Overview
Dr. Sammy Zakaria is an Associate Professor of Medicine at the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine (JHUSOM). Because he specializes in critical care cardiology, he predominately works in the Cardiac Intensive Care Unit (CICU) at the Johns Hopkins Bayview Medical Center (JHBMC) as well as the Cardiac Care Unit at Johns Hopkins Hospital (JHH). He also serves as the Director of the JHBMC CICU. His practice encompasses most of cardiology, with many of his patients having had life-threatening cardiac issues, such as shock, end-stage heart failure, or multi-organ system failure. He also has an interest in caring for pregnant women with cardiovascular disease, including those with severe preeclampsia, and his clinical research efforts focus on the effects of preeclampsia on the cardiovascular system. Additionally, his other research areas of interest include critical care issues affecting cardiac patients and studying innovations in medical education. Dr. Zakaria is heavily involved in medical education and serves as an educator for students, residents, fellows, and staff. He served as a JHUSOM Colleges Advisor for 10 years and was responsible for teaching and mentoring a cohort of medical students during their time in medical school. In his role as Interim Program Director for the JHBMC Internal Medicine Residency Program, he has helped to increase the JHBMC Internal Medicine residency program’s nationally-recognized reputation for excellence by championing curricular innovations, resident scholarly work, and resident academic careers. He also is a Core Faculty member for the JHH Osler Internal Medicine residency program and for the Johns Hopkins Cardiovascular Disease fellowship. As a result of his efforts in education, he has been honored with multiple teaching awards, including the Outstanding Achievement in Teaching Award from the Johns Hopkins Institute for Excellence in Education. Dr. Zakaria earned his undergraduate degree from the Pennsylvania State University, his medical degree from Jefferson Medical College, and his master of public health degree from the University of Maryland. He trained at Thomas Jefferson University Hospital in Internal Medicine and also practiced there as a faculty attending for one year. He then completed a fellowship in cardiovascular disease at the University of Maryland and subsequently a Critical Care Medicine fellowship at the University of California San Francisco. He joined the Johns Hopkins faculty in 2008.
Dr. Zakaria is rated as an Experienced provider by MediFind in the treatment of His Bundle Tachycardia. His top areas of expertise are Apoplexy, Heart Attack, Arterial Embolism, Inappropriate Sinus Tachycardia (IST), and Pacemaker Implantation.
His clinical research consists of co-authoring 69 peer reviewed articles. MediFind looks at clinical research from the past 15 years.
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Locations
Suite 3300, Baltimore, MD 21224
Clinical Research
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Johns Hopkins Outpatient Center
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 Elite provider by MediFind in the treatment of His Bundle Tachycardia. His top areas of expertise are Atrial Fibrillation, Arrhythmias, Cardiomyopathy, Cardiac Ablation, and Heart Transplant.
Areas of Expertise
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- Distinguished
- ApoplexyDr. Zakaria isDistinguished. Learn about Apoplexy.
- Heart AttackDr. Zakaria isDistinguished. Learn about Heart Attack.
- Advanced
- ArrhythmiasDr. Zakaria isAdvanced. Learn about Arrhythmias.
- Arterial EmbolismDr. Zakaria isAdvanced. Learn about Arterial Embolism.
- Brugada SyndromeDr. Zakaria isAdvanced. Learn about Brugada Syndrome.
- Cardiogenic ShockDr. Zakaria isAdvanced. Learn about Cardiogenic Shock.
- Familial Ventricular TachycardiaDr. Zakaria isAdvanced. Learn about Familial Ventricular Tachycardia.
- Inappropriate Sinus Tachycardia (IST)
- Experienced
- AnginaDr. Zakaria isExperienced. Learn about Angina.
- Aortic RegurgitationDr. Zakaria isExperienced. Learn about Aortic Regurgitation.
- AtherosclerosisDr. Zakaria isExperienced. Learn about Atherosclerosis.
- Atrial FibrillationDr. Zakaria isExperienced. Learn about Atrial Fibrillation.
- Atrial TachycardiaDr. Zakaria isExperienced. Learn about Atrial Tachycardia.
- Atrioventricular Nodal Reentrant Tachycardia (AVNRT)