship as the Michel Mirowski Cardiology Fellow. Dr. Spragg joined the faculty as an Assistant Professor in 2006, and was promoted to Associate Professor in 2014. He was promoted to the rank of Professor of Medicine in 2024. Besides his teaching and clinical appointments at the Johns Hopkins School of Medicine, Dr. Spragg is the Director of the Johns Hopkins Atrial Fibrillation Research Program. He is a Fellow of the Heart Rhythm Society.
Dr. Spragg is rated as an Advanced provider by MediFind in the treatment of His Bundle Tachycardia. His top areas of expertise are Atrial Fibrillation, Arrhythmias, Cardiac Tamponade, Cardiac Ablation, and Pacemaker Implantation.
His clinical research consists of co-authoring 149 peer reviewed articles and participating in 4 clinical trials. MediFind looks at clinical research from the past 15 years.
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Locations
Suite 3300, Baltimore, MD 21224
10710 Charter Drive, Suite 400, Columbia, MD 21044
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.
4 Clinical Trials
Lifebridge Community Physicians Inc
Paresh Shah is a Cardiac Electrophysiologist and a Cardiologist in Westminster, Maryland. Dr. Shah is rated as a Distinguished provider by MediFind in the treatment of His Bundle Tachycardia. His top areas of expertise are Arrhythmias, Sick Sinus Syndrome, His Bundle Tachycardia, Pacemaker Implantation, and Cardiac Ablation. Dr. Shah is currently accepting new patients.
University Of Maryland Physicians PA
Stephen Shorofsky is a Cardiac Electrophysiologist and a Cardiologist in Baltimore, Maryland. Dr. Shorofsky is rated as a Distinguished provider by MediFind in the treatment of His Bundle Tachycardia. His top areas of expertise are Arrhythmias, Ventricular Tachycardia, Paroxysmal Supraventricular Tachycardia (PSVT), Cardiac Ablation, and Pacemaker Implantation. Dr. Shorofsky is currently accepting new patients.
David Schamp is a Cardiac Electrophysiologist and a Cardiologist in Baltimore, Maryland. Dr. Schamp is rated as an Advanced provider by MediFind in the treatment of His Bundle Tachycardia. His top areas of expertise are Atrial Fibrillation, His Bundle Tachycardia, Paroxysmal Supraventricular Tachycardia (PSVT), Pacemaker Implantation, and Cardiac Ablation. Dr. Schamp is currently accepting new patients.
Areas of Expertise
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- Elite
- Atrial FibrillationDr. Spragg isElite. Learn about Atrial Fibrillation.
- Cardiac AblationDr. Spragg isElite. Learn about Cardiac Ablation.
- Distinguished
- ArrhythmiasDr. Spragg isDistinguished. Learn about Arrhythmias.
- Advanced
- Atrial TachycardiaDr. Spragg isAdvanced. Learn about Atrial Tachycardia.
- Atrioventricular Nodal Reentrant Tachycardia (AVNRT)
- Cardiac TamponadeDr. Spragg isAdvanced. Learn about Cardiac Tamponade.
- CardiomyopathyDr. Spragg isAdvanced. Learn about Cardiomyopathy.
- Heart BlockDr. Spragg isAdvanced. Learn about Heart Block.
- His Bundle TachycardiaDr. Spragg isAdvanced. Learn about His Bundle Tachycardia.
- Experienced
- ApoplexyDr. Spragg isExperienced. Learn about Apoplexy.
- Arrhythmogenic Right Ventricular Cardiomyopathy
- Arterial EmbolismDr. Spragg isExperienced. Learn about Arterial Embolism.
- Bidirectional TachycardiaDr. Spragg isExperienced. Learn about Bidirectional Tachycardia.
- Brugada SyndromeDr. Spragg isExperienced. Learn about Brugada Syndrome.
- Cardiac ArrestDr. Spragg isExperienced. Learn about Cardiac Arrest.