
Chiadi Ndumele, MD, PhD, MHS
Cardiology
Highlights
Johns Hopkins Affiliations:
- Johns Hopkins School of Medicine Faculty
About Chiadi Ndumele
Primary Academic Title
Associate Professor of Medicine
Background
Dr. Chiadi Ndumele is the Director of Obesity and Cardiometabolic Research, Director of the Heart Failure Prevention Program and Associate Professor of Medicine and Epidemiology in the Division of Cardiology at Johns Hopkins University. Dr. Ndumele is a preventive cardiologist with doctorate level training in epidemiology, who leads a research program related to characterizing the relationship of obesity and cardiometabolic risk factors with the development of cardiovascular disease, with a particular focus on heart failure risk, and to refining strategies for cardiovascular disease prevention. His work additionally addresses the impact of social determinants of health on cardiometabolic risk factors and downstream cardiovascular outcomes.
Dr. Ndumele received his M.D. from Harvard University and his Internal Medicine training at Brigham and Women’s Hospital, where he also served as Chief Medical Resident. He subsequently trained in Cardiology at Johns Hopkins University, where he was also Chief Cardiology Fellow in his final year and where he also received his MHS and PhD in Epidemiology. Dr. Ndumele’s research has been supported by multiple grants from the NIH, Robert Wood Johnson Foundation and the American Heart Association (AHA). He is Chair of the Council on Lifestyle and Cardiometabolic Health of the AHA, Past Chair of the AHA Obesity Committee, and Co-Chair of the AHA Cardiovascular-Kidney-Metabolic Health Initiative.
Centers and Institutes
Videos
Recent News Articles and Media Coverage
Selected Publications
Articles
Lazo M, Rubin J, Clark JM, Coresh J, Brancati FL, Christman AL, Ndumele CE, Hoogeveen R, Ballantyne CM, Selvin E. The Association of Liver Enzymes with Subclinical Myocardial Damage and Structural Heart Disease. Hepatology. In press.
Pokharel Y, Sun W, de Lemos JA, Taffet GE, Virani SS, Ndumele CE, Mosley TH, Hoogeveen RC, Coresh J, Wright JD, Heiss G, Boerwinkle EA, Bozkurt B, Solomon SD, Ballantyne CM, Nambi V. Troponin T Measured Using High Sensitivity Assay Identifies Individuals at Higher Risk for Cardiovascular Events Across Narrow Systolic Blood Pressure Categories in The Atherosclerosis Risk In Communities (ARIC) Study. Hypertension. 2014 Oct 27. [Epub ahead of print]
Ndumele CE, Coresh J, Lazo ML, Hoogeveen RC, Blumenthal RS, Folsom AR, Selvin E, Ballantyne CM, Nambi V. Obesity, Subclinical Myocardial Injury and Incident Heart Failure. JACC: Heart Failure. 2014 Oct 22. [Epub ahead of print]
Barth AS, Abraham T, Ndumele C, Zakaria S. Two Classic Hemodynamic Findings for Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy. Circulation. 2014;129:e519-e520.
Makadia S, Blaha M, Keenan T, Ndumele CE, Jones S, DeFilippis A, Martin S, Kohli P, Conceiçao RD, Carvalho J, Nasir K, Blumenthal RS, Santos RD. Hepatic Steatosis is Associated with Dyslipidemia Independent of Obesity, Metabolic Syndrome, Inflammation and Physical Activity. Am J Cardiol. 2013 Nov 15;112(10):1599-604
Maxwell TJ, Ballantyne CM, Cheverud JM, Guild CS, Ndumele CE, Eric Boerwinkle.APOE Modulates the Correlation between Triglycerides, Cholesterol, and CHD through Pleiotropy and Gene-By-Gene Interactions. Genetics. 2013 Dec;195(4):1397-405
Lazo M, Young JH, Brancati FL, Coresh J, Whelton S, Ndumele CE, Hoogeveen R, Ballantyne CM, Selvin E. N-terminal pro-Brain Natriuretic Peptide and Risk of Diabetes. Diabetes. 2013 Sep;62(9):3189-93
Blumenthal RS, Ndumele CE, Martin SS. ASKNOT what CRP can do for you. Journal of the American College of Cardiology. 2013 Aug 20;62(8):730-1
Christman AL, Lazo M, Ndumele CE, Panknow J, Coresh J, Clark JM, Selvin E. Liver Enzymes, Race, Gender, and Diabetes Risk: Results from the Atherosclerosis Risk in Communities (ARIC) Study. Diabetic Medicine. 2013 Aug;30(8):926-33
Ndumele CE, Matsushita K, Astor B, Virani S, Mora S, Williams EK, Hoogeveen RC, Blumenthal RS, Sharrett AR, Ballantyne CM, Coresh J. Apolipoproteins Do Not Add Prognostic Information Beyond Lipoprotein Cholesterol Measures Among Individuals With Obesity and Insulin Resistance Syndromes: The ARIC Study. European Journal of Preventive Cardiology. 2012 October 29 [Epub ahead of print]
Book Chapters
Ahmed H, Ndumele CE. Exercise and Physical Activity for Cardiovascular Disease Prevention. In: Wong N, Blumenthal RS editors. American Society for Preventative Cardiology: Primer of Preventive Cardiology. In press.
Bejar R, Berzin T, Berman R, Ndumele C. Board Practice I. In: Singh AK, Loscalzo J editors. The Brigham Intensive Review of Internal Medicine, 1st Ed. In press.
Blaha MJ, Ketlogetswe K, Ndumele C, Gluckman TJ, Blumenthal RS. Preventive Strategies for Coronary Heart Disease. In: Fuster V, Walsh R, Harrington R editors. Hurst the Heart, 13th Ed. In press.
Ndumele CE, Friedberg M, Antman EM, Strichartz GR, Lilly LS. Cardiovascular Drugs. In: Lilly LS editor. The Pathophysiology of Heart Disease, 3rd Ed. Baltimore: Lippincott, Williams, and Wilkins, 2002. pp. 371-422.
Honors
- Comstock Center Training Fund Grant Recipient, 1/1/14
- "Up and Coming" Cardiologist, CardioSource magazine, 1/1/12
- PJ Schafer Memorial Research Grant recipient, 1/1/12
- Best Clinical Research Poster, Johns Hopkins Cardiovascular Research Retreat, 1/1/11
- Stanley L. Blumenthal Clinical Research Award, Johns Hopkins Cardiology, 1/1/09
- Fellow Teaching Award, Johns Hopkins Bayview Medical Center, 1/1/08
- Resident Teaching Award Nominee, Harvard Medical School, 1/1/06
- Dunne Award for Compassionate Patient Care, Brigham and Women's Hospital Internal Medicine Residency Program, 1/1/04
- Multiculturalism Award, Harvard Medical School, 1/1/03
- Bristol-Meyers Squibb Academic Medicine Fellow, National Medical Fellowships, 1/1/02
- William and Charlotte Cadbury Award Nominee, National Medical Fellowships, 1/1/02
- Franklin C. McLean Award Nominee, National Medical Fellowships, 1/1/02
- Community Service Fellowship, Harvard Medical School, 1/1/99
- Biomedical Research Fellow, Leadership Alliance, 1/1/96
Memberships
- American College of Cardiology
- American Heart Association
- Association of Black Cardiologists
Locations
- Johns Hopkins Outpatient Center
- 601 North Caroline Street, Suite 7200, Baltimore, MD 21287
- phone: 443-997-0270
- fax: 410-614-1168
Expertise
Education
Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine
Fellowship, Cardiology, 2011Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health
Graduate School, MHS, 2011Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine
Fellowship, Cardiology, 2008Brigham and Women's Hospital
Residency, Internal Medicine, 2006Harvard Medical School
Medical Education, MD, 2003Insurance
- Aetna
- CareFirst
- Cigna
- First Health
- Geisinger Health Plan
- HealthSmart/Accel
- Humana
- Johns Hopkins Health Plans
- MultiPlan
- Pennsylvania's Preferred Health Networks (PPHN)
- Point Comfort Underwriters
- Private Healthcare Systems (PHCS)
- UnitedHealthcare
- Veteran Affairs Community Care Network (Optum-VACCN)
Ratings & Reviews
5 out of 5
44 ratings, 20 reviewsThe Patient Rating score is an average of all responses to physician related questions on the national CG-CAHPS Medical Practice patient experience survey through Press Ganey. Responses are measured on a scale of 1 to 5, with 5 being the best score. Comments are also gathered from our CG-CAHPS Medical Practice Survey through Press Ganey and displayed in their entirety. Patients are de-identified for confidentiality and patient privacy.
- 5 out of 5 starsReviewed on 2/21/2025
My provider was very polite, courteous
- 5 out of 5 starsReviewed on 1/15/2025
Very good, excellent communicator.
- 5 out of 5 starsReviewed on 1/8/2025
Doctor took time to call me on Thanksgiving holiday to explain my lab results.Such is the care this doctor provides to the patient
- 5 out of 5 starsReviewed on 12/11/2024
Kind, efficient, communicative. Brings research-based decisions into discussion.
- 5 out of 5 starsReviewed on 12/11/2024
My doctor is the best he cares, follow through and respectful. I would recommend him to anyone he really do care about his patient.
- 5 out of 5 starsReviewed on 11/13/2024
Very good
- 5 out of 5 starsReviewed on 10/30/2024
He's great. Listens and caring
- 5 out of 5 starsReviewed on 10/16/2024
Nice, proficient, extremely knowledgable.
- 5 out of 5 starsReviewed on 9/18/2024
Dr. Ndumele is thorough, professional, and knowledgeable as well as kind. He has a great sense of humor.
- 5 out of 5 starsReviewed on 9/4/2024
Competent and caring
- 5 out of 5 starsReviewed on 8/5/2024
Expert knowledge about me and my health care. Ver good bedside manner. Shows care and concern about me
- 5 out of 5 starsReviewed on 7/24/2024
He is a very good listener and he really cares and he always explains things to where I understand
- 5 out of 5 starsReviewed on 6/26/2024
Dr. Ndumele is thorough, detailed and caring.
- 5 out of 5 starsReviewed on 6/19/2024
Dr. Ndumele is always top notch with his exams and evaluations. He takes time to listen and discuss a variety of ways to improve my heart functions and Incorporate healthy habits to Improve my quality of life. He's always offering new solutions to existing challenges and sharing new data and information from recent studies and medical papers.
- 5 out of 5 starsReviewed on 6/5/2024
Very caring and thorough. I left feeling very satisfied from my visit.Very hooeful and happy regardi my progress. I felt cared for. Dr. Ndumele is a gifted doctor.
- 5 out of 5 starsReviewed on 5/8/2024
Very pleasant doctors,very professional
- 5 out of 5 starsReviewed on 5/3/2024
Caring and thoughtful provider.
- 5 out of 5 starsReviewed on 4/17/2024
Kink, easy to talk to, knowledgable
- 5 out of 5 starsReviewed on 4/17/2024
Very professional, knowledgeable, courteous, listened to concerns, explained options in an easy to understand manner, Dr. Ndumele
- 5 out of 5 starsReviewed on 4/15/2024
Very Nice, Extremely knowledgeable, & seems to really care.