Catherine Simpson
Distinguished in Hypertension

Dr. Catherine Simpson

Pulmonary Medicine
Johns Hopkins Medicine
Johns Hopkins Outpatient Center
Baltimore, MD 

Distinguished in Hypertension
Johns Hopkins Medicine
Johns Hopkins Outpatient Center
Baltimore, MD 
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Overview

Dr. Catherine Simpson is an assistant professor of medicine at the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine. Her areas of clinical expertise include internal medicine, pulmonary and critical care medicine, and pulmonary vascular diseases. Dr. Simpson earned her M.D. from the Louisiana State University School of Medicine. She completed her residency at Johns Hopkins, where she also performed a fellowship in pulmonary and critical care medicine and earned her M.H.S. degree from the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health.

Dr. Simpson is rated as a Distinguished provider by MediFind in the treatment of Hypertension. Her top areas of expertise are Pulmonary Hypertension, Hypertension, Pulmonary Veno-Occlusive Disease, and Scleroderma.

Her clinical research consists of co-authoring 62 peer reviewed articles. MediFind looks at clinical research from the past 15 years. In particular, she has co-authored 46 articles in the study of Hypertension.

Graduate Institution
Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School Of Public Health, MHS, 2019
Residency
Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Internal Medicine, 2015
Specialties
Pulmonary Medicine
Licenses
Internal Medicine in MD
Board Certifications
American Board Of Internal Medicine
Fellowships
Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, 2020
Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, 2016
Hospital Affiliations
The Johns Hopkins Hospital
Johns Hopkins Bayview Medical Center
Languages Spoken
English
Gender
Female

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Locations

Johns Hopkins Outpatient Center
Floor 7, Baltimore, MD 21287
Call: 410-550-5864

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.


62 Total Publications

Disproportionate impairment in diffusing capacity predicts pulmonary hypertension with an elevated pulmonary vascular resistance in COPD.
Disproportionate impairment in diffusing capacity predicts pulmonary hypertension with an elevated pulmonary vascular resistance in COPD.
Journal: Thorax
Published: August 04, 2025
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