Chetan Pasrija, M.D. is a cardiothoracic surgeon in Baltimore, Maryland. He is an assistant professor of surgery at the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine. Dr. Pasrija specializes in heart and lung transplantation, aortic surgery, and the surgical treatment of ischemic heart disease. He also has a particular interest in chronic thromboembolic pulmonary hypertension. He has published extensively on the topics of heart and lung transplant, massive pulmonary embolism, chronic thromboembolic pulmonary hypertension, and minimally invasive left ventricular assist device implantation. As a trainee, Dr. Pasrija was heavily involved with the surgical implantation and postoperative management of the first cardiac xenotransplant performed in the world at the University of Maryland. During his time as faculty at Vanderbilt University, he was a part of one of the largest heart and lung transplant programs in the United States. This included significant involvement with cutting-edge technologies to expand the donor pool, including normothermic regional perfusion and the Transmedics Organ Care System. Dr. Pasrija was co-surgeon in a combined heart-lung transplant with a groundbreaking 9.5 hour period of time without any blood flow using a novel 10⁰C cooler. He has also performed heart transplants with travel as far as Puerto Rico. Outside of transplantation, Dr. Pasrija is a high-volume cardiac surgeon, with an interest in complex open and endovascular aortic surgery. He performed the first ascending stent in the state of Tennessee, as well as the first total arch replacement without cooling the patient’s body in Tennessee using the Thoraflex device. He earned his Bachelor of Science Degree in Bioengineering at the University of Maryland and his Medical Degree at the University of Maryland School of Medicine. He completed an Integrated Cardiothoracic Surgery residency at the University of Maryland. During his training, he spent time at Vanderbilt University to learn advanced heart failure techniques as well as time at the University of Toronto to learn advanced lung transplant and pulmonary thromboendartectomy techniques. Additionally, he has a Masters in Clinical Research from the University of Maryland. Outside of his clinical interests, Dr. Pasrija is an accomplished investigator. During his post-doctoral research fellowship, he received a competitive American Heart Association post-doctoral fellowship award in addition to institutional awards for excellence in research. His research efforts focus on improving donor preservation with novel perfusion and temperature techniques, improving donor evaluation methods, and establishing novel immunologic therapies for transplant tolerance. Dr. Pasrija is rated as an Elite provider by MediFind in Embolectomy. His top areas of expertise are Mitral Valve Regurgitation, Aortic Valve Stenosis, Aortic Dissection, Embolectomy, and Heart Transplant.

Dr. Ghoreishi is an internationally recognized expert. He brings exceptional skill in open and endovascular aortic repair, including aortic valve repair, Ross operation, valve sparing aortic root repair, innovation in minimally invasive techniques for aortic aneurysm repair, endovascular repair of high risk patients with acute type A or type B aortic dissection, and first-in-human procedures such as the Endo-Bentall repair for aortic dissection. His clinical leadership and innovation have drawn national and international referrals and advanced standards of care in this challenging field. Dr. Ghoreishi has served as Principal Investigator on several federally funded studies through the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute (NHLBI) and is a frequent contributor to national guidelines and surgical education symposia. Dr. Ghoreishi is rated as an Elite provider by MediFind in Embolectomy. His top areas of expertise are Aortic Dissection, Cystic Medial Necrosis of Aorta, Thoracic Aortic Aneurysm, Embolectomy, and Heart Bypass Surgery.

Bartley Griffith is a Thoracic Surgeon in Baltimore, Maryland. Dr. Griffith is rated as an Elite provider by MediFind in Embolectomy. His top areas of expertise are Hemolysis, Aortic Valve Stenosis, Aortic Regurgitation, Embolectomy, and Aortic Valve Replacement.

James Gammie is the surgical lead and co-director for the Johns Hopkins Heart and Vascular Institute and cardiac surgeon-in-chief for the Johns Hopkins Health System. With over 23 years of experience in cardiothoracic surgery, Dr. Gammie joined Johns Hopkins after serving as chief of the division of cardiac surgery at the University of Maryland Medical Center from 2012 to 2021. Dr. Gammie graduated from Brown University with a degree in biochemistry, and received his medical degree from the University of Massachusetts Medical School. Dr. Gammie trained in both general and cardiothoracic surgery at the University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine. His clinical and research efforts are focused on decreasing the mortality and morbidity of valve disease and improving the surgical treatment of mitral valve and other structural heart diseases. He performs over 225 mitral valve operations and interventions per year, and leads a cardiac surgery team that performs more than 1,200 cardiac operations annually. He is recognized by the Mitral Foundation and the American Heart Association as one of less than 25 reference surgeons in the U.S. for his experience in mitral valve repair and excellent patient outcomes. Dr. Gammie has a strong interest in all aspects of heart valve disease, and has published more than 200 peer-reviewed contributions in leading specialty journals including The New England Journal of Medicine, the Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery and Circulation. He has served as a deputy editor for The Annals of Thoracic Surgery and as chair of the Access and Publications Committee of the Society of Thoracic Surgeons Adult Cardiac Surgery Database. He serves on the steering committee of the NHLBI-sponsored Cardiothoracic Surgery Trials Network, and led the protocol development committee of a worldwide randomized tricuspid valve surgery trial. He is a member of the Halsted Society and the 21st Century Cardiothoracic Surgical Society. In 2011, Dr. Gammie was awarded the Johns Hopkins/University of Maryland Alliance for Science and Technology Development BioMaryland LIFE Prize, and he was named Entrepreneur of the Year at the University of Maryland Baltimore in 2014. He is the inventor of a novel transseptal catheter designed to simplify transcatheter cardiac procedures, and founded a commercial company to commercialize the device. With 20 issued or submitted patents, he continues to innovate in the mitral valve space, and recently published the world’s first clinical experience with a novel surgical repair for secondary mitral valve regurgitation, which was developed in his laboratory: mitral valve translocation. From 2016–2021, Dr. Gammie was consistently named a Top Doctor by Baltimore magazine, and in 2018 he received the Golden Apple Teacher of the Year award. Dr. Gammie is rated as a Distinguished provider by MediFind in Embolectomy. His top areas of expertise are Mitral Valve Regurgitation, Tricuspid Regurgitation, Mitral Valve Prolapse, Embolectomy, and Heart Bypass Surgery.

Elliot Sultanik is a Nuclear Medicine specialist and a Cardiologist in Towson, Maryland. Dr. Sultanik has been practicing medicine for over 10 years and is rated as an Advanced provider by MediFind in Embolectomy. His top areas of expertise are Long QT Syndrome, Long QT Syndrome 3, Timothy Syndrome, Jervell Lange-Nielsen Syndrome (JLNS), and Embolectomy. Dr. Sultanik is currently accepting new patients.

Isa Sayyeed Karim Mohammed is the director of refractive surgery and specializes in cornea, cataract and refractive surgery at the Wilmer Eye Institute, Johns Hopkins Medicine. He performs complex cataract surgery, corneal transplantation (penetrating keratoplasty, deep anterior lamellar keratoplasty, and descemet stripping automated endothelial keratoplasty and descemet membrane endothelial keratoplasty) and the entire range of refractive surgery, including laser-assisted in situ keratomileusis, photorefractive keratectomy and implantable collamer lenses surgery. Dr. Mohammed earned an undergraduate degree in biomedical engineering at The Johns Hopkins University and then received his medical doctorate from the University of Maryland School of Medicine. He completed an ophthalmology residency at the University of Maryland Medical Center, where he received both the Outstanding Resident Award and the Malouf Resident Research Award for excellence in research. He then completed more subspecialty training in cornea and refractive surgery at the renowned Cole Eye Institute at the Cleveland Clinic. Dr. Mohammed is rated as an Advanced provider by MediFind in Embolectomy. His top areas of expertise are Keratoconus, Interstitial Keratitis, Leber Hereditary Optic Neuropathy (LHON), and Embolectomy.

Gregory Bittle is a Thoracic Surgeon in Baltimore, Maryland. Dr. Bittle is rated as a Distinguished provider by MediFind in Embolectomy. His top areas of expertise are Hypoplastic Left Heart Syndrome (HLHS), Congenital Heart Disease (CHD), Pleuropulmonary Blastoma, Embolectomy, and Heart Bypass Surgery.

Shahab Toursavadkohi is a Vascular Surgeon and a General Surgeon in Baltimore, Maryland. Dr. Toursavadkohi is rated as a Distinguished provider by MediFind in Embolectomy. His top areas of expertise are Thoracic Aortic Aneurysm, Abdominal Aortic Aneurysm (AAA), Aortic Dissection, Embolectomy, and Carotid Artery Surgery. Dr. Toursavadkohi is currently accepting new patients.

James Higgins is a Plastic Surgeon in Baltimore, Maryland. Dr. Higgins is rated as an Experienced provider by MediFind in Embolectomy. His top areas of expertise are Scaphoid Non-Union, Kienbock's Disease, Carpal Tunnel Syndrome, Bone Graft, and Osteotomy. Dr. Higgins is currently accepting new patients.

Daniel Brodie is an Intensive Care Medicine specialist and a Pulmonary Medicine provider in Baltimore, Maryland. Dr. Brodie is rated as an Advanced provider by MediFind in Embolectomy. His top areas of expertise are Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome (ARDS), COVID-19, Respiratory Acidosis, Lung Transplant, and Embolectomy.

Dr. Clifford Weiss is a Professor of Radiology and Radiological Science. He also holds appointments in Surgery and Biomedical Engineering. Additionally, he serves as Medical Director of the Johns Hopkins Center for Bioengineering Innovation and Design (CBID), the Director of the Johns Hopkins HHT Center of Excellence as well as Director of the Johns Hopkins Vascular Anomalies Center. Dr. Weiss' clinical focus lies in vascular and interventional radiology with a particular focus on the diagnosis and treatment of vascular malformations. This includes venous and lymphatic malformations, arteriovenous malformations, pulmonary arteriovenous malformations and Hereditary Hemorrhagic Telangiectasia (HHT) and varicoceles. Dr. Weiss also is a pioneer in the use of MRI for interventional guidance (iMRI), especially for the treatment of vascular malformations. Dr. Weiss' research focuses primarily on the preclinical and clinical development of Bariatric Embolization, a new endovascular procedure designed to help fight obesity, and on the development of new embolic therapies and devices. Dr. Weiss is the Deputy Editor of Interventional Content for the journal Radiology. Dr. Weiss received his B.A. from Dartmouth College in 1995, his M.D. from the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine in 2001. He completed an internship in internal medicine on the Osler Service in 2002, his residency in Diagnostic Radiology in 2007, and a Fellowship in Vascular and Interventional radiology in 2008, all at The Johns Hopkins Hospital. He is a Fellow both of the Society of Interventional Radiology (SIR) and of Cardiovascular and Interventional Radiological Society of Europe (CIRSE). Dr. Weiss is rated as an Advanced provider by MediFind in Embolectomy. His top areas of expertise are Pulmonary Arteriovenous Malformation (PAVM), Pulmonary Arteriovenous Fistula, Arteriovenous Malformation, Liver Embolization, and Embolectomy.

Lewis Rubinson is a Pulmonary Medicine provider in Baltimore, Maryland. Dr. Rubinson is rated as an Advanced provider by MediFind in Embolectomy. His top areas of expertise are Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome (ARDS), Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome (SARS), Avian Influenza, and Embolectomy.

David Zapata is a Thoracic Surgeon in Baltimore, Maryland. Dr. Zapata is rated as an Advanced provider by MediFind in Embolectomy. His top areas of expertise are Embolectomy and Heart Bypass Surgery.

Charles Fox is a Vascular Surgeon and a General Surgeon in Baltimore, Maryland. Dr. Fox is rated as an Advanced provider by MediFind in Embolectomy. His top areas of expertise are Abdominal Aortic Aneurysm (AAA), Arterial Insufficiency, Peripheral Artery Disease, Embolectomy, and Thrombectomy. Dr. Fox is currently accepting new patients.

Mark Gladwin is an Intensive Care Medicine specialist and a Pulmonary Medicine provider in Baltimore, Maryland. Dr. Gladwin is rated as an Advanced provider by MediFind in Embolectomy. His top areas of expertise are Pulmonary Hypertension, Heart Failure with Preserved Ejection Fraction (HFpEF), Cerebral Hypoxia, Embolectomy, and Splenectomy.

Gautam Ramani is an Advanced Heart Failure and Transplant Cardiologist and a Cardiologist in Baltimore, Maryland. Dr. Ramani is rated as an Advanced provider by MediFind in Embolectomy. His top areas of expertise are Pulmonary Hypertension, Pulmonary Veno-Occlusive Disease, Cardiomyopathy, Embolectomy, and Aortic Valve Replacement. Dr. Ramani is currently accepting new patients.

Dr. Gigi Liu is an Assistant Professor of Medicine at the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine. She is a hospitalist and a proceduralist with clinical expertise in Point of Care Ultrasound and bedside ultrasound-guided procedures. Dr. Liu earned her M.D. and Master of Science in Clinical Epidemiology from the Stanford University School of Medicine. She completed her residency at Johns Hopkins Osler internal medicine residency program. Dr. Liu is rated as an Experienced provider by MediFind in Embolectomy. Her top areas of expertise are Ascites, Multisystem Inflammatory Syndrome in Children (MIS-C), and Embolectomy.

Dr. David M. Yousem is the associate dean for professional development in the Johns Hopkins Medicine Department of Radiology and Radiological Science. He specializes in neuroimaging. Dr. Yousem received his B.S. and M.D. degrees at the University of Michigan. He completed a radiology residency at Johns Hopkins and a two-year fellowship in neuroradiology at the University of Pennsylvania. He received his M.B.A. at Johns Hopkins University in 2003. Dr. Yousem's expertise spans the full gamut of neuroradiology techniques including computed tomography (CT), magnetic resonance imaging (MRI), angiography, myelography, CT guided aspirations and biopsies, functional MRI, diffusion and perfusion imaging, MR/CT angiography, and 3-D reconstructions. He is a noted authority on disorders of the brain, spine, head and neck, olfaction, cranial neuropathies and neurodegeneration. Dr. Yousem has authored or edited four books—Neuroradiology: THE REQUISITES, Head and Neck Case Review, and Radiology Business Practice: How to Succeed, and Non-Interpretive Skills Case Review, all published by Mosby/Elsevier—and has edited four journal issues. He has published over 250 peer reviewed articles over 50 chapters in books and has lectured on five continents. Dr. Yousem has an RSNA Educator Award sponsored on line course containing over 30 lectures on the Business of Medicine available to the public at https://webcast.jhu.edu/Mediasite/Catalog/Full/2facf598655b40ecaf3e7ee71698b86421. This is currently used by residency programs across the country to fulfill ACGME requirements for business of radiology content. He served as President of the American Society of Neuroradiology in 2008-2009 and as the Secretary of Treasurer of the World Federation of Neuroradiological Societies from 2011 to present. He sits on many of national radiological societies committees. Dr. Yousem has completed two marathons (best time: 3 hours, 54 minutes), a half Ironman, and a full Ironman (2.5-mile swim followed by 112-mile bike ride and then a 26-mile run) competition. Videos David M. Yousem e-Radiology Learning - Neuroradiology Pearls and Pitfalls (1 of 4) e-Radiology Learning - Neuroradiology Pearls and Pitfalls (2 of 4) e-Radiology Learning - Neuroradiology Pearls and Pitfalls (3 of 4) e-Radiology Learning - Neuroradiology Pearls and Pitfalls (4 of 4). Dr. Yousem is rated as an Experienced provider by MediFind in Embolectomy. His top areas of expertise are Hydrocephalus, Congenital Cardiovascular Shunt, Normal Pressure Hydrocephalus, Subarachnoid Hemorrhage, and Embolectomy.

Dr. Vivek Srikar Yedavalli is currently an Associate Professor of Radiology and Radiological Science, Associate Professor of Neurology, the Director of Stroke, Neurovascular, and Perfusion Imaging at Johns Hopkins Hospital, Chief of Neuroradiology at Johns Hopkins Bayview Medical Center, and Assistant Director of the Department of Radiology Physician Scientist Incubator Program. Dr. Yedavalli has been recognized nationally as a translational stroke and perfusion imaging researcher and physician-scientist. Within one year of his appointment at Johns Hopkins, Dr. Yedavalli received the Radiological Society of North America (RSNA)’s Seed Grant using MRI spectroscopy for prognostication in subacute ischemic stroke. Dr. Yedavalli was then chosen as the inaugural recipient of the Johns Hopkins University Department of Radiology Physician Scientist Incubator Program (RAD-PSI), an internal grant that also confers funding and protected time for his stroke work. The following year, for applying his work on collateralization based on CT perfusion within acute ischemic stroke with artificial intelligence, Dr. Yedavalli was awarded the RSNA Scholar Grant. For his research endeavors, Dr. Yedavalli was previously chosen as the American Journal of Neuroradiology (AJNR) Editorial Fellow and then subsequently as a member of the Academy of Radiology and Biomedical Imaging Research’s Council of Early Career Investigators. Thereafter, for his novel translational applications of MRI perfusion techniques to stroke, Dr. Yedavalli was chosen as a Junior Fellow of the International Society of Magnetic Resonance Imaging in Medicine (ISMRM). Dr. Yedavalli became an Editorial Board member of Stroke and an Editor in Training for Stroke: Vascular and Interventional Neurology. For his research endeavors, Dr. Yedavalli was conferred the Junior Faculty Clinical Research Award in 2023. In addition to research, Dr. Yedavalli is an active member of a number of national committees with a strong interest in leadership. He is currently a member of the ASNR Research, Education, Social Media/Website, and Young Professionals Committees. He also served as the Co-Chair of the Social Media Committee for the ASFNR 2019. Previously, Dr. Yedavalli was an Illinois ACR RFS Delegate in 2017 and 2018. He will also be the ASNR’s AMA Representative at this upcoming meeting. Dr. Yedavalli’s interests additionally include educational and teaching endeavors. He was previously the recipient of the Department of Radiology Education Award during his residency training. He prefers a balanced teaching approach with trainees with focused learning while maintaining autonomy for a more productive learning environment. Dr. Yedavalli is rated as an Experienced provider by MediFind in Embolectomy. His top areas of expertise are Arteriovenous Malformation, Moyamoya Disease, Brain Aneurysm, Thrombectomy, and Rhizotomy.

Nabeel Akhter is an Interventional Radiologist and a Radiologist in Baltimore, Maryland. Dr. Akhter is rated as an Experienced provider by MediFind in Embolectomy. His top areas of expertise are Fibrolamellar Carcinoma, Visceromegaly, Colorectal Cancer, Gastrostomy, and Liver Embolization.