
Overview
Dr. Gary Gerstenblith is professor of medicine and director of clinical trials in the Johns Hopkins Medicine Division of Cardiology. He also serves as attending physician in r the Cardiology care Unit. Dr. Gerstenblith earned his undergraduate degree from New York University and his medical degree from the University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine. After working at the National Institute on Aging and the National Institutes of Health (NIH) and completing a fellowship at Jackson Memorial Hospital in Miami, Dr. Gerstenblith joined the faculty of the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine. Dr. Gerstenblith conducts clinical trials in patients with cardiovascular disease. His research interests include the impact of cardiovascular aging on cardiac structure and function, and the use of stem cells to repair damaged cardiac muscle. He has published nearly 250 articles and book chapters and has been a referee for numerous journals including Circulation, The New England Journal of Medicine and The Journal of the American College of Cardiology.
Dr. Gerstenblith is rated as an Advanced provider by MediFind in the treatment of Inappropriate Sinus Tachycardia (IST). His top areas of expertise are Heart Attack, Atherosclerosis, Coronary Heart Disease, Apoplexy, and Percutaneous Coronary Intervention (PCI).
His clinical research consists of co-authoring 126 peer reviewed articles and participating in 1 clinical trial. MediFind looks at clinical research from the past 15 years.
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Locations
1800 Orleans Street, Baltimore, MD 21287
4940 Eastern Avenue, Baltimore, MD 21224
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.
1 Clinical Trials
Johns Hopkins Endoscopy & Surgery Center - Columbia
Dr. Jose Madrazo is a general cardiologist in the Johns Hopkins Division of Medicine, and an assistant professor of medicine at the Johns Hopkins School of Medicine. He received his medical degree from the University of Puerto Rico School of Medicine and completed his residency at the Baylor College of Medicine in Houston, TX. Dr. Madrazo pursued a cardiovascular fellowship with a focus on echocardiography at the Washington University School of Medicine before joining the Hopkins faculty. Dr. Madrazo is rated as a Distinguished provider by MediFind in the treatment of Inappropriate Sinus Tachycardia (IST). His top areas of expertise are Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy (HCM), Cardiomyopathy, Familial Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy, and Heart Attack.
Carroll Health Group-Cardiology
Radhika Kuna is a Cardiologist in Westminster, Maryland. Dr. Kuna is rated as a Distinguished provider by MediFind in the treatment of Inappropriate Sinus Tachycardia (IST). Her top areas of expertise are Inappropriate Sinus Tachycardia (IST), Familial Ventricular Tachycardia, Arrhythmias, and Atrial Fibrillation.
The Johns Hopkins Hospital
Dr. Thomas Stephen Metkus is an assistant professor of cardiology at the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine. His research focuses on using cardiac physiology for risk stratification and therapeutics in non-cardiac critical illness such as sepsis and the acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS), and optimizing the management of non-cardiac organ failure in primary cardiac diseases such as heart failure and acute coronary syndromes. Dr. Metkus received his undergraduate degree from Boston University College of Engineering. He earned a medical degree from the University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine and completed a residency at Brigham and Women’s Hospital. After completing residency, Dr. Metkus was a clinical fellow at both Harvard Medical School and Johns Hopkins Hospital. Prior to joining the faculty at the Johns Hopkins Medical School he was an instructor of medicine at the Harvard Medical School. His educational focus includes teaching clinical cardiology and critical care, echocardiography, and electrocardiography to students, residents, and fellows at the Johns Hopkins Hospital. Videos Dr. Thomas Metkus. Dr. Metkus is rated as a Distinguished provider by MediFind in the treatment of Inappropriate Sinus Tachycardia (IST). His top areas of expertise are Heart Attack, Apoplexy, Arterial Embolism, Heart Bypass Surgery, and Coronary Artery Bypass Graft (CABG).
Areas of Expertise
MediFind evaluates expertise by pulling from factors such as number of articles a doctor has published in medical journals, participation in clinical trials, speaking at industry conferences, prescribing and referral patterns, and strength of connections with other experts in their field.
Learn more about MediFind’s expert tiers
- Distinguished
- AtherosclerosisDr. Gerstenblith isDistinguished. Learn about Atherosclerosis.
- Coronary Heart DiseaseDr. Gerstenblith isDistinguished. Learn about Coronary Heart Disease.
- Heart AttackDr. Gerstenblith isDistinguished. Learn about Heart Attack.
- Advanced
- Acute Coronary SyndromeDr. Gerstenblith isAdvanced. Learn about Acute Coronary Syndrome.
- ApoplexyDr. Gerstenblith isAdvanced. Learn about Apoplexy.
- Arterial EmbolismDr. Gerstenblith isAdvanced. Learn about Arterial Embolism.
- Familial Ventricular TachycardiaDr. Gerstenblith isAdvanced. Learn about Familial Ventricular Tachycardia.
- Heart BlockDr. Gerstenblith isAdvanced. Learn about Heart Block.
- Heart FailureDr. Gerstenblith isAdvanced. Learn about Heart Failure.
- Experienced
- Aortic Valve StenosisDr. Gerstenblith isExperienced. Learn about Aortic Valve Stenosis.
- ArrhythmiasDr. Gerstenblith isExperienced. Learn about Arrhythmias.
- Atrial FibrillationDr. Gerstenblith isExperienced. Learn about Atrial Fibrillation.
- Atrial TachycardiaDr. Gerstenblith isExperienced. Learn about Atrial Tachycardia.
- Atrioventricular Nodal Reentrant Tachycardia (AVNRT)
- Bidirectional TachycardiaDr. Gerstenblith isExperienced. Learn about Bidirectional Tachycardia.

