Overview
Dr. Chao-Wei Hwang is an interventional cardiologist and Assistant Professor of Medicine at Johns Hopkins. Dr. Hwang received doctoral and medical training at Harvard Medical School. He completed residency in Internal Medicine at Brigham and Women's Hospital, and Cardiology and Interventional Cardiology fellowships at The Johns Hopkins Hospital. Dr. Hwang joined the Division of Cardiology as faculty in 2011. He spent a year at Virtua Health System in New Jersey as systemwide Director of Interventional Cardiology, and is now Director of the Johns Hopkins Interventional Cardiology Program at Frederick Health Hospital (FHH) and Co-Medical Director of the FHH Cardiac Catheterization Lab. Dr. Hwang is an expert interventional cardiologist specializing in complex coronary interventions, management of acute coronary syndromes and advanced coronary artery disease. He has specialized expertise in PCI of chronic total occlusions (CTO). Dr. Hwang has been involved in a number of device and coronary clinical trials, and his broad areas of research interests include developing and optimizing devices for the treatment of coronary artery disease. Dr. Hwang has published extensively in stent-based drug delivery systems and local delivery systems for cell-based therapies to the heart.
Dr. Hwang is rated as an Experienced provider by MediFind in the treatment of Ventricular Tachycardia. His top areas of expertise are Heart Attack, Apoplexy, Arterial Embolism, Angioplasty, and Percutaneous Coronary Intervention (PCI).
His clinical research consists of co-authoring 9 peer reviewed articles. MediFind looks at clinical research from the past 15 years.
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Locations
5450 Knoll North Drive, Suite 300, Suite 300, Columbia, MD 21045
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.
Johns Hopkins Health Care & Surgery Center - Green Spring Station, Lutherville
Jonathan Chrispin, M.D., is an Associate Professor of Medicine in the Johns Hopkins Medicine Division of Cardiology, Electrophysiology and Arrhythmia, as well as an Associate Professor of Biomedical Engineering at Johns Hopkins University. Dr. Chrispin focuses on all aspects of clinical electrophysiology, including pacemaker/defibrillator implantation and complex catheter ablation for atrial and ventricular arrhythmias. Dr. Chrispin received his Bachelor of Arts degree from Harvard University. He received his Doctor of Medicine degree from Vanderbilt University. He completed intern and residency training in internal medicine at The Johns Hopkins Hospital, where he also completed a fellowship in cardiovascular disease and served as chief clinical cardiac electrophysiology fellow. He is a member of the American College of Cardiology, the American Heart Association, and the Heart Rhythm Society. Dr. Chrispin directs the Ventricular Arrhythmia Ablation and Research program, focusing on using advanced cardiac imaging to better understand the structural substrate associated with the development of ventricular arrhythmias and using artificial intelligence to improve the risk stratification of sudden cardiac death. Further, he is involved in developing clinical trials to improve the safety and efficacy of catheter ablation for the treatment of ventricular tachycardia. His work has led to Dr. Chrispin publishing in a number of international journals, including Circulation, the Journal of the American College of Cardiology, Heart Rhythm Journal, Nature Cardiovascular Research, Journal of the American Heart Association, and EP Europace. Dr. Chrispin is rated as an Elite provider by MediFind in the treatment of Ventricular Tachycardia. His top areas of expertise are Ventricular Tachycardia, Arrhythmias, Sarcoidosis, Cardiac Ablation, and Pacemaker Implantation.
University Of Maryland Physicians PA
Stephen Shorofsky is a Cardiac Electrophysiologist and a Cardiologist in Baltimore, Maryland. Dr. Shorofsky is rated as a Distinguished provider by MediFind in the treatment of Ventricular Tachycardia. His top areas of expertise are Arrhythmias, Ventricular Tachycardia, Paroxysmal Supraventricular Tachycardia (PSVT), Cardiac Ablation, and Pacemaker Implantation. Dr. Shorofsky is currently accepting new patients.
Johns Hopkins Outpatient Center
Degrees: BS: Massachusetts Institute of Technology 1981 Electrical Engineering MS: Massachusetts Institute of Technology 1983 Electrical Engineering PhD: Massachusetts Institute of Technology 1987 Electrical Engineering MD: Harvard 1987 Medicine Professional Appointments: 1987-1988 Intern in Medicine, Brigham and Women's Hospital 1988-1990 Resident in Medicine, Brigham and Women's Hospital 1988-1990 Research Scientist, Harvard M.I.T. Division of H.S.T. 1990-1993 Fellow in Cardiology, Johns Hopkins University 1993-1998 Assistant Professor of Medicine, Johns Hopkins University 1996- Co-Director of Cardiac Electrophysiology, Johns Hopkins Hospital 1998-2005 Associate Professor of Medicine, Johns Hopkins University 2002-2005 Associate Professor of Biomedical Engineering, Johns Hopkins University 2005- Professor of Medicine, Johns Hopkins University 2005- Professor of Biomedical Engineering, Johns Hopkins University. Dr. Berger is rated as a Distinguished provider by MediFind in the treatment of Ventricular Tachycardia. His top areas of expertise are Atrial Fibrillation, Arrhythmias, Ventricular Tachycardia, Cardiac Ablation, and Pacemaker Implantation.
Areas of Expertise
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- Distinguished
- ApoplexyDr. Hwang isDistinguished. Learn about Apoplexy.
- Arterial EmbolismDr. Hwang isDistinguished. Learn about Arterial Embolism.
- Heart AttackDr. Hwang isDistinguished. Learn about Heart Attack.
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- AnginaDr. Hwang isAdvanced. Learn about Angina.
- AtherosclerosisDr. Hwang isAdvanced. Learn about Atherosclerosis.
- Coronary Heart DiseaseDr. Hwang isAdvanced. Learn about Coronary Heart Disease.
- NecrosisDr. Hwang isAdvanced. Learn about Necrosis.
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- AngioplastyDr. Hwang isExperienced. Learn about Angioplasty.
- Anomalous Left Coronary Artery from the Pulmonary Artery
- ArrhythmiasDr. Hwang isExperienced. Learn about Arrhythmias.
- Atrial FibrillationDr. Hwang isExperienced. Learn about Atrial Fibrillation.
- Atrial MyxomaDr. Hwang isExperienced. Learn about Atrial Myxoma.
- Bidirectional TachycardiaDr. Hwang isExperienced. Learn about Bidirectional Tachycardia.