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Luigi Adamo, MD PhD
- Director, Cardiac Immunology
- Assistant Professor of Medicine
Expertise: Cardiology
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Nisha Aggarwal Gilotra, MD
- Director, Cardiac Sarcoidosis Program
- Associate Professor of Medicine
Expertise: Cardiology
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Andreas Barth, MD PhD
- Medical Director, Inherited Heart Diseases
- Assistant Professor of Medicine
Expertise: Electrophysiology, Cardiology
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Tae Hwan Chung, MD
- Director, Johns Hopkins Postural Orthostatic Tachycardia Syndrome (POTS) Program
- Associate Professor of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation
Expertise: Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation
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Andrea Fava, MD
- Director, Lupus Translational Research
- Assistant Professor of Medicine
Expertise: Rheumatology
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Julie Paik, MD
- Director of Clinical Trials at the Johns Hopkins Myositis Center
- Associate Professor of Medicine
Expertise: Rheumatology
The Johns Hopkins Center for Cardiac Immunology delivers care to individuals with heart conditions resulting from immune system abnormalities.
The center combines the expertise of clinicians and researchers in cardiology and immunology to offer superior clinical care and promote advancements in scientific knowledge.
Why Choose Johns Hopkins for Cardiac Immunology Care?
Multidisciplinary Team
Cutting-Edge Research
Patient-Centered Care
Conditions We Diagnose and Treat
- Pericarditis
- Myocarditis
- Cardiovascular complications of primary immune-mediated disorders
- Cardiac sarcoidosis, in partnership with the Johns Hopkins Cardiac Sarcoidosis Program led by Dr. Nisha Gilotra
- Cardiovascular disorders developed in the context of rheumatologic diseases, including:
- Lupus
- Scleroderma
- Myositis, etc.
- Postural orthostatic tachycardia syndrome (POTS)
Jana Lovell, M.D.
Cardiac Immunology Post-Doctoral Fellow
Expertise: Cardiac immunology
Our Research
- Increased risk of myocarditis and arrhythmias in anti-Ku positive scleroderma-myositis overlap patients: a case series.
Bhalodia A, Bermea K, Schmidt J, Gilotra N, Barth AS, Adamo L, Paik JJ.Rheumatology (Oxford). 2024 Mar 28:keae199. doi: 10.1093/rheumatology/keae199. Online ahead of print. PMID: 38547407 No abstract available. - Rilonacept use in lupus pericarditis.
Fava A, Cammarata M, Adamo L.Clin Exp Rheumatol. 2024 Mar 19. doi: 10.55563/clinexprheumatol/pb3hzb. Online ahead of print.PMID: 38526001 - Inflammation and Heart Diseases: Immunology, Cardiology, and Rheumatology.
Abbate A, Weber B, Garschick M, Adamo L, Beavers C.J Cardiovasc Pharmacol. 2023 Dec 21. doi: 10.1097/FJC.0000000000001531. Online ahead of print.PMID: 38127667 No abstract available.
- Serum Proteomic Analysis of Peripartum Cardiomyopathy Reveals Distinctive Dysregulation of Inflammatory and Cholesterol Metabolism Pathways.
Lovell JP, Bermea K, Yu J, Rousseau S, Cohen CD, Bhalodia A, Zita MD, Head RD, Blumenthal RS, Alharethi R, Damp J, Boehmer J, Alexis J, McNamara DM, Sharma G, Adamo L; IPAC; IMAC2 Investigators.JACC Heart Fail. 2023 Sep;11(9):1231-1242. doi: 10.1016/j.jchf.2023.05.031. Epub 2023 Aug 2.PMID: 37542511 - Myocardial Immune Cells: The Basis of Cardiac Immunology.
Cohen CD, Rousseau ST, Bermea KC, Bhalodia A, Lovell JP, Zita MD, Čiháková D, Adamo L.J Immunol. 2023 May 1;210(9):1198-1207. doi: 10.4049/jimmunol.2200924.PMID: 37068299 - Emerging concepts in inflammatory cardiomyopathy.
Gilotra NA, Ammirati E.Int J Cardiol. 2024 Apr 16:132058. doi: 10.1016/j.ijcard.2024.132058. Online ahead of print.PMID: 38636604 No abstract available.
Locations
The Johns Hopkins Hospital
600 N. Wolfe St.
Baltimore, MD 21287
Johns Hopkins Endoscopy & Surgery Center - Columbia
Suite 170
Columbia, MD 21045
Johns Hopkins Cardiology - GBMC
6569 N. Charles St.
Suite 600
Towson, MD 21204