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Hamza Aziz
Advanced in Heart Bypass Surgery

Dr. Hamza Aziz

Thoracic Surgery
Johns Hopkins Medicine
Johns Hopkins Outpatient Center
601 North Caroline Street, Floor 7, Floor 7, 
Baltimore, MD 
Offers Telehealth

Advanced in Heart Bypass Surgery
Johns Hopkins Medicine
Johns Hopkins Outpatient Center
601 North Caroline Street, Floor 7, Floor 7, 
Baltimore, MD 
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Overview

Hamza Aziz’s clinical expertise includes general cardiac surgery, heart bypass operations, aneurysmal dilation, catheter-based technology to treat stenotic or narrowed aortic valves and transcatheter aortic valve replacement (TAVR). His research interests include genetic causes of abnormal valve development and aneurysm, Dr. Aziz is published in the fields of cardiac surgery, thoracic surgery, pediatric cardiac surgery and breast cancer surgery.

Dr. Aziz is rated as an Advanced provider by MediFind in Heart Bypass Surgery. His top areas of expertise are Aortic Valve Stenosis, Bicuspid Aortic Valve, Collapsed Lung, Heart Bypass Surgery, and Aortic Valve Replacement.

His clinical research consists of co-authoring 29 peer reviewed articles. MediFind looks at clinical research from the past 15 years. In particular, he has co-authored 3 articles in the study of Heart Bypass Surgery.

Residency
Duke University Medical Center, General Surgery, 2017
Specialties
Thoracic Surgery
Licenses
Surgery in MD
Board Certifications
American Board Of Thoracic Surgery
American Board Of Surgery
Fellowships
Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Cardiac Surgery, 2020
Hospital Affiliations
Suburban Hospital
The Johns Hopkins Hospital
Johns Hopkins Bayview Medical Center
Languages Spoken
English
Urdu
Gender
Male

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Aetna
  • EPO
  • HMO
  • POS
  • PPO
Blue Cross Blue Shield
  • EPO
  • HMO
  • POS
  • PPO
CareFirst
  • HMO
  • POS
  • PPO
Cigna
  • EPO
  • HMO
  • PPO
First Health
  • INSURANCE PLAN
  • MEDICARE PDP
  • PPO
Geisinger
  • HMO
  • POS
  • PPO
Humana
  • HMO
  • INDEMNITY
  • POS
  • PPO
Independent Health
  • EPO
  • POS
  • PPO
Johns Hopkins Healthcare
  • HMO
  • MANAGED MEDICAID PLAN
  • MEDICARE MAPD
  • MEDICARE-MEDICAID PLAN
Managed Medicaid
  • OTHER MANAGED MEDICAID
Premera Blue Cross
  • INSURANCE PLAN
  • MEDICARE MAPD
  • OTHER COMMERCIAL
  • PPO
UnitedHealthcare
  • EPO
  • HMO
  • POS
  • PPO
Wellcare
  • EPO
  • HMO
  • INSURANCE PLAN
  • MANAGED MEDICAID PLAN
  • MEDICARE MAPD
  • MEDICARE PDP
  • MEDICARE SNP
  • MEDICARE-MEDICAID PLAN
  • OTHER MEDICARE
  • OTHER MEDICARE PART D
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Locations

Johns Hopkins Outpatient Center
601 North Caroline Street, Floor 7, Floor 7, Baltimore, MD 21287
Call: 443-997-1799
Other Locations
Johns Hopkins Bayview Medical Center
301 Mason Lord Drive, Suite 3300, Baltimore, MD 21224
Call: 443-997-0270
JH Cardiac Surgery
45 Thomas Johnson Drive, Suite 109, Frederick, MD 21702
Call: 410-955-2800

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.


29 Total Publications

Preoperative serum LOXL2 levels are elevated in patients with pulmonary hypertension undergoing mitral valve surgery in a prospective observational cohort study.
Preoperative serum LOXL2 levels are elevated in patients with pulmonary hypertension undergoing mitral valve surgery in a prospective observational cohort study.
Journal: Journal of applied physiology (Bethesda, Md. : 1985)
Published: July 10, 2025
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Jennifer S. Lawton
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Thoracic Surgery
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Thoracic Surgery

Johns Hopkins Outpatient Center

601 North Caroline Street, Floor 7, Floor 7, 
Baltimore, MD 
 (33.5 miles away)
443-997-1799
Languages Spoken:
English
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Jennifer S. Lawton, M.D., is the Richard Bennett Darnall Professor of Surgery and chief of the Johns Hopkins Division of Cardiac Surgery, as well as director of the Cardiac Surgery Research Laboratory. Dr. Lawton’s clinical area of focus is adult cardiac surgery. She also leads the division’s residency education program, and conduct research in myocyte volume regulation and ATP-sensitive K channels. She has held important leadership roles in several organizations, including chair of the surgery study section of the American Heart Association, vice-chair of the ACGME residency review committee, and president of the Women in Thoracic Surgery. Lawton’s achievements also include 81 peer-review publications, 7 book chapters, and 18 abstracts. She has delivered over 50 invited lectures. Dr. Lawton is rated as a Distinguished provider by MediFind in Heart Bypass Surgery. Her top areas of expertise are Heart Tumor, Aortic Dissection, Atrial Myxoma, Heart Bypass Surgery, and Coronary Artery Bypass Graft (CABG).

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Thoracic Surgery
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Thoracic Surgery

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7901 Maple Ave Ste A, 
Takoma Park, MD 
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202-524-4200
Languages Spoken:
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Niv Ad is a Thoracic Surgeon in Takoma Park, Maryland. Dr. Ad is rated as a Distinguished provider by MediFind in Heart Bypass Surgery. His top areas of expertise are Mitral Valve Regurgitation, Aortic Valve Stenosis, Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy (HCM), Heart Bypass Surgery, and Coronary Artery Bypass Graft (CABG).

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Dr. Alan Speir
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Thoracic Surgery

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8081 Innovation Park Dr Ste 800, 
Fairfax, VA 
 (11.1 miles away)
571-472-4600
Languages Spoken:
English
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Alan Speir is a Thoracic Surgeon in Fairfax, Virginia. Dr. Speir is rated as a Distinguished provider by MediFind in Heart Bypass Surgery. His top areas of expertise are Thoracic Aortic Aneurysm, Aortic Dissection, Cystic Medial Necrosis of Aorta, Coronary Artery Bypass Graft (CABG), and Heart Bypass Surgery.

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