
Overview
Dr. Robert Weiss is a Clarence Doodeman professor of cardiology as well as a professor of medicine and radiology at the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine. Dr. Weiss directs a multi-disciplinary team at Johns Hopkins as well as collaborators at Cedars Sinai Medical Center in Los Angeles are dedicated to identifying the most important clinical, genetic, structural, contractile and metabolic causes of sudden cardiac death as well as the means to reverse the underlying pathology and lower risk. His research interests include energetic consequences and causes of heart failure, predictors of sudden cardiac death, non-invasive magnetic resonance, role of creatine kinase in heart failure, spectroscopy and imaging, coronary endothelial function and small animal cardiovascular imaging. Dr. Weiss received an undergraduate degree in physics form Dickinson College and a medical degree from Pennsylvania State University College of Medicine AOA Hershey Medical Center before joining Johns Hopkins in 1983 as an intern and assistant resident. Dr. Weiss has published extensively and has most recently been awarded a fellowship with the International Society of Magnetic Resonance in Medicine.
Dr. Weiss is rated as an Experienced provider by MediFind in the treatment of Ventricular Fibrillation. His top areas of expertise are Pulmonary Hypertension, Heart Attack, Pulmonary Veno-Occlusive Disease, and Coronary Heart Disease.
His clinical research consists of co-authoring 104 peer reviewed articles and participating in 8 clinical trials. MediFind looks at clinical research from the past 15 years. In particular, he has co-authored 2 articles in the study of Ventricular Fibrillation.
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Locations
Baltimore, MD 21287
Additional Areas of Focus
Dr. Weiss 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.
8 Clinical Trials
Johns Hopkins Hospital
James Weiss is a Cardiologist in Baltimore, Maryland. Dr. Weiss is rated as a Distinguished provider by MediFind in the treatment of Ventricular Fibrillation. His top areas of expertise are Ventricular Fibrillation, Low Potassium Level, Heart Attack, Arrhythmias, and Cardiac Ablation.
The Johns Hopkins Hospital
Dr Halperin received the B.S degree in physics with highest distinction from Purdue University, the M.A. degree in physics from the University of California, Berkeley, and the M.D. degree from Louisiana State University, New Orleans, Louisiana. He is a member of Phi Beta Kappa, an Established Investigator and Fellow of the American Heart Association, and a McClure Fellow of the Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics laboratory. Dr. Halperin is currently a Professor of Medicine, Radiology and Biomedical Engineering at the Johns Hopkins Medical Institutions. He is the co-director of the Cardiovascular Imaging Center of Excellence. He serves on the editorial board of the journal Resuscitation, and is a past chair of the national American Heart Association Advanced Cardiovascular Life Support Subcommittee and a past member of the Emergency Cardiac Care Committee. Ten of his students have received young investigator awards from the American Heart Association and Heart Rhythm Society, and he has ongoing support from the National Institutes of Heath for his research programs. He has over 120 peer-reviewed publications and over 20 patents issued. Dr. Halperin is rated as a Distinguished provider by MediFind in the treatment of Ventricular Fibrillation. His top areas of expertise are Ventricular Fibrillation, Heart Attack, Ventricular Tachycardia, Cardiac Ablation, and Lithotripsy.
Johns Hopkins Hospital
Roy Beinart is a Cardiologist in Baltimore, Maryland. Dr. Beinart is rated as an Advanced provider by MediFind in the treatment of Ventricular Fibrillation. His top areas of expertise are Atrial Fibrillation, Ventricular Fibrillation, Ventricular Tachycardia, Pacemaker Implantation, and Cardiac Ablation.
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
- Pulmonary HypertensionDr. Weiss isDistinguished. Learn about Pulmonary Hypertension.
- Advanced
- ApoplexyDr. Weiss isAdvanced. Learn about Apoplexy.
- AtherosclerosisDr. Weiss isAdvanced. Learn about Atherosclerosis.
- Coronary Heart DiseaseDr. Weiss isAdvanced. Learn about Coronary Heart Disease.
- Heart AttackDr. Weiss isAdvanced. Learn about Heart Attack.
- Heart BlockDr. Weiss isAdvanced. Learn about Heart Block.
- Heart FailureDr. Weiss isAdvanced. Learn about Heart Failure.
- Experienced
- ArrhythmiasDr. Weiss isExperienced. Learn about Arrhythmias.
- Arterial EmbolismDr. Weiss isExperienced. Learn about Arterial Embolism.
- Atrial FibrillationDr. Weiss isExperienced. Learn about Atrial Fibrillation.
- Brugada SyndromeDr. Weiss isExperienced. Learn about Brugada Syndrome.
- Cardiac AmyloidosisDr. Weiss isExperienced. Learn about Cardiac Amyloidosis.
- Cardiac ArrestDr. Weiss isExperienced. Learn about Cardiac Arrest.
