February is American Heart Month, a time for awareness of heart-related conditions affecting adults and children and for offering tips to help keep hearts healthy. Johns Hopkins Medicine experts are available all month long to discuss various aspects of heart health. Please contact jhmedia@jhmi.edu to be connected with one of these experts.
For Adults
Lili Ayala Barouch, M.D.
Director, Sports Cardiology Program
Director, Columbia Heart Failure Clinic
Associate Professor of Medicine
Director, Columbia Heart Failure Clinic
Associate Professor of Medicine
Ari Michael Cedars, M.D.
Director, Adult Congenital Heart Disease
Associate Professor of Medicine
Associate Professor of Pediatrics
Associate Professor of Medicine
Associate Professor of Pediatrics
Stacy Dara Fisher, M.D.
Associate Director, Adult Congenital Heart Disease Center
Associate Professor (PAR) of Medicine
Associate Professor (PAR) of Medicine
Seth Shay Martin, M.D., M.H.S.
Director of the Advanced Lipid Disorders Program and Digital Health Lab, Ciccarone Center for the Prevention of Cardiovascular Disease
Professor of Medicine
Professor of Medicine
Erin Donnelly Michos, M.D., M.H.S.
Director of Women's Cardiovascular Health Research
Associate Director of Preventive Cardiology
Associate Professor of Medicine
Associate Director of Preventive Cardiology
Associate Professor of Medicine
For Children
Tammy McLoughlin Brady, M.D., Ph.D.
Vice Chair for Clinical Research, Department of Pediatrics
Core Faculty, Welch Center for Prevention, Epidemiology, and Clinical Research
Medical Director, Pediatric Hypertension Program
Associate Professor of Pediatrics
Core Faculty, Welch Center for Prevention, Epidemiology, and Clinical Research
Medical Director, Pediatric Hypertension Program
Associate Professor of Pediatrics
Expertise, Disease and Conditions:
Nephrology, Pediatric Hypertension, Pediatric Kidney Transplant
Darren Klugman, M.D.
Director, Pediatric Cardiac Critical Care
Director, Quality & Safety, Blalock-Taussig-Thomas Pediatric and Congenital Heart Center
Associate Professor of Anesthesiology and Critical Care Medicine
Associate Professor of Pediatrics
Director, Quality & Safety, Blalock-Taussig-Thomas Pediatric and Congenital Heart Center
Associate Professor of Anesthesiology and Critical Care Medicine
Associate Professor of Pediatrics
Expertise, Disease and Conditions:
Critical Care Cardiology, Pediatric Cardiology, Pediatric Critical Care Medicine
Shelby Kutty, M.D., Ph.D., M.S.
Director, Pediatric and Congenital Cardiology
Co-Director, Blalock-Taussig-Thomas Pediatric and Congenital Heart Center
Chair, Cardiovascular Analytic Intelligence Initiative (CV-Ai2)
The Helen B. Taussig Professor
Professor of Pediatrics
Co-Director, Blalock-Taussig-Thomas Pediatric and Congenital Heart Center
Chair, Cardiovascular Analytic Intelligence Initiative (CV-Ai2)
The Helen B. Taussig Professor
Professor of Pediatrics
Expertise, Disease and Conditions:
Cardiovascular Imaging, Congenital Heart Disease, Internal Medicine, Pediatric Cardiology, Pediatrics
Bret Allen Mettler, M.D.
Director, Pediatric Cardiac Surgery
Co-Director, Blalock-Taussig-Thomas Pediatric and Congenital Heart Center
Associate Professor (PAR) of Surgery
Co-Director, Blalock-Taussig-Thomas Pediatric and Congenital Heart Center
Associate Professor (PAR) of Surgery
Expertise, Disease and Conditions:
Aortic Coarctation, Atrial Septal Defects (ASD), Cardiothoracic Surgery, Congenital Heart Disease, Mechanical Circulatory Support, Patent Ductus Arteriosus (PDA), Pediatric Aortic Stenosis, Pediatric Cardiac Surgery, Pediatric Congenital Heart Disease, Pediatric Heart Transplant, Pediatric Thoracic Surgery, Single Ventricle Heart Defect, Tricuspid Atresia, Ventricular Septal Defect
William John Ravekes, M.D.
Medical Director, Pediatric Heart Transplant and Mechanical Circulatory Support
Director, Pediatric Cardiology Fellowship
Associate Professor of Pediatrics
Director, Pediatric Cardiology Fellowship
Associate Professor of Pediatrics
Expertise, Disease and Conditions:
Cardiology, Congenital Heart Disease, Fetal Cardiology, Fetal Echocardiography, Heart Failure, Pediatric Cardiology, Pediatric Heart Transplant
Danielle Gottlieb Sen, M.D., M.P.H., M.S.
Director, Pediatric Cardiac Research
Director, Pediatric Surgery Quality & Outcomes Research
Assistant Professor of Surgery
Director, Pediatric Surgery Quality & Outcomes Research
Assistant Professor of Surgery
Expertise, Disease and Conditions:
Adult Congenital Heart Disease, Aortic Coarctation, Atrial Septal Defects (ASD), Cardiothoracic Surgery, Congenital Heart Disease, Patent Ductus Arteriosus (PDA), Pediatric Aortic Stenosis, Pediatric Cardiac Surgery, Pediatric Congenital Heart Disease, Pediatric Heart Transplant, Pediatric Thoracic Surgery, Single Ventricle Heart Defect, Tricuspid Atresia, Ventricular Septal Defect
John Thomson, M.B.B.S., Ph.D.
Director, Cardiac Catheterization
Professor (PAR) of Pediatrics
Professor (PAR) of Pediatrics
Expertise, Disease and Conditions:
Aortic Coarctation, Atrial Septal Defects (ASD), Cardiac Catheterization, Cardiovascular Interventions, Congenital Heart Disease, Patent Ductus Arteriosus (PDA), Pediatric Cardiology, Pediatric Congenital Heart Disease, Ventricular Septal Defect