Dr. Nisha A. Gilotra is a cardiologist in the Johns Hopkins Medicine Division of Cardiology with expertise in advanced heart failure, including the care of heart transplant and ventricular assist device patients. Dr. Gilotra specializes in inflammatory cardiomyopathies, including sarcoidosis, myocarditis and inherited causes of cardiomyopathy. Dr. Gilotra received her medical degree from Jefferson Medical College in Philadelphia, PA. She completed her medical residency, general cardiology fellowship and advanced heart failure fellowship at Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine. Between fellowships, she served as an Assistant Chief of Service for the Department of Medicine. Dr. Gilotra is rated as an Elite provider by MediFind in the treatment of Myocarditis. Her top areas of expertise are Sarcoidosis, Myocarditis, Cardiomyopathy, Heart Transplant, and Endoscopy.

Edward K. Kasper, M.D. is a graduate of the Johns Hopkins University with a B.A. in Natural Sciences. He earned his M.D. at the University of Connecticut School of Medicine in 1984. His internship and residency in Internal Medicine, as well as his fellowship in Cardiovascular Medicine, were completed at the Johns Hopkins Hospital, where he then joined the faculty in 1993. He is a fellow of the American Heart Association as well as a fellow of the American College of Cardiology, having served on its board of governors from 2002 to 2006. Dr. Kasper has authored more than 100 articles and three books including, Living Well with Heart Failure. He is currently the Director of Outpatient Cardiology. Dr. Kasper's current research interests focus on the biological origins of heart failure. Specifically, his research has focused on causes and prognosis of patients with cardiomyopathy, a serious condition in which the heart has difficulty pumping blood throughout the body. Dr. Kasper works closely with his team at the Johns Hopkins Heart and Vascular Institute to understand the best ways to predict and prevent catastrophic cardiac events. With your support, Dr. Kasper will be able to continue his significant work in cardiovascular medicine in hopes of impacting the future of patients with cardiomyopathy and heart failure. Dr. Kasper is rated as an Advanced provider by MediFind in the treatment of Myocarditis. His top areas of expertise are Cardiomyopathy, Familial Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy, Sengers Syndrome, Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy (HCM), and Heart Transplant.

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 Experienced provider by MediFind in the treatment of Myocarditis. His top areas of expertise are Atrial Fibrillation, Arrhythmias, Cardiomyopathy, Cardiac Ablation, and Heart Transplant.

Kavita Sharma MD, is an Associate Professor of Medicine in Advanced Heart Failure/Transplant Cardiology in the Division of Cardiology at the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine. She is the Director of the Johns Hopkins Heart Failure with Preserved Ejection Fraction Program. She sees patients at The Johns Hopkins Hospital, downtown campus. A cardiologist specializing in advanced heart failure, her clinical interests include advanced heart failure diagnosis and management, heart transplantation, and mechanical circulatory support including left ventricular assist devices. She has a specialized interest in heart failure with preserved ejection fraction (HFpEF), and directs one of the largest programs in the country dedicated to caring for patients with this condition. She is the principal investigator of numerous clinical and translational trials in HFpEF and leads a team of nurses, research coordinators, and fellows-in-training in this multi-faceted program. She is an invited speaker at national meetings in topic areas covering advanced heart failure and HFpEF. Dr. Sharma is a member of the American Heart Association, the American College of Cardiology, the Heart Failure Society of America, and the International Society of Heart and Lung Transplantation. Dr. Sharma is rated as an Experienced provider by MediFind in the treatment of Myocarditis. Her top areas of expertise are Primary Localized Cutaneous Amyloidosis, Cardiac Amyloidosis, Heart Failure with Preserved Ejection Fraction (HFpEF), Heart Failure, and Cardiac Ablation.

Dr. Jana Lovell is a cardiologist at Johns Hopkins Medicine, with an expertise in Advanced Heart Failure and Transplant Cardiology. She is also an Assistant Professor of Medicine at the Johns Hopkins School of Medicine. Dr. Lovell earned her medical degree from the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine. She then completed her Internal Medicine Residency, Cardiovascular Disease Fellowship, and Advanced Heart Failure and Transplant Fellowship training at Johns Hopkins. During her fellowship training, she has completed additional research training, with a focus on the intersection between heart failure and inflammation. Her clinical interests include inflammatory cardiomyopathies and transplant immunology. Selected Publications Lovell JP, Bermea K, Yu J, Rousseau S, Cohen CD, Bhalodia A, Zita MD, Head RD, Blumenthal RS, Alharethi R, Damp J, Boehmer J, Alexis J, McNamara DM, Sharma G, Adamo L; IPAC; IMAC2 Investigators. Serum Proteomic Analysis of Peripartum Cardiomyopathy Reveals Distinctive Dysregulation of Inflammatory and Cholesterol Metabolism Pathways. JACC Heart Fail. 2023 Sep;11(9):1231-1242. doi: 10.1016/j.jchf.2023.05.031. Epub 2023 Aug 2. PMID: 37542511; PMCID: PMC11974612. Lovell JP, Duque C, Rousseau S, Bhalodia A, Bermea K, Cohen CD, Adamo L. B cell-mediated antigen presentation promotes adverse cardiac remodeling in chronic heart failure. bioRxiv [Preprint]. 2024 Jun 5:2024.05.08.593153. doi: 10.1101/2024.05.08.593153. PMID: 38766182; PMCID: PMC11100706. Chung MP, Lovell J, Kelly W, Mecoli CA, Albayda J, Christopher-Stine L, Gilotra NA, Paik JJ. Myocarditis in Patients With Idiopathic Inflammatory Myopathies: Clinical Presentation and Outcomes. J Rheumatol. 2023 Aug;50(8):1039-1046. doi: 10.3899/jrheum.220989. Epub 2023 Apr 1. PMID: 37003604; PMCID: PMC10523850. Dr. Lovell is rated as an Experienced provider by MediFind in the treatment of Myocarditis. Her top areas of expertise are Peripartum Cardiomyopathy, Cardiomyopathy, Myocarditis, and Pericarditis.

Dr. Richard (Rick) Carrick is a general cardiologist in the Johns Hopkins Division of Medicine and is an assistant professor of medicine at the Johns Hopkins School of Medicine. He also serves as associate director of the Johns Hopkins Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy Center of Excellence. Originally from Massachusetts, he completed his medical training as well as a Ph.D. in Bioengineering at the University of Vermont and did his internal medicine residency training at Tufts Medical Center in Boston, MA. He completed his Cardiovascular Disease Fellowship and a T32 Research Fellowship at Johns Hopkins. His research focuses on the use of advanced computational techniques like machine-learning and artificial intelligence to improve risk stratification in patients with inherited heart disease. Clinically, he specializes in echocardiography and the care of patients with hypertrophic cardiomyopathy (HCM) and other genetic cardiomyopathies. Dr. Carrick is rated as an Experienced provider by MediFind in the treatment of Myocarditis. His top areas of expertise are Cardiomyopathy, Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy (HCM), Ventricular Tachycardia, Arrhythmias, and Cardiac Ablation.

Chloe Duvall is a Cardiologist in Baltimore, Maryland. Dr. Duvall is rated as an Experienced provider by MediFind in the treatment of Myocarditis. Her top areas of expertise are Sarcoidosis, Cardiomyopathy, Myocarditis, and Heart Failure.

Dr. Allison Hays is a general cardiologist and Medical Director of Echocardiography Programs at the Johns Hopkins Hospital. She is also an assistant professor at the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine. Dr. Hays graduated from Stanford University with degrees in biology and English. She received her medical training at the Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons and did her residency at the New York Presbyterian Hospital at Columbia. Dr. Hays pursued cardiology fellowships at New York University Medical Center and at the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine. Dr. Hays studies ways to use noninvasive imaging to detect cardiovascular disease. She has advanced multimodality imaging training from Johns Hopkins and attends in the Adult Echocardiography Lab at Johns Hopkins Hospital. In terms of research, she uses Cardiac MRI as a tool to study coronary and systemic endothelial function. Dr. Hays is rated as an Experienced provider by MediFind in the treatment of Myocarditis. Her top areas of expertise are Familial Ventricular Tachycardia, Cardiomyopathy, COVID-19, Heart Attack, and Tissue Biopsy.

Darren Klugman is a Pediatric Cardiologist in Baltimore, Maryland. Dr. Klugman is rated as an Experienced provider by MediFind in the treatment of Myocarditis. His top areas of expertise are Pediatric Myocarditis, Congenital Heart Disease (CHD), Cardiac Arrest, and Myocarditis.

Daniel Judge is a Cardiologist in Baltimore, Maryland. Dr. Judge is rated as an Experienced provider by MediFind in the treatment of Myocarditis. His top areas of expertise are Cardiomyopathy, Transthyretin Amyloid Cardiomyopathy, Cardiac Amyloidosis, Heart Transplant, and Cardiac Ablation.

Ilan Wittstein is an Advanced Heart Failure and Transplant Cardiologist and a Cardiologist in Baltimore, Maryland. Dr. Wittstein is rated as an Experienced provider by MediFind in the treatment of Myocarditis. His top areas of expertise are Cardiomyopathy, Arrhythmias, Familial Ventricular Tachycardia, Cardiac Ablation, and Heart Transplant. Dr. Wittstein is currently accepting new patients.

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 Myocarditis. His top areas of expertise are Apoplexy, Heart Attack, Arterial Embolism, Inappropriate Sinus Tachycardia (IST), and Pacemaker Implantation.

Maeve Jones is a Cardiologist in Baltimore, Maryland. Dr. Jones is rated as an Advanced provider by MediFind in the treatment of Myocarditis. Her top areas of expertise are Myocarditis, Cardiomyopathy, Heart Attack, and Coronary Artery Spasm.

Ankit Garg is a Cardiologist in Baltimore, Maryland. Dr. Garg has been practicing medicine for over 10 years and is rated as an Experienced provider by MediFind in the treatment of Myocarditis. His top areas of expertise are Dilated Cardiomyopathy (DCM), Double Outlet Right Ventricle, Double Outlet Left Ventricle, Cardiomyopathy, and Vitrectomy.

Sudhir Vashist is a Pediatric Cardiologist in Baltimore, Maryland. Dr. Vashist is rated as an Experienced provider by MediFind in the treatment of Myocarditis. His top areas of expertise are Wolff-Parkinson-White Syndrome, Myocarditis, Ventricular Septal Defects, and Atrioventricular Nodal Reentrant Tachycardia (AVNRT).

Carissa Baker is a Pediatric Cardiologist in Baltimore,, Maryland. Dr. Baker is rated as an Experienced provider by MediFind in the treatment of Myocarditis. Her top areas of expertise are Homozygous Familial Hypercholesterolemia (HoFH), High Cholesterol, Heart Murmurs, and Hypertension.

Nicholas Pietris is a Pediatric Cardiologist in Baltimore,, Maryland. Dr. Pietris is rated as an Experienced provider by MediFind in the treatment of Myocarditis. His top areas of expertise are Patent Ductus Arteriosus, Atrial Septal Defect (ASD), Patent Foramen Ovale, and Ventricular Septal Defects.

Rachel Moore is a Pediatric Cardiologist in Baltimore,, Maryland. Dr. Moore is rated as an Experienced provider by MediFind in the treatment of Myocarditis. Her top areas of expertise are Heart Murmurs, Ventricular Septal Defects, Patent Foramen Ovale, and Atrial Septal Defect (ASD).

Peter Gaskin is a Pediatric Cardiologist in Baltimore, Maryland. Dr. Gaskin is rated as an Experienced provider by MediFind in the treatment of Myocarditis. His top areas of expertise are Patent Ductus Arteriosus, Heart Murmurs, Ventricular Septal Defects, and Bicuspid Aortic Valve.

Richard Amara is a Cardiac Electrophysiologist and a Cardiologist in Baltimore, Maryland. Dr. Amara is rated as an Experienced provider by MediFind in the treatment of Myocarditis. His top areas of expertise are Atrial Fibrillation, Cor Triatriatum, Cardiomyopathy, Thrombectomy, and Pacemaker Implantation. Dr. Amara is currently accepting new patients.