
Overview
Dr. Joao Lima is a professor of medicine, radiology and epidemiology at the Johns Hopkins School of Medicine. His pioneering work in cardiac imaging using advanced MRI, CT and echocardiography has led to noninvasive techniques for predicting cardiovascular disease and calculating its extent, as well as measuring the effectiveness of modern cardiac treatments. He holds numerous patents on devices and methods for cardiac imaging and image-guided therapies. Dr. Lima graduated medical school at the University of Bahia, Brazil. He completed his cardiology fellowship at Johns Hopkins and spent two years on the faculty of the University of Pennsylvania before returning to Hopkins as a faculty member in 1992. A long-time investigator with the Multi-Ethnic Study of Atherosclerosis (MESA), Dr. Lima is credited with more than 175 articles out of that study and nearly 575 publications over his career. He is associate editor of Journal of the American College of Cardiology and serves on the editorial board of the Italian Journal of Cardiology while reviewing for other journals including the New England Journal of Medicine, Circulation and Annals of Internal Medicine. Dr. Lima has been invited to present his research throughout the Americas, Europe and Asia.
Dr. Lima is rated as an Experienced provider by MediFind in the treatment of Short QT Syndrome. His top areas of expertise are Atherosclerosis, Heart Attack, Apoplexy, Heart Failure, and Bone Marrow Aspiration.
His clinical research consists of co-authoring 141 peer reviewed articles. MediFind looks at clinical research from the past 15 years.
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Locations
1800 Orleans Street, Baltimore, MD 21287
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.
Cardiology & Internal Medicine PA
Dr. Joseph A. Vassallo is a cardiologist affiliated with Sibley Memorial Hospital and Suburban Hospital. He practices out of Cardiology and Internal Medicine, located in Chevy Chase, Maryland. Dr. Vassallo has expertise in cardiovascular disease, arrhythmia evaluation and internal medicine. Dr. Vassallo earned his medical degree from State University of New York at Buffalo School of Medicine. He completed a residency in internal medicine at New England Medical Center. Dr. Vassallo is a fellow of the American College of Cardiology. Dr. Vassallo is rated as a Distinguished provider by MediFind in the treatment of Short QT Syndrome. His top areas of expertise are Heart Murmurs, Hypertension, Glucocorticoid-Remediable Aldosteronism, and High Cholesterol.
Adventist HealthCare Cardiac Associates
Rajeev Patel is a Cardiologist in Rockville,, Maryland. Dr. Patel is rated as a Distinguished provider by MediFind in the treatment of Short QT Syndrome. His top areas of expertise are Heart Attack, Apoplexy, Inappropriate Sinus Tachycardia (IST), and Familial Ventricular Tachycardia.
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 Short QT Syndrome. 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
- Elite
- AtherosclerosisDr. Lima isElite. Learn about Atherosclerosis.
- Distinguished
- Heart AttackDr. Lima isDistinguished. Learn about Heart Attack.
- Advanced
- ApoplexyDr. Lima isAdvanced. Learn about Apoplexy.
- Arterial EmbolismDr. Lima isAdvanced. Learn about Arterial Embolism.
- Atrial FibrillationDr. Lima isAdvanced. Learn about Atrial Fibrillation.
- Bone Marrow AspirationDr. Lima isAdvanced. Learn about Bone Marrow Aspiration.
- Coronary Heart DiseaseDr. Lima isAdvanced. Learn about Coronary Heart Disease.
- Heart FailureDr. Lima isAdvanced. Learn about Heart Failure.
- Experienced
- Abdominal Obesity Metabolic Syndrome
- ArrhythmiasDr. Lima isExperienced. Learn about Arrhythmias.
- Atrial TachycardiaDr. Lima isExperienced. Learn about Atrial Tachycardia.
- Atrioventricular Nodal Reentrant Tachycardia (AVNRT)
- Bidirectional TachycardiaDr. Lima isExperienced. Learn about Bidirectional Tachycardia.
- Brugada SyndromeDr. Lima isExperienced. Learn about Brugada Syndrome.
