Overview

Dr. Seamus Whelton MD, MPH, is an Associate Professor of Cardiology and member of the Ciccarone Center for the Prevention of Cardiovascular Disease. His primary clinical and research expertise includes the pathogenesis, risk prediction, prevention, and treatment of atherosclerotic cardiovascular disease with an emphasis on the identification of coronary artery calcium via cardiac CT scanning. He is Director of the Advanced Subclinical Atherosclerosis Clinic, which focuses on the treatment of patients with incidentally discovered coronary artery calcium detected by CT imaging. He is also an expert on the pathogenesis, epidemiology, and risk factors for aortic valve calcification. He has led pioneering research to describe the use aortic valve calcification to predict the risk of aortic stenosis. Dr. Whelton has published more than 130 peer reviewed manuscripts, multiple book chapters, and has been an invited lecturer at both national and international conferences. He is an Associate Editor at the Journal of Cardiovascular Computed Tomography and the American Journal of Preventive Cardiology. He is a member of the American College of Cardiology Prevention of Cardiovascular Disease Leadership Council. He has been the Principal Investigator on grants from the National Institutes of Health and American Heart Association. Dr. Whelton received his undergraduate degree at Princeton University. He then completed a Masters of Public Health in Epidemiology at the Tulane University School of Public Health and Tropical Medicine followed by his Doctor of Medicine degree from the Tulane University School of Medicine. He subsequently completed a post-doctoral fellowship at the Welch Center for Prevention, Epidemiology and Clinical Research at the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health and then completed a fellowship in Cardiology at the Johns Hopkins School of Medicine before joining the Cardiology Faculty at Johns Hopkins in 2017. Videos Dr. Seamus Whelton.

Dr. Whelton is highly rated in 7 conditions, according to our data. His top areas of expertise are Atherosclerosis, Apoplexy, Coronary Heart Disease, Pacemaker Implantation, and Heart Bypass Surgery.

His clinical research consists of co-authoring 163 peer reviewed articles. MediFind looks at clinical research from the past 15 years.

Graduate Institution

Tulane University School Of Medicine, MPH, 2004

Residency

Tulane University Hospital and Clinics, Internal Medicine, 2011

Specialties

Cardiology

Licenses

Internal Medicine in MD

Board Certifications

American Board Of Internal Medicine

Fellowships

Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Cardiology, 2017

Hospital Affiliations

Greater Baltimore Medical Center
The Johns Hopkins Hospital
Johns Hopkins Howard County Medical Center

Languages Spoken

English

Gender

Male

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Locations

Johns Hopkins Health Care & Surgery Center - Green Spring Station, Lutherville
Pavilion I STE 360, Lutherville, MD 21093
Other Locations
Greater Baltimore Medical Center
6569 North Charles Street, Pavilion West STE 600, Baltimore, MD 21204

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.


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MediFind is an objective health platform that identifies experts based on real-world data. Dr. Seamus P. Whelton is classified as an Distinguished expert for Atherosclerosis, meaning they are among the top experts in the country for this condition. This ranking is based on their volume of patients, published research, and peer connections.

What conditions does Dr. Seamus P. Whelton specialize in?

While Dr. Seamus P. Whelton is a Cardiology, they have specific expertise in Atherosclerosis, Apoplexy, and Coronary Heart Disease. MediFind analyzes a doctor's articles and referral patterns to identify their specific areas of focus within Cardiology.

Does Dr. Seamus P. Whelton participate in research or clinical trials?

Yes. Dr. Seamus P. Whelton has published 163 articles and abstracts on conditions like Atherosclerosis. You can view a list of Dr. Seamus P. Whelton's latest peer-reviewed publications and clinical trial participation on their profile to see if they are active in new treatments.

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