Overview
Dr. Daniel Ford is a professor of medicine at the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine. He holds joint appointments in psychiatry and behavioral sciences and, at the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, in health policy and management and in epidemiology. Dr. Ford serves as the director of the Institute for Clinical and Translational Research and the senior associate dean for clinical and translational research at the Johns Hopkins School of Medicine. Widely regarded as a pioneer in research associated with the interrelationships between mental disorders and chronic medical conditions, Dr. Ford gained international acclaim for clinical studies documenting depression as an independent risk factor for coronary heart disease and for research describing the long-term health risks related to sleep disturbances. He was chosen by the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation to direct the evaluation of its $12 million Depression in Primary Care Initiative. He also has been the principal researcher on a large training grant to develop researchers in general internal medicine. A leader in using the Internet for clinical research, Dr. Ford worked closely with Johns Hopkins personnel who developed e-IRB, an electronic process for submitting research proposals to the school of medicine’s Institutional Review Board, which oversees requests to launch clinical studies. His research interests include ways to improve the treatment of chronic diseases through information technology. He also advocates treating human research subjects as partners, ensuring that they receive sufficient thanks for their commitment and willingness to contribute to scientific progress. Dr. Ford received his M.D. from the State University of New York at Buffalo in 1982. He arrived at Hopkins that year as a medical resident and, except for a brief period as a National Institutes of Health fellow, has been on the Johns Hopkins faculty ever since. He received his master’s degree in public health from the Bloomberg School in 1986. He has published more than 120 research papers and book chapters, and was associate editor of the Journal of General Internal Medicine and a member of the editorial board of General Hospital Psychiatry.
Dr. Ford is rated as an Experienced provider by MediFind in the treatment of Rabson-Mendenhall Syndrome. His top areas of expertise are Muscle Invasive Bladder Cancer, Agranulocytosis, Glucocorticoid-Remediable Aldosteronism, and Hypertension.
His clinical research consists of co-authoring 1 peer reviewed article. MediFind looks at clinical research from the past 15 years.
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Locations
601 North Caroline Street, Floor 7, Floor 7, Baltimore, MD 21287
Additional Areas of Focus
Dr. Ford has provided the following conditions as areas of focus. Please note that we may not have enough data to validate their experience in some of these conditions.
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.
Loudoun Medical Group, PC
Richard Kim is a primary care provider, practicing in Internal Medicine in Leesburg, Virginia. Dr. Kim is rated as a Distinguished provider by MediFind in the treatment of Rabson-Mendenhall Syndrome. His top areas of expertise are High Cholesterol, Familial Hypertension, Hypertension, and Glucocorticoid-Remediable Aldosteronism. Dr. Kim is currently accepting new patients.
Medstar Medical Group Ii LLC
Jeffrey Lotlikar is a primary care provider, practicing in Internal Medicine in Baltimore, Maryland. Dr. Lotlikar is rated as an Advanced provider by MediFind in the treatment of Rabson-Mendenhall Syndrome. His top areas of expertise are Rabson-Mendenhall Syndrome, Glucocorticoid-Remediable Aldosteronism, Hypertension, and Familial Hypertension. Dr. Lotlikar is currently accepting new patients.
Carl Sperling is a primary care provider, practicing in Internal Medicine in Baltimore, Maryland. Dr. Sperling is rated as an Advanced provider by MediFind in the treatment of Rabson-Mendenhall Syndrome. His top areas of expertise are Rabson-Mendenhall Syndrome, End-Stage Renal Disease (ESRD), Glucocorticoid-Remediable Aldosteronism, and Hypertension.
Areas of Expertise
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- Experienced
- AgranulocytosisDr. Ford isExperienced. Learn about Agranulocytosis.
- Familial HypertensionDr. Ford isExperienced. Learn about Familial Hypertension.
- Glucocorticoid-Remediable Aldosteronism
- HypertensionDr. Ford isExperienced. Learn about Hypertension.
- Maturity Onset Diabetes of the Young
- Muscle Invasive Bladder CancerDr. Ford isExperienced. Learn about Muscle Invasive Bladder Cancer.