Overview
Dr. Ari Cedars is a cardiologist in Baltimore, Maryland. He also serves as director of the Adult Congenital Heart Disease Center at both the Johns Hopkins Heart and Vascular Institute and the Blalock-Taussig-Thomas Pediatric and Congenital Heart Center. Dr. Cedars is an associate professor of medicine and pediatrics at the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine. Dr. Cedars specializes in adult congenital heart disease. He is a member of the leadership committee for the Advanced Cardiac Therapies Improving Outcomes Network (ACTION), an organization focused on the improvement of outcomes for pediatric ventricular assist device (VAD) patients. He is an administrative board member of the Alliance for Adult Research in Congenital Cardiology (AARCC), a multi-institutional academic research network devoted to producing new research in adult congenital heart disease. He is also a member of the medical advisory board for the Adult Congenital Heart Association (ACHA). Dr. Cedars’ research focuses on patient-centered outcomes, mechanical circulatory support and ventricular assist devices, and the biological mechanisms underlying clinical disease progression in congenital heart disease.
Dr. Cedars is rated as an Experienced provider by MediFind in the treatment of Pericarditis. His top areas of expertise are Congenital Heart Disease (CHD), Tetralogy of Fallot, Heart Attack, Apoplexy, and Heart Transplant.
His clinical research consists of co-authoring 96 peer reviewed articles. MediFind looks at clinical research from the past 15 years. In particular, he has co-authored 1 article in the study of Pericarditis.
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Locations
6420 Rockledge Drive, Suite 2300, Suite 2300, Bethesda, MD 20817
10700 Charter Drive, Suite 140, Columbia, MD 21044
820 Bestgate Road, Suite 2D, Annapolis, MD 21401
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 Pericarditis. His top areas of expertise are Atrial Fibrillation, Arrhythmias, Cardiomyopathy, Cardiac Ablation, and Heart Transplant.
Areas of Expertise
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- Congenital Heart Disease (CHD)
- Distinguished
- ApoplexyDr. Cedars isDistinguished. Learn about Apoplexy.
- Heart AttackDr. Cedars isDistinguished. Learn about Heart Attack.
- Tetralogy of FallotDr. Cedars isDistinguished. Learn about Tetralogy of Fallot.
- Advanced
- Atrioventricular Septal DefectDr. Cedars isAdvanced. Learn about Atrioventricular Septal Defect.
- Brugada SyndromeDr. Cedars isAdvanced. Learn about Brugada Syndrome.
- Coronary Artery FistulaDr. Cedars isAdvanced. Learn about Coronary Artery Fistula.
- Endocardial Cushion DefectDr. Cedars isAdvanced. Learn about Endocardial Cushion Defect.
- Heart FailureDr. Cedars isAdvanced. Learn about Heart Failure.
- Heart TransplantDr. Cedars isAdvanced. Learn about Heart Transplant.
- Experienced
- Anomalous Left Coronary Artery from the Pulmonary Artery
- Aortic Valve StenosisDr. Cedars isExperienced. Learn about Aortic Valve Stenosis.
- ArrhythmiasDr. Cedars isExperienced. Learn about Arrhythmias.
- Arterial EmbolismDr. Cedars isExperienced. Learn about Arterial Embolism.
- Atrial FibrillationDr. Cedars isExperienced. Learn about Atrial Fibrillation.
- Atrial Septal Defect (ASD)Dr. Cedars isExperienced. Learn about Atrial Septal Defect (ASD).