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 an Advanced provider by MediFind in the treatment of Mitral Stenosis. His top areas of expertise are Mitral Valve Regurgitation, Tricuspid Regurgitation, Mitral Valve Prolapse, Embolectomy, and Heart Bypass Surgery.

Brian Bethea is a Thoracic Surgeon in Baltimore, Maryland. Dr. Bethea is rated as an Advanced provider by MediFind in the treatment of Mitral Stenosis. His top areas of expertise are Mitral Valve Regurgitation, Aortic Valve Stenosis, Mitral Stenosis, Aortic Valve Replacement, and Transcatheter Aortic Valve Replacement (TAVR).

Sonia Baker is a Cardiologist in Towson, Maryland. Dr. Baker is rated as an Experienced provider by MediFind in the treatment of Mitral Stenosis. Her top areas of expertise are Atrial Fibrillation, Heart Attack, Atherosclerosis, and Coronary Heart Disease. Dr. Baker is currently accepting new patients.

Jeremy Pollock is a Cardiologist in Towson, Maryland. Dr. Pollock is rated as an Experienced provider by MediFind in the treatment of Mitral Stenosis. His top areas of expertise are Heart Failure with Preserved Ejection Fraction (HFpEF), Atrial Fibrillation, Heart Attack, and Apoplexy. Dr. Pollock is currently accepting new patients.

Stephen Pollock is a Cardiologist and an Interventional Cardiologist in Towson, Maryland. Dr. Pollock is rated as an Experienced provider by MediFind in the treatment of Mitral Stenosis. His top areas of expertise are Atherosclerosis, Coronary Heart Disease, Angina, and Apoplexy. Dr. Pollock is currently accepting new patients.

Rawn Salenger is a Thoracic Surgeon in Towson, Maryland. Dr. Salenger is rated as an Experienced provider by MediFind in the treatment of Mitral Stenosis. His top areas of expertise are Mitral Valve Regurgitation, Aortic Valve Stenosis, Coronary Heart Disease, Heart Bypass Surgery, and Coronary Artery Bypass Graft (CABG).

Dr. Michael J. Blaha MD MPH is Professor of Cardiology and Epidemiology and presently serves as the Director of Clinical Research for the Johns Hopkins Ciccarone Center for the Prevention of Cardiovascular Disease, Director of the Cardiometabolic Clinic, and Program Director for the Preventive Cardiology Fellowship. His clinical interests include primary and secondary prevention of cardiovascular disease, with emphasis on early intervention in patients with advanced subclinical atherosclerosis detected with cardiac computed tomography. Dr. Blaha represents the 4th generation of physicians in his family. After earning a BS in pre-medical studies and classical civilization at the University of Notre Dame in 2001, Dr. Blaha went to Vanderbilt University where in 2006 he received his MD as well as an MPH. in clinical epidemiology and biostatistics. Dr. Blaha then completed his Internal Medicine residency in the Osler Medical Housestaff Training Program at Johns Hopkins in 2009 before completing a fellowship in Cardiology at Johns Hopkins in 2012. In 2018, Dr. Blaha received the Dr. Fred Brancati award at Johns Hopkins for excellence in mentoring. He has mentored over 30 trainees, many of which have gone on to hold prominent academic appointments. In 2021, Dr. Blaha was named to the Clarivate Highly Cited Researcher List, representing the top 1% of world’s researchers, and was first named to the Baltimore Magazine Best Doctors List. In 2022, he received the Arthur S. Agatston Cardiovascular Disease Prevention Award. Clinically, he practices as a preventive cardiologist specializing in cardiometabolic disease and in the interpretation of cardiac CT. His clinic specializes in patients with cardiometabolic disease and advanced subclinical atherosclerosis, and the focused use of an array of lifestyle and pharmacotherapies to mitigate that risk. Dr. Blaha is rated as an Experienced provider by MediFind in the treatment of Mitral Stenosis. His top areas of expertise are Atherosclerosis, Coronary Heart Disease, High Cholesterol, Metabolic Syndrome, and Percutaneous Coronary Intervention (PCI).

Sanchit Duhan is a Cardiologist in Baltimore, Maryland. Dr. Duhan is rated as an Experienced provider by MediFind in the treatment of Mitral Stenosis. His top areas of expertise are Cardiac Tamponade, Cardiogenic Shock, Cardiomyopathy, Transcatheter Aortic Valve Replacement (TAVR), and Thrombectomy.

John Wang is an Interventional Cardiologist and a Cardiologist in Baltimore, Maryland. Dr. Wang is rated as an Experienced provider by MediFind in the treatment of Mitral Stenosis. His top areas of expertise are Aortic Valve Stenosis, Apoplexy, Heart Attack, Aortic Valve Replacement, and Transcatheter Aortic Valve Replacement (TAVR).

Robert Benitez is a Cardiologist and an Interventional Cardiologist in Baltimore, Maryland. Dr. Benitez is rated as an Advanced provider by MediFind in the treatment of Mitral Stenosis. His top areas of expertise are Mitral Valve Regurgitation, Necrosis, Cardiogenic Shock, Transcatheter Aortic Valve Replacement (TAVR), and Aortic Valve Replacement. Dr. Benitez is currently accepting new patients.

Dr. Joao Lima is a professor of medicine, radiology and epidemiology at the Johns Hopkins School of Medicine. His pioneering work in cardiac imaging using advanced MRI, CT and echocardiography has led to noninvasive techniques for predicting cardiovascular disease and calculating its extent, as well as measuring the effectiveness of modern cardiac treatments. He holds numerous patents on devices and methods for cardiac imaging and image-guided therapies. Dr. Lima graduated medical school at the University of Bahia, Brazil. He completed his cardiology fellowship at Johns Hopkins and spent two years on the faculty of the University of Pennsylvania before returning to Hopkins as a faculty member in 1992. A long-time investigator with the Multi-Ethnic Study of Atherosclerosis (MESA), Dr. Lima is credited with more than 175 articles out of that study and nearly 575 publications over his career. He is associate editor of Journal of the American College of Cardiology and serves on the editorial board of the Italian Journal of Cardiology while reviewing for other journals including the New England Journal of Medicine, Circulation and Annals of Internal Medicine. Dr. Lima has been invited to present his research throughout the Americas, Europe and Asia. Dr. Lima is rated as an Experienced provider by MediFind in the treatment of Mitral Stenosis. His top areas of expertise are Atherosclerosis, Heart Attack, Apoplexy, Heart Failure, and Bone Marrow Aspiration.

Mark Vesely is an Interventional Cardiologist and a Cardiologist in Baltimore, Maryland. Dr. Vesely is rated as an Advanced provider by MediFind in the treatment of Mitral Stenosis. His top areas of expertise are Mitral Valve Regurgitation, Necrosis, Apoplexy, Heart Bypass Surgery, and Angioplasty. Dr. Vesely is currently accepting new patients.

Jon R. Resar received his M.D. from the Medical College of Wisconsin in 1985. He completed an internal medicine residency at The Johns Hopkins Hospital and fellowships in cardiovascular medicine and interventional cardiology at The Johns Hopkins Hospital and Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine. He joined the faculty at Johns Hopkins in 1992 and is currently a Professor of Medicine/Cardiology. He was the past Director of the Adult Catheterization Laboratory and Interventional Cardiology at the Johns Hopkins Hospital. His field of specialization is management of coronary artery disease and valvular heart disease. Dr. Resar holds memberships in the American Heart Association and is a Fellow of the American College of Cardiology. Dr. Resar is rated as an Advanced provider by MediFind in the treatment of Mitral Stenosis. His top areas of expertise are Aortic Valve Stenosis, Heart Attack, Atrial Septal Defect (ASD), Aortic Valve Replacement, and Transcatheter Aortic Valve Replacement (TAVR).

Dr. Stephen D. Sisson is a professor of medicine at the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine. Dr. Sisson’s area of clinical expertise is internal medicine. He serves as vice president of clinical operations for the Office of Johns Hopkins Physicians, and as director of the Johns Hopkins Physician Education and Assessment Center (PEAC). He is the Philip A. Tumulty Professor of Medicine. Dr. Sisson holds a B.S. in chemistry from Duke University. He earned his M.D. (Alpha Omega Alpha, with research honors) at Tufts University School of Medicine. He completed an internal medicine internship and residency at Johns Hopkins, serving as assistant chief of service for the Barker Firm. He joined the Johns Hopkins faculty in 1996. He served for 15 years as the associate director of the Osler Medical Housestaff Training Program. His research interests include community outreach, medical education and ambulatory care. This provider is registered with the Florida Department of Health to perform telehealth services for patients in Florida. Dr. Sisson is rated as an Experienced provider by MediFind in the treatment of Mitral Stenosis. His top areas of expertise are COVID-19, Cerebral Palsy, Acute Eosinophilic Pneumonia, and Hypereosinophilic Syndrome.

John Gottdiener is a Cardiologist in Baltimore, Maryland. Dr. Gottdiener is rated as an Experienced provider by MediFind in the treatment of Mitral Stenosis. His top areas of expertise are Heart Failure, Heart Failure with Preserved Ejection Fraction (HFpEF), Atrial Fibrillation, and Ectopic Heartbeat.

Bradley Maron is a Cardiologist in Baltimore, Maryland. Dr. Maron is rated as an Experienced provider by MediFind in the treatment of Mitral Stenosis. His top areas of expertise are Pulmonary Hypertension, Hypertension, Heart Failure, Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy (HCM), and Heart Transplant. Dr. Maron is currently accepting new patients.

Stephen Gottlieb is a Cardiologist and an Advanced Heart Failure and Transplant Cardiologist in Baltimore, Maryland. Dr. Gottlieb is rated as an Experienced provider by MediFind in the treatment of Mitral Stenosis. His top areas of expertise are Heart Failure, Cardiomyopathy, Apoplexy, Aortic Valve Replacement, and Transcatheter Aortic Valve Replacement (TAVR). Dr. Gottlieb is currently accepting new patients.

Ambereen Quraishi is a Cardiologist in Pikesville, Maryland. Dr. Quraishi is rated as an Experienced provider by MediFind in the treatment of Mitral Stenosis. Her top areas of expertise are Atrial Fibrillation, Wolff-Parkinson-White Syndrome, Hypertension, and Glucocorticoid-Remediable Aldosteronism. Dr. Quraishi is currently accepting new patients.

Thomas Traill is a Cardiologist in Baltimore, Maryland. Dr. Traill is rated as an Experienced provider by MediFind in the treatment of Mitral Stenosis. His top areas of expertise are Marfan Syndrome, Congenital Contractural Arachnodactyly, Arachnodactyly, and Bicuspid Aortic Valve. Dr. Traill is currently accepting new patients.

Michael Robich is a General Surgeon in Baltimore, Maryland. Dr. Robich is rated as an Experienced provider by MediFind in the treatment of Mitral Stenosis. His top areas of expertise are Aortic Valve Stenosis, Mediastinitis, Aortic Regurgitation, Heart Bypass Surgery, and Coronary Artery Bypass Graft (CABG).